I just wanted to drop a quick note to say I'm safely in Sao Paulo. I met a few of my coworkers today and we're heading out tomorrow morning to the site, about 45 minutes out of town, after running some errands and buying final supplies.
I'm still partial to Rio, but Sao Paulo (the world's 2nd largest city and largest metropolis, with about 29 million people with the surrounding areas) is interesting. Explored a lot yesterday - including seeing an amazing exhibit at MASP, the park downtown, Paulista Avenue, the Japanese area, the Cathedral and then going out in the Replublica area at night - and today I also gained perspective from some of my new colleagues, who have spent time here.
Much to come, but if I can't post soon (might not have the net for about a week), here's a little glimpse.
Cheers to Paulista Avenue - SP's main street!
Refuge from the City - a small native forest park in the middle of Paulista
called the Parque Siqueira Campos (or Tianon). It was named after a
garden in Versailles... can't say there is much resemblance, however.
Liberdade, the Japanese part of town (SP has the world's largest Japanese
population outside of Japan). The Brazilian-Japanese immigration museum
was closed, but I had fun looking around. Was surprised that almost everyone working
here spoke Chinese, though (not nihongo) and also by the stalls with fakes, etc...
The cathedral in the rain
Some of the other people from camp.
One a random note, the girl in the first row, second from the left ("Grace")
actually went to the same uni as me, graduated the same year,
we were Jr Counselor's at CLV at the same time (when we were 17), she's worked
in Bemidji, MN for most of the time I was working at camp
there (years ago, but still...) and she's been traveling a lot since.
Might go to BC next year. Very parallel paths for someone I've never met!
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