Bolivian Jungle

Heading down to pampas in the Bolivian lowlands required yet more bumpy travelling in land cruisers on extremely dusty roads to reach the Yacuma river. Our journey was only interrupted by typical traveller problems of broken down vehicles, a snapped throttle cable being mended with wire scrounged from somewhere in the back of the truck. Our thrash down the road was also intterupted when we came to a screaming halt and raced out to take photos of a sloth.... slightly hasty actions since they are not known for running away in a hurry....

 The view down the road, sporting the red markings that the local indians use as a dye gotten from a fruit with blood red insides.

 On the river there are literally hundreds of alligators on show, plus the more elusive and more malevolent black caimen.

Cruising up the river listening to tunes on my ipod watching out for the wildlife, not a bad days work

On the 2nd day we got to go fishing, quite an experience pulling in pirañas with chunks of meat on the  hook. Got to be careful though, especially with the red ones, large teeth have a wicked bite if you slip!

sunset over the river from the lodge, beautiful day

Spider monkeys, inquisitive little creatures that jumped on our boat  to investigate us.













So a fantastic trip was had by the group, far too many stories to type them all up, I am staying in Bolivia as a base until next year, upecoming blogs should include some alpine ascents in the corderilla real and first ascent rock climbing.

Vertical Journeys will be offering first ascent rock climbing to Bolivia soon as there is such a huge potential here in bolivia for exploratory climbing. Ill be documenting areas as I find them and posting pictures of the cliffs and routes. If you want to come and make your mark and put up first ascents then get in touch and I will put together a tour for you and your team. verticaljourneys@hotmail..co.uk