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Rurrenbaque by air
Amazonas' equivalent of an Airbus which made for a bumpy ride on the way home giving all 19 passengers sweaty hands, racing hearts and high blood pressure! The flight to Rurrenbaque was already one of the highlights of this little trip. The 19 seater plane took off into clear blue skies and spent the next 50 minutes crossing, just over, the top of the Andes and down into the jungle of the Madidi National Park. As we saw our landing strip, we realised why flights could often be delayed by rain... only in South America can the runway be little more than a football field.
We did 2 tours, one in the Pampas (grasslands) and one in the jungle. Its much easier to see wildlife in the first as you'll see from the pictures. The jungle is interesting as you get to understand how the ecosystems work and just hearing all the wildlife that is around you, even if you cant see it much, is really cool.
There were 9 of us on the Pampas tour which involved - spotting monkeys (Brown Cappuchin, Red & Black Howlers and Squirrel Monkeys), swimming with pink dolphins (actually more like dolphins swimming with us as they are definitely the ones with the upper hand), catching piranha, looking for Caimans at night and generally just having a lot of
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The town set into the jungle hammock time. Perhaps fortunately we didnt find any Anaconda as the waters were pretty high.
On the jungle tour, it was just the two of us at the lodge so we really felt like royalty. There was one strange moment though, when Rich spotted a massive spider in the window of our bedroom. Rich also having a ceiling limit on the size of spider he will deal with, quickly informed the guide that it needed to removed before I saw it. What followed was like some comedy sketch as the guide tried to bat it with a shoe and chase it out of the room. We were expecting some manly act where he just picked it up in his hands and set it back into the trees where it belonged...
Anyway enough chat on this blog, the pictures do all the talking we think...
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Lemmie Pie
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Well thought it was about time I made a comment. Richie, so glad you have finally decided to cut your hair short. Looks good. Photos are looking amazing and yes we are both very jealous. Keep the entries coming.