São Paulo, Brazil

São Paulo is the biggest city in the southern hemisphere, with 11 million people in the city and 19 million counting the greater São Paulo. I went there to visit my friend Susie, who used to live in Belém and whom I’ve known for a LONG time! I got to go all over - she lives in the north and works in the south, and I used both airports, which were also at opposite ends. Plus I went into greater SP when I went to Atibaia & Poá. I sure got to know the city's subway, bus, and train system!!

For the geographically challenged, here's a map that shows where SP state is in Brazil, and then where the megacity is.














This gives you an idea of its size!!! There always seem to be way more highrises in city centers here than in many cities in Canada.















I was in this subway station... most of the time the "metrôs" were quite crowded (esp. during rush hour), until a popular stop where people had to switch to another line or something. Then we could sit!












This is a really cool station - "Station of the Light" - built by the English. We switched from subway to train here, to go to Poá. I wished I could've spent time there - it actually is a museum as well. :)















(These pictures are free at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sao_Paulo_%28city%29.)