Blogs from São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, South America - page 7

Pulling up to the ferry port on front of the Mercado Modelo was definitely the most scenic way to arrive to Bahia's capital, Salvador. Myself and my travel companions, Mary and Till, said our farewells to our tour group, CruzTheCoast, that we had travelled north from Rio de Janeiro with, and made our way to our hostel for the next four days, Galeiria 13. We were greeted with smiles and an abundance of information from the very friendly, sincere owner, Paulo. After our 11 days of constant packing and unpacking, Salvador’s only hostel with a pool was a welcome break. I couldn’t rave enough about this hostel, with the excellent internet access, a huge breakfast spread (with eggs on request) and the moroccan themed tv and lounge room, it gave us little reason to go exploring. ... read more

Hey There! Our first post here! After almost one year from our last international trip together! I'm Alinne, a science economics student, until the end of the year i'll be an economist. And I'm Raphael, an administrator who loves people and visit new places, meet new culture. We are daiting since 2008 June 12th and we like to travel with friends or even alone. We'll share our experiences, our mistakes, mess and that's it. Enjoy!... read more

On arrival to São Paulo, we were impressed by the enormous size of the bus station, but the metro and transit system were surpisingly easy and non-hectic. My old roommate from Barcelona, Mariana, lived towards the end of one of the metro lines and picked us up as soon as she got off work, around 5 pm. Mariana greeted us with the warmest welcome ever, and opened her home to us. She gave us her room and bed to make our own, with the condition that she could come in the morning to get ready for work. Since both Chloe and I expected to sleep on the couch or on the living room floor, this was above and beyond her duty. She gave us towels for a shower while she began to prepare dinner. Once we ... read more

We are typing our final blog entry with just 2 hours sleep and a 48 hour journey ahead of us, where we will come out the other side seriously sleep deprived. Last night was the perfect way to end our trip: a big Carnival bash through the night. This is nothing like Stellenbosch University Vlotte. In fact, they would laugh if they ever had to see those floats. These samba processions are huge - about 3500 people and 5 floats each (about 4 storeys high) - but this is only one of the many processions that come past! The price of this carnival was just short of 200 million rand!!! Approaching the entrance, we could hear fireworks, music and caught a glimpse of the floats parked in the parking lot and the participants getting dressed all ... read more

Menudo cambio.... De Brasilia, ciudad proyectada, a São Paulo. Parece que esté cosida, me decían. Es acongojante mirar hacia el horizonte y no ver nada más que edificios y edificios. Concrete Jungle, Jungla de Asfalto. 22 millones de personas movieéndose al son del tic-tac del reloj. Sin duda después de haber estado en ciudades de parte del mundo, uno llega a la conclusión de que la ciudad ayuda a marchitar. Cuerpos espectaculares por todos sitios, más con una mirada en otro sitio. Rius de gent... Y la sensación de que el asfalto nunca termina. SP es el motor trabajador de Brasil. También es la capital de muchas movidas culturales. Con tanta gente, uno encuentra de todo. Y a mi no trató mal. El uno momento delicado fué con Matti saliendo del parque Trianon. A plena luz ... read more