Today we were up early cos we had to get to the Pantanal by midday for lunch apparently. We had a 5 hour ish drive to the Pantanal and arrived about 12.30. The weather was pretty good which we were thankful for, but mossies were out to get us all. Thank goodness for deet! We did a short walk to lunch in the middle of this kind of water/swamp area and got fed a relatively good meal of beans, rice, meat, noodles with holes in them (pretty much like snorkelling with your food!), cabbage and tomatoes. After lunch we hopped on a 2 and a half hour boat ride which to be honest was pretty boring! We just got our tan on a bit, slept a bit and saw a few crocs lazing in the water.
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