Profile
Blog
Photos
Videos
After leaving Rio (very begrudgingly) we took an overnight bus to Ouro Preto, described as the ´jewel in the crown of Brazil´. We arrived at 6am in the pissing rain and the cloud and cold the fog. We immediately wanted to go back to Rio!
After catching up on some sleep we had a look round the town, which was pretty small and quiet. We had a look at a couple of churches and looked in some shops and that was about it. We decided to leave the next day to get back to the coast!
In the morning before we left though, we made the journey worthwhile and went on a gold mine tour. We got to ride one of those mine trolleys into the mine! (Think Alton Towers Runaway mine train! ha ha). Then we had a guide telling us about the mine and giving us a tour, then deep in the mine was a natural freshwater pool which had the clearest water ever and we were allowed to swim in it! It was a bit creepy cos it was really dark and we were the only ones down there but it was really cool.
- comments