OK here it is...The aim of our adventure is to travel across Australia and around South America (then maybe back around Oz) for 6 to 8 months (or maybe 11) on two motorcycles. The plan is to jump on our two KLR650's here in Perth and head east over the hills. We will aim to reach Sydney within a couple of weeks before embarking for Santiago, Chile by plane. Once in South America, we will circumnavigate the lower half of the continent over the course of the months soaking in the as much of the cultures, sights, sounds and architecture that is on offer. We will travel in a anti-clockwise direction starting and finishing from Santiago....we will keep you all posted on the craziness, well most of it anyway!

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Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Corumba and the Pantanal...




Our final destination in Brazil before heading into the much anticipated Bolivia was the border town named Corumba. From here we where able to sort out a few last minute things with the bikes and also head out a night out into the Pantanal. The Pantanal is the largest wetland area in the world, and is home to a massive variety of flora and fauna which definitely spoilt us during our visit.




We all opted for the much cheaper option of sleeping in hammocks, rather than the air-conditioned hotel rooms during our stay in the Pantanal. Good meals where also included in the price as well as a variety of tours, with horse riding and jeep tours being our preference. Both where good fun and we where able to see a nice variety animals. One of the main highlights was a friendly Toucan which came and shared breakfast with us in the morning around the campsite.





Corumba itself wasn´t too exciting, so after getting the bikes all sorted we took of for the border and the nearby Bolivian town of Puerto Suárez. Here Simon and Blair would again split from us too catch the train to Santa Cruz and we hit the road with the aim of reaching Santa Cruz within a couple of days...depending on the road conditions...but at this stage we were all very excited about the prospect of a new country, with new cultures and the fact that we no longer had to worry about speaking Portuguese.

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