Sao Paulo Zoo

Welcome back little ones! So we have had a change of scene this time and have hit the city of São Paulo! Being the biggest city in South American it's fairly different to the beaches we have gotten so use to. *Fun facts* 1) 8th largest city in the world 2) Grand Prix is held here 3) it has a lot of important things here 4) nickname - Terra da …

... thats kind of the sound they make, except it's like more loud and shrill. Well I have to say, it's been fantastic being in Brazil so far. And I'm pretty sure it's only going to get better. But possibly much more awkward as I am going to Andy's on ...

... much about life in Brazil.  Isaac and I have been building a mental list of differences between Brazil and Canada.  It's a very long list.  Made longer by the fact that we are in the background during most ...

... mais que 3 ont ete importees... j esseraie une autre fois surtout que cela coute 4 francs suisse l heure internet ici... alors je quitte sao paulo avec un peu de regret parce que je m y suis bien aclimate et que je commence a avoir des amis... c est ca ...

... , not quite where we wanted to be. Buenos Aires airport is on strike today, so unfortunately our flight onwards from Sao Paulo Brazil - originally a pit stop for fuel and unload some passangers - to Buenos Aires was cancelled. We have been put up in the ...

... and giving each volunteer seven hundred Euro to boot. For a moment I was considering the offer. But they never specified what it was about. If they had, maybe I would have signed on. This way I didn't. Instead, I left São Paulo and Brazil on ...

... out for breakfast.  After eating a mediocre breakfast we embarked on our first day of sightseeing in Sao Paulo.  We chose to visit the zoo on the recommendation of many Brazilians we have spoken to on our travels.  While taking almost an ...

... know that elephants can run when they see food ? And climb over elephant-thigh-high walls ? By now we suspected a public holiday. The zoo was chock-a-block with families, but it was not till we got back to town to visit a museum (closed) that we were ...

... stink...smell like...hmmm...like SHIT!   After the zoo, we decided to check out the Asian district (Liberdade) in Sao Paulo..we wanted to feel like the majority again. Once again, the subway had a connection there so it was easy ...

The AA flight from Miami, Florida to Sao Paulo Brazil took us about 8 hours.  It was supposed to leave at 11:30pm but didn't leave until around 12:40.  The wait wasn't bad because I enjoyed the amenities of business class seating....personal ...

... ; We arrived at the park, and it was very nice...I saw an old Brazilian country style replica house, and the park was a mini-zoo! I´m not too fond of animals being unable to roam, but I do understand the concept of zoos, so some photos accompany this ...