good afternoon friends i am here in kurichiba lovely city in the south of brazil and today
i am going to florianopolis which is about a five-hour bus ride away it's on the coast um
of the country and is also supposed to be a really popular place for
tourists and brazilians alike to visit so what i wanted to do with this video is actually take
you guys through one of my trips um on the buses here in brazil and you know the initial
articles that i read about brazil it made it seem like you know traveling by bus isn't the ideal
option that it's slightly dangerous and that you know you absolutely shouldn't be doing it at night
and i guess it depends if maybe you are taking like a smaller like very local sort of bus that
maybe that is something you should be apprehensive about and you know maybe ask some locals about
doing first but as far as taking the major bus lines like where i'm currently at in
you know the main bus station here in curacao and taking the big double decker sort of buses i've
honestly found it to be awesome it's overall been a very streamlined sort of experience that you can
just book your ticket online i've been using um click bus because i heard that that's a popular
sort of platform where it kind of goes through all the different bus lines and tells you all
the different departure times it's also the only place where i was actually able to book a ticket
because sometimes with going to the direct bus lines themselves they ask for a cpf which is like
a brazilian you know document that they have here and as a foreigner you know you can't put in your
passport number so at least on clickbus i was able to link my paypal account and pay for it that way
because i didn't find any other sort of platforms that let you book with just a regular credit
card and no other info but yeah i've taken about three different buses now i think here in brazil
and overall i found it to be really good like the buses are really nice like really comfortable very
modern things overall leave and arrive on time everything's super professional but what i will be
doing today i actually haven't done before where i have booked a sleeper car because i guess some
of the bigger bus lines actually have it where it uh goes out into a bed and it's super roomy
super nice it is about double the price of you know a regular sort of seat but i just figured
today during the day probably my last bus ride on this trip why not give it a go so an important
thing to mention guys is that even if you book online you still need to get your physical
ticket when you get to the station so i just showed them on my phone my confirmation just go
to the desk where your ticket is from and they'll issue you a paper ticket and then you are all good
another thing i want to note is that the buses don't really stop like much for food i only had
it once where a really long bus ride stopped for dinner once for like 30 minutes but usually they
don't stop for that long and you can't get off so make sure you just like bring some snacks with you
or something or have a snack before you actually get on the bus this is a fun brazilian sort of
savory pastry i believe it's called cohenia and it's kind of like go with some kind of filling
on the inside i got chicken so just gonna have a quick pick-me-up before i get on the bus all right
guys so this is my bus for the next five hours it is pretty big and they do give you you know
like baggage tags or whatever you kind of check your luggage so nobody else you know accidentally
takes it or something so that's another thing i really like about the bus lines here
um
oh my gosh this is so cool
okay y'all this is wild look at everything they just gave me you get like two juice boxes
this guarana which is a very unique drink that i've only seen here in brazil they give you some
headphones because you do have your own little tv and i don't know what this is to be honest i
think it's a snack but i don't know what kind of snack and the other really cool thing is i see
over there they have wi-fi which is incredible because for a lot of the bus journeys like you
don't have cell service so if you actually wanted to get some work done that is perfect
the first time we talked you were out of breath
and out of my life again
it took too long for me
meant to be
so friends thought so far definitely the most comfortable bus ride i have ever taken
it is so nice to be able to just like fully stretch out right it's not just like a foot rest
you are laying all the way back i love that there's like blankets and a pillow
i have a nice window view very happy so right now we are about two hours in and still have three
hours to go there is a washroom like on the top um floor up there which is nice so you don't have
to wait like to get out at the stations and yeah nothing else really to report 10 out of 10 so far
so totally forgot to vlog my way over here but pretty self-explanatory just got an uber
thankfully they have that here got to my airbnb which i haven't even fully looked
at yet let's do a tour together all right so right at the entryway we have a little table
a lovely blue couch we have a street view here in florianopolis this is the kind of
downtown central part of the city most people who visit florianopolis usually stay
further out in the part that has beaches which i will be going to later but just for the first
three days here i thought i'd check out the city center and then over here we have a tv
by the way i am paying 50 canadian dollars 40 approximately american for this place
which isn't exactly cheap it's actually the same price as the place that i already have booked
in sao paulo which to be honest i think will be nicer like just more modern but i mean this is
really nice too can't complain and then this is the there's the light washroom we have a shower
toilet sink and then over here we have the bedroom which looks nice let's see what the view is
i always prefer a view oh this is okay nice it was actually because of the jet lag warriors uh steve
and ivana saying that they really enjoyed their time in florianopolis that kind of
you know made me choose to come here instead of another place so i hope i will like it but yeah
that's the whole video guys i just wanted to shoot a quick little vlog to show you how comfortable
the buses are here other than the weather being absolutely depressing today like it literally
looks just like the end of all days it was just so bleak and gray all day other than that i had
a great journey the quality of you know the bus is fantastic i would definitely recommend
upgrading to the bed if you're gonna be on the bus for quite a few hours
and yeah i hope you guys enjoyed the video let me know your thoughts in the comments
and as always i'm sending you lots of love and keep being your own kind of beautiful bye guys
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