World Traveller: 7 Continents, 90 Countries, 871 Days Overseas
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Friday 18 December 2009
Highlights: Sunrise in Pantanal
Today we left the stunning Pantanal but first some of us got up at 5.00 am to see a amazing sunrise. On my return to the cabin I found that Andrew had considered waking up, but decided against it 🙂
Thursday 17 December 2009
Highlights: Day Safari and wildlife spotting, Horse riding
Today we set out on a day safari of the countryside. We saw lots of different wildlife, caiman, capivara and giant river otters. With the caiman we went down to the river and slowly got closer, David even got into the water — no way would I do that.
Wednesday 16 December 2009
Highlights: Mosquitoes attack, Night safari
We set of to the Pantanal today which is a large area of mostly swamp land. The roads are very rough and as we found out when we changed rides to a truck mosquitoes attack all the time. We will spend the next few days sleeping in hammocks in the same room As a group, so will find out about who snores.
Tuesday 15 December 2009
Highlights: Snorkelling with topical fish
Today we went to Rio da Prata which is a private farm with a really clear river which we went snorkelling down but not swimming (swimming can cause the dirt to kick up, we float instead). This was an amazing experience and we got some great underwater photos. Martin got eaten alive by the mosquitoes as he left his back exposed during the 30 minute walk to the river.
After our hard day we enjoyed a well earned rest on hammocks, some sneaky people took photos of us sleeping. This was a great day; I really loved seeing the fish up so close and just drifting with the river tide.
Monday 14 December 2009
Highlights: Beach fun, Snake handling
The overnight bus trip went fine and we settled into the new hotel at Bonito as soon as we arrived. We learned that the daughter of the owner was having a birthday party tonight.
Sunday 13 December 2009
Highlights: Itaipu Dam Water release
Andrew skipped breakfast but made it down for our 11 am trip to Paraguay to buy electronics and go shopping. We weren’t stopped at the border entering Paraguay and before we knew it where in a new country. We did some shopping in Paraguay, I ended up buying some replacement shorts, Andrew got a tennis top and a chip to play DS games but unfortunately he got the wrong SD disc so he still needs to buy another one.
Saturday 12 December 2009
Highlights: Iguassu Falls from Argentina side, speed boat ride under the Falls, Devil’s Throat.
What an amazing, stunning day. First we started with a great included breakfast, the best by far in the trip. It was a little difficult getting Andrew up to breakfast in time and he did struggle a little throughout the day due to a minor headache (ice cream at lunch helped him recover for a short time). Having dropped off our laundry we headed for our third country of the trip – Argentina.
Friday 11 December 2009
Highlights: Natural Wonder of the World – Iguassu Falls
Our 21 hour and 30 minute bus rides from Paraty come to an end at 11 am which was followed up with a short shuttle ride to our new hotel which looked very impressive. Unfortunately not all our rooms were ready and Andrew, Karen and myself found ourselves waiting for our rooms until just before 1 pm, so a little wait until we could have a quick shower and then visit the famous Iguassu Falls on the Brazilian side.
Thursday 10 June 2009
Highlights: Overnight Public Bus Adventure
A curse of a traveller is long bus and plane trips. Today was the day for a 21 hour plus trip. After doing some shopping with Martin and Andrew to prepare for the big trip and transferring some money to our VISA Travel card it was first off to São Paulo.
Wednesday 9 December 2009
Highlights: Jeep Tour of Paraty, Capoeira martial arts demonstration
This was the first time the group split to do different activities. I went on a Jeep Tour while Andrew went on a small hike to a local beach and played games like table tennis and had some local alcoholic drinks.
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