Curitiba and Paranaguá

We´re currently in Florianópolis, in Santa Catarina. Arrived Yesterday, and so far have just been chilling out watching english news on cable... we´ve got HBO! But anyways, this blog is about Curitiba and Paranaguá. Curitiba is the first southern town we´ve hit, and as expected, it is different from the other cities we´ve been to in Brazil. The south was largely populated by European immigrants, and doesn´t have the same slave history as the north, so the people are mostly white Europeans, giving it a North American feel to it. The down side of this is that it is somewhat boring. However, the main attraction was always to be the train ride into Paranaguá.


This first pic is of me in São Paulo on the "Bandeirantes" Monument.


And this one is from the Botanical Gardens in Curitiba. Not much there though really...It is strange in Curitiba because they have this awesome tourist infrastructure that takes you places like this...but once you get there, there is not much to see...


This picture was taken out of the train window on the way to Paranaguá...this part of the scenery is known as the Devil's throat


Another train pic


Finally, this is a picture for Pat, Leanna's mom, since most of the time it is Leanna taking the pictures. This was in Paranaguá. We decided to go there because there was supposed to be a really sweet museum there...unfortunately, we went all that way (past 30 mins worth of fertilizer storage wearhouses to boot...) only to find it closed indefinitely because the building was falling apart. Oh well...it's the journey not the destination.