A quick stop in Sao Paulo
Day 39 Thu 07/10
The bus ride to the airport is long and winds through areas I wouldnt otherwise have seen.
The flight leaves late, and they dont really bother updating the passengers about the reason for the delay. Arrive in Sao Paulo an hour after the scheduled arrival time. Sao Paulo is a shock to the system/ about 15 deg C and rainy. It was around 32 C and sunny when I left Salvador! The bus from the airport to the metro has to fight the rain and the traffic. I dont think I can complain about traffic in Seattle anymore after seeing the traffic in SP! But then of course, we dont have 19 million people!
Day 40 Fri 08/10
Having spent some time in Sao Paulo on this trip, I didnt plan on doing much. Spent a good 2-3 hours meandering through streets from the hostel to the centro, taking in neighbourhoods I had missed and some sights that I hadnt gotten around to the first visit.
Had dinner with Amanda, a native of Sao Paulo. We start at 21:00 which is close enough to my bedtime! Get back to the hostel past midnight. I quite expected to see my shoes turn to pumpkin!
Day 41 Sat 9/10 Sao Paulo
I hadnt been to many museums on this trip! Rectified that by spending most of the day in two musuems – Afro Brasilian museum and MOMASP (Museum of Modern Art), both in the Ibirapuera park. I had for company an artist from Buenos Aires, Pablo. We converse in Spanish and English as Pablo is about as comfortable in English as I am in Spanish!
The MOMAP was less than impressive, while the Afro – Brasilian museum was excellent! It had an exhaustive history of slavery and abolition of slavery. The pattern of African “immigration” to Brasil was interesting as well. Some of the paintings and photos were brilliant! It must be good to be talented!
Head home to face the prospect of another 12 hour bus ride to Florianapolis, called Floripa by all who are too lazy to sound out two extra syllables!
Tags: Travel
Damu