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I had about 12 hours in Santiago between when I got off the bus and had to leave for the airport. I bought some groceries, cooked a couple meals at the hostel, and took a snooze in the sun. Then it was time to go!
On my walk to the supermarket, I passed this dog. He was people watching.
From Uyuni, we headed toward to world’s largest salt flat on a three day tour. Along the way we saw llamas (or alpacas or whatever) and foxes.
On our walk home from the bar late at night in Rurrenabaque, we ran in to two old dear friends from our last time staying in the town - Limpy and Bobby Barker, our two favourite street dogs. They took a real liking to Adam.
On our second day in the Pampas, we went on a hike to try to spot snakes. We found anacondas and cobras after walking around in the sun for a few hours and getting our calves really filthy.
Our guide consistently did exactly what we had been told we should not do: touching and feeding the animals. However, we had to forgive him because he was an absolutely hilarious Mexican with a terrific smile.
The Pampas in Bolivia are home to capybara’s, the world’s largest rodent (and my new favourite animal). The Pampas are also home to a ton of caymans.
The World’s Most Dangerous Road ends at an animal sanctuary. There were lots of cheeky monkeys there, and a couple parrots. My favourite moment was when a goat climbed up in a tree to the parrots’ feeding platform and was eating out of their bowl. (I didn’t have my camera handy!)
The animal sanctuary is where we met Hanna, James, and Mathias, who became Team Extreme’s B-Squad. They came to nearby Coroico with us that night and joined the jungle tour we were about to head out on.
Around the corner from one another in Cusco: a woman and her llama offering to pose for pictures with tourists, and a truck offering pizzas, hamburgers, and a salad buffet.
Our organized trek included three donkeys to carry almost everything, and an arriero to lead the donkeys to our campsite and set up our tents. It made the trek really easy - almost too easy.
