43 kilos

Our flight from Manaus to Sao Paulo went well, although checking in took
a little more work than we had anticipated. We knew we had luggage over
the limit--43 kilograms, to be exact--but we didn't know that we had to
go to a separate airline counter to pay the fee. I don't know what the 3
people in front of us were doing, but it was taking a long time and
everyone involved looked frustrated. When we only had 30 minutes until
our supposed departure time, it was finally our turn. We only had a
limited amount of local currency on us, but managed to scrounge together
just enough to pay the fee, then go through security and boarded
immediately. The flight left the gate just 10 minutes later and we
arrived in Sao Paulo on time.
Before catching a taxi to go to our hotel, we put our luggage with a
storage service, then decided to hit an airport restaurant for dinner.
We ended up choosing a place called On The Rocks since they served beer
and light meals. My colleague had a Bohemian beer and I ordered an
Itaipava Premium beer, which was dry and crisp. For food I got what was
basically a huge salad atop two thinly sliced cuts of rare roast beef. A
"meat salad" might sound like a contradiction, but proportionally, it
seemed like a good balance, and tasted great.
After dinner we went to the taxi information booth and told them the
address of our hotel. They gave us a taxi slip with the cost of the trip
printed on it and the address of our hotel. The driver took it, nodded,
and opened the door to his cab. Cozy in the backseat, and a little bit
exhausted, I snoozed most of the way to the hotel, looking forward to
seeing Sao Paulo tomorrow.