Sampa, with a bonus ninja

Here's a small selection of São Paulo pics from my first two days here. First of all, as I mention below, it's absolutely feckin huge. It's not really possible to capture this in a photo but these two below were a stab, taken from one spot in opposite directions. Notice that there are towering buildings as far as the eye can see in both directions, and that I'm on a road above a park. There are views like this all over the city.




There's also a big homegrown hiphop scene in Sampa and all kinds of street art and graffiti everywhere, much of it pretty good. There'll be more of this coming - there's some excellent burns in Rio too, but I needed better light for good pics.




(While on the subject of ninjas, I want to give a shoutout to Ask A Ninja, his latest screed against 'Pirates of the Caribbean' which is nothing short of genius, and his new business initiative. Best of luck to the man in black.)

The SP Metro system is excellent too, clean and efficient. You can also buys books from machines on the platforms, and check out those titles on the bottom row.

Yes that really is Machiavelli, Engels and Nietzsche. It's hard to find Engels in a bloody bookshop in the US. Extraordinary.