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BONITO MS - MAIO 20 2007

South America » Brazil » Mato Grosso do Sul » Bonito May 21st 2007

BONITO MS - MAIO 20 2007 South America » Brazil » Mato Grosso do Sul » Bonito By Andre ZainMay 21st 2007Andre Renato Fernandes ZainSEGUE MAIS IMAGENS DE BONITO NO MS... read more

BONITO MS

South America » Brazil » Mato Grosso do Sul » Bonito May 20th 2007

PANTANAL

Andre Zain

BONITO MS South America » Brazil » Mato Grosso do Sul » Bonito By Andre ZainMay 20th 2007Andre Renato Fernandes ZainEste Ã© o PANTANAL SUL MATO GROSSENSE CIDADE DE BONITO, GRACAS A DEUS TENHO PARENTES AI HEHEHE... read more

carnaval, pantanal, everything!

South America » Brazil » Mato Grosso do Sul » Campo Grande March 10th 2007

momac

I´m in Campo Grande in Brazil at the moment, whiling away the 8 hours between checking out of my hotel and getting the bus to Brasilia! (a mere 18 hour journey). So I don´t suppose I have any excuse for my blog not being up to date. I´ve just finished a 4 day trip into the Pantanal, where I saw toucans, very rare hyacinth mccaws, caimans, a tapir and the dreaded anaconda. But don´t think you get to hear about the exciting stuff first, you have to sit through everything else before we get to that. I think I last got fed up writing my travel blog round about Torres del Paine. While I was there I did a couple of walks of a few hours each - we hadn´t really been prepared enough to do ... read more

True story !

South America » Brazil » Mato Grosso do Sul » Bonito March 9th 2007

BandR

Hi guys, just a quick story from this part of the world. We´ve just enjoyed 4 days/nights in the Pantanal here in Brazil (wetlands east of Rio & Sao Paulo), and on the way back we caught a shuttle bus to Bonito. The last 70kms of the road into Bonito were gravel/dirt road. That´s not forgetting that the asphalt road before that had plenty of holes in it as well, with a few trucks weaving towards us as well. Anyway, it would be safe to say that anyone doing more than 50km/hr on the dirt road would be risking life & limbs, or at least their vehicles. Nevertheless, we did find 2 speed bumps on that dirt road, with road signs for speed bumps........ Nevermind, nuf said..... Also, just to remind people that we still are ... read more

Bonito, big fish and blue water.

South America » Brazil » Mato Grosso do Sul » Bonito March 8th 2007

The blue water in the cave !

BandR

Bonny Bonito, as the Irish might say. You may have already read about our speedhump eperience, so we can skip that bit of overzealous city council piece of work. In short, Bonito is a bit hard to work out. Either A) they are trying to build up a tourist based economy here, and are using high, and non-negotiable tour prices to build everything up, or B) they´re overcharging so much in an effort to keep too manu tourists away! Had a chat with a guy from Iguazu, and he didn´t understand it either, as everything seems to be overpriced. Bonito´s claim to fame are very sediment rich rivers, that appear to be a very deep and beautiful blue. And there are lots of them too ! Some of this blue water can also be found in ... read more

The blue water in the cave, with a very yellow ozzie shirt !

Snorkelling wonder

South America » Brazil » Mato Grosso do Sul » Bonito March 4th 2007

Largo Azul

Gemster

A very quick blog just to say that my snorkelling trip today was absolutely amazing!! It took place in the Rio da Prata just outside of Bonito. After circling a big pool we then got to float downriver for about 2-3hrs. The water was sooooooo clear and hence you could see really far. It was teaming with fish who came really close. Dorado is the only name that comes to mind but there were huge black and yellow ones, tiny flitty ones eating bits of leaves and gorgeous stripey ones. I used my underwater camera and so hopefully there should be something to bore you all with when I return. In one pool there were also volcanic patches bubbling out of the sand on the bottom of the riverbed. Our guide was great and also took ... read more

South America - Week 2

South America » Brazil » Mato Grosso do Sul » Bonito March 3rd 2007

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Sunday was another long day with over nine hours of driving. We ended up staying in a hotel in Camo Grande, rather than rough camping, which was a welcome change in plan. Apparently though, it just means we have to rough camp one night when the itinerary has us down to stay in a hotel - oh well, you can't win them all. The cook group did a magnificent stew & unfortunately there wasn't enough for seconds. I spent three hours on the internet, for lack of anything better to do, by which time everybody else had gone to bed, so I followed suit. The last of three long driving days took us to our desination of the Pantanel on Monday. Our only delay was when we encountered a Budget truck (another overland company), stuck on ... read more

The Pantanal

South America » Brazil » Mato Grosso do Sul » Campo Grande March 3rd 2007

Alison and Simon

Well... those who didn´t think I (Alison) could have coped with 3 days covered in dust and being eaten alive by mosquitos were proved wrong this week as we headed out to the Pantanal (a swamp half the size of France and with more frogs suprisingly!). We went horseback riding (Katherine would be proud) through water up to the horse's neck and my horse turned out to be a bit of a nutcase! At first she was calm and followed the leader but then i had a race with an Irish boy and my horse decided that she was in control! I just clung on and tried to remember everything i know about horseriding (bugger all)!! But i squeezed with my knees and held on for dear life and somehow i managed to slow her down ... read more

The Panta-hell!

South America » Brazil » Mato Grosso do Sul » Bonito March 2nd 2007

Will we make it?

Gemster

The Pantanal Ok, so I'm having trouble with photo uploading again. Which is a shame as I have a few great animal photos. I'll try again soon. Our last day of driving to the Pantanal involved a couple of interesting moments. We had to change a tyre on the way, only to see one of the Budget overland trucks fly past. This was slightly annoying until we got onto the dirt road into the Pantanal. It hadn't rained for a while so this road was extremely bumpy as all the previous bumps caused by rain plus trucks had hardened. It made for an interesting ride, especially for those on the back seat. We'd been over a few small bridges which were just made of very rickety looking wood with no sides. We reached the big long ... read more

On the road

South America » Brazil » Mato Grosso do Sul » Campo Grande February 25th 2007

The truck

Gemster

First of all - check out the photos on my last blog, finally managed to upload some! So the samba club turned out to be great fun, although we left too early in my opinion!! We had a great view of the band and the dance floor. Managed to have a wiggle on several occasions despite being rammed in - well it was the last night of carnaval. The Big Yellow Truck I'm now actually on the road in my big yellow truck! There are 23 of us in total at the back of the truck, although it doesn't seem that many. The design of the thing is ingenious! We have huge lockers under our seats to store all our crap and then there are tons of other hidden compartments to take all the food and ... read more

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