It was possibly the worse bus ride of my life to get us to Sucre. Almost all the way of this 13 hour bus journey was on unpaved roads and even though it was supposed to be VIP Cama bus (meaning the chairs should be able to fully recline) my chair was broken. For a bus ride of such a duration and the class we paid for, one would expect a loo on-board, however no. There was only one stop at 3am in the middle of nature for the entire bus to go if nature called, whic...

Took a taxi to the Samaipatha taxi rank at 4pm to get the last taxi there. How it works is that one should wait until there are 5 or 6 people (in a car) before the taxi leaves. We were obviously 3 and another local guy so we waited an hour before we left. The driving was hair raising, it seemed like cars were driving on both sides of the road. We finally arrived at 8pm and booked into Anastasia guest house, an Italian run place with a lovely atmosphere. The reas...

We said bye to Dave and took a 4 hr bus to the Brazilian boarder town Corumbá. The boarder was said by all guide books to be closed at 1pm on a Sunday. We arrived at 1:45pm and according to the bus terminal staff the boarder was going to close at 2pm. We jumped in the taxi with an Austrailian couple we met in Bonito and prompted the taxi driver with Rápido Rápido (go-go). We made it to the boarder just passed 2pm to discover that they were still open and weren...

After 6 hour minibus ride we arrived in Bonny Bonito. The town itself was quaint with a square that had giant jumping fish water features, loads of curio shops and a cachasa (local Brazilian sugar cane and main ingredient for traditional Caiparinhas) factory. Even though low season, the Rio de Prata was fully sold out due to a large tour group that took over the town. So we went to the Natural Aquarium instead, which was awesome in the true sense of the word. T...

After a 5 hour private transfer to Sao Paulo to get a 12 hour overnight bus we arrived in Campo Grande. Greeted by a tout from Santa Clara Pousada we decided they were the best option for the Pantanal - Motto Grosso package. An American guy, Dave, joined us, shortly after the four of us were transferred by 4x4 on a 5 hour journey, in the rain as well, to the Pantanal Santa Clara farm. As we got there the rain stopped and we went on a night safari where we saw a...