Belo Horizonte

I left El Misti Hostel at 10.30am for the bus station. I was 10 minutes to late to get the 11am bus to Belo Horizonte (BH), so I had to wait till the 2pm bus. I just hung around a food court waiting. We all got on the bus at 2 and then all got off 10 minutes later and switched to another bus, not sure why. The 6 hour trip to BH winded through forested mountains and then grassy mountains. We drove through some horrendous and torrential rain. I give the driver a lot of credit. Once I arrived in BH I got a basic room at Hotel Madrid, right across the street from the bus station. It was only $3 more than the hostel room I shared with 9 people. It had no bathroom but it was all mine. It did have a balcony where I could watch the bus station from. There are better places to stay in town but since I was only staying one night, I was happy to be right beside the bus station. I wasn't hungry as we stopped at a cafeteria along the way. I grabbed a beer from the hotel lobby and chilled on the balcony in the drizzling rain. BH is 850M above sea level and slightly cooler than Rio. I was surprised there was no fan in the room though. It was only 23C outside but it was 27C in my room.