First full day
Sight seeing in Sao Paulo
16.02.2009 - 16.02.2009
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As I woke up, the first thing I saw was the view from the 15th floor of the hotel. Buildings, buildings and more of those everywhere you could look. 
We walked Av. Paulista, the main street of Sao Paulo, from beginning to the end. Gigantic buildings where a lot of bussinessmen do their job everyday. We walked further into the city center where we found a lot of markets. Just like the black market in Beverwijk, but a lot of times bigger. People were selling fruits, drinks, clothing, electronics and much more like jewelery, furnature, toys etc. It was a busy place as you can see on the photo below.
We did some more sight seeing, had dinner and took the metro back to the hotel to get our bags. Carlos has a friend (Paula) in Sao Paulo and we were invited to stay for the week. Together with P.H. and Karina we went to a party at the university of Sao Paulo. It was a celebration of the new study year.
Overall, I was totally impressed by the sight seeing in Sao Paulo, the food is delicious and the people are very kind, however, I saw some bad things. Many homeless people, even a pregnant woman with a kid was begging at a corner of Av. Paulista. The people at the market place were really struggeling for every penny they could earn and in the late afternoon you would see them carrying big boxxes filled with their trading goods. Working at Puur isn´t as tough as you might tink.
Posted by debrick 17.02.2009 08:48 Archived in Brazil
