After the swimming pool i went to the mosquito bar in town for a couple of drinks with an Austalian and 2 locals, but when they decided to head on to a club at 2am i thought it was best to get at least a little sleep before the 8.30am start.

The pampa tour started with a 3 hour journey in a 7 seater over what is at best a dirt road. However, on the way we did see a 3 toed sloth slowly making its way across the road, and with that the wildlife tour started. Soon after we came across a dead collared anteater in the road being tucked into by black vultures.

When we arrived at the edge of pampa we were greeted by the sight of the famous pink river dolphins surfacing to breathe near the land.

On our trip there was a German guy and 2 Japanese girls with our tour guide Sergio. We went by boat through the flooded pampa (wet season) spotting wildlife on the way and came across howler monkeys, turtles, eagles, and all sorts of fish eating birds. After a couple of hours we arrived at our accomodation which is a raised platform with a common area and dormitories. It is raised for 2 very good reasons, one because the whole place is flooded, and 2 there are resident caimen living underneath the lodge. Here there was a caimen measuring 3.5m in length - a giant, suddenly swimming with the dolphins seemed a little risky!

That evening we went by boat upstream to a viewpoint to watch the sunset over the pampa. Unfortunately, the sunset itself was a disappointment as there were lots of clouds, but the football pitch ensured I had a good time.

Back at camp the German and I went for a night walk along the platforms and found a swimming spider and sleeping birds in the trees before turning in for the night.

Next morning we went for another boat tour and spotted howler monkeys and squirrel monkeys on the way to an island. The island was only very small but after 10 minutes i found our first snake, a small cobra in a tree. Soon after another one was spotted, as well as 3 night monkeys dozing in a tree. We also managed to find a large snake (not an anaconda) but i cant remember what type it was...

After returning to camp for lunch it was time to find out pink friends and go for a swim. It was a bit daunting entering the water at first, but with a little encouragement i plunged into the rather murky water. There was a maximum of about 5 dolphins at one point, but usually one or 2 were lurking about somewhere. However, as the afternoon went on everyone around me had screamed and jumped as the dolpins nibbled toes and rubbed up against you in the dark, but for some reason they had stayed clear of me - i think i was too white for them!

Eventually, just befoe it was time to go one decided to have a go at my foot. It was a very strange feeling having my feet bitten by a dolphin without knowing where or when it was coming!

After we returned to camp briefly before once more heading out to watch na rather lame sunset, this time the volleyball pitch provided the entertainment instead though.

Back at camp we went for another night stroll and managed to find a collared anteater in the trees tucking into a juicy termites nest. Afterwards i found out that groups normally see this animal only about 2 times a year, yet here it was 10m from camp!

Next morning was pirahna fishing in sweltering heat. After a couple of hours and not even a nibble though we returned to camp for lunch before heading back downstream to solid land. We had another 3hr car ride back to Rurrenabaque and found a 3-4m false cobra water snake in the road. Back in Rurrenabaque it was nice to once more hit civilisation and indulge in a hot shower.