The Dreaded Food Poisoning struck in the middle of the night; at first with repeated bouts of diarrhea but soon followed with vomiting. Seen as I am staying in a one bedroom apartment with both Fernanda and her sister as soon as they woke up I had to tell them. Although slightly embarrassing it is a fact of life and feeling so comfortable with Fernanda made it very easy to talk to her about. Before Fernanda left for work she did some Reiki on me and removed a lo...

With just a few last things to do in Sao Paulo I am starting to slow down just a bit and today have no real plans. After going down the street to check my emails I returned to Fernandas for lunch and sussed out something to do for the rest of the day. I decided to walk to Ibara Park - a huge park in the centre of São Paulo rumored to be one of the nicest in South America. It was only about a 45 minute walk and when I arrived I realized it was well worth the walk...

Today is the Gay Pride March in São Paulo which just so happens to be the largest of its kind anywhere in the world; last year with 2.5 million people marching (world record). After a bit of a sleep-in Fernanda and I got up and Fernanda made me a very typical breakfast here in Brazil: Asai. Asai is a berry type fruit that is kind of served like frozen yogurt/smoothie - Fernanda blended the Acai with papaya and honey and then served it with sliced banana and gran...

So today I am off to the Benedicto antique markets to meet a friend who I travelled with 6 months ago in Bolivia. I had a late breakfast and drank some Mate with Fernanda before heading down the road to the markets. I met David and he was his same old self talk talk about how good he was and how he already speaks fluent Portuguese etc and so within 10 minutes I was not only exhausted but wishing I hadn't organized to spend the day with him. The antique market was...

After quite a late night I had a little sleep-in before getting up and ready for another exciting day in São Paulo. In the morning I went and used the Internet, had some lunch and then packed my bag ready for a walk to Liberdade - the very famous Japanese District here in São Paulo. I followed my google map but unfortunately that doesn't have the ability to distinguish good from bad areas and I ended up walking through some very shady areas. I guess you could s...