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hello
i feel like im doing brazil by bus. its been pretty dull so far!
so we are stopped in campo grande for the night. then we have a 14 hr bus jounrey to sao paulo tomorrow night - yeah i know theres been some prettybad violence there but we wont be staying long. we;l get the next bus out to the coast
after a few days in the swamps of the pantanal it'l be good tpo get to the beach i reckon!
so we stayed in this fazienda lodge which was raised on stilts... presumably to keep alligators out as there were alot of them! w~'d had atotal nightmare journey getting there. mum will appall u all with tales when she gets home no doubt but the train was full and a bus was offered and i figured it wouldnt be so bad! wrong. there are no paved roads........
anyway. we had three nights in the pantanal. it was amazing. exceeding our expectations! ill try and put some pics on tomorrow but they wont do it justice. the pantanal is a swamp covering 250000 square km. its huge and relatovely un explored. we had a jeep safari and walking jungle tour. tried piranha fishing. had a very long boat trip on the river. we rode horses in the swamp and got very wet. we waded through it up to our waists and there was no hot water so yes i am in need of a showrer! mosquitos had a go at me too....
the wildlife was amazing. anyone who likes birds should go and anyone whos any good with a camera should definitely. i felt like i was in my own david attenborough documentary. crazy. evrywhere u looked was something else. toucans, herons, cranes and parrots. kings]fishers and a million birds i dont recognise. eagles and hawks and ugly vulture type things. plus we saw monkeys, howler monkeys mostly. theyre very grumpy. and wild pigs which are very dangerous. a marsh deer. racoon type things and huge lizards, capyboeras which are really really cute. a snake ahich we scared out of a log by mistake. and millions of alligators of course. the water was full of cat fish and piranhas and i just didnt fancy swimming. yep. im a wimp. but i still have my toes............
so weve had a fantastic time. now weve just gotta cross the whole country............ ill let u know how we get on. hopefully ill get some pics on here tomorrow but the hotel internet is pricey. and its dinner time already. anything but chicken and rice i hope!
love to all. missing u
sianyxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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