Sao Paulo

Panama to Bogota, Bogota to Sao Paulo. Early check-in negotiated at the Intercontinental in Jardim Paulista , a nap, a walk to the mall to buy a SIM card, an afternoon at the MASP. Really great modern art displayed rather bizarrely with the info on the back, so you had to circle each piece to read about the artist. In the end we had fun guessing each artist before checking on the back. Can you tell your Modiglianis from your Legers? We were surprised at how good at it we were. Traveling teaches you all sorts of things. We are most privileged to have been to very many of the world's best Art Museums. Something's rubbed off.

And then to art and genius of another kind. In pouring rain, we ubered to D.O.M for dinner. Alex Atala is a colourful and amazingly talented Chef who cooks with traditional Amazonian ingredients.

Watch his episode of Chef's Table to learn all about him and his cuisine. D.O.M has been rated in the Top 20 restaurants of the World for over 10 years. We had a fabulous food and wine pairing. Call me a blog- pooper, but I decided not to try and take photos of everything. It detracts from the sheer enjoyment of the evening. I never want blogging or taking pics to become the reason for traveling. If I happen to take a pic I can add to the blog, great, otherwise it's too bad.

On Sunday, we headed to the suburb of Pinheiros to a Carnival bloco. What fun, walking and dancing in the streets with locals; drinking fewer beers than everyone else due to a lack of public toilets. Fogo de Chao  is a chain of upmarket Brazilian steakhouses. Dinner of buffet style sides and salads and as much red meat as you can possibly eat, brought to your table on skewers by waiters dressed like gauchos. Raise the white flag when you can eat no more!