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By vivakula
June 17th 2009

Good friends, Great people. Cave diving, And painful combat! :) South America » Brazil » Mato Grosso do Sul » Campo Grande

mini-Bonito ms (14)

SO SORRY FOR THE DELAY, EXPECT 2 MORE LARGE ENTRIES SOON, AND I WILL TRY TO POST MORE OFTEN!! BEIJOS AMIGOS!! So i sat in the waiting room for my plane in Campo Grade, heading to Recifi. Oje vou embora (portuguese for i~m leaving today) I sat with a tight squeeze in my heart, a sadness and a longing. I wanted so much to stay and spend more time with everyone I had grown to love. I had arrived in Campo Grande earlier that day by bus and Ada, Adilson's mom was already there to meet, a truly lovely, lovely, lovely, [View Full Entry]

By Steph B
June 13th 2009

Campo Grande and 225 pictures! South America » Brazil » Mato Grosso do Sul » Campo Grande

Hi all, So Iguacu was indescribable, my pictures don´t do it justice. Speaking of, I will post a link to these at the bottom (they are uploading as I type onto Photobucket as everything else takes too long). I saw the Brazilian side yesterday before grabbing anoher overnight bus to Campo Grande. What an eventful few hours. My Grand Adventure I spent about 3 hours at the Brazilian side fo the falls and headed back by bus to Foz do Iguacu. There are two bus stations at Foz and I needed to get tothe other one. I am trying to budget [View Full Entry]

By hkwoody
June 13th 2009

Gateway to the Pantanal South America » Brazil » Mato Grosso do Sul » Campo Grande

Arrived this morning in Campo Grande after long, cold overnight bus journey - not as good as Argentina, but OK. Assumed Campo Grande was the last stop - which it wasn't so we were still sitting on the bus when our bags were already off and sitting on the pavement, Atsuko was still asleep - putain !!! weather is now getting warm - high 20s in the day and much warmer in the sun. Tomorrow we're heading into the Pantanal for 3 days. Organised the tour through the hostel, should be hiking, piranha fishing, horse riding, and lots of wild animal [View Full Entry]

By Matt and Tyne
May 28th 2009

Campo Grande...Cowboy vs Caiman South America » Brazil » Mato Grosso do Sul » Campo Grande

Our first activity - horseback riding

Hey Guys, Well we arrived in Campo Grande @ 7am and we´re booked for a 4 day Amazon Jungle excursion in the Pantanal by 9am so pretty productive morning to say the least! We can´t take all the credit since we were mobbed at the bus station, but we choose to go with the Hostelling International guys since the took us to there hostel gave us breakfast, let us use a room for an hour to shower after a long night on the bus so we were impressed. So at 10 we jump in the van for the 5hr ride into [View Full Entry]

This guy hangs around the lodge... go figure

By vivakula
May 21st 2009

The Pantanal!! South America » Brazil » Mato Grosso do Sul » Campo Grande

me and mona

So I’m sitting on the pantanal... Well not literally. I’m in the lounge dining room overlooking the river. It’s so nice and HOT here. At least 30, easily 35. Finally!! And humid. Presently there is a nice cool breeze coming through here. I can swim in the river if I want but considering we just went piranha fishing there... maybe not. Hehehe... So I’ve decided to be a little ambitious in learning Portuguese. But first let me wrap up the journey here. So there was the 14 hour bus ride from iguazu, like 10 stops and one bus change, and even [View Full Entry]

By Chris and Danis Travels
March 6th 2009

Rio de Janeiro - Campo Grande (and the Pantanal) South America » Brazil » Mato Grosso do Sul » Campo Grande

So having left Rio without managing to see any of the major sights, although neither of us would have changed our time there for the world, we headed off the Campo Grande from where we were hoping to arrange a tour to the Pantanal, which are the largest wetlands on earth, not far off the same size as Great Britain! Our original plan was to try and do them on our own, making it a lot cheaper in the process, but we felt that we must keep moving and so figured for the time saved a tour was probably worth it. [View Full Entry]

By HannahP
February 26th 2009

quick catch up... South America » Brazil » Mato Grosso do Sul » Campo Grande

Hostel Inn Iguazu

oops! have been very slack of late! i have fallen into the Brazilian trap and abandoned all thoughts of anything other than Capirinha´s, the beach, the sun and having fun! After skydiving we went to the north Argentina to Puerto Igazu and saw the waterfalls which were wonderful. As soon as we arrived (overnight) we woke to tropical landscapes and a definate different feel to it, just by the architecture and the way people went about their lives. Could tell we were near the brazilian/paraguay border. Stayed in a very cool hostel, with huge pool. Relative luxary for me and laura [View Full Entry]

By Dave n Aisha
January 22nd 2009

24hr bus journey and we´re still alive! South America » Brazil » Mato Grosso do Sul » Campo Grande

We are in Campo Grande, the capital of Matto Grosso do Sul. it is a city in a sort of bland lowland area, surrounded by cattle ranches and has a distinct wild west feel about it. lots of cowboy boots and john wayne wannabe´s! Got really over-excited because we read in the guidebook that there is a museum, called museo dom busco, that is mainly taxidermy animals, 10,000 insects and butterflies etc. So we got up early especially to find this place, wondering the streets in the heat for hours... only to find that the damn place is moving location. thats [View Full Entry]

By 240984
December 30th 2008

Onde estou???!!! South America » Brazil » Mato Grosso do Sul » Campo Grande

Olha só que legal este link!!!! Nele dá pra ver onde está o Mariner ( navio no qual estou) a qualquer hora!!! Tem opção pra ver só no mapa ou através de satélite!!!! E ainda tem zoom pra afastar ou aproximar!!! MMMto legal!!! http://www.seascanner.com/schiffsposition.php?schiff=Mariner+of+the+Seas Assim dá pra todo mundo saber, a qualque hora, onde estou!!! [View Full Entry]

By 240984
December 30th 2008

Tudo pronto!!! South America » Brazil » Mato Grosso do Sul » Campo Grande

Chegou o passaporte com o visto!!! Chegou também os formulários médicos!!! ... Já está quase tdo arrumado!!!Amanhã fecharei a mala elevarei pra pesar!!! Afinal não quero pagar excesso de bagagem!!!! ... Fomos até a Tam e acabei encontrandoi uma colega minha que trabalha lá!!! Ela disse que não tem como trocar o bilhete, iamos então comprar outra, mas ela nos recomendou que fossemos mais cedo ao aeroporto no dia do embarque que conseguiremos antecipar o embarque!!! melhor neh!!! ela olhou no sistema e disse que ainda tem muitos assentos, mas pra garantir vamos confirmar a quantidade de [View Full Entry]

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