Golden Tulip Paulista Plaza Sao Paulo

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... food! That was awesome of them! I can't ever imagine a US airline doing that when a delay is due to the weather... Thankfully we had a very fast taxi driver to take us to the hotel. And he had GPS in his car so we were fairly certain he couldn't get lost! We're stayed last night (well, the last few hours) in the Marriott Executive Residence...which is in the center of Sao Paulo (close to it) and has ...

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... 1$, 20 items (1 box) is $20... There's a Sam's (Walmart) where imported things are three or four times the price than in Canada... and other cheaper places of the same concept...lesser quality... and one more (we didn't go to) that's practically falling appart (way cheaper).... These pics are from Aug 14 &amp; 15 :)

Yesterday we adventured around the neighbourhood... for me, this place reminds me of a mix between Chile and the Dominican Republic... some places are very modern, big buildings etc... others... not so much... and the cows are not too far away either... :) so far. I'm loving it! - Specially the food!!!! :) Anyone that knows me, knows how much I love food... so as I discover some yummy things I'll post them to share them with you :)

Took a local bus to visit a small town about 30 km south of Paraty. There really is nothing in this town... except 3 beautiful beaches. The 4 of us from the hostel spent the day sunbathing and exploring the beaches. I even took a nice little nap. Wish I can come back tomorrow... Unfortunately, I will be taking an overnight bus to Sao Paulo to catch my flight to Buenos Aires. I guess it is time to say - Goodbye, Brazil. Hello, Argentina!!

... ground level with a person, and then zooming out slowly, first to the street, then to the suburb, then the district and then the ity. It is not, and from what I've read never intended to be, a pretty city. Far from it. THe dominance of concrete seems to be in constant growth, this best manifested by the construction of a massive new double-bridge, not to supply traffic over a river or valley, but over other flyovers ...

... that it needs to be repacked, (which is fine) and she is removing clothes from said bag, but it's not THAT HEAVY.....well I'm off to repack my bag *sigh* I am not saying anything else because I am probably going to eat my words. But I travelled before with a bag the size of a small country and it was quite bad, this bag is considerably smaller and lighter and I really dont have a problem with it's weight, but I guess we should have the same kind of bag weight so off I go. It begins...

... salty, sweet stuff is overly sweet, just potent in general but theres such a huge variety of things we dont have in NZ and Ive never tried anywhere else that it's mind boggling, and I'm still getting used to it. We went to a place called Liberdade in SP which was really cool, but there were soooo many people and it was crazy, I bought some more DVDs, we ate Japanese food and went with a big group, Andy's cousins, brother, sister in law and sister ...

... Perfect end to an amazing time, and essentially the end to our groups time together. I have to tell you, I was not prepared at all for how HARD it was going to be to say goodbye to these kids. Mark was first off in the morning, and neither of us slept after the party before I sent him off at the station at 6:30 AM. Strange, I´ve spent EVERY DAY for 8 months with the kid, and thats it...gone until London. It was unreal amigo, couldn't have had a better companion and ...