the dinning room

Wetlands, bats, bugs & caves

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February 15th 2008
Leaving Campo Grande on Monday armed with 2 bottles of bug spay I was off to the Pantanal, which is the wetland region of Brazil. We stayed in a modest hostel and our room rested on 2m high stilts ( it´s called the wetlands for a reason). After a small buffet dinner our group sat around for a while in the dinning hall chatting and drinking the local bear Skol ( which costs a whole 80c !! ). All ... read more

South America » Brazil » Pantanal

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Following three centuries under the rule of Portugal, Brazil became an independent nation in 1822. By far the largest and most populous country in South America, Brazil overcame more than half a century of military intervention in the governance of t... ... read more