18 Seats and 2 Small Propellers

After spending two days trying to get to Rurrenabaque, we finally made it! It was a short flight, only 40 minutes (the alternative is an 18 hour bus ride) and the scenary is amazing. As you get closer to Rurre, the landscape changes to jungle covered mountains with steep sides and a dirty river in the valley. It looked just as I imagined the Amazon Basin would.

The airport at Rurre was a mere shack with a large grass landing strip. Since it was grass, it has to be dry in order to land, hence all the delays at the airport back in La Paz. It was a strange landing as you could see right in the cockpit and through the window to the landing strip. Interesting. I wasn´t entirely happy about that, but it seemed to get us to the jungle!