O Hea'enly Hostel

Half-asleep at six in the morning, the proprietor of Albergue de Juventude Brumas Hostel let us sleep *before* registering. Incidentally, Lonely Planet's "Brazil" book says this area of town is dangerous. That's a big lie and it's probably hurting business for this hostel. So anyone who's looking at this now should immediately leave this site, buy a ticket to Brasil, bus for seven hours to Ouro Preto and give this place your patronage. It's only the right thing to do.

the hills are alive with slave-built churches.

April 4th 2006
this morning we arrived in ouro preto via an extremely misleading bus. see, when i got on the bus at 11pm last night from rio, i thought heeeeeey this looks like a really comfortable bus, which is awesome, because it's an overnight bus ride. it had pull-out, la-z-boy style footrests and everything. but oh man. i don't know why but it was so uncomfortable. we both barely slept. anyway, we stumb ... read more

South America » Brazil » Minas Gerais » Ouro Preto

Following three centuries under the rule of Portugal, Brazil became an independent nation in 1822. By far the largest and most populous country in South America, Brazil overcame more than half a century of military intervention in the governance of t... ... read more

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