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The Pantanal
... line so we could fly through to get on the plane (which at that point was ready to close. Then we had a connecting flight which ran 2 hours late, meaning we did not get in to Cuiaba when we expected which changed our day of activities with the lodge grrrrr. Picked up by our guide and taken to a buffet restaurant for lunch - buffets in Brazil are mostly all pay by the Kg on your plate. After lunch we started ...
There Will Be No Plan 'B' Today
... of family farms. Only this is not Iowa and as we fly on the landscape evolves back into its native rainforest, with only occasional fields. Then abruptly the forest below has been cleared for super large agri-business fields.
Our destination, Cuiba is the hottest city in Brazil and unfortunately this does not refer to its nightlife. Two hours into the flight ...
What Else Can This City Do To Us?
... dirty nails (or maybe that thorn in the hand?), so she marched us both to the pharmacy which sold us a couple of creams.
The following day, was a relaxing day in the room, catching up on journals and blogs. Until the evening, when Pete discovered that the rash was spreading and his entire mouth was filled with blood blister-type lesions. Every minor cut on his body had flared and we thought it best to get it checked out so we got a taxi to the ...
Bike, Boat, and Beasties
... signs the two places look very similar. As you cross however, you enter a new time zone; Brazil is an hour ahead of Colombia.
The info centre guy followed us on his scooter to help us out. We started at the office of the fast boat company where Krisztina bought a ticket for a departure at 3am the next morning. Then we went to the office of the slow boat company so the Belgians could get their tickets for a boat leaving at 7pm that night, and then to ...
Pulsating Pantanal
... of the mages through the 70-400 lens now that I’ve got used to using it properly. It was a day for air-conditioning with sweltering heat and full sunshine after the rain of yesterday evening. One of the capybaras left a huge sloppy excretory calling card near the unit overnight. They must eat vast amounts of grass to create such a pile!
We had lunch of very tasty fish and an older couple from New York arrived while Lasse and Kathryn said their goodbyes and were off ...