Out into this massive beast of a city we go...

We woke up a little late for our own desires. We had hoped to get an early start, but we had no obligations. We got out on the main street from Karin´s apartment and we got going down hill. We figured that that was the only way to go. Eventually we found the Metro. A cop, clad in bullet broof underwear, helped us find which route we should start out on.

We took the purple line out from Giovani Gronchi to Sao Amaro, and we hooked up the blue line to Osacsco, then the gray line to Julio Prestes, then the Red line to Se, which is a main hub in the city. We had great plans.

We set out on a scavenger hunt to find a hat that Josh left on the bus on his way to the beach. It wasn´t there at the bus station´s lost and found, but we had fun trying to find it. He was bummed that it wasn´t there.

We found a coconut stand and we drank the milk of glorious coconuts. Once we were done, I communicated that I would like him to cut the shell in half so I could eat the meat inside. He understood. He cut it in half and also cut me a spoon-shard from the shell so I could scrape the meat out. Oh, how delicious!

I was full and we continued on to look for Josh´s friend from the Peace Corps in Paraguay. I didn´t realize we were looking to find her until my feet were worn sore. We wondered all over, with a juice brake in between. We kept getting lost and found a little resturant to play Backgammon in while we had a beer. We also had a map by then, and we felt a bit more comfortable to make our way to the hostel.

We tried again, got in a cap once getting lost, and found it with the help of a semi-trained professional. We had dinner with Josh´s Paraguayan friends. One of these nice ladies paid for most of our meal, because we didn´t roll out today with enough cash. Thanks darlin´! We will see her again in Salvador and we can buy her dinner there. So after dinner we rushed to the Metro. We heard that they close the Metro around 10p.m. so we booked it to the closest stop. It took about two hours to traverse from the center to our neighborhood stop, and then another 30 minute walk on our lonely boulevard. We got home around 12:30 and had sweet dreams about not getting locked out of the Metro or Karin´s apartment.