To Sao Paulo
Leaving Rio
Took the 11.30am bus to Sao Paulo. It’s 6 hour bus ride (68 reais). I wished I have more time in Rio since it’s a very nice city with very friendly locals.
I was doing my math about my budget on the bus and I guess I just passed the US$1000 mark around today. I guess I have been pretty tight with my money so far. Almost 4 weeks of traveling, busing from different cities, paragliding, clubbing, eating some good food and I am spending less than if I just stay in NYC.
Arrived in Sao Paulo around 7pm. Sao Paulo is huge, it’s a city with concrete jungle, high rise buildings everywhere. It’s much bigger than New York city with 11 million people living in the city and 20 million in Sao Paulo state. I am doing my second couch surfing here with Dani. Took the metro from the bus terminal to Chacara Klabin station which is close to Dani’s apartment.
Hang out with Dani and her friends
at a cafe and have acai, it’s very creamy and tastes just like smoothies. Acai is very common in Brazil and people here eat it like smoothies. In US, there is a big marketing campaign about acai berries and how the berries will cure all kinds of diseases and help people lose/gain weight. It is very expensive in US to buy acai juice but here it is just like any other fruits.
