In Bonito and Pantanal 2002, Brazil On  23/12/2002  No comments

See the posts of Bonito and Pantanal trip in 2002

• Gruta do Lago Azul and Bonito Aventura
• Rio do Peixe
• Rio da Prata
• Fazenda Baia Grande
• Fazenda San Francisco
• Caiman Refúgio Ecológico

In Bonito and Pantanal 2002, Errante and tour guides On  22/12/2002  No comments

In Turquia 2002 On  21/12/2002  No comments

See the posts on Turkey (2002)

• Istambul
• Gallipoli/Gelibolu
• Bodrum
• Pamukkale
• Ephesus

In + More..., Karla and animals On  19/12/2002  No comments

Alligator – Refúgio Caiman, Brazil 2002

In + More..., Errante and tour guides On  19/12/2002  No comments

In + More..., Errante and tour guides On  19/12/2002  No comments

In America, Bonito and Pantanal 2002 On  19/12/2002  No comments

I did a day tour at Refúgio Ecológico Caiman. We were a small group (a Brazilian girl, her Turkish husband and me), it was great. We started the tour in small canoes. It worked perfectly because we could get close to bird and alligators without disturbing them with a boat engine.

We walked a little in the woods. It must have been lunch time for the mosquitoes because they seamed to be pretty hungry. The place where we left the canoes was crowded with alligator. They didn’t bother about our presence, they should be used to tourists.

After lunch we accompanied the biologists of the Blue Macaw Project. We went to see the nestles on the trees. It was interesting to see their work. They have a chart report and notes to all nestles. Each bird has a private name. The biologists climb up the tree and get the baby macaw to analyze. They wait it and make an estimative of when it is going to fly...

In America, Bonito and Pantanal 2002 On  18/12/2002  No comments

I did a tour in São Francisco farm. In the morning we went on the back of a truck for bird watch. We drove through the rice fields, one of the biggest in the state. We saw some capybaras and alligators. By the end of the tour we walked in the woods to observe the vegetation. We could see on trees the marks of the water from the rain season. Normally rain season starts by the end of November but it is mid December and it hasn’t rained yet. They all complain about the lack of rain. The only ones happy about the drought and the beautiful sunny days are the tourists. We went back to the farm house. Before lunch we played volley in the pool. Perfect for refreshing. After a good lunch we rested in the hammocks. Good life!

In the afternoon the tour was by boat. It was time to see alligators and piranhas. When we stopped to fish, the alligators came toward the boat. I believe they are used to be fed with piranhas...

In America, Bonito and Pantanal 2002 On  17/12/2002  No comments

I got to Baia Grande in the morning and was received by Alexandre, the owner. He showed me the house, stable, orchard, bird… The farm works with rural tourism. They receive tourists, in general foreigners, who want a experience of living in a farm. They sleep in the farm’s house. The food is made with aliments produced in the farm and cooked on the old style wood oven.

In the morning I walked around the house and spend some time chatting with Alexandre. By noon a Dutch tourists arrived. We had a typical lunch, rice, beans, steak and salad. The desert reminded me home, figs in syrup and ambrosia (a desert make with sugar and milk). We took a nap in the hammocks to go for a horse hide in the afternoon.

The horse hide was to see the farm, feed the cattle and appreciate the local vegetation. We passed by a small water reservoir where we saw a alligator head in the water. Later we saw a capybara by another reservoir. We also saw birds like woodpecker and toucan...

In + More..., Errante and tour guides On  17/12/2002  No comments