Blogs from Bonito, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, South America - page 4

Saludos a todos! I hope all is well where ever you guys are at. The travels have been going well. Still in Brazil. After Sao Luis, we decided to visit some national parks and do some sightseeing and swimming. We had enough of big cities....for now at least. Below is a summary of the towns we visited. Sao Luis: So, Homer and I are sitting at a local bar/restaurant. We're outside on the sidewalk where tables are set up. Drinking some brews....checking out the scene and people watching. A waiter comes up and hands Homer a note. The note was in Portuguese, but it basically said, "Hey, everything good?", signed with the initials J.R. Homer started glowing. He was speechless. Someone told the waiter to hand Homer the note. There was people all around us. We ... read more

Hi all, haven't had an internet connection since Rio, and i am sorry to say I procrastinated in Rio; so I am doing several entries today. Best Wishes...... read more

So...I can now confirm that a 14 hour overnight bus is not particularly pleasant...nor the most sleep-inducing experience!....in fact it´s pretty uncomfortable and smells wierd... and for some unknown reason there seems to be a speed bump every 10 metres in brazil....but in good news i survived and arrived at the iguassu falls... the iguassa falls were spectacular....much discussion was had amongst the group about whether they were the world´s tallest, widest, largest, wettest etc or none of the above...in the end it was decided that they were definitely the biggest, widest and wettest waterfalls we had seen this week... we went the the brazilian side first (the falls and river represent the borders between brazil, argentina and paraguay)...which was very impressive...altho populated by what i assumed was the brazilian w.i.... after that we went back ... read more

We needed to make our way from Brazil to Bolivia and so we decided stop somewhere in the Pantanal before crossing the border at Corumba. On reading about the Pantanal we discovered that most tours were 3/4 days which was time we simply didn't have. Instead we discovered a lovely town close to the Pantanal and Corumba called Bonito. Bonito is a small, pretty town which is famous for crystalline water snorkeling and rappelling. We stayed in a lovely hostel in the center of town which helped us organize tours, etc. Because we only had 1 full day to spend in Bonito we decided to go with the recommendation of the hostel and we booked the rappelling tour for the following day. The recommendation was spot-on!!! The rappelling tour involves absailing 74 metres into an underground ... read more

So when we last left you we were about to make our way from La Paz Bolivia to Bonito Brazil.... we had taken the smart option (or wussed out depending on your point of view) and decided to fly to the border and cut out about 48hrs of bus travel. Monday started early with a 5:30 pick up at our hotel the girl from the travel agent who booked our flights escorted us to the airport - we´re not quite sure why but we´ve given up trying to work out why over here, it´s easier just to accept. The flight to Santa Cruz and then the flight to Puerto Suarez were uneventful. Then it was a taxi ride to the border (i´m sure we paid too much) and checked out of Boliva. The Lonely planet had ... read more