Tryp Tatuape Sao Paulo

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.

... at the buffet (dangerous!) and you simply pay for what you weigh. We then caught the metro to Avenue Paulista – a broadway of offices, hotels and shops. We discovered a large mall where we spent an hour or so aimlessly window shopping and drinking coffee – ah the girly life!
Day 2 of Sao Paolo - we realized that an organized tour was in order if we wanted to see as much of this labyrinth of a city as possible with our limited time and lack of Portuguese! So we booked a tour ...

Dopoledcne jsem dorazil zpatky do Sao Paula a metrem a autobusem jsem dorazil na misto, kde jsem si myslel, ze by mela ta ambasada byt. Koukal jsem se na adresu o dva dny drive, ale zapomnel jsem si ji zapsat a v hostelu zase nefungoval internet. Nasel jsem to ale celkem bez problemu, ani jsem moc nebloudil a pred dvanactou jsem dorazil k ambasade. Za plotem sice byli nejaci lide, ale jinak bylo vsechno zavreno. Dovolal jsem se na hlidace ...

... mogli odswiezyc i odpoczac z dala od lotnicka (inaczej mowiac zebysmy im dali spokoj z wiecznumi pytaniami kiedy cos bedzie wiadomo). Mialam okazje dzieku temu zobaczyc kawalek Sao Paulo bo hotel byl okolo 20 minut jazdy autobusem.

Na miescu dostalismy cos do jedzenia i czekalismy z niecierpliwoscia na jakies wiesci z lotniska. Okazalo sie ze wsrod ludzi oczekujacych ...

... pizza. The little details they missed made me laugh. I was going to ride on the Oscar the Grouch teacups but I tend to not feel so good after. As the night progressed we dodged the rain, ate popcorn, churros and road a roller coaster in the dark. (The only way I can ride one. Ha ha!!)  We were going to wait around to watch the fireworks but we both were getting sleepy so we jumped in the car with the family we were with and headed home.

It was a good day!!!!

 

... in his profile picture. They then showed us the way to their apartment, it was located in the district of Pinheiros, which is a nice part of Sao Paulo, they lived on the 6th floor of an apartment building, like most Paulistas do, when you look out of the window all you see is tower blocks as far as you can see, most of them are extremly ugly, so you can say that Sao Paulo is definetly  not a beautiful city. We met Hugo and Fabio's other flatmate, Francisco, who was ...

... who felt lost. Then started the orientation and I of course made sure to take a map of my hotel. We were introduced to the University and all the activities and of course there was a big welcome party. After the official welcome party, the activities continued and we headed to Opcao, a bar near the university. What has been absolutely amazing is to see the mix of all these cultures from around the world, French, Colombians ...

... so it was a good idea to take a short break. Even if it started raining. Well, kind of. In fact, it was more like a drizzle. Enough so it wouldn't go unnoticed, but not enough to take out any umbrellas. If I had had one, that is. All in all, it was less hot than I had expected it. Actually, not too hot at all. A huge display on one of the buildings by Teatro Municipal showed the temperature hovered around 22°C, even if it felt warmer. Only, it was pretty humid, albeit less humid than, say ...

... nao eh possivel visitar algumas atracoes e museus. Sentih tambem que os precos de tudo estao bem altos, mais ou menos como fazer turismo em Sao Paulo. Comparando com os custos do norte argentino e da Bolivia... Ainda tenho alguns dias de ferias que vou aproveitar para colocar tudo em ordem e dormir um pouco. Nao foi uma viagem relaxante como ir para a praia... mereco umas horinhas de sono! Para minhas proximas ferias, nao sei ...

Arrived in Sao Paulo in the A.M. as planned and this year John Griffin and I actually had a plan in place to find eachother. He had spent so much time in the airport last year trying to get home that he had a pretty good idea of what would be a good meeting place. We met infront of the chapel and that went as easily as can be expected. Next we needed to make a plan on how to get up to Manaus. We went to an airline and got the last 2 seats on a flight up to Manaus ...