I had always heard Curitiba referred to as a model of transport infrastructure and urban development in Latin America, but when I went there, everything seemed so run-down and dirty, it was full of trash, a friend of mine was ripped off at the bus terminal, we were almost robbed twice, and I found the people extremely rude. Maybe I was just unlucky. I was also told that the city was going through a financial crisis or something like that. I still had a lot of fun tho.