After a short layover in Miami, it was time to take the grueling 8 and a half hour flight to Sao Paulo, pronounced Sohn Powlu. We watched 2 movies on the flight, Madagascar 2 and some movie about a Girl and Father living on a remote island, an author and her fictious Indiana Jones type character. Anyway, not interesting. In Sao Paulo, a city with 20 million people. Yes I said 20 million, our preparation for the trip paid off. We breezed through customs without a hickup. We even were given express service for being tourist. We could see the curious looks from all the people. They weren't negative looks but you have to admit we look like an odd group of people to be traveling together. 3 tall males, 1 not too old, 1 Red head, 1 muscular black male and two obvious american girls, a blonde and a brunette. We were then whisked away by cab to our hotel in the middle of the night by some Zoom, Zoom, Zoom taxi drivers. I say zoom cause they never use brakes. You have to hold on tight around corners. They drive so fast on turns, the car was equipped with tilt meters to let the driver know his taxi was about to be on two wheels. We were glad to make it safely to the hotel. As we were checking in to the hotel lobby, luggage sprawled every where, other Americans were checking in also. What do you know! Rotary GSE participants from New York. A team of 4, headed to other cities in Brazil too. We met them down at the hotel bar, chatted for a while, viewed the hotel courtyard, which had 5 Peacocks for our viewing pleasure. That's when it hit us. We were in Brazil. Not everyday do you get to have such rare birds around. We retired for the night, because in the morning, we would be back on the plane for a 5 hour flight to Rio Branco, our first city. More to come .......... Ate Logo! (until later).
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Savannah to Miami to Sao Paulo, Brazil
Oi Mues Amigos! After 3 flights, and 4 cities, we made it to our destination. Whew! We were exhausted. Our first flight was from Savannah to Miami. We had a very warm departing at the Savannah Airport by Justin, Gordan, Bea, Alia and a surprise visit from Grandma Evelyn (My Mom). The group got to see why I'm so crazy and outgoing. "I get it from my momma." I'm sure her charm was sprinkled on our team as we boarded our first plane to Miami. We thought we were gonna have to leave Jenny (LOL) but she made it the nick of time! 
After a short layover in Miami, it was time to take the grueling 8 and a half hour flight to Sao Paulo, pronounced Sohn Powlu. We watched 2 movies on the flight, Madagascar 2 and some movie about a Girl and Father living on a remote island, an author and her fictious Indiana Jones type character. Anyway, not interesting. In Sao Paulo, a city with 20 million people. Yes I said 20 million, our preparation for the trip paid off. We breezed through customs without a hickup. We even were given express service for being tourist. We could see the curious looks from all the people. They weren't negative looks but you have to admit we look like an odd group of people to be traveling together. 3 tall males, 1 not too old, 1 Red head, 1 muscular black male and two obvious american girls, a blonde and a brunette. We were then whisked away by cab to our hotel in the middle of the night by some Zoom, Zoom, Zoom taxi drivers. I say zoom cause they never use brakes. You have to hold on tight around corners. They drive so fast on turns, the car was equipped with tilt meters to let the driver know his taxi was about to be on two wheels. We were glad to make it safely to the hotel. As we were checking in to the hotel lobby, luggage sprawled every where, other Americans were checking in also. What do you know! Rotary GSE participants from New York. A team of 4, headed to other cities in Brazil too. We met them down at the hotel bar, chatted for a while, viewed the hotel courtyard, which had 5 Peacocks for our viewing pleasure. That's when it hit us. We were in Brazil. Not everyday do you get to have such rare birds around. We retired for the night, because in the morning, we would be back on the plane for a 5 hour flight to Rio Branco, our first city. More to come .......... Ate Logo! (until later).
After a short layover in Miami, it was time to take the grueling 8 and a half hour flight to Sao Paulo, pronounced Sohn Powlu. We watched 2 movies on the flight, Madagascar 2 and some movie about a Girl and Father living on a remote island, an author and her fictious Indiana Jones type character. Anyway, not interesting. In Sao Paulo, a city with 20 million people. Yes I said 20 million, our preparation for the trip paid off. We breezed through customs without a hickup. We even were given express service for being tourist. We could see the curious looks from all the people. They weren't negative looks but you have to admit we look like an odd group of people to be traveling together. 3 tall males, 1 not too old, 1 Red head, 1 muscular black male and two obvious american girls, a blonde and a brunette. We were then whisked away by cab to our hotel in the middle of the night by some Zoom, Zoom, Zoom taxi drivers. I say zoom cause they never use brakes. You have to hold on tight around corners. They drive so fast on turns, the car was equipped with tilt meters to let the driver know his taxi was about to be on two wheels. We were glad to make it safely to the hotel. As we were checking in to the hotel lobby, luggage sprawled every where, other Americans were checking in also. What do you know! Rotary GSE participants from New York. A team of 4, headed to other cities in Brazil too. We met them down at the hotel bar, chatted for a while, viewed the hotel courtyard, which had 5 Peacocks for our viewing pleasure. That's when it hit us. We were in Brazil. Not everyday do you get to have such rare birds around. We retired for the night, because in the morning, we would be back on the plane for a 5 hour flight to Rio Branco, our first city. More to come .......... Ate Logo! (until later).
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