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December 29, 2005
Stop over in Porto Alegre
Shortly after we woke up on the bus we arrived in the small town where the two kids in front of us were getting off. Their grandfather was waiting for them as the bus pulled off the road and the little girl woke Em up to tell her goodbye.
Once in Porto Alegre we decided to get a hotel for the day as our bus didn’t leave until 11:15 at night. Shockingly, Em was leaning towards roughing it by storing our bags and hanging out in cafes all day to save the $20. I convinced her otherwise, and after finding a decent place, taking a hot shower and a nap she begrudingly admitted I was right. Hey, what’s new?
We had fun exploring Porto Alegre for the day. It was a lively port city with a great downtown market. We also had fun eating greasy linguisa, french fries and beer with some locals at a place near the hotel.
Before leaving the hotel, and after we paid, the guy at the front desk told us straight out about how he had it “up to here” motioning to his throat with U.S. politics, and also informed us about Area 51 being a secret 51st state and having something to do with Fidel Castro. I was in no mood to talk politics one way or the other so we backed our way out of the discussion and into a cab outside.
The bus was late and so a Spanish kid from Andalusia and I headed over to make sure that it was still coming. He was a university student studying journalism and was headed to Uruguay to meet up with some friends. When he informed me that he wanted to be a war reporter, I told him I had unfortunately just given away my copy of Dairies of Iraq, by Mario Vargas Llosa. He had already read it though and agreed it was excellent. By midnight we were on our way to Uruguay.
Posted by Peter Mork at December 29, 2005 2:57 PM
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