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São Paulo: The Most Underrated City in the World (Video)

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The Most Underrated City in the World

Follow Walker as he takes you on a tour of our favorite neighborhoods, restaurants and bars in São Paulo. Explore the alternative side of Centro, the diversity in Liberdade, and discover what makes São Paulo such a great city.

Directed, Filmed and Edited by Nick Neumann

Hosted by Walker Dawson

Heres a list of the various places and food that appear in the video. For a more complete list of our favorite spots check out our post on  São Paulo’s top five neighborhoods.

Centro:

  • Galeria do Rock
  • Praça Roosevelt

Avenida Paulista

  • São Paulo Museum of Art
  • Livraria Cultura

Rua Augusta

  • Caos Bar
  • Chicano Taqueria

Barra Funda

  • Os Gêmeos  Exhibit

Vila Madalena

  • Beco do Batman
  • Empório Sagarana

Liberdade

  • Weekend Massage in the Liberdade metro station
  • Sunday Street Market (takoyaki & yakisoba)
Brazil, Pictures, São Paulo, South America

Faces of São Paulo, Brazil

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We spent six weeks hitting the streets of São Paulo photographing the people that make the city so great. Here are our favorite portraits.

Nayara de Deus, bar tender at Empório Sagarana in the trendy neighborhood of Vila Madalena.
Homeless man on Avenida Paulista.
Local resident in Liberdade.
“Tell Obama you have found the only terrorist in São Paulo!” Muslim immigrant from Rajasthan India showing a photo from his Michael Jackson stage, next to his Angolan wife.
“I was wondering if I could take a picture of you man, I am doing a blog on people that I am meeting in Sao Paulo” “A blog on ugly people?” (laughs)
Korean man in front of his restaurant in Bom Retiro, a densly populated neighborhood inhabited by Koreans, Jews, Eastern Europeans, Paraguayans and Bolivians.
Hannah in Bom Retiro. After fleeing persecution in 1951 from Stalins Soviet Union, Hannah settled in this traditional Jewish neighborhood north of downtown Sao Paulo.
Jewish mystic in Bom Retiro, “my mother died yesterday, im just looking for a few dollars for a coffee.”
Diego in Luz.
Lebanese merchant in the 25 de Março section of Centro, the largest shopping district in Latin America.
Rubens and Vinicius both traveled to San Francisco and were inspired to open an authentic California style Taqueria in São Paulo, “theres nothing like this here, we wanted to bring back the true burrito experience to Brazil!”
Shoeshiner from the poorer Northeastern part of Brazil, he says he family was Dutch and settled there 400 years ago.
“Mother Earth will die if we don’t do our part to save it. I’m just trying to do mine” Piaui Ecologica, a local Sao Paulo environmental artist doing work to raise awareness about the environment.
Leo Pride, model for Rock Managment, hanging out at Galeria do Rock, a 6 story building dedicated to rock, rap, skating and tattoos.
Key maker in Centro.
A Dupla da Paulista, a talented duo that play weekly on Avenida Paulista.
“can I take a picture of you sir”? “…”

 

Brazil, Pictures, Rio de Janeiro, South America

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Pictures)

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Everyone has an idea of what Rio de Janeiro is like during the World Cup, with the massive parties on Copacabana, the violent protests, and the hordes of tourists. While living in Rio for a month I took my camera around everywhere, attempting to shed light on the other side of Rio, the real Rio, the one not seen on TV or in the newspapers. Here is my portrait of Rio de Janeiro.

Photos by Walker Dawson

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Road to Zion, Brazil (Video)

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Camping on Ilha Grande, Brazil

 

By Nick Neumann

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Upon arriving in by ferry in Vila Abrão – the largest settlement on the island packed with cool hostels and backpackers – we decided to hike 2.5 hours to Lopes Mendes.  It has been voted one of the best beaches in the world and it certainly did not disappoint, even though the hike was brutal with our packs.  

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Our plan was to camp on Lopes Mendes, but a life guard warned us that it was illegal and not safe because of the corrupt guards. The southern part of the island is patrolled by the military because it is national park territory.

IMG_9715We took the lifeguards advice, walked to the closest beach, which was just outside the national park, waited for all the boats to leave and the sun to set before setting up camp.  The setting was simply spectacular.

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There were no lights, so we could see the milky way by 7.30 pm.  We ate our remaining bananas, oranges and cookies while kicking it on a beach.  The sound of the ocean was quickly drowned out by the jungle.  A night of natural solitude was exactly what we needed after a month in Rio.  Walker was the only one with a sleeping bag and a mat, so the rest of us barely slept because of the cold, damp conditions.

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We were ‘woken up’ at dawn by a troop of howler monkeys, hiked back to Lopes Mendes and passed out on the beach for hours.  We had amazing time, but the next day we were filthy and starving so we took a boat back and spend the following night in hostel.

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Filmed and edited by: Nick Neumann
Music: Damian Marley – Road to Zion (EFIX & XKAEM Cover)
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World Cup Protest (Video)

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We weren’t able to watch the World Cup final because we were trapped in a plaza by 10,000’s of military police. They began firing tear gas, stun grenades, and pepper spray, injuring dozens of people in the process.  It was definitely one of the craziest days of our lives. 
Here’s what went down.