Curitiba

Couchsurf In Curitiba, more photos that Andichatta, picha worf a fousand word ...so here you have it.... a big writeup!!

Jarques, Gloria, Ellen and I with the local Brasil Rider

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We stayed three nights taking in an excellent city tour with Jarques, we also did our own walkabout to a Polish settlement and also a spectacular museum which is a feat of engineering.

The Polish settlement, Ewa ...one for you!!!

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Check this out, stunning piece of engineering

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Curved exit worthy of MotoGP status

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Huge timber cones laying about as art

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Curitiba has a beauty that other cities can only wish for with fountains nearly more popular than cars.

Some more local art and a some dodgy people .... ruff area I think

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Looking up a stairwell inside a building built by the Dutch

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Some misc stuff

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An open market with a beautifully made steel structure with curved members very pleasing to an engineering eye.

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A van with interesting graphics

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For the rest of Curitiba you will have to go there and yes for a city it is worth going

A huge thanks to Jarque and Gloria for hosting us and showing us the city