We got to the bus station for 4.15 ready for our 5pm departure. On arrival we were ushered into a taxi by the chap we bought the tickets off and he explained we would go in a taxi through immigration ahead of the bus and then catch the bus at 5pm the other side. 2 minutes later and we were in standstill traffic watching the clock tick. Brazilians and Paraguayans do not need to go through immigration, they can go straight through. However, this means there is ch...

So the 17 hour journey ended up not going to well. Our bus left Bonito on time at 2.30pm and arrived at Dourados at 8pm as scheduled. Here we left our luggage in a secure hold and went for a wonder. We found a shopping mall a few streets down that was open and found what must be the busiest food court in south america at 10pm at night on a sunday - it was rammed, i dont know if people work monday morning or not but surely not a lot gets achieved. I had mountain ...

Next morning we said our goodbyes to Lena, Tina and Olly and headed off with Ruben and with a German couple Olf and Yanicka to the Rio De Prata (River of Silver) for snorkelling. It was a 1 hour journey to the river, where we were met by the nicest spread of food we had seen so far in Brazil. After gorging our faces to the point where we were all bloated we then tried to squeeze or torsoes into 3/4 length wetsuits - it was not a flatterling look. We had a short...

The biggest wetland in the world certainly did not disappoint. After our 15 hour coach ride from Sao Paulo we arrived at Campo Grande met by Ronaldo (of course) to arrange for our trip to the hostel and promote the pantanal tours. Having arrived at 9.45am we were told if we wanted to go the pantanal that day we could, but had to decide by 10.30am. With no cash, having spoken to no other tours agencies and no real idea what was going on we thought why not so off t...

So ended up just chilling on the beach and getting some chores sorted before the 15 hour coach ride to Sao Paulo. The coach was really nice, with loads of leg room and blankets. We spoke to a girl from Sao Paulo who told us there was a war going on in the city and that it is dangerous - especially at night. So we arrived just before midnight and then had to figure out the tube system to get to our hostel, all carrying our huge bags. When we got out of the tube st...