After we visited the lagoon in BH we went and visited a couple more sites in the city. We saw an old plaza designed by Roberto Burle Marx that has become dilapidated and then went to visit a large plaza designed by our host Sergio. Here are some pictures from around BH:
I was mostly unimpressed with BH. There were quite a few nice areas and open spaces but also a lot of slums. I need to of seen more of the city to pass better judgement on it though. It was my least favorite place of the trip though. We were originally supposed to spend two nights in the city but plans changed and it ended up only being one. We were also supposed to visit Parque das Mangabeiras, which is a major attraction in the city, but those plans changed due to a time conflict. Would have been a cool botanical garden/zoo/arboretum to visit.
One last picture. This is the hostel we stayed at the first night. It is kinda hard to tell but there were fifteen of us crammed into room the size of a one car garage. Bunk beds stacked three high. Not at all ideal arrangements. It wasn't too cool at the time but kinda funny to look back on now. This was by far the worst hostel we stayed in.
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