Mar 2, 2010 - Will Something Please Bite Me?

We went to the Pantanal, a huge open swampland about the size of France, roughly 200,000 square km. ... Anyway, the Pantanal is a real ecological niche and has things that you can’t find anywhere else. ... Saw loads of birds – the place is a bird haven – including parrots, toucans (the most well endowed beaks of any feathered fiend), Kingfishers, Giant red necked storks – (known locally as Jabaru and are the symbol of the Pantanal) and dozens of other bright and exotic birds that I (shamefully – Dad, I’m sorry!) had no idea what they are but looked jolly nice. ... Anyway, it was a good experience and afterwards we moved down to a place on the outskirts of the Pantanal, called Bonito. ...

Dec 25, 2008 - Pantanal Wetlands - Happy Christmas/Feliz Natal

(After calling the doctor out the next day turns out I did not have an ear infection but an urinary tract infection and am currently constantly drugged up to me eyeballs oh what fun!) The next day armed with my drugs we headed off to the Pantanal Wetlands for Christmas (salt hotel is for new year). ... We arrived about 3pm and then met up later for a boat trip down the Pantanal River. ... Then it was horse-riding through the Pantanal for some animal spotting (I only managed to see a few birds). ...

Aug 15, 2008 - Swimming with pirana and caiman in the Pantanals

***This is only temp: I´ll edit this properly later as i~m running out of time*** After a grueling 2 days stuck in Rosita(she´s a truck, not a bus!!) we reached the police check point to the Pantanal. ... We had to change to local transport as the bridges in the Pantanal only have a 15T limit and Rosita is a heavy bitch at nearly 26T or something. ... From river to plate in less than 2 hours :) -Went walking through Pantanal looking for Anaconda. ... -Went horse riding through pantanals and didnt see so much but caught a glimpse of a marsh deer -Went for a boat ride and swam in caimen infested waters :D -Slept in hammocks -Had a toga party Spent 2 and a half days in the Pantanal. ...

Oct 22, 2007 - Pantanal - Brazil

The first picture you see I am looking forward getting on a train going to Brazil and the next one is praying for a comfortable bed. This followed by a 3 hr bus journey to Pantanal. ... Now when I read on our journey planner Hammock Hotel, I didn't think they meant this literally.The first picture you see I am looking forward getting on a train going to Brazil and the next one is praying for a comfortable bed. This followed by a 3 hr bus journey to Pantanal. ... Now when I read on our journey planner Hammock Hotel, I didn't think they meant this literally....