Sao Paulo 23.january.2004

Sao Paulo, one of the biggest city in the world, a place comparable to a antz population. I didn t stay so long at this place and maybie I will never, not because I don t like big cities but because this city has no charm for me. I m very visual person and love to walk arround and appreciate the environment. But this city is cold. A city who has a function but no charm! (irony of this story is > since june 2005 I m living in Sao Paulo but that is another story)

I arrived with the bus at 22.00 in SP. I took the metro and there I met a backpacker (but a little one, not the guy , the backpack !). And hasardly he was going to the young hostel close to praca Republica because he works there, hheheh . I m a lucky man. In 15 minutes I had found where to stay. I went to bed at 4.00 a.m. and when I woke up, the street was crowded with cars, a stressy noise. But that was not all, look at the picture !!! Yes during few minutes there was a guy catched by the police, the noise of the worker making the foundation for a new building, the motorbikes....Well a big city ambiance celebreting the 450 years. Sometimes its unbelievable that in such a short time, all these building were done. And in each room of this tousend of buildings, there is somewhere working or sleeping..

Hmm what can I say more. It was raining and I was kidnapped. (see Ilha Bela)