The Pampas......

Hola!

Well I have just come back from a lovely few days in the Pampas (Wetlands) of Bolivia. From La Paz last week (can´t remember the day!) I took a 18 hr bus ride along an incredibly bumpy dangerous road to Rurrenbaque, the town close to the Pampas. The next day I left off on my tour.

The first day we cruised down the river and had a look at the wildlife basking at its edge - like the Capybara, the worlds biggest rodent, and black caiman´s (see pictures above), alligators, monkeys - the list goes on!

The next day we went wading throught the pampas, through waist high water at times in the search of anacondas, but alas, none were to be found =( That afternoon we went swimming with the pink river dolphins. That was the best part of the pampas for me. Really amazing!

On our last day we went fishing for piranhas (see picture above of one caught) before heading back to Rurrenbaque. Not suprisingly I opted to fly back to La Paz from Rurrenbaque yesterday. Had a relaxed day checking out the city and met up with some friends for dinner and a few drinks.

Today went on a bit of a shopping spree at the witches markets here - where they sell among many things - llama foetus´s (wierd! supposed to be good luck). These weren´t on my shopping list but I finally got my own hammock so I can string it up anywhere I like now and rock myself to sleep. Aaaaahhhhhhh.

Off tommorrow to cycle the worlds most dangerous road....Will keep you posted!