River dolphins

Wednesday, June 30th
Today our only planned adventure is to swim with the river dolphins - a.k.a boto dolphins. I was sooo jazzed for this activity. Honestly, I didn't care if I swam with them or not...I just wanted to see the mysterious and perplexing pink dolphin.
We set out for a swimming hole where they frequent. When we arrived at the bend on the river I saw a group of tourists standing around an alligator. Two of them were poking at the gator with a stick in its face and taunting it with a fish. I got so fired up at this ridiculousness that I stood up and said something. I yelled at the tourists and told them that they were making bad choices and being irresponsible jerks. My guide thanked me for saying something to the other tourists. He said that their guide told them to stop doing that but they wouldn't listen to him. After that ordeal, my group and I decided to go elsewhere to find the dolphins an get away from the stupid and disrespectful tourists. We found another vacant spot upriver and jumped in. At this point, this was probably the craziest thing I've ever done. I jumped head first into the river KNOWING that sitting on the banks are alligators, caymans; and accompanying me in the water are different species of pirannahas. Luckily, I still have all essential toes, fingers, and body parts. We did spot 2 dolphins but they we not near us when I was in the murky amazonian river. After the swimming, we ate lunch and travelled 2 hours upriver back to the main launching site - to return back to the town of ruennebacke. I was sad to leave the jungle behind, but I was more than satified with my experience. I believe that I am very lucky to have had spent my time there with such amazing people. We hopped back into the dusty buckin bronco of a truck for the 3 hour ride back into town. When we arrived we had a fantabulous fish dinner and prepared ourselves for our returrn voyage back to la Paz.