Brazilian bathos: Beasties to Barbarella
June 1st 2006 Q: Can you name a swampy area the size of France that is full of unpleasant creatures?
A: France
(Alternative answer: the Pantanal in Brazil)
It was a fairly uneventful, if long, journey that took me to Cuiaba, a town located just 60km from the official centre of the South American continent and the gateway to the Pantanal. The increase in heat was noticeable: temperatures rarely dip below 90 d
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