I see trees of green...

Curitiba has the largest green space to people ratio of any city in Brazil so have spent most of the day hanging out in various parks. It is a fairly walkable city (as long as it isn´t too hot) and the public transport is pretty cool. The bus stops look like giant clear pipes that people can stand in. Essentally the bus service works like a train metro, but above ground, with buses having their own lanes on most roads and different coloured buses taking different routes.

Yesterday I took the train ride to Morretes which is a three and a half hour journey mostly through Atlantic Rain Forest. The railway hugs the mountains for the most part. Pretty? You bet. With mountains up to the clouds, lush forest as far as the eye can see and the ocean off in the distance I was most impressed. The sound of the train scares away alot of the larger wildlife but still got to see lots of different birds (including a sparrow sort of creature that was a brilliant blue with a black face) and a few butterflies as well. We also went past the lakes that feed Rio Iguaçu and some smaller towns.

Morretes is a bit of a tourist town, but is rather pretty, spent a few hours walking around looking at craft shops and chatting to a girl I met at the hostel. Then caught the train home again. Also made it out to Rua 24 Horas (24 Hour Street) which is more like a mall and mostly places to eat, but still pretty neat.

Off to catch up with vegans in Sao Paulo tommorrow.