Visiting Beto Abrantes in Osasco

on the inter-municipal bus going west to Carapicuiba, Sunday 2:00 PM.

going past ex-Cine Estoril on Avenida dos Autonomistas.

getting off on Estação General Miguel Costa aka Estação Km 21.

Estação Km 21.

one has to go all the way up Ave. Luiz Henrique de Oliveira to the top of the hill then turn right into rua São Bento.

Osasco é cultura.

Rua São Bento... one can see São Paulo's beltway (Rodo-anel) in the back with trucks galore trundling down... this beltway is only half-way through completion...

Carapicuiba's Conjunto Habitacional seen from this side of the Rodo-anel with the sun shining brightly.

Carapicuiba seen from Osasco... see Congregação Cristã no Brasil on top of the hill...

a typical old house in Osasco...

if you look really hard you'll see there's a bird on the back of this horse.

a horse grazing on Beto's street...

I have finally got to Beto's house...

Beto, Myself and Claudia Passoni on Sunday afternoon - 12 August 2012.

We spent a very pleasant afternoon talking about all kinds of subjects while Beto played his favourite records on the record player. Nilo Amaro & Seus Cantores de Ébano singing 'Ô leva eu, minha saudade', 'Greenfields', 'Fiz a cama na varanda'; Dilú Melo's original recording of 'Fiz a cama na varanda'; Estelinha Egg and her folk records; early Angela Maria singing Ivon Curi's 'Orgulho' and other gems; Laila Curi's first album which is good through and through; Agnaldo Rayol's first album for Copacabana where he does a very good rendition of 'Serenata do adeus'; Trio Surdina's 10" playing Ary Barroso... and a little Italian music with a touch of Michel Polnareff.

We drank a marvellous coffee with home-made bread baked by Beto's mother, Ana... and 'bolinho de chuva'. Oh, what a lovely afternoon...

Jaraguá's Peak as seen from Osasco. This is the highest peak in the São Paulo metropolitan area.