{"id":16530,"date":"2015-01-18T09:04:33","date_gmt":"2015-01-18T17:04:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/?p=16530"},"modified":"2015-03-16T19:54:13","modified_gmt":"2015-03-17T02:54:13","slug":"the-sights-and-sounds-of-rua-25-de-marco-in-sao-paulo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/2015\/01\/18\/the-sights-and-sounds-of-rua-25-de-marco-in-sao-paulo\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sights and Sounds of Rua 25 de Marco in Sao Paulo"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rua 25 de Marco (25 March Street) is a popular shopping street for Paulistas (Sao Paulo locals). There aren\u2019t any name brand stores here, but you\u2019ll find all sorts of low quality and counterfeit merchandise such as toys, jewelry, clothing, shoes, and electronics.<\/p>\n

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\nThe Sights and Sounds of\u00a0Downtown Belo Horizonte Brazil<\/a>
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\nThe Various Eats in Belo Horizonte Minas Gerais Brazil<\/a>
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\nUS Airways CLT-LAX A321 First Class<\/a><\/p>\n

I wanted to find an inexpensive World Cup jersey and some souvenirs, so I headed to Rua Marco de 25 and took the Sao Paulo subway where I got off at Sao Bento metro station. Almost immediately, I could see the crowds.<\/p>\n

\"25ruamarco1\"<\/a> \"25ruamarco2\"<\/a> \"25ruamarco3\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Rua 25 de Marco on World Cup opening match day was quite chaotic with a sea of people roaming the streets:<\/p>\n