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By amatth11
October 29th 2009

Just a quick note South America » Brazil » Mato Grosso do Sul » Bonito

Keeping it brief as i'm typing this on my phone via wifi. Lots to tell, can't wait to get to a pc! Last night was a little surreal - the bus drove for an hour and a half on dirt roads to get to Bonito, but the town is actually really cool. Met a couple of folks who are doing this properly - over a year in south america, now that's some real self development time! Went tombstoning in one of the local rivers today and got obscene amounts of water up my nose. The platform was about 5m above the [View Full Entry]

By amatth11
October 28th 2009

Need to start publishing some photos South America » Brazil » Mato Grosso do Sul

Hang gliding

Ok, so i've spent a couple of days in the world's largest wetland, except the guide tells us he has never seen it so dry. I flew rio to sao paulo (sorry, i'm on the phone again) and on to campo grande - the "d" is a 'juh' sound, about 500 miles inland. From there it was basic hotel with a fan and a dodgy computer, then a 6 hour coach ride towards bolivia. Then another hour up a dirt road to the fazenda, where we were greeted by a cacophany - mostly parakeets. On the way over i'd already seen [View Full Entry]

By Nikki1204
October 16th 2009

7 weeks in!!! Sorry for the delay!! South America » Brazil » Mato Grosso do Sul » Bonito

Hey hey guys, sorry 7 weeks in now and I know I have been slack with this blog, but still aware that I need to do it, just hard finding the time to sit and remember wat I have been doing, bare with me coz the weeks tend to roll into one so I will fill you in best I can!!! So I tink I left my last blog in Peru??? Peru was a grat diverse country, we went from camping in a natural oasis, sand dunes, beaches to cities and Mountains!!!Views we ave seen just don´t come close to any [View Full Entry]

By WeeJill
June 25th 2009

River snorkelling in Bonito South America » Brazil » Mato Grosso do Sul » Bonito

view above the water

Bonito is a small 1 street town which is geared up to the tourists but it is still pretty nice. As we are in the low season it was like a ghost town. We booked on a trip snorkelling which takes you 2.5km down a crystal clear river and has lots of colourful fish. After a short truck ride there was a 40 minute trek through the wilderness and we saw a Capuchin monkey playing around and some of the guys ate termites which apparently tasted like peanuts! The current was strong in the river so you didn´t need to swim [View Full Entry]

By Miss Haines
June 20th 2009

Posting From Pousada Ararauna South America » Brazil » Mato Grosso do Sul

Capybara

This is the first opportunity I have had to post from the Pantanal as the internet service here was down. This is my fourth day here at Pousada Ararauna, a lovely lodge located 150 km from Campo Grande, in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. We have spent our days here sitting on the banks of the Rio Negro watching and taking notes on the behavior of the giant and neo-tropical otters. Other days, we travel in canoes or motorboats collecting scat, looking for dens, and looking for otter activity. There are over 400 bird species here and countless other animals to [View Full Entry]

By hkwoody
June 20th 2009

Bonito (it really is) South America » Brazil » Mato Grosso do Sul » Bonito

Everybody we've met said we must go to Bonito - so we backtracked a couple of hundred km to do it, was the right choice. The main attractions are the rivers which are crystal clear and full of fish. We chose the Rio Sucuri - it was awesome. You're kitted out with wetsuit, mask and snorkel then dropped into the river near it's source, then you drift downstream for ~ an hour, about 2km, before they take you back out for a great lunch. We saw all sorts of fish, birds, more monkeys - fantastic. Unfortunately no photo's but for us [View Full Entry]

By Steph B
June 19th 2009

The Pantanal and Bolivia South America » Brazil » Mato Grosso do Sul » Corumbá

Hi all, I have to keep this fairly short so apologies for lack of detail. So I ended up staying for 4 days in the Pantanal. It was an incredible experience. The tour was with ecological expeditions. We stayed on a farm in the middle of nowhere, about 15 mins from the main road and quite close to a long river. 1st day was mostly taken up with travel. 2nd day we went on a morning boat trip down the river and saw many colourful animals and birds. The river was littered with Caimen and they took the boat really close! [View Full Entry]

By hkwoody
June 17th 2009

Pantanal South America » Brazil » Mato Grosso do Sul

Tent

Had 3 amazing days in the Pantanal. Went the whole hog on the camping option, chose a tent instead of an indoor hammock, glad we did, even though it was fairly cold one night and the showers were at natural temperature. The tent was right next to the river - which was full of caiman (a kind of crocodile or alligator) and piranha, the trees were full of parrots, eagles, toucans and other exotic birds, and the sky was full of stars - simply incredible !!! On our jeep safari we saw monkeys, deer, foxes, capybara, iguana, giant storks, wild otters [View Full Entry]

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 Viajerong Pinoy
June 15th 2009

BONITO QUE BONITO South America » Brazil » Mato Grosso do Sul » Bonito

BONITO

Have to drop by the Bambu hostel in Puerto iguassu to pick up my bus ticket for Campo Grande, after getting dropped off at the Brazil customs i tried to get a bus quickly but the 1st bus that came by refuse to take me, I was in the bus already and the driver wanted me out, he said my voucher is for another bus, I offered to pay the fare but he said no, then the women in the bus started telling me I should go to customs first, i did that already, then they said take another bus, i [View Full Entry]

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