Filed under: Brazil
Right part two of the wonderful Brazil. As it was pissing down we had to get out of there so we headed South where there were no clouds or rain to the little island, Ilha Do Mel, it was amazing, there were no cars on the island so we walked everywhere. We walked from one end of the island to the other end in two hours, walking over rocks and trying not to kill ourselves! We also took an island tour and saw lots of dolphins near a little island above us, it was very relaxing and we had the best paella on the island. We went to a party that we had to walk to in the pitch black and there was a tropical rainstorm on our last night.
Next was the Igaczu falls. They were spectacular….. the Brazilian side was awesome, as was the Argentina side I don´t know if I could choose what was best. We also went on a boat to see the falls closer and boy did we, there was no one part of us that was dry, we also couldn´t see from the amount of water falling over us. Oh and we went to the Itaipu dam (apparently it´s the largest hydroelectric dam in the world), the little presentation video was good otherwise the rest of the time you´re in the coach so a little boring.
After a lot of buses and waiting for buses we finally got to Bonito. We went to their public lake and there were 100s of fish in the lake, kinda freaky as they were huge ugly looking fish although as you can imagine Will loved it. There was also a scarlet macaw in the tree, I was disappointed that it didn´t talk. The nest day we went snorkeling down the river it was awesome although I didn´t like the little fish biting me, the fockers!! It was a brill day, there was one time when I though I would be lost to the river as I couldn´t touch the bottom to stop and Will had to swim after me to stop me from crashing into rocks, my hero! But overall it was a great day.
Our final stop in Brazil was the Pantanal. Apart from the 6am starts and the bloody mosquitoes it was great. Piranha fishing on our first day, I was the first to catch one and was freaking out a bit when the line with the fish attached to it kept swinging towards my head. I managed to catch two although both were thrown back in the water, the first one for being too small and the other I thought I would slap someone in the face with the fish and it feel back into the water (good for the piranha I thought). We also went horse riding and walked along the pantanal and saw monkeys. We finally did an evening safari, saw lots of cayman, toucans, parrots, giant otters, lots of big birds and a tarantula.
