We made it!!!! Sao Paulo is big..............

After a 2 hour flight to Miami and an 8 hour one to Sao Paulo both Jimmie and I were pretty beat. We both were able to get a little sleep on the plane and knew that was needed because our friend Valderes would have a full day planed for us.

They picked us up around 9am and took us into the heart of Sao Paulo which was about a 30 minute drive from the airport. This is a very big city!!! To put it in prospective, New York City has a population of about 8.5 million. Sao Paulo has over 11 million. If you include the metropolis and suburban or outlying areas the population climbs over 20 million. A bunch of people and a bunch of different ethnicities. We drove around the city and saw many different cultures and areas of the city that are devoted to a specific people such as the Japanese and Italian areas of Sao Paulo.

After a brief tour of the city we headed to the hotel to unpack and get cleaned up. Jimmie and I both had the travel funk going on so it was nice to take a shower and relax for a bit. The hotel is located on the edge of the Italian district in the heart of downtown. It is a safe area with several shops and several bakeries.

Check out some of the pics of the trip and the hotel room.

Flight and Arrival