Most of today was spent at the airport. My flight from La Paz to Rurrenabaque was delayed by an hour but the journey itself only takes 45 minutes. The views from the plane show the diversity of the landscape from city to snow topped mountains and then to jungle. The plane window wasn’t very clean so the photos aren’t that great.
There is also a huge drop in altitude, which is great as it means I can walk around without feeling out of breath and a lovely rise in temperature, it’s about 30 degrees in Rurrenabaque.The plane we flew with was quite small and only half full and the airport at Rurre is tiny.
I met a couple from Denmark on the plane, Ditte and Heinrick, and they decided to book the same tour as me into the pampas and the jungle. So we all went to Max Adventure to get a low down of the tour and to pay for it – it sounds fantastic.After that I checked into my hotel which is quite luxurious compared to the hostels, and luckily my room has air con. The pool looks lovely but I haven’t tried it out yet and they have a couple of parrots in the garden. They’re quite noisy but I’m hoping they’ll sleep in the evening.
I then had a little stroll around the town, it looks really nice, and watched the sun go down over the river Beni.
This is the view from my balcony, it’s all very pretty. I saw a couple of bats fly past too.
In the evening I wandered back down the river and stopped at a small restaurant, La Cabaña, for some fish. The dish was enormous – a whole huge grilled fish, the normal helping of double carbs (chips and rice) and some salad. I couldn’t manage it all. As I was eating a little girl came up to me and we had a brief conversation about cats and dogs.This was the view of the river on the way home.
Tomorrow I’m off into the Pampas for 3 days followed by 3 days in the jungle. I won’t have Wi-Fi during this time but I’ll be in touch as soon as I can.