The nest stop was Salvador, where I would get my first taste of the Brazilian carnival experience. I stayed with my friend Danilo and his family, a long way from the city centre but close to the beaches of Stella Maris and Praia de Flamengo. The land is a protected nature reserve, so no one is allowed to build there these days. This means that the only view is giant white sand dunes, blue sea, a few neighbours houses and a lot of wildlife. I arrived a few days before Carnival, so we spent some time relaxing on the beautiful beach, praia de flamengo, being stuffed to the brim by food from Danilos mum, and ...feeding the monkeys in the back garden! I spent at least one afternoon amusing myself with that!:-) Then Carnival arrived..... While
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