An early morning flight and something of a ‘violent wakeup’ as we were woken by the sound of our cab driver knocking on our door. Turns out it is possible to sleep through 4 iPhone alarms.

20 mins later, we were driving through the empty streets of Rio, early on a Sunday morning…

We made our flight, and took off for the short hop to Belo Horizonte, about 250 miles north of Rio.

They’re rolling out the green carpet in Brazil

Belo Horizonte’s main airport (Confins) is a long drive from the city, about 50 minutes (longer than our flight).

We checked in and after a nap we made a beeline for the Parque Municipal, which is a great place to go on a Sunday.

The park was really busy – lots of kids and families

We went back to our hotel, which is in a lively part of town called Savassi. There were literally people dancing in the streets.

The action only got livelier as the night drew on…

After a few hours here it’s safe to say that Belo Horizonte is a fun loving town with a particular fondness for James Brown. Here’s a 15 second video to take this day’s post… to the bridge.