¨Lean back, Gav¨

Carlos Pelligrini has a nature reserve on and around a piranha and caymen (alligators) infested lake.

We camped 10 meters from the water´s edge but were only bitten by the mozzies as per bloomin´ usual. The mozzies and insects were so bad on the 2nd night I was virtually smacking myself in the face to swat them off one after another, eventually going to bed early to escape them but missing out on a spit roast lamb.

We took a boat trip onto the lake and saw the caymen close up. The big fella with his mouth open was 2,5m long and growling at me from a metre away. Bec was determined to get a picture of us both together and gave me the instruction to lean back. My reply is unprintable.

The cappibarra, 4th pic, is the biggest rodent in the world as in the size of a small sheep. They were wandering around amongst the tents and seemed to enjoy going to the toilet and then rubbing themselves in it. Some of the campers went fishing for piranhas and were v successful using steak or other piranhas as bait.