Back to Buenos Aires
I’d spent a lot of time in Buenos Aires my last trip to South America. I can’t say I was really that enamored of the city, but there were some things I wanted to do there that I’d missed the first time. Instead of going straight there from Sao Paulo, I decided to do a kind of herky-jerky trip down the Brazilian Coast. My original plan was to stop at Florinopolis, Curitiba, Porto Allegre, and Montevideo on the way down. Due to bus schedules and such I ditched Porto Allegre amd Montevideo (which I’d been to before anyway), and only hit Florinopolis and Curitiba for a few hours. Florinopolis is a hilly beach town (although I didn’t get to the beach part of it) probably best known for being the home of tennis player Gustavo Kuerten, and Curitiba is most famous for being an incubator of various progressive urban planning ideas, such as Bus Rapid Transit - a must-see for an Urban Planning student such as myself.
I only spent a few hours in each town though, just enough to get a little overview. Most of the time was spent on the bus, including a final 18 stretch to Buenos Aires. I was back.
Tags: Brazil, Curitiba, Florinopolis
