We arrived into Brasil and headed straight to Rio, which was buzzing in the lead up to Carnival. We stayed in Ipanema and enjoyed the beach and the nightlife. The local pub had an open air BBQ´s everynight and the beer was freeflowing which is the way the Brasilians like it.
We ticked off the usual sites - Christ the Redeemer (it was a bit foggy this day); Favella Tour; and the Maracana Stadium and then headed south to Ilha Grande.
Ilha Grande is a beautiful island with amazing beaches and fabulous fresh seafood. One of the evenings after a hard day at the beach we joined some locals that had just made some amazing crap soup. This was washed down with a couple of cervezas and a Portuguese sing-song.
Heading further south we visted the awesome Iguazu Falls.
Next stop was the Pantanal. We had been befriended by Gill the ¨Pantanal Tour Legend¨ as we stepped sleepily off the bus in Campo Grande, who convinced us his company was the best. A little dubious at first, we were in luck as the tour was great, we spent 3 days there doing jungle safaris; boat trips; piranah fishing; swimming with Piranahs and Caimen (smaller crocs) and horse riding. Although Gill was nowhere to be seen we still got a lot out of the trip.
After the Pantanal we head to the Bolivian border with two new mates, Niek and Adriaan to start our adventures there.
1 comment:
Hi Anna and Andrew,
Great that you have finally updated your blog- Mark will be delighted.All the photos are fantastic-I particularly like the one of the monkey sitting on Andrew's shoulder with its tongue sticking out.The caption could read- "pick the monkey". Back to Brazil now-I would love to try the "crap" soup!! We can't wait for Egypt and Morocco blog but please, no photos of George- woof, woof!!
Love Barney
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