São Paulo was my first entry point to Brazil in July 2007. At first, even my travel agent was surprised to hear that I wanted to visit this mega city. It was quite true that the city was huge, polluted, expensive and quite gritty. However, upon exploration, São Paulo is one of the greatest cities I have visited. The city was teaming with life, architecture, museums and diversity. The ethnic diversity is one of the greatest features of this mega city - with the largest Japanese colony outside of Japan and probably the ... (more)