Varginha

 

We drove back to Varginha, turned in the rental and picked up the Ford. The shaking is fixed but I swear to god I smelled coolant burning after driving it 10 miles. It's probably paranoia since the coolant doesn't look low and I couldn't replicate the smell, but either way and I hope it gets us where we are going tomorrow. For tonight, we are in Varginha, Minas Gerais. The area is somewhat famous for having an close-encounters type thing in 1996 and aliens are still fairly prominent in the city's art and marketing. We are staying in a $20 per night apartment in what they call the new city. It doesn't seem very new and it's very hot but it does feel safe and we were able to find a local bar for caipirinhas and french fries about 10 minutes away. Tomorrow we are driving almost directly north for about five hours to the city of Juiz de Fora. We are hanging out on the internet tonight, making reservations and mapping out what will happen next. Looks like we are going to spend Carnival in Espirito Santo.