Well after a fantastic day cycling we had a 16hr journey ahead of us to Rurrenabaque we was met at the animal sanctuary by our driver Emilio and Eve we put our kit on the roof and of we set.

It wasn't long till we realized this would be the most horrendous journey any of us had ever undertaken we thought the road might be tarmacked no chance it was pot holes and land slides all the way the road is a continuation of the death road we just cycled down i can now see why there has been so many deaths on this road.

Our driver would drive on the cliff drop side so you can imagine all of us was a little apprehensive but we got some beers and tried to have a laugh, we all tried to sleep but it was impossible as the road is so bad, i would recommend to anyone that they should fly from La Paz toRurrenabaque as its only a 45 min flight.
Anyway we finally arrived around 6 in the morning we got our heads down and waited for the tour office to open, around nine we met our guide etc and sorted out our kit that we would take.

After a quick breakfast, we transferred to the Pampas in a 4x4 vehicle. It took about 3 ½ hours. We loaded our kit into a motorized dugout canoe on the Yacuma river we set of on our trip to the lodge on the way we saw pink river dolphins, capybaras and turtles, and various birds. once we arrived at the lodge we of loaded our kit on our beds and headed up the river where we got of and came across a football pitch and volleyball pitch where we had a game and a few beers.

After a good dinner we headed out to spot Caiman's in the canoes went, so shining our torches along the banks to catch the bright orange reflections from the caiman's' and alligators' eyes - once you've got the knack of spotting them you realise just how many there are.

Once we got back we settled into game of cards bulls*** and s***head when we had finished I'm glad to report i never came last we retired to our Mosquito covered beds, I'm sure the animals knew we had gone to bed because the Pampas seemed to come alive with the sounds of - frogs and toads, insects, bird calls and unidentified rustlings Etc I didn't investigate though LOL.

The next morning we got up for breakfast and then headed out to do the Pampas tour we were given the options of wearing wellingtons but i chose not to we then set out into the pampas to go hunting for anacondas.
I´m not sure any of us had given much thought as to what we would actually do if we found an anaconda, but the reality of finding a snake was brought home to us when one of our guides dived head first into the water and hauled out a anaconda it must have been 2 meters in length the guide gave everyone the opportunity to have there photo taken with it but i declined as did Brian i didn't agree with it, we carried on and our guides found a couple more.

We set of back to the lodge where we would have lunch, after lunch we chilled for a few hours in the hammocks before heading of to fish for Piranha's, I managed to catch 4, although there was a big one that was toying with me, but kept evading my hook. Brian managed to hook the biggest in the group and we would have that later for dinner.
We again headed to the football pitch again where we teamed up with some Israeli guys and played another tour group unfortunately we lost.

We headed back for dinner where we settled down to a lovely meal which included Brian's catch of the day, after we played charades till the early hours of the morning.
We was rudely woken by our guide telling us breakfast was ready so after a quick shower we had breakie and then headed out in the rain to swim with the pink dolphins the dolphins where too fast to take photos of course.
Our guides told us it would be fine to swim because the dolphins are the "kings" of the river, and when they are around, there are no alligators around, so we all stripped of to our swim wear and jumped in.

The dolphins would surface periodically and there was lots of alligators around but they did keep there distance I'm sure something was nibbling at my toes but i might have been wrong LOL. it was fantastic to swim in the river.

After we headed back grabbed our kit and headed back to the start point where we was picked up and driven back to Rurrenabaque, after a quick shower we went on the piss it was a good night but we got in rather late and guess what we had the return journey back to la paz luckily it was in the day light so it was a bit better.