Holiday Inn Pargentinaque Anhembi Sao Paulo

... had 2 hours until we reached Sao Paulo.<br><br>When we reached Sao Paulo I turned on my phone and it found a local carrier. It worked!! wheeeeeeeee!!<br><br>I progress thru customs and made my way along the glass covered corridor. I saw my first palm tree close up and smiled. I was in frigging Brazil!! I texted Rafa and let her know I had landed and was safe.<br>

... to seem pretty. It&#8217;s supposed to seem real. There is a fantastic example of this in the juxtaposition of overhead shots of the city as viewed from a plane, making it appear to be a sea of swimming pools and condos (which also serves as a visual representation of the strong theme of grace &#8211; the world as viewed from Heaven), followed by Wright immediately bringing you straight back to earth by taking you to the homeless shelter and reminding you that ...

... contains meat, chicken and cheese fantastic. Seriously, a crispy outer made of cheesy bready stuff, a layer of melted cheese... and finally your tastebuds hit upon a centre that combines, yes, chicken and cheese. Yum.<br><br>Och, the journey was fine. These buses are nicer that average National Express types so snoozing, trip-planning and stopping at services for pasties is the order of the day.<br><br>Got into SP about 9.30pm and ...

... cu care mersesem si care erau super ok, asta putea de mureai si era cam vechi. Dar na, bun si asta, ce sa faci? Numai ca aici se pare ca este mandrie nationala daca ai aer conditionat si trebuie sa il folosesti la maxim. Deci, desi afara erau 28 de grade, am mancat un frig de ne clantaneau dintii. Dragos s-a dus la sofer la o oprire si ne-am luat haine groase din bagaje. Eu aratam ca un pui de bogdaproste cu pantalonii de trening ai lui Dragos, dar era cald si bine. Am ...

... before because of the mess but that night there was only some security guys around, staring as us like wondering what the **** we were doing there. We had to come back to the cheap hostel.. The next day wasnt too much better, Sao Paulo is ugly and it was raining all the time, the city lacks Rio&#8217;s magic and the ...

... Paulo and they kind of made us get off too. It turns out that the crew from our BA flight were actually staying at the same hotel as us. We said hello to our flight attendant at check-in. We arrived in Sao Paulo in late afternoon and knew we couldn't fit in any sightseeing. The idea of eating again didn't really appeal to us, but there was a restaurant that my boss had recommended that I felt we needed to try and I wasn't sure we'd have a chance after the fair ...

... of price checking. You know when you're at the supermarket and an item doesn't scan correctly and they do the "price check aisle 3"? Well, in Brazil, they dont't have the PA system. Do you know what they have instead? A chick on rollerskates. On ****ing rollerskates. No ****. So she can race to the item in a flash, spee across the shore in all her 70s glory and return with the correct price. Brilliant... To Rio de Janeiro. Do it...

... discovered that for some unfathomable reason our useless travel agents (Trailfinders) had managed to sell us a round the world ticket which did not include the relevant departure tax for Brazil, so we had to pay this separately!<br><br>We stuck this on my credit card and bemoaned yet another hidden cost for a ticket which was mis-sold to us in a barrage of lies and false claims all those months ago. <br><br>If you are thinking of buying a round-the-world ticket, I would ...

... uns hatte. Wir sind ueber den Markt geschlendert und haben uns die vielen Strassenstaende beguckt. Verrueckt, was die einem dort alles verkaufen wollen... Da gibt es einen Laden nur fuer Sonnenbrillen, einen fuer Spuelmittel und daneben einen fuer Disney-Aufkleber!!! Insgesamt hat uns die Stadt garnicht mal so schlecht gefallen, was wahrscheinlich vor allem an Edson und seiner lieben Familie lag. Leider gibt es aber auch unglaublich viel Armut und Gewalt, so dass ...

... place in Brazil, specifically the area we were headed. I could tell Andrea was worried now. Not that she was trying to hide it with her eyebrows curled up in a worried puppy stare. Well, I didn't think that either of us would feel satisfied with our brief stop over in SP if we just stayed in the hotel and waited for the night to pass so we agreed to leave our stuff in a locker, take a taxi downtown, and promptly jump back on the taxi back to the hotel if it didn't feel right. At ...