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Pantanal - Ants in your Pantanal!

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March 11th 2008
Tony and Karen say After a 32 hour bus journey we finally arrived in Cuiaba, phew! It's the capital city of the Matto Grosso region. Its a decent sized city, not much going on though and its main purpose for us was to use it as a gateway to the Pantanal. Matto Grosso is kinda split in two, the North and also Matto Gross do Sul (the South). Having done a wee bit reasearch we decided rathe ... read more

South America » Brazil » Mato Grosso » 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