Leg 263, San Rafael Municipality, Bolivia to Fazenda Guaivira, State of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
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Exploring western Brazil today, there are a lot of hydro electric dams in the region.
05-11 Concepcion SLCW 6:16 AM
05-11 Santa Teresita SLSE 6:43 AM
05-11 Fazenda Morro Branco SIRV 7:00 AM
05-11 Fazenda Santa Fe SDQV 7:05 AM
05-11 Fazenda Porto do Campo SJLD 7:28 AM Trees at end of runway
05-11 Fazenda Terra do Sol SIQS 7:43 AM
05-11 Fazenda Bocaina SWFO 7:55 AM
05-11 Marechal Rondon Intl SBCY 8:12 AM
05-11 Fazenda Vertente SWVL 8:32 AM
05-11 Fazenda Nossa Senhora Aparecida SWYA 8:44 AM
05-11 Fazenda Colorado SWFC 8:50 AM
05-11 Fazenda Estrela do Sul SNNV 9:11 AM Short runway
05-11 Fazenda Adriana SWYW 9:20 AM
05-11 Alto Araguaia SBKE 9:39 AM
05-11 Fazenda Santa Rita do Araguaia SIFH 9:42 AM
05-11 Fazenda Santa Rita SWRT 9:43 AM
05-11 Fazenda Rio Verde SWVD 10:04 AM
05-11 Fazenda Poruina SJHH 10:13 AM
05-11 Serranopolis SBJT 10:21 AM
05-11 Fazenda Mangue Che II SWKR 10:34 AM
05-11 Fazenda Vitoria SIZI 10:39 AM
05-11 Itaruma SBCU 10:42 AM
05-11 Fazenda Tres Barras SJBZ 10:50 AM
05-11 Paranaiba SSPN 11:05 AM
05-11 Fazenda Sao Martinho SNSX 11:21 AM
05-11 Fazenda Sao Jose SDTX 11:30 AM
05-11 Fazenda Menina SSUY 11:35 AM
05-11 Malibu Confinamento - MC SSBC 11:40 AM
05-11 Tres Lagoas SSTL 11:46 AM
05-11 Fazenda Sao Paulo SSFP 11:58 AM
05-11 Candote SWCC 12:02 PM
05-11 Fazenda Guaivira SNVM 12:14 PM
Flight time 5:58 31 stops
Conception Airport, San Rafael Municipality, ready for departure
Just in time for sun rise
Porto Esperidião, State of Mato Grosso, Brazil
Fazenda Santa Fe near Cáceres
Fazenda Porto do Campo, Lambari d’Oeste
Some ripples, in the otherwise flat terrain, near Porto Estrela
Rio Jauquara cutting through
Rosário Oeste
Fazenda Bocaina in Jangada
One of the pretty waterfalls in the area, Cachoeira Serra Azul
Cuiabá, Várzea Grande on the other side of the river
Cuiabá river separating the two
Cuiabá with Parque Mãe Bonifácia (left) and Museu de História Natural De Mato Grosso (right)
Farm land as far as the eye can see in Jaciera
Cachoeira do Prata below on the São Lourenço River
Cachoeira do Prata
Flying out of Fazenda Estrela do Sul in Pedra Preta
No name to be found for the river
Further over Pedra Prata, lot of speed bumps
Farm land on the flat tops
Mineiros, State of Goiás
Martins in Mineiros
Cachoeira do Diogo below in the Rio Verde
Cachoeira do Diogo
UHE Salto CTG Brasil in the Rio verde, one of many
Ilha Solteira Dam holding back Represa de Ilha Solteira
Located in the Paraná River
Quick stop at Fazenda Menina Airport, I don’t often see ground crew on these small strips
Engineer Souza Dias Dam
Located at Três Lagoas
A bit further down the Paraná River
The dam, and color me surprised, I always though those giant rodents were trick photography
They’re Capybaras, a giant cavy rodent native to South America, the largest living rodent in the world. Slightly larger than goats, and apparently quite friendly.
Fun fact: The meat is considered a delicacy. Salt-cured Capybara is consumed during Lent in Venezuela, where the popularity of the dish prompted the Vatican to declare that Capybara isn’t meat but fish.
Last stop today at Fazenda Guaivira Airport
Located in Brasilândia
To Paraguay next leg.