Blogs from São Paulo, Brazil, South America - page 45

After more than nine month of travelling and three quarters of my journey done I came to Sao Paulo to visit my friend Holger. I was really happy to see him again! I stayed with him and his family for about a month and soon felt almost like at home. Since Holger lives in Sao Paulo permanently now I especially enjoyed having the chance to share everyday life. It was also a time for me to recover from the stresses and strains of continuous travel. For that opportunity I am really thankfull towards him and his family. During my time in Sao Paulo I also did some photographic work, wrote some parts of this travelblog, and started to organize the final part of my trip, the return to Germany. I planed to go back to Europe ... read more

I know that I am exactly a week behind in my entries to the blog, but unfortunately I didn´t have much access to any computers until this last Saturday because I had been out at the beach. Dan, my friend from NC, and I decided that after having gone all over Rio drinking coconut water and playing raquet ball on the beach that it was time to leave the city of Rio de Janeiro and go to Praia Grande where his relatives have a beach house. Praia grande is about 80 KM south of Rio, but still in the state of the same name. It is a small beach by Brazilian standards, probably 300 yards long and has a depth of 50 yards. The sand is almost white and the water is not perfectly clear but ... read more

Well, here I am back where I started a week ago in Sao Paulo. Rio was great. On Sunday night last week Daniel and I went to the Samba parade in Rio. For all the hoopla that you hear outside of Brazil, the parade is very organized and VERY safe. You have to go through 3 to 4 check points just to get into the stands and then once in the stands you must stay in your sections. At 7:30PM last Sunday, Dan and I stopped a taxi on the street, bargained the price, and took off from Copacabana to the Sambodromo. Think of the Sambodromo as a 6 lane street that is 2 km long and running along the sides are concrete block stands, no seats, that raise some 6 stories into the air. Everyone ... read more

I said a final farewell to my room mates who I had shared with for the tour, and got a taxi from the hotel at 7am to the International Airport. It was a horrible feeling to leave Rio and my friends, especially as I was missing out on the Sambadrome that night, but I had to move on. The flight over the city was again a breathtaking sight, and it didn't take much time at all to reach Sao Paolo, under an hour. I watched some English football highlights in the airport, then put my bags in Lockers, and decided to get a bus in to the town to have a look around. I got there at 1pm, and to the main high street Avenue Paulista. Sao Paolo is apparently one of the largest Cities in ... read more

Hi all, I've left Patagonia but intend to return another time. Beautful part of the planet. Would like to do more hikes on & under the glaciers. I am now in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Staying at a very cool hotel (www.hotelunique.com) . I met the most inspiring young Swiss lady during the week. She is 95% blind ( can see siloettes against the light) and has succesfully treked her own way around South America for the past 8 months!!! She climbed a 16000 ft volcano in Ecudor, was robbed in Chilie, climbed glaciers in Argentina, paraglides & snowboards in Switerland!!, and has skydived from 12000ft in Australia (On her last jump she didnt hear her audio-altmeter and was saved by an auto-emergencey shute at 300ft!!!!!) She has overcome all fear and life is a true adventure ... read more