Drove rest of way out of the Pantanal road. Saw a toucan close up. Not sure how he can fly with the size of his beak! (beak can be up to 50% of body surface area)
Couldn't find any free wi-fi and the tourist center was closed so drove out of town towards Cuiaba. A good road with little traffic. Hid from the sun under a mango tree while john cooked lunch. It has become hot and humid. Really grateful for the fan. A much needed accessory.
The plan had been to go into town and by some parts that we need but as we neared it and the sun was getting lower in the sky we decided to skirt town. (doesn’t actual take much to change our minds, regarding a town visit). As we got to the first roundabout we were met with a stream of trucks and for the next hour on the ring road we were hemmed in by trucks, not just on the road but in service stations and in truck parks. We were unaware that there could be so many trucks in the one place at the one time. We may have big double “B’s” and road trains in Australia, but here they have semi’s by the thousands. One of the interesting items we have noticed with these trucks is they can "lift" some of their wheels off the road when empty. This may save on tyre wear and/or make their wheel base shorter. This photos shows two lots of wheel configuration.