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JUNGLE IN RURRENABAQUE AND CLIMBING CONDORIRI (Sept - Nov 2004)  text

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Road from La Paz to Rurrenabaque, where my bus had to cross the river
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The reason to visit Rurre are tours in the surrounding jungle
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In dry season it's easier to find animals
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Looking for anaconda
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Our guides found 2 anacondas and let one of them go
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Anaconda can grow to over 5 meters
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This is a small one
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Bat hiding in a tree trunk
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Boat ride along the river Beni
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Monkeys looking for food
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One of many, many birds we saw along the river
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Hoatzin - this is the national bird of Guyana
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Caimans are common in river Beni
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We were able to get quite close to this one
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Turtles sunbathing
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Animals here are used to boats and people
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After 3 days in the jungle I decided I missed the mountains
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I hired a guide to climb Condoriri
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Condoriri is right in the middle
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We started climbing at 2am
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There were dangerous crevasses in the glacier and we had to be careful
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Higher up it was mixed rocks and ice
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The summit of Cabeza de Condor 5,648 metres
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On the way back to the base camp
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The next day we climbed Pequeño Alpamayo
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It was lower and easier than Condoriri, but I was much more tired
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The summit of Pequeño Alpamayo 5,370 metres
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I remember being extremly tired on the way back
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I think I had altitude sickness because in 3 days I went from the jungle to 5,648m
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The same day we were in La Paz