We spent our last morning in the jungle making necklaces out of various seeds we'd found in the jungle, which was a relief as I wasn't keen on the idea of going off the beaten track again! After lunch we set off back on the boat to Rurrenabaque, a lot quicker this time as we were going downstream! When we got back we spent some time sorting out our washing and enjoying the newly appreciated comforts of a hot shower, and discovered a French bakery with pai...

We woke up very early on our first day due to the howler monkeys. The noise they made was horrific, it sounded like a large generator!!! After breakfast we went on a long morning walk, where we walked through jungle and swampy streams following the tracks of a jaguar and her cub, looking at different medicinal plants, walking trees and insects. After lunch a Canadian couple joined the group who were starting their own tour, but they had a different guide. We then...

Today we went into the jungle! After breakfast at our tour company Max Adventures we met our guide Jamie. It was just me and rob so we had a private tour! We got into our boat on the river and spent about three hours ploughing upstream to our lodge in the jungle. When we arrived the last people were leaving on our boat, so we had the place to ourselves, with Jamie, a cook and a guy who cleaned up to look after us! It felt a bit surreal.After a lovely lunch with m...

Today we got up early and headed over to the airport to fly to La Paz. After our horrific ride over to Sucre we'd read up on driving in Bolivia - they have a terrible record for road safety, and the road from Sucre to La Paz is supposed to be treacherous - lots of windy roads and high cliff edges. We also read that many bus drivers do 12 hours straight each day with no other driver to take over like in other countries, and they all had a massive strike a coup...