We're in Coroico Animal Sanctuary near a mountain stream. It's really great here. After the hustle and bustle of La Paz, it's really good to get away, the air is fresh, the altitude is low (only 1200m, which is essentially normal), and then there's the animals. We have capuchin monkeys, spider monkeys. A little tiny goat, which thinks it's a dog, a few real dogs, a cat, a bunch of parrots, some turkeys, howler monkeys, and squirrel monkeys. All the animals are vaccinated, and quite tame, so it's totally fine to play with them. Especially the capuchin monkeys seems to be fun, they try to pick your pockets and open up any zipper you have, they can steal a camera if you're not looking, because they're a curious bunch.
This place is quite an oasis in the middle of this country. Everything is well run. We have clean water, good electricity, and also even shampoo and soap dispensers in each one of the showers. The place is run by a South African and a few guest gringos, who stay there simply for food & shelter. The owner is also the chef who with help from a few locals, can provide food for the hoards of "Gravity Assisted" bikers that come thru each day for dinner.
We had extremely good sleep here. There's not much noise except the parrots and a donkey outside out little hut.
Today we're fresh and rested, and ready to head back for our last day in La Paz, after which we're going to be on our way to the real jungle around Iquitos, Peru.
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Omg, that little goat is adorable! The monkeys look mean tho. Have you tried playing with them too?
~Lena
Just looking over the blog, what a great trip, and this day was the best of them all. The monkeys are actually quite friendly, except the alpha males, which is what you see on this video.
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