Arrived in the Pantanal, the southern wetlands of Brasil after visiting the opposite side of the Iguacu falls. The Pantanal is a wonderful place for spotting wildlife. Unfortunately though, the weather was not on our side - it rained everyday of our tour (the day we arrived and the we left were beautiful hot, sunny days - typical!). We did see loads though - huge flocks of storks, kingfishers, humming birds, woodpeckers with their red mohicans, black monkeys, toucans, armadillos, a tapir and of course, zillions of alligators - oh yes and lots of pirahna too. Our arrival into Brasilia was rather disappointing - our reason for visiting was the architecture of Oscar Niemeyer. The images we had already seen in books and magazines and the way in which the city is described gave us a
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