LindyBear

Yes it happened, for the first time in a long, long time, I relaxed!!! Can you believe it??? 🙂 This relaxed thing is really, really goooood! So here’s how it happened. Took a bus from Paraguay back into Brazil. It was a pretty long journey and they cram people on to the buses, picking them up around every corner and a lot of people end up standing. Believe it or not I ended up holding a little girl (about 1.5 – 2ft old) for a few hours. Anyone who knows me will know that I’m not a kiddie person so that is kinda a big deal!! I just felt sorry for her as there were soooooo many people on the bus at that time and she was getting squished.

Anyhoo, we finally reached Bonito, Brazil and I got into a hammock for a laze and then it happened, I totally chillaxed. I mean proper total chill out, again if you know me well, you know I´m not able to relax – EVER). It’s a weird yet wonderful feeling, I couldn’t stop smiling the whole time. (Can’t believe people are capable of this on a regular basis) Had a few hours of me-time and it was amazing.

Bonito is a nice town and there including snorkelling, scuba diving and much more. I opted for a day at the natural swimming pools which was just lovely.

Just swam and chilled all day. Didn’t quite get my relaxy thing going as much but a great day nonetheless. Have to mention that there are butterflies EVERYWHERE in Brazil…….

…….and they land on you, it’s kinda nice but ticklish!!

Yeah I think I like Bonito, I also ran into Cork boy Darren who I’ve met in random place all around south america, small world, huh? Had a fun night out there too, making idiots out of ourselves……

……..hmmmmm, not so sure the tiger look is that flattering!! The following day we headed off to the Pantanal, a grassland basin in Brazil with loads of wildlife. Lambs to the slaughter, mossie-wise, we did get eaten alive. One of the girls got 80 bites!!!! Had to take drastic measures…..

……but fear not, despite looking like a moron, I still got eaten alive. Please, please, please don’t the let the Amazon be as bad. These mossies were particularly vicious and took a liking to our faces – grrrrrrrrrrr!

Started off with a boat trip and saw a few caimans but to be honest the Aussie crocs would kick their asses!! Went for a swim in their teritory but they don’t view us as a food source so we survived unscathed. Still though, it’s a little unnerving to swim in muddy, silty waters where you can’t see if they’re sneaking up on you!! Also saw the Jabiru birds which are the symbol of the Pantanal.

Got eaten alive that night, naturally and had an early start the following morning. Spent the day at a “farm”, horse-riding, walking and some more lounging around in hammocks. Good day, saw some jabirus, caiman, armidillos and many more. One of the guides also caught a caiman and had a way of chilling him out into a meditative state almost, so I got to rub his belly!!! Headed back to the ranch for dinner and saw a beautiful sunset on the journey back, sweet!