Cuiaba, Brazil Travel Blogs

Cuiaba - Day 71-72
Mar 19, 2009

... on a mission to find a laundry which was unsuccessful. I eat more delicious ice cream which has been a daily habit since I've been Cuiaba. The ice cream joints are self service so you just help yourself and pay by the kilo. The ice cream is so good and ...

Cuiaba - Day 67-69
Mar 15, 2009

Day 67 - 14/03/09 Arrived in Cuiaba just after midday after another restless night on a bus. Caught a local bus to the city centre and tried to find the only hostel in the city which proved to be rather difficult. A local guy saw me sweaty profusely ...

Exploring the Pantanal together with mosquitoes
Feb 21, 2008 (12 photos)

The Pantanal was something that I had been waiting to see.  Having had some long drives to get here I was more than eager to stretch my legs and see the some of the wildlife hiding out in this geographical basin.  Lying in a hammock at  the ...

Day 215 - Pantanal trip
Apr 4, 2008 (34 photos)

... it back to town in a little under 2 hours. We'd received confirmation from our hotel for tonight in the centre of Cuiaba, so we were glad to be able to just get there and crash. However, despite the guys kindly dropping us off at our hotel,& ...

Day 213 - Pantanal trip
Apr 2, 2008 (27 photos)

We were up at 7am to have breakfast and then both groups climbed into a motorboat and we headed back to the mainland to start our "eco walk", which sounded... 'interesting'. The weather today was nowhere near as good as yesterday and it even threatened ...

The Pantanal
Jun 13, 2008 (25 photos)

... why we were seeing so many of them, in much better shape than in Australia.   We had driver about half way from Cuiaba to the Pantanals, when Elias stopped outside the town of Pocone. He handed Cameron the keys to the work car and gave us some ...

The Pantanal
Jun 22, 2005 (55 photos)

The Pantanal is one the world's greatest wetlands and in many ways is better for wildlife-viewing than the Amazon (where the rainforest is too thick to spot animals easily). It was a highlight of my entire trip! I saw heaps. A big part of it was our ...

Day 214 - Pantanal trip
Apr 3, 2008 (18 photos)

It was another 7am start today and our first activity after breakfast was to go horse-riding. We walked behind the pousada (hotel) and round to the stables, where a variety of horses of different shapes and sizes were saddled up and waiting for us. ...

Cuiaba
May 25, 2005 (14 photos)

Day 207 Wednesday 25/05/05 Brasilia - Cuiaba We landed in Brasilia at about 7am and went for a nice breakfast before heading for our gate. Our gate changed 5 or 6 times through the morning and the plane was delayed 2 hours due to bad weather and ...

Chirping birds, Cowboys and Chapada
Jul 18, 2005 (14 photos)

On a cold and grey day, TAM took us to Brazil´s Wild West. Our tour operator picked us up and brought us straight to the Pantanal. This is a wetland area of the size of France, located on the border to Bolivia and Paraguay. Half of the year it´s flooded with ...

Pantanal
Jun 25, 2008 (3 photos)

... of whatever horrible accident as a grim reminder of what can happen if you misjudge that blind curve overtaking, here in Brazil they collect all the carcasses at the police station where you can view the various stages of destroyed vehicles while you wait ...

Day 212 - Campo Grande to Cuiaba
Apr 1, 2008 (28 photos)

... under a very low bridge before speeding off to the lodge. We later learnt that our driver was unable to get back to Cuiaba because the lorry which originally broke down managed to destroy the cement pipes in the last big puddle. This caused even ...

How to get halfway across Brasil
Jun 8, 2008

... 2 hours. So, of course, we watched Happy Gilmore again whilst we waited! Finally, around 5pm, we disembarked our bus in Cuiaba (God knows where they were heading still....), and had just less than an hour of light left to get downtown and find a place ...

Change of plans!
Jun 12, 2005 (11 photos)

... family to some table top mountains just north of Cuiaba, for a couple of days. But first we had a night at Carlos´s place in Cuiaba. The local university was having this big fiesta so we all went along to that! It was brilliant - live bands, pint-sized ...

On the bus back towards Bolivia
Aug 16, 2007

Thursday August 16th Coxim to Cuiaba There are supposedly tours to the northern Pantanal from Cuiaba, so off we went early. Barb refused to cough up another 12 reals for a taxi, so after a decent breakfast we hiked the 2 or 3km to the bus station (uphill, ...

