More Pantanal

A racoon and a Kingfisher

After the useful information about the Pantanal I forgot to tell you what we did there...

We booked a tour that took us quite far into the Pantanal, and ended up in a sort of ecological farm. Very natural, electricity every now and then, in the middle of wetlands and homes to animals. We slept next to the tree where dozens of parrots nested (the blue ones from the previous post) and a family of alligators (also on photo previous post) right next to where our food was served (and theirs also if you were not careful). No, no worries, alligators are not that dangerous, only if very hungry. So in the 4 days that we were there, we walked through swamps where the water came untill the thighes (have to exagerate a tiny little bit, but it was still quite heavy and scarey, l was not sure about the leeches and other nasty things that would stick themselves on you, uninvited..). We went fishing for piranhas and we all caught a few, no photo here, because I did not like it that much, even a piranha feels a hook going through his eye-ball or lip..You had to be careful though taking them of the hook, their teeth really are no joke. But we ate them in the evening for dinner, so it was for a good cause. We went horseback riding, very beautiful in that environment, we saw deers running in front, monkeys in the trees, and birds were everywhere. You could not even turn your head for one bird or another one appeared ore somebody shouted toucan, toucan...I am very proud and happy that we had a chance to see all this...

Different species of a toucan