The flight from Dallas to Sao Paulo was excellent. We were able to get the first two seats in the first class cabin and it was like flying in a different world. You have everything from slippers to full pajamas. In your I want to say cubicle but that sounds unpleasant, its more like a private flying suite, you have a desk, the seat rotates and folds to a full length bed, your own tv and your own set of noice canceling headphones. The food wasnt all that great, but it was served on a full size fold out table with table cloths, drink service, several courses and dessert. It was the best 10 hour flight that we have taken. However, that all being said, we were both still extremely tired when we arrived, no matter how comfortable it is, I think flying still makes it hard to get a good nights sleep. On the way back we are thinking that we might go business class, its a little cheaper and as long as you can stretch out, have a table cloth for dinner really isnt that important.
Getting from the airport to the airbnb was really easy. The taxi dropped us off and we were able to go right into to meet the person we were renting from. It turned out to be a hotel, not sure if the person worked there or what, they told us to not mention that we rented off airbnb. But either way the room was really nice, had a kitchen and was in the heart of one of the nicer parts of the city. We were able to walk to several museums and markets, went to the large park which I can not spell for the life of me but was like Ibueriar park.
The only downside was that it was cold. When we arrived the first night it rained really hard and the next morning it was about 15-18 degrees C. Quite a change from Hawaii and 95-100 in Austin. We did a lot of walking, tried to find a BJJ school, but kind of struck out on that one. Sao Paulo was nice, but I think it was a little overwhelming and when you have in the back of your head that you have to be careful not to go into a bad neighborhood, we ended up taking it easy and staying close to home.
Getting from the airport to the airbnb was really easy. The taxi dropped us off and we were able to go right into to meet the person we were renting from. It turned out to be a hotel, not sure if the person worked there or what, they told us to not mention that we rented off airbnb. But either way the room was really nice, had a kitchen and was in the heart of one of the nicer parts of the city. We were able to walk to several museums and markets, went to the large park which I can not spell for the life of me but was like Ibueriar park.
The only downside was that it was cold. When we arrived the first night it rained really hard and the next morning it was about 15-18 degrees C. Quite a change from Hawaii and 95-100 in Austin. We did a lot of walking, tried to find a BJJ school, but kind of struck out on that one. Sao Paulo was nice, but I think it was a little overwhelming and when you have in the back of your head that you have to be careful not to go into a bad neighborhood, we ended up taking it easy and staying close to home.
And you left Austin and the next day the humidity and temperature dropped! Highs only in the 80s, and lows in the high 60s/low 70s for 3 days. Now we're back to 90s and humid and it's raining today. But you would have loved the weekend! It is still technically winter there for a few more days, and you're going south now which isn't going to help, but you should warm up in Salvador. Stay safe!
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