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Originally Posted by mrnyc
ha chillax yuri -- i highly recommend visiting sao paulo. i've been twice and its a great place. there is no end of things to do and explore. unfortunately my visits were only for a few days at a time and i am the type that likes to spend a good week and a half at least when i visit somewhere, so i definitely need to go back.
funny enough my spouse works for a very large company that has offices around the world and they promote doing work abroads for 6wks at a time, where you trade homes with coworkers, so among other places sao paulo has been in play for us to do that next year, although we are leaning toward brisbane. we will see.  |
That's nice to hear! São Paulo, as not an-obvious touristic place, is a bit harder for outsiders to make sense of it. You need locals to guide you through it, specially as places like restaurants, bars, are always changing, there is always the new hottest spot. In fact, even for locals it's hard to keep pace.
Anyway, if you guys chose São Paulo, please PM me for tips or anything for make the most of the city.
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Originally Posted by JManc
I would like to see SP, Rio, Salvador and Recife. It's a huge ass country which means spending 10 days to a couple of weeks to hit all those cities. Long flight from Houston or San Francisco.
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Yeah, it's a bit like the US. It's hard to squeeze the whole country into a single trip. Salvador, and to a lesser extent Recife and Rio de Janeiro, vendors are quite agressive on the non-upmarket touristic hotspots (like their historical cores). Even domestic tourists are bothered by it. In São Paulo things are way more "normal", functional. It's very different. However, if you should keep in mind Downtown still recoveries from one of the biggest urban decay anywhere in the world. It might be a bit rough, so caution is advised. On other parts of the city, it's ok.
There are direct flight from São Paulo to Houston and Dallas. For San Francisco, I don't think so.