good morning friends welcome to a little slice of paradise here in the cerro del mar mountains this
is actually a very special place just outside of curitiba possibly the most popular day trip where
you are in the atlantic forest biodome and there's a lot of really beautiful small former colonial
cities like the one that i'm currently in called antonina that has a very rich cultural heritage
as well as some amazing food i've heard so what i'll be doing today is exploring some of
those little cities will be having a really nice traditional lunch here but the main attraction of
today is going to be the train ride from mohet's city all the way back to kurichiba now the reason
that we don't actually take the train both ways we drove in uh with the van today it took about
an hour and a half if you take the train it takes about four hours so that's why a lot of companies
uh drive you in and take you out on the train or you take the train in and you come up with the van
because otherwise it would be eight hours of sitting on a train and i just want to mention that
the company sarah verde express has very kindly invited me on one of their tours free of charge
so i get to experience this incredible adventure for myself so a very big thank you to them and i
will have them linked in the description if you guys ever come here and want to do this journey
so first and foremost we have a few more minutes here in antonina so i'm just going to walk around
take a look at the beautiful architecture that they have here and then they said we would be
going to a banana candy factory which i don't really know what that is but it sounds good
do
so i did end up getting a mixed bag of candies just to support the local
business but they were also giving out free samples um so let's give it a go
this one is banana and peanut which looks super interesting
whoa
it's kind of sort of like fruit roll-up you know like the dried-o taffy
kind of fruit candy but they definitely have like you know added sugar in it it's weird because it's
not a super strong banana flavor it's like there's something else with it mixed in but really good
the first time we talked you were out of breath you told me that i was
again
this is a hundred percent one of the strangest dishes that i have ever seen guys it really
is beef mixed with cassava flour and they put bananas on top and then you eat it all together
if it wasn't for mark means i would have no idea that this was
a thing here before i got here because outside of his video it wasn't really mentioned that
this is a special team so let's give it a go i am excited banana and meat
surprisingly it's not as weird as i thought it would be if that makes sense like somehow
the like smoothness and creaminess of the bananas actually really goes good with the beef
because the beef is supposed to be like stewed for eight hours in a clay pot and then
the cassava flour kind of makes it into an even smoother sort of gravy so surprisingly very good
i wouldn't think that i would like something like this but definitely worth trying
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just a quick mention guys i almost got on the wrong train uh because it is like 20 minutes to
my departure time i assumed the train that was here was my train uh it's not uh there are like
multiple ones that go throughout the day so just make sure you are um checking your
ticket from my understanding there are quite a few different uh classes of service as well
like the train that's sitting here is just like regular seats almost like on a school
bus or something that's kind of the lower class of service and then there's the one that i'm
supposed to be taking that has like a restaurant on board i guess like comfier more spacious sort
of seats so of course if you want that you do have to pay a little bit more but i mean both
go through the same areas you'll still get the same amazing views no matter which one you take
okay just looking at the inside of this train
this is way cooler this almost looks like a hogwarts train
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all right friends we are about halfway through our journey and i do have to say this is definitely
one of the coolest train rides i have ever taken just because it is in this like almost open air
sort of compartment having windows everywhere and you're just in this like lush rainforest and also
the fact that it's actually only four hours long because the trans-siberian express if you guys
join me for that so yeah i'm obviously not doing good it takes a little bit longer i heard you say
you found the story
all tucked away
in the back of the room
been lost for years
away from the glory
in the midst of our day-to-day routine in the corner of our minds
to raise the truth it takes more than will
among the things i like to do
craving is
i don't even want to know how many tangles are in my hair after sticking my head through the window
to look at this amazing view but guys we are 30 minutes out of curry chiba and i have to say
that this has honestly been one of my favorite train rides that i have ever taken and that is
saying a lot so if you're thinking of coming to the south of brazil definitely put this on your
list i'm going to have the link in the description uh for sarah verde express this train company
a big thank you once again for you know letting me come on this amazing trip i would highly recommend
them they do have english speaking guides as well so definitely check them out but let me
know in the comments guys what are some of your favorite train rides that you have done
i have many more that i would like to do all around the world
but this definitely goes on my top three for sure so thank you as always for tuning in
guys i hope you're having a fantastic day and keep being your own kind of beautiful bye guys
in the back of the room