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Stadium In La Paz, Bolivia   Leave a comment

Stadium In La Paz, Bolivia (August 2019) — Image by kenne

The snow-covered mountain is Illimani (Aymara and Spanish pronunciation: [iʎiˈmani]) the highest mountain in the Cordillera Real 
(part of the Cordillera Oriental, a subrange of the Andes) of western Bolivia. It is the second-highest peak in Bolivia,
after Nevado Sajama, and the eighteenth-highest peak in South America. —
Source: Wikipedia

Great Blue Heron   Leave a comment

Great Blue Herons In Madidi National Park, Bolivia (08/23/19) — Images by kenne

Madidi is a national park in the upper Amazon river basin in Bolivia. Established in 1995, it has an area of 18,958 square kilometers, and, along with the nearby protected (though not necessarily contiguous) areas Manuripi-Heath, Apolobamba, and (across the border in Peru) the Manu Biosphere Reserve, Madidi is part of one of the largest protected areas in the world.

Ranging from the glacier-covered peaks of the high Andes Mountains to the tropical rainforests of the Tuichi River, Madidi and its neighbors are recognized as one of the planet’s most biologically diverse regions. In particular, Madidi protects parts of the Bolivian Yungas and Bolivian montane dry forests ecoregions.

Access to the Madidi National Park by flying from La Pez over the Andes to Rurrenabaque. We drove muddy jungle roads to our guide’s Tacana Community, where we boarded balsa wood rafts on the Tuichi River. 

— kenne

Lake Titicaca In The Andes   Leave a comment

Lake Titicaca (World’s Highest Navigable Lake) In The Andes Mountains (World’s Longest Mountain Range) — Photo-Artistry by kenne