Due to a lack of time and funds, we decided to only make two main stops in Brazil. We wanted to get a good taste of this new country in little time, so we chose the most distinct cities; Salvador da Bahia and Rio de Janeiro.Our first stop, Salvador: To get there, we would take the first flight
of our trip. The bus ride from Iguazu to Salvador Da Bahia would have taken an unbearable 35 hours and been just as expensive. So we opted for a 10 hour ride to Curitiba where we would catch a flight.We spent 24 hours in Curitiba, long enough to realize a few things... Brazilians come in all shapes, sizes and colors. It´s a huge country, so that makes sense. The irony of it all: we´d finally reached a place where we could blend in and we couldn´t speak a word of the language. Throughout our time in Curitiba, people would mistake us for Brazilians until they picked up on the confused look on our faces. Even ordering dinner had become complicated again.
Curitiba is known for being one of the cleanest, most modern and most organized cities in Brazil. We were met with skyscrapers and streets neatly lined with businesses and restaurants. We didn´t have time to do anything in Curitiba besides look for plane tickets and eat at a $2.25 all you can eat buffet. After a day of traveling and an overload of Argentinean ham and cheese everything, we couldn´t have found this at a better time! Beans, salad, rice pudding!!! We hadn´t seen these things in so long!!After enjoying some food, spending an annoying 12 hours trying to buy plane tickets and a quick trip the the local mall, with the biggest, most extensive food court we´d ever seen (yes more food!), we were out the next morning, headed to Salvador Da Bahia!
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