Hot, sweaty, and very, very vivid. First, we arrived in Rurrenabarque via La Paz by very small plane. While having lunch in Rurrenabarque, we casually asked the waiter what type of fish we were eating and he pointed to the head pictured above that kind of looks like a catfish/alligator. Ugly but tasty! From October 12-14th, we visited the Serere Reserve near Madidi National Park. We embarked from Rurrenabarque down the Beni River about 3 hours with Madidi Travel, a company dedicated to conservation efforts through tourism. The founders of Madidi Travel led a National Geographic team through Madidi National Park in 2000. We were able to meet Rosa Marie, one of the founders of Madidi National Park and of Serere Reserve, and some of the local indigenous people who assist in the convervation efforts. At Serere we saw many types of animals and plants including red howler monkeys, chincilla monkeys, capuchin monkeys, spider monkeys, macaws, serere birds, hummingbirds, caimins, pirahnias, bats, toads, beetles, spiders, and butterflies, just to name a few.
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