Friday, Feb 29 – Day 74

Today is my last full day in Floripa, it’s raining and the waves are ugly. I leave for Iguacu at 6:00 pm tomorrow evening. Fourteen hours on the bus, and I should arrive at 8:00 am on Sunday. If all goes as planned, I’ll be meeting my buddy John from San Diego there. Bus fare was R$212.00. Seems like a lot, but it’s a big, comfy, first class seat that reclines 180 degrees and I don’t have to pay for a night of accommodation. Three seats across (2 and 1), and I have the single. Had to go to Centro to buy the ticket (5 ½ hours for the 10-mile round-trip), but the upside was that I had the best shrimp empanadas ever at the public market.