Alto Paraiso

We escaped the Pantanal on Tuesday. It took four hours for the truck and our stuff to get reloaded onto the truck before we could head down the road, but we were able to leave. Then it was three long days of driving, past vast farmlands (corn was being harvested.) In the morning of the third day, we had a quick drive through tour of Brasilia (the capital of Brazil), before reaching Alto Paraiso.

We then had two full days to explore the national park beside this little hippie town. The first day we all went on a hike that took us past some waterfalls. The second day, four of us hired our own guide and car to explore the park further (the rest did some high aderline activities like zip-lines). The adventure for the four of us was more natural. We went to three different places, one to a small canyon, another to some swimming spots, and another to landscape that is called Valley of the Moon--because of how the river eroded the rocks. It was a brilliant day and it was good to be part of a smaller group.