Toucan

A Wetland Wonderland

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July 3rd 2007
Our last day in Argentina was spent celebrating my birthday, which involved staying in a nice hotel, eating lots of steak, drinking lots of red wine and nipping over the Brazilian border for a day trip to the falls - not a bad way to spend your birthday at all. We loved the falls from the Brazilian side, a brilliant panoramic view of the falls that we had already seen up close, plus others that we ... read more

South America » Brazil » Pantanal

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Following three centuries under the rule of Portugal, Brazil became an independent nation in 1822. By far the largest and most populous country in South America, Brazil overcame more than half a century of military intervention in the governance of t... ... read more