Campo Grande, Brazil Travel Blogs

Transit it Camp Grande (nothing of note)
May 29, 2007 (3 photos)

Transit

Sarah: Poems - Pantanal
Mar 30, 2008

Acrostics composed on a long bus journey. Tourists                   Too              & ...

BRASIIIIIIIL!!!! The Pantanal
Aug 7, 2009

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Down to Rio
Mar 11, 2007

... it and am so pumped to do some solo jumps so am heading back there soon to do a course. after rio headed to illha grande...an island about 2 hours south then 2 hour boat trip...without a doubt one of the best places i have been.... boat trip was funny ...

Ave project with Reggie, Isabelle, and Peggy
Aug 29, 2007 (20 photos)

... Even the scrubbiest little brown bird is a thing of beauty to him. In actuality, scrubby brown birds are very rare in Brazil! The birds here are incredibly colorful and truly magnificent! Late in the day we chase an armadillo down its hole. Reggie urges ...

Rain and wildlife in the Pantanal
Jul 25, 2009

Coming soon...

Time to rest and recoup
Aug 10, 2006

I´m here! Spent today resting in my hotel room. Traveled for about 20 hours total and I still feel a little off. Haven´t seen much, but had a great dinner tonight and a few good cold beers. This town is very clean and is lacking the familiar exhaust smells ...

Aircon and Pool Yeh
Feb 6, 2006

Details to come

Monday, August 20, 2007
Aug 24, 2007 (11 photos)

Wow, Monday was a whirlwind day. So much happened, so fast! EarthWatch Team XI to the Pantanal was to rendezvous in the hotel lobby at 7:00 am.  There we would meet and load the transport van leaving for the research site. ...

Campo Grande, The Pantanal
Nov 6, 2004

Nature and Horse riding

Of fishing...and women
Oct 26, 2009

No luck in jaguar sighting today, but after the fantastic afternoon the day before...we can't really ask for more. We decide to try to catch some pacùs for supper on a smaller river arm. In the morning Julinho had prepared a bag of acerolas (little red ...

Transpantaneira km 0 to 110
Oct 24, 2009

We stop at every bird we encounter and Julinho teaches me it’s name in Portuguese and English (we will have a good laugh at that part..the names are extremely complicated and long….I wonder how he is able to remember all of them, well I guess ...

SESC Pantanal
Oct 14, 2007 (5 photos)

Hotel SESC Pantanal Ficamos hospedados para visitação conhecer fauna e flora,

A Ultima II
Jan 1, 2005

Essa foi parte da ultima viagem com os avós... visitei a parentada toda, conheci gente nova, tomei terere... Campo Grande é um dos lugares mais hospitaleiros que conheco, tem parques bonitos, e a Praça das Araras, acho linda.... adoorooo

MARACANA STADIUM
Jul 20, 2006 (15 photos)

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The Pantanal!!!
Apr 20, 2008 (3 photos)

... ; He said he would keep it forever.  A real sweatheart he is. In the afternoon I took the truck back to Baracas das Piranhas then the bus back to Campo Grande.  I stayed iun the hostel and was very excited to have my own room with bathroom!

Getting back to nature
Jul 16, 2006 (5 photos)

Sara and myself took a plane from Sao Paulo to Campo Grande. I had arranged a four day tour into the Pantanal wetland region of Brazil. Apparently it´s half the size of France with loads of wildlife. Sara was keen to see a few anacondas. I just wanted to ...

Jam session
Oct 23, 2009

... with Marion and John from the US. They are enthusiastic about their trip to the Pantanal, first time here and first time in Brazil…20 days, wow…John gives me some funny tips about the camping at Carmindo’s and Maria’s place. They ...

Back on the Transpantaneira
Oct 27, 2009

Back on the road, this time Julinho is at the wheel. Lost in thoughts and overwhelmed by all the beauty that surrounds us we drive on in silence. After a while he asks me if I mind him putting on some music, not at all! He takes out an I-pod with a ...

Last day...before my 38 hrs bus-overland to Rio
Oct 28, 2009

Here our standard of sleeping-waking up with sunlight is disturbed, curtains that close out light and air-con disorient me, guests talking in front of our door....disturb me!! It is a nice well run place in a beautiful environment...but still it' feels ...

Sunday Afternoon
Aug 23, 2007 (1 photos)

The Hotel Gran Exceler in Campo Grande was clean and quite adequate for my needs. After all, I just needed a place to sleep and await the rendezvous with the EarthWatch vans at 7 am Monday morning. I arrived in the mid afternoon and was the first of our ...

CHRIST THE REDEEMER (CORCOVADO) ON MY BIRTHDAY!!
Jul 19, 2006 (9 photos)

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Last day in Brazil-travelling from Rio de Janeiro
Sep 7, 2006 (3 photos)

... to take the metro. We hopped on to a cab and the traffic is really heavy-cab driver said that because tomorrow is Brazil's Independence Day-everyone is leaving town for a holiday. We spent our last Reals on 2 miserable sandwiches and a diet coke. Bought 2 ...

Campo Grande
Jan 20, 2006

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Getting Back to Nature in the Pantanal
Feb 14, 2009

... `t wait long! It was swelteringly hot, we were tired, grumpy and feeling grimy from travel despite the showers in Campo Grande - so we collapsed into our hammocks for an afternoon nap which was surprisingly refreshing and comfortable.  In fact ...

Pantanal
Oct 16, 2007 (14 photos)

Passeio pelo Rio ao amanhecer, visita a mata em passarela de 2000 metros de comprimento, borboletario no CESC um show varias especies e um formigueiro de sauva na bancada.

A surprise
Oct 23, 2009

Driving through town we see a small airplane over us and Julinho’s eyes start to shine… Lilito…he starts fumbling with his phone then looks at me and asks me ‘would you like to fly?’ That was unexpected but of course yes!! I ...

Mission Briefing & Wednesday, August 22
Aug 25, 2007 (9 photos)

... will prepare filling and tasty meals to fortify you for the rigors of the field. Rendezvous Site Campo Grande, Brazil Research Mission: Discover the conservation needs of frogs, snakes, turtles and related animals in the region. ...

Pantanal Trip Day 1
Oct 1, 2009 (3 photos)

The first half of today was mainly travelling again! Breakfast was good this morning, with lots of fruit, and cake and doce de leite (yummy caramel stuff which Caz has been spreading on bread.... mmm healthy!). We had a long mini-bus trip to start with, ...

Pantanal Trip Day 4
Oct 4, 2009

Our last activity was piranha fishing this morning, before our long trip back to Campo Grande this afternoon. To be fair, Gabrielle was a bit happier and helpful today (but by no means what I would call happy or helpful!). We walked from our camp along the ...