Ibis Santo Andre

... Sau Paulo´ is not really set up for tourists... We made it to a market in a slightly rough area but the meal I had was nice. Then back on the bus and for the last 4 hours had to sit as part of a young family gathering. Which I enjoyed even more when the youngest child started vomitting...

Still now in Paraty and it is beaches and hot weather all the way...

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.

... the hostel and at 9am sharp our guide, Christian arrived. He proved to be our savior, not only did he show us in everything city had to offer in just a few hours but he also helped to change any pre-conceptions we had had of SP. In the time we were with him, Christian took us to a spectacular vantage point from where we could see from the entire city skyline. From there we drove through city’s most graffitied street, before touring the plush residential & shopping Jardins ...

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W koncu sie udalo dostac na sale odpraw niestety nie bylo zadnych informacj o locie. Po dlugim oczekiwaniu i awanturze z policja (niektorym ludziom puscily nerwy) w koncu wylecielismy o 20.30 czyli po 12 godzinach oczekiwania. Po 1.00 w nocy dolecialam do Santiago gdzie czekali na mnie Chila i Antonio rowniez zmeczeni oczekiwaniem na wiesci odemnie.

... the most grim example of what happens when developing countries-including economic powers such as India and South Africa-are unable to maintain a critical balance between economic growth and social development. Millions of its residents live in two- and three-room shacks. Forty percent live without a sewage treatment system...(you drive by this as you go to the airport). The poverty level is strikingly similar to Calcutta, India.

Almost one year ago at this time my brother and I went to Brasil...The first halt was in Sao Paulo, where some friends of my brother and me live.We had stayed there for some days before leaving for Porto Alegre...Our friends are Roberta, Flavia, Fabio, Renata, Sonia and ...

... about 3:30, which was ok, because it was another opportunity to hear native Portuguese, but that doesn't mean that it wasn't truly exhausting trying to understand what the guy was saying, which I was able to do quite well I might add. So here we are, don't with a pretty pointless meeting (who know something about internet problems would take an hour and a half...), and we are all starving, and 2 hours late for class. We decide to just not go, and ...

... since it was Sunday and it is one of the most famous city landmarks anyway. Around the square, but also right on it, there was some sort of reconstruction or restoration going on. Anyway, I sat on top of the stairs in front of the cathedral gate and watched that colourful scene. Of course, not everyone in the crowd was homeless. Most of them were not, in fact. But quite a few were, and I would also say the huge majority of all people there had no money to burn. Somehow, my attention was ...

... can't remember who it is, but you know you know. Then it came to me over a glass of orange juice - Sao Paulo needs a beach. Of course, locals don't think so, they love Sampa for what it is. But as a visitor, a Brazilian city without a beach is just alittle less Brazilian. I know the ocean is about an hour away down in Santos, but that's a fair hike. They should build one in the middle of the city - like Brisbane did, but better. Next stop, Foz de Iguaza....brilliant.

... Cup was during the day, so my sightseeing in Sao Paulo was limited to the Bar with the biggest TV screen. They had giant screen projector TV's all through the Terminal at different restaurants, so finding a spot wasn't hard. An old guy sat down with me as the place got full. He didn't speak english and I didn't understand a word he said. That didn't matter though, since he just kept talking and I kept ...