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Brazil

Posted by woutermooi | 29th October 2008

From Buenos Aires we flew directly to Sao Paulo and therefore we missed the Iguazu Waterfalls. These waterfalls were highly recommended by so many people but unfortunately we already booked our flights back in London so we will have to save them for a next visit to South America.

Sao Paulo isn't big, its massive! There are 20 million people living in the metropolitan area and its the economic powerhouse of Brazil. We were visiting a colleague from GE and he lived a neighbourhood called "Jardin" which is one of the safer areas in the city. There is nothing to see really but the area has hundreds of cafes, bars and restaurants which are full with locals and it was way more pleasant to stay here then expected. Unfortunately it rained non stop while we were there and in the weekend we tried to escape the rain by driving to Ilhabella which is according to the guidebooks one of the most beautiful islands between Sao Paulo and Rio. We did get a glimpse of all this beauty in the couple of h

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