Rurrenabaque, Bolivia and the Amazon River Basin

I just got back from the sweatiest week of my life. We flew into Rurrenabaque, Bolivia which is a cute little town along the Beni River, which feeds into the Amazon. It was easily 90 degrees and at least 90% humidity. So of course, in my excitement about being back at less than 2000 feet above sea level, I went for a run. Because I am insane. It was horrible. Never run in the Amazon River Basin. It started the sweating that didn´t stop until this morning. That was last Wednesday.
Anyways, after a 3 hour van ride over dirt roads (as always) we reached our push off point for our canoe adventure. We spent 3 days and 2 nights at a small structure... I can´t even really call it a lodge... Doing lots of fun things up and down the river. We saw lots of monkeys, birds, caymen, alligators, dolphins, and turtles! (I told them that Cecil says hi). On a not-so-fun-note, Friday morning was (excuse my language) the morning from hell. We set off to go Anaconda hunting in the marsh land, which ended up with our whole group tromping through thigh deep water for over three hours, our guides getting pretty darn lost, and then a run-in with a wasp´s nest. I was lucky enough to avoid getting stung, but a few of the girls got it really bad. Then, our patience at zero at this point, we were approached by a huge cloud of insects, easily 200 or 300. Our guides quickly made us crouch down, hold still, and be super quiet. They told us later that the insects were a swarm of Killer Bees, and when one bee decides to sting then they all attack the victim at once, and they can easily kill large animals... Like humans. Very scary. But we all got back safe and sound, spent the rest of the day swimming with the Pink River Dolphins and looking at the stars.
We got back to Rurrenabaque yesterday and then flew back into La Paz this morning and are now in Copacobana, Bolivia. Copacobana is on the shores of Lake Titicaca and next to the boarder of Bolivia and Peru. We leave for Puno, Peru on Tuesday! I´ve really loved Bolivia, but I´m excited to be somewhere new! Here is our favorite saying about Bolivia: Everything is possible, nothing is certain.
Love to you all!