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2005-02 Pantanal
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Nightfall in the Pantanal swamp lands.

Toucans in Pantanal, Brazil.

Count the crocs..

Jaribu stork.

Rhea's (the tiny grey ostrich-shaped dots in the middle of the photo...gotta buy a zoom lens).

Cowboys moving cattle in Pantanal, before the flood season starts.

Hyacinth Macaws in a tree.

Hyacinth Macaws (worlds largest parrot). There was a group of them living in a big tree just outside our camp.

Piranha fishing. First nothing happend for an hour, then within one minute we caught a big log, two fish and got five fishing rods stuck in the trees..









Out horse riding. Edel's horse had to be pulled in a rope to move..







Hyacinth Macaw in a palm tree.

Hyacinth Macaw in flight (hidden in front of the trees).

Hyacinth Macaw in flight (hidden in front of the trees).







Toto - a semi-tame broken-jaw alligator hanging around the camp.

Toto - a semi-tame broken-jaw alligator hanging around the camp.



Feeding time for the house pet.

Toto happily fed.





In Corumba near the Bolivian Border.

Corumba, Brazilian border town.

South west Brazil is full of old VW beetles.

South west Brazil is full of old VW beetles.

South west Brazil is full of old VW beetles.

Santa Cruz, Bolivia.

It says "Super Sport Off Road" on the door..

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