Blogs from São Paulo, Brazil, South America - page 13

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

06.10. 3 hour bus trip and 1.5 hour boat trip to Ilha Grande, one of the most beautiful Islands in Brazil. The bus was tiny and so was the boat, it was more like a dingy than a boat really. Lol but the sun was out again, so caught a little suntan on the way over to the Island. Ilha Grande has no cars and no proper roads, just a really chilled out place to relax. Lots of nice restaurants, a few bars and many trekking routes around the Island. We stayed at the Beergarden hostel, which was only built in 2010, so brand new beds and restaurant, a great place for 24 rais a night. We had a stroll around the centre, went down the beach for a beer and an acai and had some ... read more

Aangekomen in Sao Paolo na een lange vlucht. Weinig geslapen, bangepoeperd die ik ben :). -V... read more

I've been settling into Brazilian life pretty well...I technically have 3 jobs but one hasn't started yet so pretty busy! Wednesday and Friday I leave at 7am for Campinas. In the morning I hang out at this organization called Vovo Nestor and they do things like arts and crafts and dance classes for the poor people that live in that area. Then at 1pm I go to pick up dogs from a local vet and bring them to the hospital. Wednesday is a children's hospital and Friday is a big hospital with everything. This is my favorite part of the day. While most of the people we see are different every week, some people are really ill and live in the hospital. These people (mostly kids with really bad disabilities) are hooked up to a machine ... read more

Today is my third day in Brazil! I am already starting to speak English in my head with a Portuguese accent. The first thing I learned was that Brazilians understand Spanish, but if you speak Spanish you can't understand Portuguese. So I guess this is what you would call intensive language immersion. Douglas and Angela have been so nice and welcoming. They are helping me find a job teaching english and working at a children's cancer hospital. They have two daughters, Alicia is 11 and Marina is 4. I live in a really cool neighborhood in a small town about an hour away from Sao Paulo, the big city (bigger than LA). The neighborhood has its own lake and a FOREST FULL OF MONKEYS. Yeah, I have monkeys in my backyard. NBD. Yesterday was the Brazilian ... read more