Quality Faria Lima Sao Paulo

... 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.

... and then it was a look at SP’s football stadium. We also enjoyed a quick pit stop at a mini food market where we sampled some Pastels (local fried street snack). Next was a walking tour of the old town and a coffee at one of Christian’s favourite café’s where he also treated us to a history lesson on Brazil lasting some 20mins - we all felt very knowledgeable afterwards. We had a peep inside the Brazilian Bank along with a secret view at the infamous vault ...

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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.

... fomos ao Parque Nacional Omora. Queria muito ir lah mas disseram que estava fechado. Na verdade nao ha ninguem lah agora, nem os guarda-parques, mas eh soh abrir a porteira e entrar... Caminhamos algum tempo em meio a neve e uma floresta de "lenga" com muito musgo e barbas de velho pendendo dos galhos. Era possivel ouvir passaros e animais. O parque eh extremamente agradavel, pacifico e muito preservado. Eh um lugar basicamente intocado com muito ar puro e fauna e ...

... did not bode well. I spent the day wandering around the Centro section of the city, visiting dodgy markets and drinking juice from the juice bars before I embarked on a 34 hour bus journey to Buenos Aires, en route to the estancia. Oh, by the way, there's a massive concrete walkway spaghetti junction above the roads in Sao Paulo, all very odd and confusing. All in all, pretty unexciting. xxx

... sardynek. W koncu po krotkim spacerze dotarlem do hostelu, rzucilem bagaz (bo pora jeszcze za wczesna na wmeldowanie sie), zjadlem kanapke co ja jeszcze z Polski wiozlem i ruszylem w boj zabytkami downtown. Bylo tego z 8 kosciolow, troche kolonialnych budowli i brazyliskich drapaczy chmur (niektore z nich to zabytki siegajace lat 50 np. replika Empire State Building). Ogolnie to milo choc stala obecnosc roznorakiej policji i stada zebrakow i bezdomnych w ...

Ok so technically when I write this I'm not in Sao Paulo I'm in Rio still but I'm leaving soon and I will be there at 9 tomorrow GMT or is it BST anyway I will be there at 9 for you. Mainly I'm writing to say to people who do read this that my phone is being bad ...

... from our room was um...interesting to say the least. we looked directly out onto about 100 apartments across the road, and vice versa. at one point we took it upon ourselves to appreciate such views, and thats were we saw ¨naked¨ man. some Brazilian dude, just standing in his front room, curtains open, infant of his TV, totally starkers. Nice. needless to say we quickly returned to the card game, and soon after drew our first day to a close.

... here. Its an interesting experience -- now I know how people with crazy names feel every day! So for the last few days I have been doing a lot of fun stuff. On Monday night, I went to a CHURRASCURIA with many others to celebrate a guy in our program´s birthday. The premise of the Churrascuria is this - a) pay flat price (in my case, R$20.00, or US $9) to enter b) sit down c) eat TONS OF STEAK, all you can eat, brought to you by waiters ...