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Published: September 27th 2010
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As we had already been to Sao Paulo we knew exactly what we wanted to
do (everything we missed first time).
We arrived in Sao Paulo around 3 ish and decided because we were only
staying one night it was pointless staying in the new Okupe, as it
wasnt near a tube station, so we stayed at the origional Okupe. We
checked in and the first thing we wanted to do was watch sunset from
the top of Unique. So we headed towards the park following our trusty
resturant map, gaining speed as the sun fell, it took about 40 mins to
get there. What we didnt know was that unless your staying in the
hotel you can't get to the top until the resturant opens at six pm,
obviosuly by then the sun was set. Me and Hollie sat downstairs
looking like sore thumbs in the poshest hotel I have ever been in,
also sweating because we had marched for fourty minutes. The hotel was
shaped like an ark with the room windows shaped like massive port
holes (I think that's what you call the circular windows on ships),
the bar had shelves full of expensive booze stacked to
the ceiling and
the place was kinda like a confused gallery, with some bits been
minimalistic, other parts traditional, then the staff dressed quite
fashionable. The resturant you had to leave the hotel to get to and
take a direct lift to the top. We walked in and the place was
immaculate, there was an open kitchen with a chef for every different
food (sushi chef, asado chef,and italian chef covered in pasta!) and
the view from the top was amazing. Even though the place wasn't the
highest in Sao Paulo it was in one of the best locations, right next
to the park and not to far from the city still been able to see all
the lights come on as it became dark. We stayed for one beer as it was
all we could afford, took the usual tourist photos and headed back
through the park. We probably should of gone round the park but there
was quite alot of police there on the way as there was a gig on. We
thought we would be safe and we were but there were alot of young
teenagers in groups and drunk tramps. We headed to the supermarket
before
getting to our hostel, picking up a quick meal and cooking it
whilst watching Arsenal V Blackpool game.
We woke up the next morning, had breakfast and tried to decide what to
do with ourselves. The bus to Foz De Iquazu was twelve hours, which
ment another night bus so we had a full day in Sao Paulo. It was
Sunday so we knew centro was pointless so we asked at reception and
they recommended Liberdade which has a Sunday market on.
Liberdade is the biggest collection of Japanese people outside of
Japan and a must do if you are in Sao Paulo on a Sunday. You could
smell the best street food in South America (my opinion) when you got
off the underground and every body on thr tube was heading in the same
direction. We walked around thr shops for a hour despretly trying to
build up an appetite finially deciding to sit down ad have a drink to
pass time. The only place we could find was a buffet style Japanese
pay by kilogram resturant. I pitched to Hollie that we wouldn't be
able to afford a visit to Japan for a long time so
this resturant was
the best place to finally try sushi. I must of looked like an absolute
fruit cake walking up to the scales with two pieces of sushi on my
plate, especially since everyone else had plates stacked high!!!! I
don't regret it though the sushi was gorgeous and I walked up again
this time grabbing four different types of sushi and a spring roll.
The sushi had wetted our appetite so we scouted the various options
and went for chicken and beef stir fry. Hollie got beef just beef and
ate it ALL. We then sat and puzzled at the map wondering what to do
for the next seven hours.
I managed to persuade Hollie that Sao Paulo zoo was still worth a
visit, even though we were at other end of city and it was only open
another four hours. But that's what thr underground was for, took us
thirty minutes to get to the last tube station south, then a bus from
there right into the zoo in ten minutes.
The zoo was exactly what I expected, with it been thr biggest zoo in
Brazil I knew it would have all thr good animals
but in little
enclosures. It had everything from elephants to rhinos, snakes to
white tigers and it wasn't as bad as the Serpentario in Banos. The
cages were far too small the poor tiger could hardly run from one side
to the other side of it enclosure. We saw everything both of us wanted
to see including the monkeys that had escaped from their enclosure and
were now teasing thr tiger above his enclosure. We had got a really
good deal for thr zoo R$11 for entrance and transport to and from the
tube station. We got the tube back to our hostel, grabbed our bags and
premade sandwhiches and headed to bus station.
Hollie was really excited to see Iquazu Falls and I was really looking
forward to comparing them to Niagra.
Muchos love
Brown
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Sam
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Where's the hotel?
Hey, loving the blog. Me and my girlfriend are taking a similar route to you guys in November, ur posts have been giving me sum greats ideas of where to take her! Do you know the name and address of the bar you were taking about in the beginging of this post? I'd love to go! All the best, sam