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The Lucky Ones.
... Penn Station to Springfield, Massachusetts, while the boys unwind with ipod video games and Heidi fills in the squares of her Sudoku puzzle. During this span, we’ve traveled on a boat, a tractor-pulled tram, two buses, a minivan, three planes, and three trains—with a short car ride through the Pioneer Valley still to come. On Thursday, the day before this odyssey unfolded, we were still blissfully immersed in the wonders of the Pantanal. The ...
You say Tuiuiu, I say Jabiru.
... here. The Pantanal is home to the largest array of wildlife in the Americas; at some point every year, upward of 600 species of birds make this watery paradise their home. And while the probability of a chance encounter with a puma or jaguar is low, the roaring of brown Howler Monkeys, and the menacing glares of Jacare (Portuguese for alligator) basking on the riverbanks, are never far off. The Escola Sesc teacher-chaperones divided their third-year students into ...
Ritchie Macaws
... the trip, agencies and operators have covered all bases, with add on services such as transfers and hotel bookings for your next destination all offered.
So a four hour mini bus ride west towards Bolivia then a transfer to a farm truck converted to a sort of open back troop carrier to take us the final hour into the Pantanal. The dusty, dirt road had yet to be fixed up after the wet season ...
Pantanal - Volunteering
... spending three fun days at their Pantanal home and school site.
After setting up the beds (that we used to sleep on), we also helped with other projects around the school and house. This included setting up their new kitchen with a reclaimed gas stove and a kitchen counter made from scrap lumber. Aaron also wired up some lighting and electrical outlets while Missi took Julie ...
Pantanal - Jungle, Critters, and Adventures
... the north where we would attempt to expore the region without a expensive, all-inclusive, eco-package ($300+ per person per night - ouch) which is common for this area.
This adventure began in a hotel in Cuiaba, the jumping off point for the Pantanal, where we magically met our new friends Jamie, Alma, Miguel and Ester after a terrible night of being ripped off, nearly electrocuted and invaded by cockroaches. We quickly bonded around ...
This hotel was formerly known as: Ueso Fazenda


