Category: travel

Am back in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Catch a plane tommorrow.

At least you would think so..

In reality its just not the case.

There is really very little do.

The United States of south America based on trickle down economics is a dirty, dangerous place with little to offer apart from beaches, forest and some diverse nature which can be seen in other parts of South AMERICA at a lesser cost and under better conditions.

Just thought I’d let you know.

My camera is fucked.

I am going to have to fly to Venezuela.

There is a Pentax service center their.

I can drop there and hang around the Colombian border.

Whilst I was in Sao Paulo there was a street riot.

Some of the market trader types which over-run the center of Sao Paulo town were set apon by the police which turning into a running street battle, traders v police.

The evening news
When I returned to my hotel that night there were pictures of the traders burning what was left of their illicit goods.
One of the images that will stick in my mind is a burning Spongbob Squarepants effigy being held aloft and marched through the streets of Sao Paulo by angry market traders.

Central Sao Paulo
Most of the center of Sao Paulo is given over to the poor, downmarket traders and streetpeople in general.
Santiago Chile was dangerous at night, central Sao Paulo is pretty much a no-go area at any time of the day or night.