Campo Grande
Travel Blogs from Campo Grande, Brazil
Last leg
Once we landed, I can' t believe we actually made enquiries about a further flight to Corumba, talk about jet lag!! As if all that flying wasn`t enough we then hopped on a 7 hour bus ride to Corumba good grief we must be mad . However, despite the ...
Campo Grande
... exactly like the entrance to a Japanese garden. The reason for this is that there are many Japanese people living in Campo Grande. They are well integrated into society there and there many who were spectators and vendors. I should have ...
Dia 11 (part II) - Campo Grande
And after 2 flight with GOL (Brasília-Cuiabá and Cuiabá-Campo Grande) here I am in Campo Grande - não confundir com a zona do Glorioso SCP!! Agora que já nos trocaram a relva do estádio, já não parece mais o Pantanal... I arrived by dinner time ...
Wandering Around Lost Again
Macieo is a pretty little coastal city. Lots of parks scattered around the city that have similar looking benches and trees surrounded by similar looking streets and buildings. Needless to say I spent much of my time wandering around the ...
Overbruggingsdagje in Campo Grande
... nemen naar Manaus, hoofdstad van de Amazonas. We doen onze was en boeken een hostel.We willen het beruchte indianenmuseum van Campo Grande nog wel bezoeken alsook het gratis moderne kunstmuseum. We laten ons door Jiri dus afzetten op weg naar diens werk. ...
Pantanal
I think that we had a good time in the Pantanal- well, I am sure that we did, it is just that when I describe it, it doesn`t sound like it would be all that much fun! We got eaten alive by the thousands of mozzies that appear each evening, had showers ...
Back in Campo Grande
Got back to Campo Grande at about 6.30pm and didn't do anything that night. We'd booked a bus to Sao Paulo for Tuesday night before the trip so basically just waited for that to come the next ...
pantanal
... mogelijk wildlife ondergaan. Althans een beetje van een afstand, niet te dichtbij graag. We komen wel uit de grote stad namelijk. In Campo grande boeken we een 4 daagse tour diep de Pantanal in. Vanaf deze stad is het nog 8 uur in totaal naar onze ...
Een Tjech in Brazilië
Ons verblijf in Campo Grande wordt een niet toeristisch bezoek. We brengen vele uren pratend door met een heel enthousiast gastgezin: Jiri (een geëmigreerde Tjech), zijn Braziliaanse vrouw Deborah en hun zoontje van zeven: Felipe. We komen alles ...
A day in Campo Grande, Gateway to the Pantanal
... are going business class to Rio, it is a 22 hour trip after all! Ina and I set out to explore the town. Campo Grande isn´t really a tourist destination, people just come here to go to the Pantanal. Still, there is an interesting Central ...
Bus to Rio
... and grab some last miuinute photos of birds in the hotel. The driver from Open Door arrived on time and made it back to Campo Grande in record time. Ina is now in the Andorhina VIP lounge since we have tickets on an executivo bus and I am ...
Old timers disease.
Wednesday August 15th Campo Grande to Coxim We organised our laundry for the HUGE cost of 18 reals ($12) to wash and dry 3kgs. The poor bloke in the laundry showed his big electricity bill and big water bill, but as he wanted 3 reals per hour for ...
CAMPO GRANDE
... a bit exhausting really! This city will only be a connection for me in order to reach Corumba on the Bolivian border. Around Campo Grande there is this awesome natural park call Pantanal, a huge natural reserve. I though to go pay a visit there, but ...
Reaching Pantanal
After a good week in Brasilia, it was time to move on. Next destination Campo Grande and the Mato Grosso do Sul. A region with a lot of agriculture. There are farms are fazendas everywhere. And the fields are huge. I just stayed in Campo Grande for one ...
The Pantanal experience- - - with time to relax!
... breakfast to catch the bus. It was worth while! The rains had been flooding Bolivia and Paraguay and the results here, in the west of Brazil, are rivers being twice as wide as normal, thus when we arrived at the point where we had to leave the bus ...
The Gate to the Pantanal
... hate going here but it seems to pop up when ever we most need it! After sorting out our bags for heading into the wilds of Brazil and a prep talk from the guide we realised that we would have to go to the shopping centre and get a couple of hats, one for ...
Coxim Cidade do peixe
Coxim paramos para dormir e tinha a festa do peixe, barracas de quitutes e festa de música ...
Pantanal
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. ...
The longest bus trip so far
Not much to say about Campo Grande really as it is just a stop over for us on our way into the Pantanal. We will say that the bus ride up from Rio was pretty cool. It was 25 hours long which wasn't so great but the sights on the way were fantastic. The ...
Poconé entrata do pantanal lado norte
Passamos por divisa entre Manto Grosso do Sul e Moto Grosso, depois por Rondonópolis, Cuiabá e chegamos em Poconé entrada do pantanal lado norte, ai então teriamos mais 40 ultimos quilometro de terra para chegar até Porto ...
SESC
Campo Grande passamos batido
So paramos para abastecer o lanche de pão com picanha assada foi nosso ...
The journey to the Pantanal
After a 14 hour bus journey we arrived in Campo Grande, the gateway to the Pantanal region of Brazil, famous for its wildlife and scenery. While the overnight trip was pretty standard for me and Alex, Matt experienced the journey from hell. After ...
The Pantanal
... standing bum deep in the water & with cayman swimming round. Horse riding, lots of walking and huddling round fires. Went with Ecological expoditions from the HI in Campo Grande, guide was a bit quite & food a bit boring but facilities & location ...
Wildlife and waterfalls in western Brasil
21 hours after leaving Rio, I arrived in the city of Campo Grande in western Brasil, drugged up to the eyeballs on sleeping pills that hadn't worn off yet. I had come all the way over here to visit the Pantanal, one of the biggest wetlands in the world ...

