IMG_4967 A flowering tree at the GE Healthcare warehouse in São Paulo IMG_4972 Babu (left) and Fernando (right) discussing warehouse processes IMG_4981 Brazil, which is the 3rd largest consumer of soft drinks in the world, has a wonderful drink called Guarana made from the berry of the plant of the same name that grows in the Amazon Basin. It also has been shown to improve memory and evidently hasn't been shown to have the negative effects of caffine such as shaking IMG_4987 Hotel Unique is just that, a unique hotel in the shape of a boat designed by Brazilian architect Ruy Ohtake IMG_4989_Pano IMG_4995 A photo from Skye Bar on the top of Unique Hotel. Just after this it started pouring rain, which was pretty normal for each day we were in Brazil - it was the rainy season and the cycle was cloudy in the morning, sunny during the day, cloudy in the afternoon, downpour or misting around sunset or just after for 15-60 minutes and repeat. IMG_5003 Looking down into the lobby from the bar through a shallow pool on top of glass panels IMG_5005 Other team members from the Brazil ERP project IMG_5016 IMG_5019 IMG_5020 Neat lighting effects through marble at the entrance to Skye Bar IMG_5021 After waiting a long time at Skye Bar for a table, we decided to head out to a very good Pizzeria, 1900 (millenovecento). There are 6 million people of Italian descent in São Paulo, more than Milan or Rome. There are only 18,000 Amerindians. IMG_5022 IMG_5023 Another day, I had lunch at Barbacoa, a traditional Brazillian churrascaria, with my co-worker Tania. The tokens indicate when you want to be offered an endless combination of cuts of meat you turn it to green and when you are done you turn it to red (there is also a very nice salad bar). They have locations in Brazil, Argentina, Japan and more. IMG_5026 IMG_5027 Poor buffalo... IMG_5269 The full Brazil ERP team IMG_5276 A nice statue in Ibirapuera Park IMG_5277 The coat of arms of São Paulo on a city bus IMG_5278 Some of the homeless/poor in the city collect cardboard boxes, Brazil is second only to Bangladesh in the unevenness of wealth distribution IMG_5280 In 1554, the Jesuits founded Sao Paulo at Pátio do Colégio and evangelized the Amerindians causing conflict with the colonists who required the slave labor of the indians for their commerce. In 1640 the Jesuits were expelled (see the movie The Mission for more information on this, especially in the Amazon area), returned in 1653, had to leave again in 1759. The church after being rebuilt upon their return, collapsed in 1896 but has been rebuilt and houses a museum of items from the early Jesuits of Brazil IMG_5283 IMG_5286 IMG_5288 IMG_5288_clr IMG_5293 A bridge over the central river/drainage canal in São Paulo IMG_5298 Another bridge IMG_5301 I think these tubes running to tires on most all trucks are some form of air stablization system Return to Features