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After a 5 hour mini-bus journey we arrived in Bonito at around 7pm and found a really pretty looking hostel that had really comfortable beds and a decent sized bathroom. We once again dropped off our bags and took a short walk to the town where we were greeted by a number of resturants! We decided to opt for a Pizza betwwen us which was so yummy, it felt a huge hole it must be said.
Bonito in the day light was even better, it had a strip which consisted of all different kinds of shops as well as a grassy green at the bottom that had a lovely water feature. It was pretty quiet with few people around of a day but quite busy of any evening.
On Wednesday we decided to take a half day tour to one of the many rivers in Bonito which had crystal clear water with lots of fish and a grassy green to chill out on. As you could snorkel there we decided to do just that but didn´t realise just how cold the water would be even with wet suits on! After a couple of hours we decided to head back to our hostel as we were hungry! Our taxi was a motor cycle, we each hopped on the back of one, put on our helmets and were on our way!
On Thursday we had booked a tour to some waterfalls about an hour away from Bonito. We arrived mid-morning and went off on a walk through the jungle seeing about 7 different waterfalls. We swam in a couple although the water was freezing cold! Although our group was made up of Portugese people (they were one big family) we managed to have some basic conversations in English (as our Portugese is pretty poor!). They were all lovely people and we had a really nice morning followed by an amazing lunch! Salads, meats, vegtables, pasta and rice galore! Woop woop!
Friday was a chillout day in Bonito as although there were plenty of tours we could have gone on they were all really expensive and we are already struggling to stay in our budget! We left Bonito Saturday morning for Campo Grande where we are spending one night before a gruelling 24 hour bus journey to Rio where we will meet up with Steve and Elle for the next 6 weeks of our adventure!
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