THE JUNGLE

It´s basically impossible to take worthwhile pictures in the jungle, but I have two pictures of cool insects at least, and my sweet new hat. It turns out the best place to see wildlife is in the pampas, and I will put some pictures of that craziness up later. The amazon is pretty much terrifying but really really interesting to walk around in, and extremely loud with insects and birds.


this first picture is actually from the post office in la paz, and in case you were curious (and unfortunately it´s almost impossible to see with this small picture), tigers are NOT ALLOWED



our plane to rurrenabaque from la paz. this company, TAM, is actually the civilian wing of the bolivian military! therefore we had to take a taxi out to the military base, which was like a graveyard of ex-US airforce planes with wild dogs roaming these big fields of grassy garbage. we tried to get out to one of the planes to take a picture but the dogs started being imposing and scary, so we went back to the building.


this photo doesn´t seem crazy because you weren´t in insane desert for weeks and then like 5 minutes out of la paz go into jungle with clouds and big rivers and stuff. but here it is anyway


here we are in rurrenabaque -- we landed on grass!


here´s the italian circus, wherein people balance small dogs sitting on 10 foot poles with their noses. they also have a lion, but we couldn´t see it from the outside.


this bug was huge and pretty


this ant was not pretty, but it was like an inch big and apparently it´s the most poisonous ant in the area. the guide also let us try this plant they use for serious insect bites where by chewing a tiny tiny bit of the root you get like a blast of some serious numbing agent. jungle!


my sweet new hat, and my post card list that got interrupted by our game of hangman. which reminds me, i only have like 3 addresses with me (the only ones i could remember) so if you want a post card please email me yr addresses!