警惕：中文是現在寫的，底部英文是2012年blog！
探索一個陌生城市最好是晨跑，天蒙蒙亮我就起來，所在地區是富人區，從我酒店窗戶可以看到危險的downtown，再不去了。但就是跑步到附近公園，我也戰戰兢兢，擔心有搶劫犯同伙虎視眈眈；一路不敢照相，進入公園看到有好多當地人，胖胖的還氣喘吁吁的鍛煉，松口氣！
湖里很多黑天鵝，此公園比如成紐約中央公園，笑話！
一圈不過5公里，我開始膽子放松，看到一個用廢舊垃圾建的迷宮，就跑進去，沒人的時候偷偷拿出手機照相；但聽到有人在附近呼吸，嚇了一跳，這可是暗殺的好地方，馬上大聲咳嗽，很man的樣子開始找出口，越急越亂，本來就是迷宮，等我跑出去，罵自己一頓！病人，剛逃離虎穴，又折騰，不想活了！
和同事約好早餐，這是圣保羅很drama的地方，早餐的地方氛圍恍如在西班牙或葡萄牙，超級陽光明媚，好像一切完美；有我最愛Acai巴西莓，決定每頓早餐只吃她；我美麗的同事Ceci來自墨西哥，到巴西一年了，非常不適應；西班牙語和葡萄牙語區別很大，她要從頭學起，文化也很上海，就是現實，她和男朋友分開很難過；我一大堆廢話鼓勵她事業為重，她壓根無所謂。美女都有這問題。之后她和老公搬到新加坡以老公事業為主，最近我在上海某五星酒店蹭好友早餐意外碰到她來出差，世界太小了！
晚上和巴西Country Manager F一家人見面，我和F是瑞士一起工作同事，有共患難的感覺；當時她自己工作，老公M隨行帶孩子做家庭主婦，失去所有自信心，G就自己回巴西啦，任性！為了挽救婚姻F也搬回來；我很他們一家都很熟悉，當年在瑞士她讓我幫她小兒子大號換尿布，場面太colorful生動，我一天沒吃下去飯，徹底斷送了孩子很純潔干凈遐想。現在一家人典型巴西中產階級，和我Downtown碰到的人群完全不同：在一個最好Barbecue餐廳里，都是領結服務生穿梭給你各種烤肉，我反復道歉自己不吃肉，在當地人眼里就相當于不吃飯的怪物，很受白眼！老公M換若兩人，已經是一家外企的總經理，瑞士做家庭主婦的憋屈都以大男子主義加倍表現出來，叱咤風云的和我討論國家經濟和時事，這種狀態是我強項，讓他感覺很high，超級有口若懸河的欲望！F一直關照兩個孩子，穿的都是美國歐洲買的衣服，好可憐！我看到巴西完全分裂的極端，也知道當地公立教育質量極低，私立費用極高！Elite越來越Elite，搶劫犯繼續打劫中國人！
我是很晚飛到Salvador，既然圣保羅不安全，二線城市好一些吧。住在Downtown，晚上出來想買水果，發現周圍都是黑皮膚的當地人閑散喝酒打鬧，中心的幾個Block被圈起來，躍躍欲試要出去，門衛警告我不要走出去。我很郁悶回酒店，碰到一對歐洲旅行夫婦，說當地很不安全，勸我不要一個人行動。好吧，我第二天一早繼續跑步到海邊，沒碰到任何劫匪，但手表，手機全部不帶，穿的越破越好，劫財劫色都失敗的那種，希望搶劫犯也這么認為！
Salvador非常頹敗，歷史悠久現在失敗，非洲移民聚集地！教堂都不開門，Museum也是，只能有限的地方轉，找到一個學Percussion的地方，一個外國人和幾個當地人在練習，也無聊；終于看到一個博物館讓一個老頭進去，我就直接跟進去，不求允許；館長親自接待，講解非洲文化在當地演變，很有意思，我問很多問題，老頭知道好多，他是Croatia克羅地亞駐巴西大使，來當地參觀，本人也是個詩人之前背景是醫生，這對我無聊的危險旅程是個撿到的元寶，我和老頭回了他的酒店，繼續探討生命的意義，開始幻想做大使夫人是一種什么感受.......................Well
After robbed first day, I should be more modest.......yes morning jog to the park I did not dare to take my phone out until inside this park artwork: gabage sculpture, I was walking inside then realize it can be a bit dangerous as well.............anyhow did not stay long and jog in the park with many people around, seems safe enough:+)Then morning walk to the main financial street, without any bad on hand and sneakly take a photo when I see this booth...........hope nobody noticing it.
The view from my hotel balcony, into downtown is nice............
Love the breakfast, the best Papaya in the world.........tropical fruits is phenomenal!!!
The park has many black swans.........they told me it is like Central Park in New York, yes yes it is nice park, but...........like Central Park so much more.
Walking to the finance main street come cross this small park with Chinese Gongfu practice.......or Taiji whatever u can call it, quite nice!
Sugar cane drink in this nice neighborhood is fresh, like it very much. It is like a paradise in a noisy and unsafe world, u appreciate place like this so much more!
Just about right time to walk back to hotel, pass some nice neighborhood of Embassy areas. Fabiana came with the whole crew, kids are getting so much bigger and amazing thing is how her husband has transformed from a quite man in Switzerland to a very proud business man showing me his country and local customs.........we were in a very nice barbecue restaurant...........salad bar can fill me up already without taking any this barbecue staff showing off their huge meat and seafood sticks!!! A very nice atmosphere even for non meat eater I enjoy the hot air there!!! Great to see how happy the whole family is!
Evening got a great dinner, Japanese one with Ceci, she is suffering and transforming during the past one year moving from Mexico to Brazil, not that easy as I thought as it is from neighboring country...........But good for her and she is surely growing up with more maturity and acknowledgement on real quality of life..........
