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Bolivia Tour: Chalalan Lodge & Lake Titicaca

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by: Claudia Coplan
Incredible! Almost impossible to put into words how spectacular it was to go to the Amazon, Isla del Sol, Lake Titicaca, Copacabana in Bolivia. Learning about the people, culture, their passion to preserve the rain forest has broadened my horizons beyond my wildest dreams. . . .

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Bolivia Tour: Chalalan Lodge & Lake Titicaca

Want to go? Chalalan Lodge, Lake Titicaca

I went to: Bolivia, La Paz, Rurrenabaque, Madidi National Park, Chalalan Ecolodge, Copacabana, Sun Island
plane I took to Rurrenabaque at the airport on the runwaythe airport in Rurrenabaquebananas on a van in Rurrenabaquemy transportation to the boat to Chalalanthe River Beni in RurrenabaqueRio Benicareful, the current is very fastRichard, my guide en ChalalanRichard caught a fishTed with a large catfish that weighed more or less 80lbsin front of a big tree in the junglesnake skin, that looked bigger than in the photoswimming in the lake in ChalalanTed throwing Jack in the lakelooks like a praying mantismy bed with mosquito netmy cabin in Chalalanwaiting at the gate at the airportRurrenabaquethis man made the boat in his hands, which I bought!ferry boat to Copacabana in Lake Titicacaferry boat to CopacabanaCopacabanaCopacabanala iglesia en Copacabanareed boatel Lago Titicacasheep in Isla del Solruins in Isla del SolIsla del Sola woman & animals in Isla del SolStreet in Isla del Sol. There are no vehicleslife is difficultDrying potatoes y plantainsTrekking aroundA pig and donkey in the shadeHouses in Isla del SolA local woman and her pigI hate to admit that I did eat llama--3 times!drying fava beansa street in Isla del SolIsla del Solfountain in Isla del SolEscalera del Incadancers outside when I returned from Copacabanamore dancersa lot of detail in their clothesruins of Tiwanaku from 600 B.C.TiwanakuTiwanakuTiwanakuTiwanakuTiwanakuI like the traditional clothingmusicians in the streeta stadium in La Pazthis boy wanted a photonear La Pazwelcome in 3 languages: Quechua, English, Spanisha dancer with her cell phone & beerdecorations on a car to be blessednear La Pazthe moon valley, near La PazLa Valle de la Lunait looks like the moon, yes?La PazLa Paz at duskin front of the Presidential PalacePlaza Murillo en La Paz

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