In Brazil the bus stations (rodoviarias) are located on the outskirts of the big cities. That’s inconvenient because you have to use local transport to get there. In Belem it is not too bad – I walked to ave Presidente Vargas and jumped on one of many buses heading to rodoviaria – ticket cost 2,20 reales. They check your passport before boarding – only 2 companies make this long trip to Fortaleza, Ticket for Guanabara bus costs 250 reales.
They offer a/c in the bus – in the night it gets cold so keep your sweater handy, but do not expect any other service – at the end of the bus is distributor of drinking water – that’s all.
Travelling whole day I enjoyed the views of pasture country. When we stopped for the lunch people were buying at the roadside restaurant meals per kilo paying 27 reales/kg.
This is not a mororway – just regular paved road with little houses with red tiles. Sometimes you can see also tatched mud housed, like century ago. In the evening we raached Santa Ines. Sorry – nobody in the full bus spoke other language then Portugeese…