More wild life, this time in the Pantanal
Jan 18, 2009 (69 photos)

Words fail to describe our Pantanal experience. Definitely a highlight of not only our travels in Brazil but also South America. Although it got off to a rocky start as we had forgotten to send important details to Ailton our guide, such as our arrival ...

Day trip to Lago Azul
May 25, 2007 (4 photos)

Spent the day trying to plan my next move into the Pantanal. Armed with the trusty Lonely Bi8ch (Who we all of course know, will never let us down) - headed straight to the, and I quote´`highly recommnded`` anaconda tours which are ¨well organinzed¨. ...

Cuiaba - an expensive sh#thole thus far
May 24, 2007 (3 photos)

... at best. So took it proverbially Walked round town and its crap - Anaconda tours to the Pantanal had shut as flight was delayed, amd food options limited. Hav forgetten just how bloody expensive brazil is. With luck can get out of here tomorrow

Pantanal
Jun 21, 2006 (5 photos)

Up at 5 for flight at 6:40 to Cuiaba via Sao Paulo & Campo Grande. We meet the Heywards at Cuiaba - they fly in from Brasillia. The 6 of us are spending 4 nights in the Pantanal at the Araras Lodge. http://www.araraslodge.com.br/english/index.html ...

Evangelismo
Jan 11, 2007 (29 photos)

... objetivo de evangelizar muitos universitários. Os estudantes estão bem animados para colocar em prática o que já aprenderam no Projeto Cuiabá 2007. É muito gratificante ver estudantes tão comprometidos com Deus e com o desejo de torná-lo conhecido dentro do meio ...

Oração na UFMT
Jan 8, 2007 (16 photos)

... ao sonho que tive. Fiquei impressionado como Deus me levou em sonho para o interior da Reitoria antes de chegarmos em Cuiabá. Fiquei fascinado com a ação de Deus e compartilhei com a equipe e todos concordaram que Deus iria fazer coisas maravilhosas naqueles ...

Skarpe tenner, skarpe opplevelser
Oct 31, 2008 (13 photos)

PANTANAL Ankomst Cuiaba etter en times flytur. En liten tjokk dame prikker oss paa ryggen i ankomsthallen: " Hello! You want to see animals? You want to go on guided tour? I give you good price!"Osv osv.. Tilslutt havnet vi midt oppi en ...

Campanha do Sua Escolha
Jan 20, 2007 (34 photos)

Uma excelente estratégia que podemo desenvolver na universidade é uma campanha do site Sua Escolha.com. Geralmente costumamos colar cartazer em várias partes da universidade, fazemos os sorteios, pesquisas, distribuimos artigos do site Sua Escolha.com, ...

distraction kills
May 29, 2005

´Think, of the world that you carry inside you, and call this thinking whatever you want...only be attentive to what is arising within you, and place that above everything you perceive around you. What is happening in your innermost self is worthy of your ...

Quebra Gelo
Jan 21, 2007 (42 photos)

... no movimento e também para terem um tempo de comunhão, compartilhar, e conhecer novos membros do movimento, dentre outras coisas. Em Cuiabá fizemos dois quebra gelos para reunir os cristãos da UFMT e também para mostrar para eles o que é e como fazer um QG ...

Início da viagem
Dec 15, 2007 (6 photos)

O início da viagem, cidade de Cuiabá, Mato Grosso. Começamos aqui e logo encontramos a família de amigos que nos mostraram a cidade.

what else have i been up to..
May 29, 2005

well... recap of last day in rio -got totally lost in downtown rio. finding myself in neighborhoods that i should not be. -relying on the kindness of strangers to get me out of the situations above. -get lost again, find myself on a bus, screaming ...

Days 8-10: Cuiabá, Chap. dos Guimarães e Pantanal
Mar 10, 2009

... and now taken over by monkeys. Day 10 - after waking up we had a good breakfast at the pousada and headed back to Cuiabá through transpantaneira. - around 18:00 we flew to Brasilia. getting there around 21:00. - now a warning to anyone planning to go ...

Chegamos em Cuiabá
Jan 7, 2007 (5 photos)

Graças a Deus chegamos bem! Não tivemos nenhum tipo de problemas para a nossa chega aqui em Cuiabá. Fomos muito bem recepcionados pela igreja que está nos hospedando. O Apóstolos nos chamou durante o culto para que falassemos para a igreja o questamos ...

Cuiaba
Jun 12, 2000

Pantanal Chapada do Guimarães