Rurrenabaque

Hola from Rurrenabaque, Bolivia.

After spending the last several days in La Paz, we are now in the jungle. The flight from 11,000 feet in La Paz down to near sea level in Rurrenabaque (we can´t pronounce it, either) was spectacular. Flying over the Andes in a 20-seat puddle jumper is quite an experience - you are so close to the mountains you can almost reach out and touch them. Melanie asked if there was an airport where we were landing when she looked out the front window (no pilot´s door on this plane) and saw the dirt strip we were about to land at. There was an airport - it is just very small and hidden in the trees.

All this so we can take a tour of the savannah located outside of the city - with promises of seeing aligators, snakes, birds, pink dolphins, and most importantly, monkeys. We will have pictures to post when we get back in three days (and some from La Paz, too).

Chau!