Bum ticks: La Pampas

This little guy is from our hostel in Rurrenabaque but he is a tucan from La Pampas

We woke early on our last day in the jungle and were taken back to Rurrenabaque to be driven about three hours to La Pampas, a wetland. On the way Brandon spotted a tick on my arm and Avar picked it off when we got to land. we were in a group with a Brittish couple, who were very nice and made the whole trip a lot of fun.

Jungle medicine: Madidi National Park (Via Rurrenabaque)

Red howler monkey

On Sunday we met up with Mas and Suzanne and flew to Rurrenabaque. The airport is not really an airport. There is a landing strip and mini buses wait beside it to take you to the airport building (pretty much just a shed) and on to town for 10BOB unless a tour operator is collecting you from the airport. We decided to stay at a hostel reccommended to us by the Qiwis from the bike tour because it had a pool and a pet tucan and macaw (Ambibo or something like that). The Macaw turned out to be a little sadistic, not surprising when I saw how the tourists (mainly the male tourists) tormented the poor thing.

Death Road: La Paz

On thursday we bussed it from Puno to La Paz. After the boarder crossing, where you get out and walk across after having your passport stamped, we had a lunch stop in Copacabana. This is the more popular place to see lake Titicaca from. For some reason everyone says Puno is this horrid place. There's not that much to do there but it's not that different from any other small city that isn't built for tourists.