When I saw the airport in Rurrenabaque, Bolivia my first thought was to laugh.  A dirt runway and a decrepit building were all that marked the area as an airport.  We checked in for our flight, weighed our luggage and proceeded to wait for the plane to touch down.

We had taken the18 hour bus ride from La Paz to Rurrenabaque but it was a night we’d never forget–and one that we never wanted to do again.  We booked a flight back to La Paz pretty much immediately upon arriving in town, spent a couple of days in Bolivia’s Amazon and raced back to the airport for our flight.  Finally the small jet touched down.  As you can imagine, on a dirt runway, the planes don’t land in wet weather, which as you can also imagine is a frequent occurrence in the jungle.  Thankfully our flight landed.  People unloaded, we loaded on and soon enough we were back in the air.  Just another day at the Rurrenabaque airport.

This picture is the baggage service and airport shuttle.  Don’t laugh, I’m serious.

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Bolivia’s a great place to go for adventurous cheap holidays.  From the amazon to the highlands and the salt flats (salar de uyuni) there’s a lot to do and it’s rather inexpensive.  Check out our Bolivia Guide for more information.