Porto Alegre, Brazil

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Our final border crossing! Uruguay to Brazil, all very easy (apart from being told by the coppers that Rio is extremely dangerous..great!). Porto Alegre is the first place of any significance in southern Brazil so we stopped off for a few nights. Not a particularly attractive city, and wandering around trying to find somewhere for dinner was no easy task (unless you want fast food!).


Anyway, had the fortune to stumble upon a champagne bar of all things..serving food..so we happily obliged. Hearing Portugese after 4 months of Spanish was a major shock to the system, we are back to sign language and very limited conversation! Had a few drinks, and then went out to sample the nightlife with the waitress and her friend..all very random..but a few caipirinhas later and the conversation was flowing!! Live music seems to be common in nearly all the bars and it was a good taste of what the next month in Brazil will be like.

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