From an Island Jungle to a Concrete Jungle

hi loves!!
Just wanted to tell you i was reading your posts and looking at your AMAZING pic! Sar you are BLACK! haha i am the whitest i have ever been! gotta love NY winters! I miss you both so much and i am continually proud of all the things you have done and will do on this amazing journey. You both look so content and happy and that is what life is all about. MAJOR props to you for following through with your dream of traveling the world. I just hope you travel over to the east coast of the good ol U S of A sometime sooooon!!! Hope to see you in May! omg its so soon!!!!! xoxo Ash

Paraty and Ilha Grande, yes!
Hi John and Sara - it's Saturday, just finished breakfast with Elizabeth and Charlie, they could not wait to tell us about your latest entry, as they knew of our love for the area you described: our Oregon license plate is... PARATY! In the 3 years we lived in Brazil - São Vicente, about 200 miles south of Paraty, we travelled to that little village of Paraty often and to Ilha Grande once - your descriptions of those places is so wonderful - even that blue and white sweets cart... over our many visits we saw the red haired boy who takes care of the cart, grow and grow but always with his very shy smile! The concrete jungle of São Paulo, also scared us in the beginning but as we had to drive to it once a week, we ultimately learned what to avoid. Your pictures of Mercado Municipal gave us "saudades".... São Paulo boasts the greatest number of Italian and Japanese restaurants of any city in the world outside of those countries. Huge populations in Italian and Japanese parts of town make that a fascinating place to visit. Travel safe and thanks for the blog!