Sao Paulo is HUGE. 19 million people call it home, but not us. We are here only because (a) this is the only place Emirates fly to in South America, and (b) after an eleven hour flight Perth to Dubai, a five hour stopover and then a fifteen hour flight, Dubai to Sao Paulo we badly needed a bed! 31 hours is one hell of a transit. Due to our flights being "standby status" there had also been a bit of stress as to whether we would be flying at all and if we would ...