We spent 2 days in Bonito after our trip in the Pantanal. We passed on the tour to see some caves the Saturday as we had a few things to do and were not that interested so instead we borrowed bikes from the hostel and cycled into town, to make a few phonecalls and check how everyone at home was. On Sunday however, we did go on the trip to go sno...

Just a short entry. Arrived in Bonito last night. This is apparantly where all the Brazilians come for a bit of ecotourism and also where you can do such things as cave diving,snorkelling and adventure sports. The drawback is that its slightly pricy and for those on a budget (me!) Id rather wait until the cheaper places to get my feet wet althou...

We arrived early morning in Bonito, after the worst overnight journey yet: in a minibus (no swanky sleeper coaches now), for 11 hours, along small roads that seemed to have speed bumps every 50m! Why speed bumps are necessary considering you can`t pick up any speed because of the condition of the roads is a mystery we`ll never get to the bottom ...

The week has been very eventful as we managed to get stopped by the police (bribed our way out of that one), got hit by a lorry (bribed the other driver to get out of that one) so basically we have learnt how things work in Brazil. We are driving through some really small towns in our truck and it is so huge that some towns seem to nearly come t...