Santiago to La Paz


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August 13th 2007
Published: August 9th 2007
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Southern Chile Santiago After a long flight from Auckland we landed in Santiago, Chile. Fraser did not sleep at all on the plane, largely due to the fact that he had one of the largest men in the world in the seat next to him - his belly and arm were partly in Fraser's seat and his elbow was digging into his ribs. We think he should have paid for a couple of seats. Anyway, we negotiated a taxi f... Read Full Entry



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Camp fireCamp fire
Camp fire

With Jean at the camp site on the 2nd night of the boat trip
Cat fishCat fish
Cat fish

Guides caught this one overnight
TurtlesTurtles
Turtles

Lined up sunbathing
Gorgeous amazon basinGorgeous amazon basin
Gorgeous amazon basin

Towards the end of the boat trip as we arrived at Rurrenabaque
The AirportThe Airport
The Airport

Rurrenabaque airport
AlligatorAlligator
Alligator

One of the hundreds of gators we saw right next to us
MonkeysMonkeys
Monkeys

Not Ruths favourites
Sunset on the PampasSunset on the Pampas
Sunset on the Pampas

Taken whilst enjoying a nice cold beer
EcolodgeEcolodge
Ecolodge

Our home by the alligator infested river on the Pampas trip
Anaconda huntAnaconda hunt
Anaconda hunt

The four hour walk in search of the snake that the girls especially were not that keen on finding
CrabCrab
Crab

Found something whilst searching for the snakes
The HuntersThe Hunters
The Hunters

Pretty much had enough of looking for an Anaconda
Piranha fishingPiranha fishing
Piranha fishing

Our guide, Oscar, with one of the Piranhas he caught that we ate for lunch
Rabbit type thingsRabbit type things
Rabbit type things

Large animals from the rabbit family
Andys backAndys back
Andys back

Many mosquito bites
Amaszonas planeAmaszonas plane
Amaszonas plane

Nineteen seater propeller plane back from the jungle
On the planeOn the plane
On the plane

It was pretty snug
La Paz football stadiumLa Paz football stadium
La Paz football stadium

Where we watched The Strongest beat Bolivar 2-0
Day 1 of walkingDay 1 of walking
Day 1 of walking

We are heading to the base of the snow-capped mountain in the background for our first campsite
MulesMules
Mules

The mules and porters carrying all the gear



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