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Week 3 - Bonito and the Pantanal

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February 17th 2010
So after finishing up on Brazil´s sunny coastline, we took three buses (over a period of 31 hours) to a place in the south of the country called Bonito. The plan was to stay two days in Bonito and then spend four days in the Pantanal (a large wetland area on the border of Bolivia, the size of France). The first day in Bonito was all about recovery. The second involved heading out to the Rio da ... 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