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| Rurrenebaque, the Amazon Jungle, and the Pampas, Bolivia |
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| Rurrenebaque is a town in the northern-central area of Bolivia. We headed out from La Paz on a bus ride that was estimated to take 16 hours, instead it was 26! Here are Joris and Dennis packing a chew while we wait at a road block set up by Bolivian Coca Farmers protesting the United States' policy to kill all of the Coca Crops in the area. Some people had been there for two days, but we lucked out at were on our way after a four hour delay. |
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| Rurrenebaque is hot hot hot! It gets upwards of 40 degrees...damn! |
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| Dennis, Joris, and I thought it would be sweet to get some motorcyles and explore the Amazon. We got lost...here Joris (who knows more languages than he can count on two hands...believe me, I saw him count) takes some directions from a local guy. |
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| I had to add this action shot of me tearin' it up. |
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| Despite the Amazon Jungle's extreme heat, it is a must to wear long sleeves to avoid poisonous bites. Our friend Mic felt the wrath of a giant ant bite and was delerious for a couple of days (pictured in the Gilligan hat crossing the bridge). |
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| When in the jungle, make like Tarzan and swing from vines!!! Left: Me, Right: Dennis |
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| Here we are preparing to embark on our journey through the Pampas on 'das boot'. |
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| Seeing the suspicious humans coming, the turtles posse'd up and prepared for battle. |
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| Pictured here are two spectacular Capybaras, the world's largest....rodents. |
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| The cute little spider monkies couldn't resist the baby bananas we were packin'. |
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| The howler monkey busts the monkey scratch we all know and love. |
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| The cobra's venemous bite can kill a cow in two hours. This unlucky cow is now birdfeed. |
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| Our guide wrangles us a cobra...great action shot, eh? |
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| Dennis chats with a cobra and asks it to stop killing his friends, the wild cows. |
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| Why am I laughing? Have you ever had a baby anaconda shit on your hand? I have...the smell lingers for days...blah! |
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| This crocodile is the unwilling subject of our night trek. Crocs are rampant in the area. The Swiss guy is giving this one a belly rub. |
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| You have to use raw steak when fishing for the carniverous fish, the Piranha. They are a salty fish. Dennis is having a fat chew and sporting his ghetto fishing rod. |
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| What are they doing you ask? We are sporting our new nutrings. They are carved from a small jungle coconut shell and polished to a black shine. This picture concludes our trip to the Amazon Jungle and the Pampas. (left to right: Mic, Dennis, Joris, Matt) |