Brasil is about 10 years behind in many way, I think. I'm in São Paulo, which I'm told by my host is the 6th largest city in the world. It reminds me a lot of being in NYC about 10 years ago. I've heard NYC has become very eco these days. That is not the case here. Everything is cars, exhaust, plastic, and the organics scene is almost non-existant. And you know what that means, no natural body care products either. Maybe a good business opportunity!
There are so many people here. Yesterday I rode a subway car so completely packed with people there was no way to avoid full body contact with fellow riders.
I go to Florianopolis tonight, and I am ready. The last two days have felt eternal. I've been out of cities for so long I feel super foreign here, although on a physical level I blend in a lot more than anywhere else I've been yet. Lots of Europeans settled here, and there is much less of the dark beautiful skin I love.
Not that I exactly blend in anywhere I've been so far... Yesterday someone actually tried to grope my armpit while exlaiming how exotic unshaven women are! Meu Deus!!!
