Hello my friends,
I hope it goes good for you!
weekend I experienced a lot again ... On Saturday I went rafting and other 5 other German interns. I had been looking forward to for weeks ... We are then on Saturday morning at 7:00 with the Bus from the bus station in the 150 km run away Socorro. We had been worried that the weather there is perhaps too bad, but we arrived in bright sunshine at 09:30 in Socorro! There we first took a taxi to our rafting station. It's really fascinating to see how it can be for as short a distance as beautiful from Sao Paulo ...
trees, meadows, cows and the great river, the Rio de Peixe. When I then saw I was a bit disappointed. It had been there for some time, no rain and thus little water, the river had.
We then first of all have been sitting for 1.5 hours in the sun, until it went off. First, we have received a safety briefing, life jackets, helmets and paddles. With an army truck with wooden benches in the back, we were driven to the starting point. There, two boats were waiting for us and off we went. In the beginning it was more of a cozy Gepaddel. At some point, then so were some waterfalls, and I thought now it is full ... But I move forward to the first stone we depend on our boat stopped and the guide had to get out and push us back. It then went all the time, but it was still very funny. On the track we have seen soo cool animals:) A mixture of rat and guinea pig Bieber, just as big as a sheep dog. Such were in the something like, containing only real;)
at once then the guides have begun to bring the craft to wobble and have thrown us all into the water, it was super cold, despite the clothes we were wearing, but it has really fun. The track was a total of 4 miles and took about an hour. Back at the station, first, all showered and then to the exit located lazily in the sun.
We are still a little run through Socorro and this is a really cute little town ...
the bus came at 16.10. We all slept on the ride, because we were really flat. Approximately at 19.00 we are back in São Paulo arrived at the bus station. was
In Sao Paulo this weekend, 24 hours a huge cultural festival and throughout the city include concerts, art shows us other events. Together we went to Praça Sat Sé, the large square in the center of Sao Paulo, where I would not normally walk around at night because it's really dangerous. There, we met loads of Brazilians and Brazilians. It was a big concert with several bands that played all types of music. The atmosphere was great, everyone danced and drank beer;), some a bit too much ...
Yes, and at some point we went go: the whole lot (about 10,000 people) began going to run away from the stage. No one knew what was going on, but everyone is running. Suddenly tons of beer bottles were flying over the heads of all and each ran faster and faster. In addition, some people began to shoot at and to launch rockets. Everyone has fallen into total panic ... I'm over with a friend and a friend ran to the metro station and down. There we stood in front of the turnstile, but have not let in because we had no map. The guard was like, down here we would be safe and it would happen. But suddenly all the people came running from the square in the Metro station. I get total panic and suddenly it started down there also to pop totally loud. I thought there would also started to shoot and I am a running jump over the turnstile. My friend she wanted but still can not clean and I stood there and I cried. Finally, he came through the turnstile and still told me that there were no shots in the metro, but that the guards have struck with their batons on the hubs to shots to pretend that people do get out of the Metro . We then got on the Metro and our friend suddenly said, lives in the other direction. So we got out again with her because we do not want to let alone. We had to return to the Praça da Sé, where all had happened. There we arrived and somehow it smelled funny. All the people had their faces under their T-shirts and any coughing. The police had gassed the streets and the Metro station complete with tear gas. Do not ask me what that was for a purpose.
We climbed into the nearest Metro and drove away for now. I think I had never so scared in my life. When we then drove back in our direction, what the worst is over and one has felt the gas any more. Ultimately I then arrived at 07.00 am at home. I was really happy when I walked through my door. Now I know
even how it happened and that's not easy to believe. The band, which is played somehow, partly from the prison and the police are at loggerheads. In any case, have probably played a song which was directed against the police. The police are then flipped and started to shoot. I think that's really incredible that the lives of so many people put at risk simply because they feel offended in their honor. The police here is definitely something different than in Germany ... Who is interested can look at the following link are some pictures: http://www.estadao.com.br/ext/especial/extraonline/galerias/cidades/ 2007/05/06/08133000 /
Well, now I've somewhat recovered from the shock. But still it was not a pleasant experience.
soon, made good your Sophie (EL-FEE)
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