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Caimans, More Toucans, Anteaters, Capybaras...... and Donkeys?

March 14th 2008
Mosquitoes. I have never seen so many before in my life! The Pantanal district can be a miserable place for gringos with white, susceptible skin, and Pete and I used an entire 250ml bottle of insect repellent in three days! Upon arrival in a tiny no-horse town we collected our bags from the bus and within two or three minutes (no exaggeration whatsoever) we were all covered with more than 20 bites ... read more

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Peter Stonestreet & Jacqueline Mascini

Stipey and Jacq

We are two Australians (both geologists) who are doing a one-year around the world trip through South America, North America, Europe and Asia. So from the outset, apologies to non-geological folk for the frequent references to mining, bedding, alteration and volcanoes! We have more or less finished our five months in South America, and are a little sad to be leaving such an amazing (and cheap!) continent. Next up we have two-and-a-half months in the western USA and Canada. We then fly through Europe to Hong Kong and Yunnan Province, China, and then begin the overland trip home to Australia thr... full info

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