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Another 4 hour morning trek only this time I start to look down after seeing our first snake! Eeek! Then after a refreshing inner tube ride back down the river (no crocs). A night walk with our headlamps shows the … Continue reading →

ust a small early morning trek of 4 hours through the thick jungle. Strangler vines, high canopy trees, spotting monkeys and macaw parrots. A challenge taking photos with low light and high humidity causing our lens to fog. Nobbies needed … Continue reading →

Nobbies are on their 1st day of 4 to the jungle on a 3 hour longboat to the lodge. We can’t stop singing the lion king song ‘In the Jungle..’ Only no lions here but told there is puma stalking. … Continue reading →

Nobbies head north on a 25min flight from -2c in La Paz to 26c to Rurrenabque, the lower Bolivian Amazon region. After 2 months of wearing 3 or more layers so nice to thaw out and to finally see the … Continue reading →

Daily life for the lovely ladies in central La Paz. Though such a one colour city with the use of just orange bricks down on the streets are vibrant and full of colour with markets and street vendors selling almost … Continue reading →

10th June Ben’s birthday in Bolivia. The boy has a hangover at high altitude and he looks as orange as the city. A sleep in, and a day spent booking our trip and airfares to Rurrenabque, the Bolivian amazon. Found … Continue reading →

Nobbies are in the world’s highest capital, La Paz at 3700m. Slightly feeling puffed up the steep streets and feeling the cold again. Hostel has free coca leaves which help. It’s Ben’s birthday in oz so we celebrate it with … Continue reading →

A folk dance festival represented by the various universities from the different regions around Bolivia. Apparently they dance for six hours or more throughout the streets of Sucre. Such colourful costumes. This is our last day in Sucre and Nobbies … Continue reading →

Local markets are fun. Especially the butchers (carniceria) and particularly the name of the carne called BeniAna! They also love their sweets in Bolivia, these cakes are common in the markets all decorated either with a jam glaze chocolate sauce … Continue reading →

A Bolivian traditional dance show was recommended to us. Fabulous to see the costumes from all the different states in Bolivia and a good catch up with our fellow travellers Fernando and Katherine. On the way home had a wee … Continue reading →