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Campo Grande
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Early start this morning for our 4am flight. We arrived in Brazil, in Campo Grande.We took the bus to town. They made us go at the back of the bus and each time we wanted to pay they were telling us stuff but had no idea what. We waited at the stop and the woman just directed us towards the youth hostel and that was the end of it. We never understood why we never had to pay. We looked for a moment for our travel agency which was supposed to take us to the Pantanal, a few hours away from Campo Grande. When we found it the guy was rushing us because the bus was leaving in a couple of minutes. He made us pay less than what we were supposed to, did not understand why either but did not insist too much and jumped on the bus. We stopped in the middle of nowhere and a guy picked us up with his truck. We drove for a while on the dusty road before arriving at the pousada Tadashi.
The lodge was near a river with nothing around, no communication point whatsoever. Very peaceful. There were only a few customers, an Australian couple, a Swedish couple , a French guy and us. After lunch, we went piranhas fishing. I only caught one catfish but Sean caught a few. Sean was taught how to remove the hook frtom the piranhas. Their teeth really do look scary. After the sunset, we went for a boat trip with a guide and flash lights. We saw a few animals like water pigs(they look like a 40kg guinea pig), birds and loads of caimans With the flash light, you could see their yellow eyes. The day before, they saw a jaguar! We were gutted we missed it by one day!! That night, we ate our own catch of the day. We felt very proud but it was weird to see the fried face of the piranhas. Oh yeah, and mosquitos are back!!We have not had them since Tulum and did noit miss them (on a pense a toi, Marine!)
The next day (20/11/08- joyeux anniv Alice..18 ans, ca ne me rajeunit pas du tt ca...me souviens avoir vu ton echo avec ta maman et j avais rien vu...j´avais 9ans en mm tps!) we left at the crack of dawn for a jeep safari. Our guide Carlos, is really funny and extremely interesting. We saw loads on the way then stopped for a walk nin the forest. We saw the howling monkeys again. We also saw some facocheres (like Pumba in the Lion´s King) and beautiful blue macau.We had lunch in a farm then siesta time for 4 hours as it is too hot outside. We quickly got bored because it was too hot to sleep in the hamacs and the mosquitos did not help either. In the afternoon, we went horse riding. I had a beautiful white horse like Prince Charming and Sean had an old and grey one who was so slow and lazy. I was happy I was given a nice horse as it was my first time and I did not do too bad (T aurais ete fiere de moi Clem, je me tenais super droite comme tu fais!!) We rode in the forest and some horses and people got stung by bees. There was a bit of panic for a moment with horses going everwhere. We then went in the lake for the horses to drink and there were caimans. My stupid horse was walking toward it while I was trying to show him the other way!On the way back to the pousada we saw an armadillo and some deers, too. We had a good drinking session with everybody that night!
On the following day (21/11/08), we went for a walk to admire the sunrise. There were supposed to be loads of birds but were not any that morning. It is a sign of rain apparently (wet season is due soon), then we did a trip on the river for animal spotting. In the afternoon, we went tubing on the river. Well, I did not, the river is brown and full of caimans and piranhas.It looked fun though and Sean enjoyed it. In the evening, a big group from a nearby university arrived at the pousada for the week end. There was a good singing sessions with a few guys playing the guitar. Sone were great entertainers. We were given caipirinha in a big plastic bottle for everybody to pass around. They even made caaiprinska with vodka. Total invention we think, but really good!!We were given to opportunity by the manager to spend the next day with them on a cruise, which we happily accepted.
We spent the whole following day (22/11/08)with the students trying to understand each other (speaking with hands and all as portuguese is not understable at all)It was fun, they were really friendly. Sean knew how to push the young lads´ buttons by mentioning the arch-ennemy Maradona!!We noticed that brazilians were really good at sharing: when somebody was buying a can of coke, they would pass it around to everybody, even us. Same for food. They were drinking something called Terere. It was in a metal glass with a metal straw. They pour water over some herbs. We were told that the local water is really salty and drinking this mixture makes it better for your kidneys. We had a go at it to be polite but it was not tasty. In the evening, more singing and dancing.
We took it easy on the 23/11/08. We did a bit more piranhas fishing - or caiprinhas fishing as the lapsus made by a girl in our group...loved it!!- and I caught 4 today! I am becoming a true expert at this. After the lunch, it was time to say good bye to everyone and especially the lovely staff before we drove back to Campo Grande for the night.
Sean, take your G - string out, we are going to Rio tomorrow!!
Felicitations a Meunik!!!!Prepare les tapas et la sangria...je te donne des cours déspagnol pendant les vacances de Noel!!
Latest Comments (7)
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Re: pierre veut me doubler (reply)
Nov 28, 2008 10:47 EST by pierre_of_57
Trop tard S'Mary ... Le petit coiffeur de Rio s'en est charge.
Sean-Jackson Five is dead ! Vive Sean-Tintin !
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il devient urgent que je vienne avec la tondeuse avant que sean ne devienne un jackson five
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caipirina (reply)
Nov 25, 2008 14:00 EST by zeleleuxz
Ca me rappelle le Pam Pam avec Junior le serveur.
Il y avait un bracelet brésilien autour du verre.
Préparez vos strings pou Rio!!
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caipirina (reply)
Nov 25, 2008 14:00 EST by zeleleuxz
Ca me rappelle le Pam Pam avec Junior le serveur.
Il y avait un bracelet brésilien autour du verre.
Préparez vos strings pou Rio!!
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Sean@Copacabana (reply)
Nov 24, 2008 13:16 EST by pierre_of_57
Sean,
Take care of the sun at Copabacana when you'll wear g-string ! Your buttocks are white !
Anne-So,
Don't forget pics !
Bisous.
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Spanish Meunik (reply)
Nov 24, 2008 06:08 EST by meunik
Ola!! Je t'ai justement envoyer un mail ce matin pour te dire qu'on avait pas eu de news depuis qq temps! Me voilà ravie de pouvoir continuer a lire vos aventures!
Je suis ok pour les cours d'espagnol, parce que à part buenos dias, una cerveza por favor et donde esta la estacion je ne sais pas dire grand chose!
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