Welcome to Brazil, World’s Friendliest People

Barra da Lagos We arrived in Porto Alegre and disembarked at a huge multi-level bus terminal.  It was 8:30 p.m., very dark outside, and once again we had no place to stay.  All the hotels across from the bus station appeared high-end and out of our price range.  However, none of us were looking forward to locating a cheaper hotel in the dark in an unfamiliar city where we could not speak the language.  Every [...]