Today was our last day in Sao Paulo! We thought we needed to book our coach really early so we got out the hostel as soon as we could. We left Meg`s shoes at O de Casa because she got sandals now! - and hot heavy shoes are going to be no good here.
As soon as we left we realised we`d forgotten to get the contacts of Minna and Mari, the 23 Finnish girls we`d met at the hostel, who are travelling in a similar sort of timeframe as us. But then we bumped into them on the tube so now we can meet up again in Sao Paulo at the end of our trips!
They`re going to Isla do Miel soon, where we were thinking of going before the end of our adventure.
We got our tickets for the midnight coach by1 so we had aaaaaaaages to wait... So we went for an explore, but Tiete was like a big concrete maze. We took a photo of the horror and turned on our tails and got back on the tube to the nearest greeny looking place on the map.
It was really great there! Loads of market stalls, really bustly and HUGE costume and party shops, with loads and LOADS of amazingly colourful glittery heaven of sparkles and joy and feathers and fabric and beads and sequins and yummmmmmmmmmm stuff!
When our eyes and legs started to hurt we found a scummy cafe to sit down in. We reluctantly went to the toilet. It was SO horrible and smelly and there was an innappropriate man. It was mutually the worst bit of our trip, but we were fine.
After wondering around for another while and stil not finding the park we found a big square outside a huge church and we saw a group of cheeky youths doing capoeira. Some of them played the birembao and the tamborine and the rest took turns at dancing.
They were really good, amazing to watch, really close to fighting without touching at all.
They offered to teach us how but we were both tired from dragging around for hours, so we turned it down, but we`re regretting it now!
Two drunken friendlies with armfuls of jewellery came to talk to us and we brought seed necklaces to take home. They gave Ash a copper bracelet with a cowrie shell as well.
After dithering for a while and eating we came back to the coach station to dither some more, and now at about 1am we`re on our way to Rio de Janeiro!
xx x x x x x love to everyone! :)
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helloooo, cor thats a lot of writing sounds like an awful cafufle (i had to get a new passport 2 days before i went to belgum once) but youre all there now, have fun and dont get lost, brazils pretty big. love jp
ReplyDeleteI could get Didi to teach you guys some Finnish for when you meet them finnish chicks again!
ReplyDeleteI can you see you will be adventurous, to explore Tiete and surrounds, you are very up to it. Take care girls! Dutchy
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