Introducing Cuiabá
Cuiabá is a frontier boomtown basking in the relentless Mato Grosso sun. The town’s name is a Bororo Indian word meaning ‘arrow-fishing, ’ though it was first gold and later agriculture that led to the city becoming one of the fastest-growing capitals in Brazil over the last 30 years. The population explosion has tailed off in recent times, but Cuiabá is still a lively place and a good starting point for excursions to the Pantanal and Chapada dos Guimarães.
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Last updated: Feb 17, 2009
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Re: Bolivia to Brazil
by bwine 13 September 2011
Next month I'm traveling the opposite direction. I'm flying from Cuiaba, Brazil to Santa Cruz, Bolivia via Campo Grande, Brazil on GOL…
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Brazil - PREGNANT - Pantanal - Hospitals
by babbske 13 September 2011
Hi, We are going to Brazil in October - November. I will be 2, 5 months pregnant then. Normally we would visit the Pantanal from Cuiaba.…
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RE: Honeymoon Itinerary
by Jimeluiz 10 September 2011
Uh --- another poster on another thread just posted that you can get from Cuiaba to the Pantanal in just one hour. Hmmmm. That is not…
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