Hi there! Pickle Deli Square is a collection of my experiences living, eating, and traveling the world. Currently an expat based in Valencia, on the Mediterranean coast of Spain.
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Top of the "other" cool animals category is the chameleon, one of my favorite animals in the world because it's so cute!
There were so many different kinds of birds in Kruger, too, and our rangers Steve and Phil were so quick to spot them and identify them for us...
Unfortunately my group didn't get to see all of the Big 5, the name given to the animals most dangerous to hunt on foot: lion, leopard, buffalo, elephant, and rhino. But we did get to see 3 of the Big 5...
I'd never been on a safari before, but as I understand it, a lot of them have a similar schedule as the one I took with Transfrontiers Walking Safaris. First we got woken up by one of our rangers early in the morning, 5am every day...
This is no Brazilian favela. It's interesting how a lot of cities now offer tours of their shantytowns, and I thought the Soweto (South West Township) of Johannesburg would compare to Rocinha in Rio.
Overall, a very nice flight from Sao Paulo, Brazil (GRU) to Johannesburg, South Africa (JNB)...
I decided to splurge at Brasil a Gosto, a restaurant off of a residential side street in the Jardins Paulista neighborhood, and highly recommended by folks on Chowhound and Lonely Planet. I guess it's sort of a "new Brazilian" restaurant...
One thing that I love about Sao Paulo is the sheer amount of art and design exhibits throughout the city...
In my two weeks in Brazil, I have to say that the food I've tried is generally over-salted, oily, and without nuance (if savory), or too sweet (if a dessert)...the big exception being the natural fruit juices which I love. Not to say that eating here isn't fun, courtesy of the snack foods that are in abundance...
I really don't think I've seen a country that loves its ice cream this much! Every where I turn, someone's eating an ice cream cone, soft serve, or milk shake...
Lonely Planet, tourist brochures,...everyone says that the Japanese food in Sao Paulo is really good. It would make sense, because Sao Paulo has the largest population of Japanese people outside of Japan...
Today I saw a very different kind of built environment compared to the concrete Avenida Paulista. The shopping street of Rua Oscar Freire is in the Jardins neighborhood, and is often compared to Rodeo Drive in LA, and Newbury St in Boston.
I like Sao Paulo a lot so far. Maybe because people told me that I would hate Sampa, and so I like it to be contrarian...
