Guest House Sao Paulo

I am sending more photos because some of you actually looked at the ones I sent and liked them. We are in Sao Paulo for 3 days and I have some video of Robert Farris Thompson at the conference that I will put up later. This city is 20 million people, most ...

... market square where there all sorts of stalls, restaurants and shops and it is quite interesting to stroll around. We spoke to the Guest House owner who spoke very good English and he agreed on a discount if we stayed the whole Easter weekend, which we ...

... CELTA qualification at IH Newcastle and went on to work there for six months. While we were working at IH we had another guest from Sao Paulo stay at the house, Ana, who is a friend of Renato's and was recommended by him to stay at our house. While Ana ...

... million miles away! We were the only gringoes in the place and obviously everyone thought we were a couple - cue VERY awkward moment at a guest house when lady shows us (very proudly) her best room, complete with hot tub in the bedroom!? Ha ha ha I dunno ...

... and Jacob got some photos that I will send when I can get him to download them for me. I am in my little room in the guest house reading my book by Jorge Amado and resting for the trip back to Salvador where I have an endless list of things to do and ...

... the light session over (though obviously not so light that I didn't develop a few 'niggles'), we retired to SPAC's clubhouse (Sao Paulo Athletic Club were hosting us for the week) for a late lunch. And with Brazil's winter temperatures still well above ...

... and understanding between them, an ecology of being. Early this morning I was watching the pasture on the other side of the guest house where a beautiful shiny black horse with only one white sock on his left leg, all alone in his pasture, was content ...

... to go to bed, but hey, when I walk into my bedroom (pause for an explanation: I never lived in this house, my parents moved from Sao Paulo to Jacarei after I moved to London, but there’s a guest bedroom ‘decorated’ with a few photos of ...

... the Falls--Oh My God! The pictures won't do it justice and several of us want to come back and spend the night in the guest house back in the forest around the Falls on a subsequent trip. Oh, also saw beautiful huge blue Morpho butterfly twice and heard ...

... most of them were covered with razor sharp rocks which made bathing less appealing that it first seemed) lined with palm trees, guest houses and bars. It´s all very lovely, but very very touristy. It slips over into ´pikey paradise isle´, according to ...

... One thing I learned about Brazil, it is a big social faux pas to try to do dishes if you are a guest (or possibly and/or a guy) in someone`s house.  I felt like I needed to contribute something as opposed to just sitting around all day drinking their ...

the second halt in Brazil was Gramado! we went there by an internal plane of ...

... This place is so relaxed and quiet, not really typical of India.   Yesterday I managed to go through the barrier in the guest house and joined a large group of people chatting for about 4 hours. A few Israelis, two Swiss girls, a swedish girl, two ...

... going to love it – that's how we feel about Brazil after one day. On our 2nd flight of the day from Johannesburg to Sao Paulo – we catch our first glimpse of Brazil and the sight amazed us – we had never seen so many high-rise buildings ...

... in Salvador and were transferred to our guest house in Barra. Turned out to be owned and run by a Brit - the most helpful hostel or guest house owner we have encountered in our three months. He gave us the lowdown on where to go and where not to. In ...

... a bus ride would have been and the bus ride was 24hours...you do the maths...Anyhow, aside from the distance from Rio and Sao Paulo and Brasilia, Salvador has far more history...or at least a lot of interesting history.  Hundreds of years ago the ...

... wasn't on my list of "to see" places in South America. It was, in fact, on my "to avoid" list, along with Sao Paulo, Las Vegas, Slough and anywhere which condones the stoning of "inappropriately" dressed women. But... here I am, in a tropical ...