Rio and Sao Paulo seem close to each others on the map, but it is 430km, 6 hours in a bus. And it seems much more when you are hangover. I arrived in the evening, and went straight to see Daniela and Ryan.Daniela and Ryan are friends from Australia. They were in Brasil visiting Daniela’s family for 3 weeks, and I had the chance to stay with them for 2 days. I met parents, grand parents, aunties, friends… thank you so much!We had fantastic diners and drinks:Luckily, I don’t have pictures of the end of this night 😉Unfortunately, the weather in Sao Paulo was not good: cold and sometimes raining. It’s winter down there. But we still enjoyed walks in parks of ‘Sampa’.Daniela and Ryan’s schedule was tight and I moved to a hostel in Vila Madalena for the last 2 days.

The last day, the sun showed up and I went for a walk in the city with a French and a Dutch. Sao Paulo is apparently the largest city in the Americas and in the Southern Hemisphere: 12 million in the city, 21 million in the metropolitan area!Salsa show in front of a dancing school:I think the waitress likes me:The interesting thing I saw is the Museum of football, retracing the history of the sport, the major achievements of the national team and the local football clubs.I did not stay very long in Sao Paulo but it seems to me that it is a bit easier to get around than in Rio, the metro is more developed. It is however nowhere near as spectacular. I would probably need to stay longer to build myself a better opinion of the city.

My plans have changed! Wednesday 24 August early morning, I flew to Lima, a ticket bought a couple of weeks earlier. You will know why in the next article.