Bolivia, Peru and the Amazon 2008 Galleries

Palm Beach : We broke our journey to La Paz with a weekend with friends in Plam Beach, Florida. We did not want a repeat of our last two trips where weather delays and/or lost luggage prevented us from joining out tour.

Palm Beach

We broke our journey to La Paz with a weekend with friends in Plam Bea ...

Updated: Mar 06, 2008 3:38pm PST

La Paz : La Paz is high - and the only way we could cope with the altitude sickness was to drink coca tea - and gat high again. Strange.

La Paz

La Paz is high - and the only way we could cope with the altitude sick ...

Updated: Mar 08, 2008 2:10pm PST

La Paz to Puno via Tiwanaku : We set out by bus for our next stop at Puno, Peru, on Lake Titicaca. On the way, we visited Tiwanaku.

La Paz to Puno via Tiwanaku

We set out by bus for our next stop at Puno, Peru, on Lake Titicaca. O ...

Updated: Mar 13, 2008 9:52am PST

Puno, Uros and Sillustani : We left the hotel early after breakfast and visited the sights near the town of Puno, still at high altitude. By this time we were mostly adjusted to the altitude.

Puno, Uros and Sillustani

We left the hotel early after breakfast and visited the sights near th ...

Updated: Mar 15, 2008 10:05am PST

Three days in Lima : We flew from Puno to Lima and spent three days in and around this modern, vibrant city. We passed in the optional flight over the Nazca Lines - I don't do small planes if I can avoid it!

Three days in Lima

We flew from Puno to Lima and spent three days in and around this mode ...

Updated: Mar 16, 2008 9:22pm PST

Day 1 on the Amazon - Iquitos and embarkation : Fly to Iquitos, look around Iquitos, embark and leave

Day 1 on the Amazon - Iquitos and embarkation

Fly to Iquitos, look around Iquitos, embark and leave

Updated: Mar 17, 2008 3:13pm PST

Day 2 - Farming village and Piranha fishing : In the morning, we visited the village of San Juan del Amazonas. In the afternoon we took a ride on the skiff up the Y Yarapa River and went fishing for Piranhas

Day 2 - Farming village and Piranha fishing

In the morning, we visited the village of San Juan del Amazonas. In th ...

Updated: Mar 29, 2008 2:19pm PST

Day 3 - Birdwatching, junglewalk and Shaman : We went early bird watching on the Nauta Cano river, took a jungle walk and visited a Shaman

Day 3 - Birdwatching, junglewalk and Shaman

We went early bird watching on the Nauta Cano river, took a jungle wal ...

Updated: Mar 20, 2008 9:50am PST

Day 4 - The Death March : Another busy day. Four of us volumteered to go on what the guide called a fast walk and which we started calling the death march after the first three miles slogging through mud. We then had lunch with a local family in the village of Monte Alegre, paddled dugout canoes on the San Regis , and went on a night excursion on the Pucate River.

Day 4 - The Death March

Another busy day. Four of us volumteered to go on what the guide calle ...

Updated: Mar 21, 2008 11:36am PST

Day 5 - Rio Yanayacu de Pucate : A breakfast boat ride, a nap, a family visit, and the rains start

Day 5 - Rio Yanayacu de Pucate

A breakfast boat ride, a nap, a family visit, and the rains start

Updated: Mar 21, 2008 12:37pm PST

Days 6 - Nauta, Iquitos, and back to the USA : We visited Nauta - the earliest colonial settlement on the Amazon. Then back to Iquitos to fly to the USA with a day's stopover in Lima. We covered 400 miles on the river, 150 miles on the skiff, and about 10,000 years in time.

Days 6 - Nauta, Iquitos, and back to the USA

We visited Nauta - the earliest colonial settlement on the Amazon. The ...

Updated: Mar 21, 2008 1:34pm PST

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