Brasilia is an expensive city which I guess justifies staying at a horrid little place like Pousada Vila de Zen. We had been quite excited at staying somewhere with the same name as our cat, Zen, but when we were given the small, airless room between the kitchen, laundry and loo we soon lost our enthusiasm. We had arrived after dark and the area around the pousada looked really devoid of life. But just a couple of corners away was a lively shopping street with two very nice restaurant/bars and a handy supermarket. Franz, the co-driver of the Dragoman truck, had been in Brasilia recently, and very kindly lead a group of us on a walk tour of the city. Being an architect he had a great interest in this planned city that was now a
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