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Sao Paulo Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Sao Paulo, Brazil
Dec 28, 2009
Paraty y Sao Paulo
... to laugh). Turns out the joke was on me- sporting bather bottoms that covered more than the gap between my err... teeth. Onto Sao Paulo. Now this is what you call megalopolis. Millions of skyscrapers sprawling in every direction as far as the eye can see. ...
Morning walk // Caminhada de hoje - Amparo
Morning walk // Caminhada de hoje - Amparo With a obligatory visit to the door I have been photographing for years... off to Sampa and USP tomorrow! D ...
Sao Paulo
... the favelas. It was amazing to be able to have experience the work carried out by Paulo and World Venture in the favelas if Sao Paulo, and learning about the realities of the city and the reasoning behind their work. We would have loved to have longer to ...
First Impressions
... which I was passing. I assumed it was from a restaurant but couldn't determine why this should be so in a part of Brazil where the food is not particularly known for its spice. In Ethiopia, one of the most chili-loving countries on the map, ...
Festa Junina
... what we were doing. Mayra and I discussed our trip to SP next weekend. I am so excited to see another part of Brazil, you wouldn’t believe! I don’t think this time around I’ll be able to go to Rio because there is no way I ...
Breakfast 'Churrascaria' Style?
"Churrascaria" means Brasilian Steakhouse and comes from the Portuguese word "churrasco"... which means 'barbecue'. It is also often mistaken for a restaurant with a LARGE variety of foods, like a buffet. The breakfast at our hotel is similar in ...
One last stop
Because of the way that I booked my flight, when I left Montevideo, I planned a stopover in Sao Paulo. It cost me 12.5K in miles but it was worth it to visit my friends there. I had been in this city once before but didn't really get a chance to see much ...
Sao Paulo - the beginning of something else
... lack of a partner-in-crime, the lack of a good travel partner. So what am I doing here? Well, I had a few plans in Sao Paulo, but primarily, I wanted to see Derek off. It was so sad, a nice good little novella, so I'll bare all. ...
Solsemester deluxe
Vi lämnade vårt hotell på förmiddagen och den här gången bar vi väskorna själva :) Det nya boende vi hittat låg i närheten av piren. Och vilket boende, det var natt och dag jämfört med det gamla. Hotellet låg på en höjd, med vacker utsikt ...
Fjärde stranden och party
Morro de Sao Paulo består av fyra turiststränder, numrerade efter den ordning de kommer. Som tidigare nämnts var vårt första boende på den tredje, medan utelivet fanns på den andra. Det boende vi bytte till ligger i början på byn, som ligger ...
Sao Paulo
Nach einer 16-stuendigen Busfahrt sind wir gut in Sao Paulo angekommen. Dass es hier nicht viel zu sehen gibt, wissen wir aus div. Foren und Blogs. Dennoch haben wir uns fuer einen Zwischenstopp entschieden. Wir haben Glueck - heute ist ein Kulturfest - ...
around Brazil...
... , the sweet dog, important part of the family! Roberta has led us during all our trips...she'is a great guide! The first impressing thing that I remember arriving by plane over Sao Paulo, is the endless wide heap of houses and building...as ...
São Paulo - Traffic Jams, euphemisms and baby sick
... entire trip and so it proved to be! It took 31 hours to get from Foz do Iguacu to Paraty including a 3 hour lay over in Sao Paulo. Not even enough time for a pilgrimage to Interlagos! The traffic jams in SaoPaulo take some beating and our guide was a bit ...
Adventue Time!!!
... discussion, the motorcyclist picked up his bike and everyone got in their cars and went on their way. Weird. Welcome to Sao Paulo. I checked into my hotel and what an awesome surprise - they gave me a Jr. Suite. NICE!!!!! ...
Sao Paolo, and Camburi Beach..
... airport, it was time to phone one of ryans buddies, Sandra, to hopefully stay at her place for a night or 2 as we knew Brazil was gonna b expensie!! (oh man, i had no idea!!..) So after ryeman did his pattented "I lost my passport". Doing our bestest ...
Dodgy downtown
Our journey to Uruguay began with a six hour bus ride from Paraty to Sao Paulo. We arrived mid afternoon at the Terminal Tiete bus station and decided to navigate the metro to the other side of town to our hostel, in fact it was in downtown and not the ...
21st Birthday, Parati, and PICTURES!
Ok so I have just uploaded 11 pictures. It was really time consuming, so make sure you check out the photo album! I write to you all as a 21 year old. YESSSSSSS! FINALLY! Here are 10 reasons why my birthday was awesome! 1) This weekend, we all ...
Academic Adventures - Liturgy
... the class is divided into three parts: biblical-historical foundations of Christian liturgy, survey of religious services in São Paulo, liturgy practicums. My favorite parts have been the more interactive sections, site visits and practicum. My ...
arrival with a surprise
... easier. Sometime during my waking hours on the plane I looked over my schedule again and realized that I had to change airports in Sao Paulo. First I panicked just a little because I had never done this before and knew that this is a HUGE city where the ...
In at the deep end!
... to be the only English speaker at the hostel, so it wasn’t much fun. The next morning I went for a (short) look around Sao Paulo before my connecting flight to Buenos Aires, I haven’t showed in almost 2 days now because they wouldn’t let ...
Sao Paulo Day 1
... of hot food, pastries and fruits. The fruit area was the most exciting one with watermelons, papaya and mangoes amongst the ranks. Brazil enjoys tropical climate all year round so these fruits are extremely tasty. We had plans to go for a swim in ...
Day 9: Arriving in Limeira
... Fe) . They were all very welcoming, cool and fun. I know that I will feel right at home with them around. It's very common here in Brazil for college students to share a house and call it their "republika" (this is how I understand it). It's like ...
Day 4
- We got on the bus the night before around 23:30 and arrived in Sao Paulo Sunday morning around 5:00. At 6:00 I was already at home sleeping to recover from the treeking in the Bocaina mountain ...