23rd March 06 - 29th March 06 Hooked up with James from N. Yorks for the journey across the border into Brazil and up into the Pantanal. This is an area of swampland the size of france with more biodiversity than the Amazon and, aparrently, not that well known. Apart from James, I only met one other traveller that had heard of the region before I got there! Ignorant Gringos!There are over 950 species of birds and over 80 species of mamals. All around you, whether you´re walking, on a jeep or boat safari or from the back of a horse (yes, on a horse, me!), wildlife is outstandingly abundant. We stayed in a camp one night where you sleep in a hammock inside mosquito nets, swaying into the land of nod backed by a jungle
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