While Sao Paulo might be a mega-city of mind blowing proportions, there is a wonderful green oasis in the middle. Ibirapuera park is the equivalent in many ways to Central Park in New York, with more than a dash of the Mall in Washington D.C.
You have the area with the kids doing crazy tricks on bicycles:
You have some neat museums, such as the Modern Art Museum. And then you have an amazing. Mind-blowing museum. The Afro-Brazilian Museum.
I can't even begin to describe the museum, in part because it was just so amazing I rushed through it! I felt like I could either spent a significant amount of time in one exhibit, or get a basic feeling for the whole place. And so quick tour I did. Below are some pieces that I really liked.
The above photo is not a product of photoshop, but rather was simply shot through a really neat screen that had printed on it a large-scale historic photo of downtown Sao Paulo buildings.
Early 20th century Carnival attire
Really neat 3-dimensional diorama of the sertao (interior where the cowboys lived)
Great gallery filled with sculptures that were 'playful' (as the sign above illustrates)
Really amazing pictures of Brazilian cowboys
Black market
After the museums, it was a pleasure to laze around the park, playing harmonica, working on an article, and just watching Sunday life in Sao Paulo.
A little Sunday afternoon balancing practice
Tree Texture 1
Tree Texture 2
Never too old for a water gun fight
Nothing like a mist machine on a warm afternoon
Playing it cool
Pretty flowers
Pretty flowers 2
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