Full of the cold and not really in any state to go exploring
we arrive early into Sao Paolo. This place really puts things in perspective.
New Zealand is a country of just over 4 million and this is a city of 19
million. Everyone we met told us how dangerous it was and to only carry the
necessities, we heard numerous stories of armed muggings and raids of known
gringo houses. Needless to say I wasn’t too sure of what Sao Paolo would hold
for us. In short... not much excitement. The hostel we stayed at had cable TV with
3 channels of the Olympics and with our colds that’s all we felt like doing on
the first day, and in fact that was all we did. Its important to remember that
its ok to stop. You feel guilty for being in a new place and doing nothing but
that’s exactly what we needed. We stayed in Vila Magdalena which is a lovely
neighbourhood and some late afternoon wandering was done. We managed to fit in
a trip to the old centre and explore the food markets and get a great view from
one of the tallest skyscrapers – other than that we just chilled out.
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