Had a nice bus ride across the country of Paraguay, really beautiful country side. Then arrived in the capital city of Asuncion at about 7pm. We heard there wasn't much to do here and since we were trying to make up lost time we decided to get a night bus to argentina. The bus wasn't leaving till midnight, so we found a restuarant across the road from the bus station to hang out in until then. Had a nice pasta dinner, then the entertainment started....We were q...

After a nice stay in Bonito we got on a bus to head for the Paragauy boarder. Along with the oz/dutch couple we also met an english couple heading same way, so when we got to the boarder we all went to the same hotel. Ponta Pora is a funny boarder town with the main street being the boarder. So we stayed in a hotel in Brazil, then we crossed the road and went to a restuarant in Paraguay (different language & currency!). After a good night sleep, we spent ...

Had a nice couple of nights in Bonito. Awesome place with lots of clear rivers with heaps of fish in them. The weather was good so we hired bikes and biked out to this natural swimming pool with river running into it. It was one of those days when (quote from Mark) "you know when you're burning, and this doesn't feel like you are", sure enough Mark got very burnt. Ended up hiring snorkel gear and floated down the river amongst hundereds of fish. The w...

After our Pantanal tour the plan was to head into Bolivia, so we got a bus to the Brazil/Boliva boarder only to find out that the boarder had been closed for the last 4 days and they weren't sure when it was opening due to riots. They were also advising against travel to the town we were heading to (santa cruz) as 16 people (no tourists though) had been shot. Found a hotel for the night and thought about our options. Decided that it would be best to make a detou...

After a long bus ride (lots of stops) we arrived to Campo Grande at 6:30am and we were glad to feel the heat. A sucker for freebies we signed up for a pantanal tour with the HI hostel as it was offering a free night accommodation before the tour. After a good night sleep and an awesome fresh fruit buffet breakie we headed out to the Pantanal. With no air con in the transport van we were very happy to arrive at our campspot 3 hrs later. We were told it was safe ...