Comfort Suites Guarulhos

Everybody told me "why are you going to Sao Paolo, there is nothing to see" but it is wrong. Thanks to Clarissa I have had such a great time, met lovely people, ate yummy brazilian food and saw beautiful places. The city has a very european flair and its trendy.

Following a 16 hour bus ride (complete with teenage boys determined to carry on the party throughout) we arrived into a rainy Sao Paulo at about 11.30am. Escaping the hectic bustle of the central bus station by taxi, we sped our way across the city towards the "very hip,boho" (acc to RG) area of Villa Madelena. After a rather tortuous check-in at the Casa Club Hostel (thanks to the incredibly sweet but painfully slow lady on reception) we bundled into our new teeny-tiny home ...

Dopoledcne jsem dorazil zpatky do Sao Paula a metrem a autobusem jsem dorazil na misto, kde jsem si myslel, ze by mela ta ambasada byt. Koukal jsem se na adresu o dva dny drive, ale zapomnel jsem si ji zapsat a v hostelu zase nefungoval internet. Nasel jsem to ale celkem bez problemu, ani jsem moc nebloudil a pred dvanactou jsem dorazil k ambasade. Za plotem sice byli nejaci lide, ale jinak bylo vsechno zavreno. Dovolal jsem se na hlidace ...

Poczatek wyprawy zaczal sie z przygodami, czyli zaliczylam dodatkowy kraj na mojej trasie (Brazylie). Po wyladowaniu w Sao Paulo gdzie mialysmy przesiadke do Santiago okazalo sie ze ja lece innym lotem niz moja kolezanka Chila. Roznica byla w 20 minutach na nieszczescie moj lot byl opozniony (oryginalnie mialam leciec o 8.05.

Firma lotnicza umiescila nas w hotelu zebysmy ...

... was 7pm! Therefore hung around the bus station for a few hours, having a couple of beers and some food and eventually getting the bus (which was half an hour late). Got stuck in pretty horrendous traffic, but got to airport at 9pm and short taxi ride to hotel. A nice steak and bottle of Malbec was required. All in all saved a good bit of money as buses were only R$25 and R$15 but travelling all day does take it out you, especially in +30°.

... hostel and get my guide, or just try to find another one, i chose option2. I asked about 10 different places for an information point, nobody knowing, nor speaking anything else than Portuguese, i was really ****** off, finaly i entered the police station and i found a bunch of (funny) guys, with nothing to do (with all the crime in Sao Paulo, you really thinking to yourself why, anyway...) so they explained where i could find one. I took a metro and found the place more or less easily ...

... someone had put in quite an effort for people to feel protected, and their possessions safe. But then again, what when you venture into the outer world? What when your kid goes to school? I believed there were reasons for all those security measures. After all, hadn't I arrived in a city notoriously full of crime? But I could not resist a question as to how much the existence of all those fences, photo-cells and security guards additionally perpetuated the psychosis and even ...

... the 4th biggest in the world and the num,ber of tall buildings was unbelievable so maybe i believe them. Tommorow we have a 15 hour bus journey to iguazu falls which borders argentina which could be interesting, hopefully im feeling better by then. There are loads of waterfalls there which the people we have spoken to have said are amazing. Not sure what we are goping to do after the waterfalls but ...

... I helgen var Tiradentes, helligdager til aere for en revolusjonerende tannlege for en del aar siden. Vi dro til Eto sammen med 10 venner av Gabi til et kjempeflott feriested ute paa landet. Og stedet var virkelig flott med egen fotballbane, volleyballbane, stort svommebasseng, egen gartner som tok seg av den store hagen med alt fra bananpalmer til avokado busker og fire hus med mange soverom. Gjett om vi hadde det moro, og vi fikk smakt paa mange forskjellige brasilianske ...