Hotel Refugio Bonito

... br>CVC (www.cvc.com.br)

It is the largest travel agency in Brazil, offering packages to all destinations in Brazil. It is usually cheaper and service might not be so good. You can choose the hotel among some options they offer. The packages they currently offer include the flight from São Paulo (SP) to Campo Grande (CG) and the bus from Campo Grande to Bonito. However the package includes only a few tours (not the best ones) in the price ...

... now 22 of us (2 had to leave at Iguazu), including Brits, Irish, Aussies, NZers and Danes. *Getting involved with all things Brazilian...havaianas, many caprinihas, local music etc Tonight we are celebrating the truck leader Jase's birthday with a punch party, then heading into Bonito for the annual fiesta. Then tomorrow, we are heading off to the Pantanal, which I'm so excited about. Brazil is just a fantastic country to be travelling through!

... protected in my waterproof container as I get into the chilly water. It's only 2-10 feet deep the whole time and the fish are as abundant, colorful, diverse, and some quite large (Douradoes) as advertised. In total we floated along 2km for over an hour and I have many great shots which were far easier to capture than when scuba diving. I hang out with an Israeli -- actually I've met many on in Brazil -- and an Italian guy that night at ...

... br>On Tuesday we got the bus (really early) to Corumba to try and cross the border to Bolivia but Nat had a weird reaction to some bites so we decided to go to the pharmacy and stay an extra night in Brazil for them to calm down (now looking a lot better!). So.... now we are going to catch the train on Wednesday to Santa Cruz in Bolivia for the penultimate country of our trip!
Love love love to everybody at home xxxx

... been eating very well and on our second attempt at cooking we rustled up a curry, from scratch, with banoffee pie for dessert. The next night we had another full on barbeque with a twist as we got to try some Caymen (fresh water crocodile). My concern though is that they may try to get their own back when we see them at the Pantenal tomorrow! Other bizarre things we’ve tried are the fruit of the cashew nut tree, it’s ...

... so as not to find yourself coerced/overwhelmed upon arrival (see my list of recommendations at the end). That being said, you'll have a hard time going wrong in Bonito. Never before have so many caves, fish, waterfalls and ice-cream flavors been condensed in such a small geographic nub. On my first day in Bonito I visited the Estância Mimosa, excited to see Bonito's waterfalls that I had heard so much about. But it ended up being much more than just waterfalls, for the 5 ...

God wat waren wij sjaggerijnig zeg. Zo´n Pantanal drama hakt er wel flink in. Zullen we gewoon naar huis gaan? Lekker bij vrienden en familie, een schone wc, een goed bed, niet elke dag je tas inpakken, drinkbaar water uit de kraan, van niemand afhankelijk, lekker eten, oh ja! kaassoufles en patat met appelmoes, een bank om op te hangen, lekker dvd-tje kijken... In plaats daarvan besloten we de Rio do Plata trip te boeken, de topactractie in ...

... a little unpleasant at the fazenda, even the water from the swimming pool was very hot, but the activities we made (safaris, horseback riding and boat trip) were really great and we got to see quite a lot of birds, deers, pirhanas and caymens. Especially the pirhana fishing was quite great when afterwards we attracted the caymens with the fishes we got.
I also learned that they also drink the cold Mate (better known ...

... I can I´ll post some photos.. though this seems to be an empty promise from my last emails :) I´ll try and do better!! Next on the list is the Favela tour. This was supposed to be conducted on the back of a motorcycle. Oh how I was glad when this was cancelled due to disturbances in the Favela. We ended up doing a walking tour of a different one with a local lady who lived there. She showed us how people lived, and explained that it wasn´t a bad place with bad people, just a cheap ...

... free of white water) down some waterfalls, which looked pretty cool. The bus was late, but enabled us to get some clothes washing done, and it eventually showed up about half past eight. We jumped in and headed out ...