Pantanal

Help! There´s a Spider in my Canoe

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April 10th 2008
Fourteen hours overnight on a bus, three and a half hours in a car, one and a half hours in a 4x4 down a very wet and bumpy track, and one and a half hours in a boat......300 Reais. Arriving at an air conditioned lodge with lunch waiting......priceless. We had made it to Brazils' wetland area known as the Pantanal, and were immediately introduced to our guide who was keen for us to join him on t ... 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