Refugio Cheiro De Mato All Inclusive Sao Paulo

Well today was always going to be the most arduous of my entire trip and so it proved to be! It took 31 hours to get from Foz do Iguacu to Paraty including a 3 hour lay over in Sao Paulo. Not even enough time for a pilgrimage to Interlagos!

The traffic jams in SaoPaulo take some beating and our guide was a bit edgy about taking us out of the bus station telling ...

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.

... islands – we used the time to top up out tans and splosh about in the wonderfully clear waters. After that (and another quick dash to the shops by Alice and Fi) it was time to catch another bus, this time a 2 hour journey to Angra. It was our bumpiest ride yet, the excitement aided by the ridiculous speed at which our driver rattled along. Fortunately, the views were so spectacular that they helped to take our minds off the whiplash.
From Angra we caught a catamaran to Ilha ...

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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.

... contains the largest Japanese population outside of Japan. Most of these Japanese Brasilians have been in Brasil for so many generations that they now only speak Portugese!

However, despite all the riches of the city, the massive influx of lower-skilled migrants who do not partake in the wealth pie suffer miserably in the many favelas (poor neighborhoods) of the city and add considerably the significant level of violent crime in Sao ...

... and colorful.'" There was Miguel, a fortysomething Spaniard who didn't speak a word of English and was beyond excited to watch Spain take on Argentina in the Davis Cup finals on television later that day. There was Vern, a spacey hippie chick from Vancouver who was moving into an apartment in a few days. And finally there was Leo, a 20-year-old Sao Paolo native and employee of the hostel; a gentle giant who absolutely dwarfed me in size, and who quickly became one ...

... Almost imediately I atracted attention the packback is basically a big sign saying Gringo here please take advantage! So this group of boys were trying to sell their bodies to me, I just laughed along and told them I needed to take my bag to my hotel and then rest a bit first. I wasn't really scared then they just wanted some money. So I set off towards my hostel with my bag thinking it was all ok but one of them ran after me saying he just needed 5 Real for the ...

... roadways. At its either end, the park is crossed by two high viaducts, the pedestrian-only Viaduto Santa Ifigênia in the north and the Viaduto do Chá in the south, which was in direct extension to Praça Ramos de Azevedo, down which I descended into the park. I wandered about the park, took a few photos and then took a seat on a low wall below the big fountain with several statues which, in its turn, was located right below the theatre. In addition to it, I was somewhat hungry and ...

Ola! So you must be thinking what a great time we´re having...but let`s begin our journey. First off, our backpacks were not sent to LAX. A total of 50 bags were left behind and you guessed it, ours were included. Now they have to send it to our hostel. We only have our daypacks and one set of clothes...the ones we´re wearing! So we have to go buy our neccessities tonight and get reimbursed by Air Canada...hell ya Versace toothpaste and Gucci ...

Ein wunderschoenes Hallo vom Schreibtisch meiner Kollegin aus dem 9. Stock des Scheringgebaeudes in São Paulo! (na das war doch mal eine Begruessung) Nachdem ich mich heute morgen gegen das Fruehstueck und fuer mehr Schlaf entschied, fuhr ich kurz nach 8 mit dem Taxi (soviel zu meinem gestrigen Gedanken, dass ich hier kaum Taxi fahren werden) zu Schering. Zum Glueck ist das nicht sooo sonderlich weit, so dass die zwei Fahrten ungefaehr eine Tageskarte aufwiegen - vielleicht kann ich ...