Praia Grande Ubatuba - Sao Paulo

Ubatuba Sao Paulo features over 100 beaches and one of the most visited is the Praia Grande. The beach where we had 5-day holiday just burning ourselves under the sun for an average of 6 hours a day. For those looking for a lot of excitement at the beach, Praia Grande is the place. It gets quite crowded on weekends and holidays that you can enjoy people watching and meeting new friends. All day long samba and sertaneja can be heard at the bars offering cold drinks, cocktails  and snacks on the beachside shake up the atmosphere more. White sand is so fine that makes it perfect for playing diverse beach games such as soccer, frescoball and volleyball. The constant waves are safe and fun to play with as the water does not go so deep in a relative distance from the shore. No bars on the seaside are open at night, nightlife is in downtown which is 3 kms away from the beach.  I love it the beach. Being someone who´s born in archipelago I´ve grewn up going to nice beaches and so with that high expectation. Praia Grande didn´t fail me. Check out the beach in photos after the jump.

Ubatuba is considered as the "Surf Capital of Sao Paulo."

Oscar Freire

Oscar Freire Street is the the place for hi-end shopping in Sao Paulo. Luxury brands like Louis Vuitton, Armani, Ferragamo, Bulgari, Marc Jacobs etc have stores in this street. According to Excellence Mystery Shopping International Oscar Freire Street is the 8th most luxurious street in the world and second in the Americas behind 5th Avenue in New York

Melissa Store in Oscar Freire - from afar you can already smell the ´melissa plastic`

 fiber optic was installed to eliminate electric posts

I had a very relaxing `window´shopping experience here. Lots of beautiful men around..yey!

Liberdade

If you are an Asian who resides in Brazil, Liberdade is the place where you can feel like you´re just home. A hub of Japanese-Brazilian nationals where not only Japanese food can be found but almost all types of Asian Cuisine. I felt so happy knowing that this place exists here. I´ve been longing to eat one of my favorite chinese bread called SIOPAO. Yes, I found it here.

December 29 when me, Eduardo, Ellen and Elis conquered this super busy street of Liberdade, located inside Metro Sao Paulo. I treated them a lunch fiesta at a chinese restaurant. A bit expensive but the food was authentic chinese with real chinese people serving you (they dont even know how to speak potuguese). First time for my 3 companions and my first too since I arrived in Brazil 18 months ago. In Liberdade you can also find a lot of groceries selling asian food, shops of chinese and japanese ornaments, and a lot of asian stuffs. Most people walking around are japanese. I love the place and surely will I go back to enjoy asian cuisine.

a japanese snack i used to buy at SM supermarket food stalls (forgot the name) eaten very hot with chili sauce and lemon

SIOPAO!!!

Chi Fu Restaurant - serving an authentic chinese food

finally! a chinese food - one of my favorite cuisine

Reaching Liberdade is very easy. Metro Train stops at this station and upon going down the stairs of railway Liberdade charm awaits you.