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Last time we spoke, I believe we'd just been screwed over (for a change) by the Paraguayan border officials at Encarnación. Much has passed since then, and we now find ourselves in somewhere called São Paulo.
After the kerfuffle at the Paraguayan border in Encarnación (no stamps, border official refusing to give us stamps when we went back: "nuffink to do wiv me, mate"), and later a rather good sushi, we were rushed off to Reserva San Rafael for two weeks volunteering with Ecosara. It were good, if a little relaxed, and we saw lots of aminals (capybara, monkeys, lots of birds and butterflies, a tayra, snakes, frogs, lizards etc.), and did some work (at least that's what our CVs will say), and met some nice, if a little Dutch at times, people.
After a couple of weeks off, it was straight back to work, with a trip to Iguassu Falls. We managed to leave Paraguay without stopping at the border, thereby avoiding the £40 (each) fine for not being stamped in, and thus never technically visiting Paraguay. We camped for a few days in Puerto Iguazú on the Argentina side and spent a day on each side of the falls themselves. Brazil was alright, Argentina was steptacular. Go there now. Of course, as always, half the entertainment was provided by the American tourists who'd been flown (that looks wrong) up for the day from Bosco.
Next a 15 hour overnight bus over to Campo Grande for a few days in the Pantanal. That was alright, though the guide kept telling us how if we were there in the dry season we'd see much more. We did see capybara, armadillos, howler monkeys, macaws, hawks, cayman, deer, agoutis, coatis, other birds, peccaries and mosquitos.
That's more or less it, we've spared you most of the boring details this time cos we're getting a bit tired of writing all of these (and very rapidly running out of money for internet - Brazil is flippin' expensive, though alcohol's nice and cheap).
Bye then,
Love, us.
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