Renaissance Sao Paulo

I wasn´t sure whether or not to come here, I had a vision of it being a dirty rotten city, and very unsafe. However, I am very glad I visited, it seems I had some misconceptions.
There isn´t bundles to see as far as sightseeing goes, but there is still good stuff to see.
Only stayed here 2 nights so did~´t have much time.
I stayed in the Jardim area (near Av Paulista) on the recommendation of our travel guide ...

... our tickets and get on the coach.

This was the first of many LONG coach journeys we'll be taking in South America. At 16 hours its by no means the longest but it was still pretty horrible! Luckily the coaches out here are a lot more comfortable for longer journeys than the ones in the UK. The seats recline a long way and there are pull down leg rests so we slept a fair bit, and despite there being nothing of note but scrubland and the odd town between Sao Paulo and Campo Grande ...

... life tonight. We sought to figure if, in the end, a soup kitchen who serves 300 is just as well as a nonprofit who aids 300 million. Is the volunteer cook just as successful as the CEO of the Red Cross?
Anthony enlightened me of an old story. A story in which one man’s gift, however large, does not suffice for another man’s gift which is everything. Meaning, the devotion of one’s whole-self is a true testament of success. For someone ...

... and looked in some stores before walking a LONG way to the Mercado.
The Mercado was absolutely wondrful! It's a beautiful, old building where people sell fruit, other food items, and MEAT. MEAT everywhere! There were restaurant upstairs and we ate carne seca with arroz and ...

... Ellers, paa dagstid, er det helt greit aa tusle rundt, dog med litt sunt vett :) Men det faar ikke vi tid til, snart pakker vi og drar videre til Ihla Grande, den gamle fengsels-oya som ligger en times tid sor for Rio, har hort baade av Vagabond og andre reisende at oya er helt vannvittig fin, saa naa ligger forventningene hoyt! Av det jeg har sett saa langt tror jeg ikke jeg kommer til aa bli skuffet :)

... 380;y wymieniliśmy trochę gotówki na reale i poszliśmy coś zjeść. W kantorze stał przy nas jakiś koleś z dzieckiem, któremu wypadła kasa na podłogę więc mu pomogłem ją zebrać. Potem okazało się, że ten koleś to chyba jakaś znana osoba bo biegło za nim kilkkanaście osób z kamerami i mikrofonami....Na kolacje zjedliśmy sobie kolejnego ...

... I have known that I only have 2 hours for finding the right plane to Belo Horizonte. I arrived in São Paulo at 7:00 and I was really busy with finding my bag and then to find the right hall and the right check in. And I had only 45 min time. There was a long long long line in front of the check in when I arrived it. And I was really worry and watching at my mobile phone for the time, when a nice voice asked me in English ...