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 and best of all a big (2.5m - 3m) anaconda. Also did river trips, horse riding and fishing - where Atsuko showed me up by catching 4 good sized piranha to my null point :-(
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