Baia das Pedras to Porto Jofrey

It is always sad to leave a place, even if you had only spent a a few nights there.

But we were scheduled to head up to Porto Jofrey via a small plane (see below) so I thought I would add just a bit more about Baia do Pedras.

First, I would say go there and stay if you have a chance. Second, I would try to find Luiz Paiva as your guide (drop me a note and I will forward you his WhatsApp number), and third, be prepared to wake up early.

We had the additional great fortune to overlap with the film making duo Cesar Leite and Bruna Lucheze (seen below). They've shared some of their drone and camera videos with me, and I will try to link them in a later blog. But they are a very nice couple who have already seen success in Brazil and internationally. Check out their link above, and there is even a documentary coming out about them on August 18th. I will keep my eyes open for it. They live in Sao Paulo, and were very generous with their time and picked us up at the airport and showed us around their neighborhood. I will write more about that later.


We did try to relax a bit before leaving, under the generous shade of the porch roof.


And you can see that the cattle do, indeed live around all the other animals in the area


I do not fell particularly at home on horses, but Doreen looks like a natural.


As my brother Chas always says, "when I am on a horse, the horse knows who is in charge. And it know that it is not me"


This man, however, was very much in charge of his horse.


The scarlet macaws were digging a nest in this dead palm tree, but they stopped long enough to say goodbye


Sadly, the plane arrived. 


We had to take our leave of Luiz, the best guide in the Pantanal


And wave goodbye to Rita, the owner of Baia das Pedras


Even the Pink Ipe trees were saying goodbye.


Our pilot looked like he had a wealth of experience flying.


Then we arrived on the banks of  the Rio Cuiaba


Greeted by Caracaras (who are as common here as bald eagles are in Homer, Alaska)


And Toucans. Not quite as common as the caracaras, but not rare, either. Later in the day we would see tens of hyacinth macaws as well. 


We hit the river in the afternoon. 

I will leave that for another post, as it was amazing.













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