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Paraguay River, Pantanal, Brazil - August 2011


[posted 30 October 2011]

The Pantanal of the Paraguay River

A long held dream of mine bas been to visit the Pantanal in Brazil, a massive wetlands the size of Wales, with a mind-boggling amount of bio-diversity. After multiple false starts I finally managed to organise a trip for August 2011 with the help of a fantastic guide, Douglas Trent of Focus Tours. Douglas is a transplanted American who has spent over 20 years in Brazil, working as a guide, scientist and conservationist, and was invaluable in both the planning stage and even more as our host during the first two weeks of our trip.

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Along the Transpantaneira, Pantanal, Brazil - August 2011


[posted 30 October 2011]

Along the Transpantaneira Highway of the Pantanal

After the clean air and water of the Paraguay River, the next stage of the journey was on to the extreme dust of the Transpantaneira Highway that part- bisects the Pantanal. Despite the heavy dust, our excellent guide Douglas Trent of Focus Tours showed us the wonders of a different side of the Pantanal.

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Rio de Janeiro and Iguassu, Brazil - August 2011


[posted 30 October 2011]

Rio and Iguassu

After two weeks in the Pantanal, it was time for a little more standard tourist activity. Iguassu is is amazing at any time but during our visit it exceeded expectations as the rain that had fallen in the North earlier in the month that the falls were at a size not seen in years. The average volume of water over the falls at that time of the year is 1500 cubic meters per second but during our time there it climbed to 14,500, which caused parts of the park to be closed but allowed for some spectacular photographs.

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Snow Hill Island, Antarctica - November 2009


[posted 10 July 2010]

A journey into the depths of Antarctica to visit one of the most amazing species on the planet - Emperor Penguins.

Travelling on one of the last tourist voyages of the icebreaker Kapitan Khlebnikov, the trip promised to be special as we headed for the extremely remote island of Snow Hill deep in the Weddell Sea, not far from where Shackleton's ship The Endurance sank in 1915. The expedition then became a once-in-a-lifetime event, as the weather turned and we found ourselves trapped in the ice for an extra week, an event that excited the world's press.

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