Boating down the river

The Amazon Basin

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May 16th 2011
I took an internal flight from La Paz to the little town of Rurrenabaque on the edge of the jungle. The distance was only actually about 150km yet it takes 24 hours to travel between them by road - you can imagine how bad the roads must be! I therefore decided that flying was definitely the best option. Rurrenabaque is right on the edge of the Madidi national park which is a huge area of rainfores ... read more

South America » Bolivia » Beni Department » Rurrenabaque

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Bolivia, named after independence fighter Simon BOLIVAR, broke away from Spanish rule in 1825; much of its subsequent history has consisted of a series of nearly 200 coups and counter-coups. Comparatively democratic civilian rule was established in 1... ... read more