BH to Curitiba

     My next stop after Belo Horizonte was the capital city of Parana state, Curitiba. I was initially going to stop and overnight in Sao Paolo to break the journey but I did not want to see Sao Paolo at all. It's just a huge urban nightmare for me that I had no problem missing. So I would go from BH to Curitiba on the overnight bus, a journey of 15 hours. The bus left at 8pm sharp but it took almost an hour just to get out of BH. The bus was nice, a semi sleeper with a leg rest that came down off the seat in front of me. They provided some snacks and water, as they should, this was the most expensive bus ride I've ever taken. We stopped every three hours or so for a break. I slept off and on most of the way but I was still wrecked when we got to Curitiba, at least 1000km from BH. I walked to Hosel Roma, about 10 minutes from the bus station. I thought I had sworn off hostels but Brazil is so damn expensive, I had to give them another try. It turns out I got my own room with 2 small beds in it for the same price as my hotel in BH. I was happy about that. It's the room sharing with a billion other people and the late partying that bother me most about hostels. This hostel was huge though and it didn't appear to be busy at all. I crashed for most of the day. I got up to eat and went to check out the mall across the street.
      This mall was absolutely insane! It was huge and one of the most modern  and expensive I have ever seen. This blows away anything in Canada. It's true Curitiba is one of the wealthiest cities in Brazil and enjoys a higher standard of living than the rest of the country and I could see that. It had all the fast food chains I know and some I didn't like Pizza cone. Yup, it's pizza in a cone. I wanted to try it but was kind of expensive for one cone and they were small so I had a soft taco instead. The one thing I really cared about and why I  checked out the mall was for its cinema. It had 10 screens and was showing newer Hollywood movies. I was too late to see what I wanted tonight but would come back with plenty of time tomorrow.