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Published: April 12th 2006
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The sandwiches (ham) were dodgy but the coke was cold and we stole the "Transportes Aeros Militar" plastic cups. So...on to Rurrenabaque, which is the deepest into the Amazon Basin we have ventured. We decided against taking the bus for the 24hr journey across un-paved road (the route by road takes you down ´The Worlds Most Dangerous Road´again!), but instead settled on a TAM (bolivian military airline) flight.
The flight itself went smoothly, and the flight crew was most attentive, serving dodgy sandwiches and REAL coca-cola (which is more than you get on sleazy-jet!). The landing was interesting....on descent from the clouds all that was visible was grass and trees, see pics!
Getting off the plane, we were hit by the intense heat and humidity. The landscape was totally different to that of La Paz and the altiplato, even though we were only a hundred miles or so North.
In Rurre ourselves and another couple booked a 4 day tour by motor-canoe to explore the pampas (wetlands).
After a 3hour jeep ride over rugged and unforgiving dirt roads, we got onto our canoe for our 6 hour trip upstream to our camp. During the boat ride we discovered we (Rachel) had left the camera battery back at base camp in Rurre..... luckily for us Christiaan (our
Gate Number 3
Here we are... hot and steamy in Rurre. Actually the strip we landed at was an hour out of town (so you can draw similarities between TAM and Sleazyjet et al!) The other more expensive carrier lands 2 mins from Rurre. 1 flight a week to here. fellow tourer) turned out to be professional photographer who kindly allowed us copies of his photos. So thanks Christiaan for the photos (we have had to re-size them to make them small file sizes so the pics on here may not do you justice!)
Check out his website www.mooibeleicht.nl - he´s a great guy and a really good photographer! (Plug over!)
The trip was great, we saw loads of wildlife aswell as having an adventure on our nights camping. Our guide, Hector was great and his wife Maria was an amazing cook!
(Fellow travellers - Amazonica tours (run by jimmy) are REALLY good - just round the corner from the Amazonas office).
After 4 days on the boat, we got back to Rurre and found that we had to stay an extra day due to a postponed flight because of bad weather. However, much to our releif (no ATM machines in Rurre and we had both finished our books!) our Amazonas flight took us back to La Paz on Monday morning.
Currently in Cochabamba after leaving La Paz on Tuesday 11th April.
Love to everyone.
R&C XXXX
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Great pictures of the wildlife that Christian took. The little monkeys look sweet and its a pity you didnt catch any piranhas Chris. Only 8 weeks left of your adventure not quite the same in sunny Brum at the moment. Make the most of it, speak soon luv mom xxxxxx