Eldorado Cuiaba

... Day 72 - 19/03/09 The bites are still killing me, so today I just went 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 relatively cheap for expensive Brazil, hmmm!

... premises it was definitely getting lighter, unless our eyes were just getting used to the blackness... We´d been warned to expect lots of mosquitos, so we covered ourselves in mossie spray and I ...

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The guys taking us out on the horses ascertained which of us had what level of experience and basically concluded that everyone except Katie was a rank amateur.



My horse looked good and seemed pretty steady, if a bit on the slow side ...

... up the track, then another bigger vehicle track into the woods, before turning back again and doing it all in reverse! You'd have thought they could have found a circular trail at least.

We saw quite a few birds, the most notable being a "bat hawk", but the only animals that we saw were some cute little monkeys leaping between the palm trees, but they didn't really justify the effort of the walk to be honest.

One of the Dutch ladies in our group slipped ...

... tour company.

Fortunately the guide was smart enough to call the bus company before setting out, so he knew that we were running late and arrived accordingly.

It was the first time in the entire 8 month honeymoon so far that we've had anyone waiting for us with a "Mr & Mrs Fey" sign!

Our ...