Days 55-56, The Selva

The following takes place between Friday, January 21 and Saturday, January 22, 2011

As if three days covered in mud, mosquitos, and swamp water wasn’t enough, I had signed up to take off on the two day trip into the Selva or Bolivian Amazon jungle tour immediately after the end of the Pampas tour. Mind you, I did get one nights sleep in a hostel. But there’s something to be said about filling your time up too much. With the tour to Tihuanaku, the City Tour, and the Pampas before, I was pretty much exhausted.

Sadly, I think this really played a factor in my enjoyment of the Selva.

Days 52-54, The Pampas

The following takes place between Tuesday, January 18 and Thursday, January 20, 2011

The Amazon Rainforest is huge. It is the largest rainforest in the world, and expands into many countries, including Bolivia. Bolivia is one of the cheapest places one can go to visit part of the Amazon. And from Rurrenabaque, one can take a couple different tours to see the different environments that make up the Amazon in this part of South America. For me, the first tour would be the Pampas, the Amazon Wetlands.