First day

After 14 hours in the air here we are in Sao Paulo - city of 11M and 20M in Greater Sao Paulo. I wish you see what we saw from the air:-

and then we saw land, first the mountains:-

then the towns:-

the landing was so smooth the whole plane aplauded.
Then the first sight of an old friend waiting for us at the airport and 2 hours of driving through the traffic.

You can believe there are 20M people here when you drive.  Apparently there are 7M cars registered in Sao Paulo. The best deal is probably had by the motorbikes who are like wasps weaving in and around you- glad our friend Ameria's doing the driving!


It is 32 degrees here and even the Paulistas are moaning.  We sit on Ameria's balcony on the 20th floor and eat the most delicious fruit.


I'm going to stop and recover and speak to you all again soon.
Lyria