We set off on our 6 hour bus journey to Sao Paulo after enjoying the tranquility of Parati, having heard that Sao Paulo had some great nightlife to offer. The coach was surprisingly quite spacious with reclining chairs and adjustable feet rests, you don`t get that on national express! They did turn up the air con on this bus though which I loved but Jen wasn`t so keen!
After enjoying a taxi ride which wasn`t operated by a maniac (like in rio) we arrived at our hostel `city lights hostel`. We chose this one online back in the UK and it was a toss up between this and another hostel called `limetime hostel` which we found out later was the party hostel to go to. Climbing the stairs to our room I wasn`t overly impressed to see that I had to climb even higher with the highest bunk bed I`d ever seen (about 8 foot high), Jen having shotgunned the bottom bunk. Could have been worse though as the next room had a 3 tier bunk bed which was about 12 foot high!
The next day we went to the reception area and asked for a map which they didn`t have so we thought we`d ask for a computer to use to check out where we could go. They didn`t have that either though but luckily I had my wifi device so we connected through that and decided to take the metro to the backpacker area where there was an Irish bar, thinking we could get to meet some other backpackers. Luckily we found a tourist info centre just off the metro so we got a map and some info from the helpful lady there. Off we set to the Irish bar only to find out it was shut until later so we thought we`d eat at american burger joint over the road. We were glad to see the chef was a Californian so we could easily chat and tried to order just one burger which we could share as we weren`t overally hungry only to see a massive burger each come out. O well, at least the cherry coke and drawing in were epic.
We set back off to the hostel to chill out for a while. After failing in the backpackers area, we thought we`d go and check out the buzzing hostel`s bar area but were greeted with nothing but an empty social area........not so cool. Instead we ventured out to the local happening area which was actually pretty cool but no-one really spoke any English so we struggled with the few words we could "una caiprihana e una cerveza por favor" which somehow managed to prompt the waitress into bringing me out 5 large 660ml bottles of beer! looks like we were staying in that bar then! After failing multiple times throughout the day we called it a night and crashed out.
A new day and we were determined to make the most of it, so we set off to view the city`s famous grafitti`d streets. Not sure why someone decided to draw batman with a cigarette with no batpants on, but they did anyway and it was pretty cool, so why not I suppose!
Being a true Brit abroad I thought why not roll up the shirt sleaves and even out the t shirt tan
After taking in all the art work (would be called vandalism in England), we set off to a massive park which was really cool. We chilled out and soaked in all the atmosphere. For all you gaming geeks like me, you`ll be pleased to know we saw the real life Eddy Gordo doing Capoeira as he does in Tekken and as is Brazil`s martial art.
After me trying to explain who Eddy Gordo was to Jen and getting nowhere we were wondering what a load of noise was coming from over the park so we got up and checked it out. After struggling to see through a big crowd that had developed we pushed closer, only to find out that people were gathering to see a group of naked people sat in a circle ranting about something so we swiftly left. But we did come across this cool tree!
After the park we went back to the hostel to chill again and thought we`d venture back out the backpacker area at night to party on down. However after venturing out a bit in the rain with the streets looking dark and quite scary, we decided to stay in and grab a nice pizza from a local restuarant. Following the lack of partying in the so called party city I aptly named it "So Poo Lo". Should have gone to LimeTime hostel!
The next day we went for a stroll around the centre of Sao Paulo and Jen was excited to see a small building inbetween some massive ones, I`m still not sure why this picture was so exciting!
However we did get to see a cool Cathedral, the biggest in the world in its neo-gothic style. Not that you can make it out but there was a minature version of the Christ Redeemer in the entrance way which was also pretty cool, with people posing by it. We didn`t feel the need, saw it earlier.....nahhhh nah nah nahhhhhh nah (I`m sure you understand that from the typing!)
With So Poo Lo ticked off the list we set off on our epic 16 hour bus journey to Foz.
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