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Tag: Brazil

  • Destination: Brazil

    Official Name: Federative Republic of Brazil Established: 7 September 1822 Population: 210,147,125 (2019 estimate) Religion: 64.6% Catholic, 22.2% Protestant, 8.0% no religion. Language(s): Portuguese Capital: Brasília Order of Visit: Thirty First First Visit: 5 December 2009 Last Visit: 18 December 2009 Duration: 14 Days Visit Highlights:  – Rio De Janeiro: Christ the Redeemer statue, the beautiful…

  • World Trip 2009-2010: Day 22 – Pantanal to Santa Cruz, Bolivia

    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 🙂

  • World Trip 2009-2010: Day 21 – Pantanal, Brazil

    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 —…

  • World Trip 2009-2010: Day 20 – Bonito to Pantanal, Brazil

    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…

  • World Trip 2009-2010: Day 19 – Bonito and Rio da Prata, Brazil

    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…