The Pantanal

We got back from a 4 day stay on a farm in the Pantanal which was a different experience. Thousands of birds, fish, alligators and millions of other creatures we have never seen before. Not to mention the millions of mosquitoes that were there every night. We went horse back riding, fishing, swimming in the river full with piranhas and alligators and lots more. Hilla of course was very scared and didn't come with us to all the activities. Especially swimming in the river.

I cant write everything we have done there because of the lack of time. Here is just a little taste of some things:

On one of the days we had to wake up at 5 in the morning to go see the sunrise. Hilla didn't come because she wanted to keep on sleeping. The guide and I walked in the swamps for a few minutes to get to the car that was waiting on the other side to take us to a good viewpoint. He told me that in the afternoon we were suppose to go fishing and that we will have to walk in another swamp where the water gets almost to our waists. I of course didn't tell Hilla and convinced her to come with us in the afternoon. It was the biggest shock of her life when she found out that we have to walk through the water with all the alligators. She started to mumble and cry - WHY AM I HERE, WHY DID I LISTEN TO YOU. Me and the guide - Marcello that spoke fluent Hebrew laughed all the way.





On the last day, one of the workers took us with the car to the bus station which was 1 and a half hours away from the farm driving on a gravel road. He drove really fast so we wont miss the bus. The result was that we felt every bump on the road. Suddenly we heard a squeaking noise and found out that the whole wheel almost fell off in the middle of the ride. It was impossible to fix it, at least not in the amount of time we had so we walked for 40 minutes with all of our bags sweating like i don't know what to get to the bus on time. It was hard but yes we managed.




We are in Corumba now which is a town 10 minutes from the Bolivian boarder. We were suppose to stay here for 1 night and then cross the boarder and take a 15 hour train to Santa Cruz. Unfortunately we had to find out that the train was cancelled and no one knows for how long. So yes we are stuck in Corumba for 3 days now waiting for the train. Maybe today. We will have to see. Take a look at our trip in Brazil. Adios