http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/natsta/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from natsta en-us Fri, 16 May 2008 04:58:22 BST Fri, 16 May 2008 04:58:22 BST Hi Guys.Some of you are getting emails about blogs that were wrote last year and I just want to explain what's going on.The website that I use had big problems last year and their server crashed. This caused thousands of people's blogs to be lost eventually some were found some were found but the text lost and others were lost forever. At the time I was pretty disheartened and haven't visited t http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/South-Island/Queenstown/blog-257900.html Salvador on a normal day....... not that there were many of them. http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Bahia/Salvador/blog-165377.html Unfortunately due to me having a job interview for the forth coming ski season my trip in South America is cut short. I have only completed one of the three things that I really wanted to do before I arrived so I know that I will be back again soonJust before I leave the tales of SA behind I just wanted to tell you a few facts about my trip.I have spent 342 hours 14 days on a bus not including http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Santiago-Region/Santiago/blog-151365.html Apologies currently unable to restore. If you have a backup please edit this entry and savepublish.There is a small possibility that this entry will be restored only small. http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Mendoza/Mendoza/blog-151363.html Apologies currently unable to restore. If you have a backup please edit this entry and savepublish.There is a small possibility that this entry will be restored only small. http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Buenos-Aires/Buenos-Aires/blog-151362.html Apologies currently unable to restore. If you have a backup please edit this entry and savepublish.There is a small possibility that this entry will be restored only small. http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Buenos-Aires/Buenos-Aires/blog-151361.html Apologies currently unable to restore. If you have a backup please edit this entry and savepublish.There is a small possibility that this entry will be restored only small. http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Buenos-Aires/Buenos-Aires/blog-151359.html After a week seriously battering my liver I was sick as a dog today. Not because of the alcohol consumed but because of the traditional Bahian food I had eaten which was sold by women in traditional dress. As I am somebody who is quite willing to sample the local delicacies I thought nothing of ordering this food that I had seen all week being so hungry I sank my teeth into it.......I had to run http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Bahia/Salvador/blog-143831.html After one of the heaviest night yet of our trip we all decided that to survive this carnaval we would have to pace ourselves a little better. There are 3 main routes Barra the beach circuit The Campo Grande Circuit and then the Pelourino circuit Samba. The Pelourino circuit was right on our door step and thankfully was the tamest of the three this was generally safe enough to walk around w http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Bahia/Salvador/blog-143818.html Apologies currently unable to restore. If you have a backup please edit this entry and savepublish.There is a small possibility that this entry will be restored only small. http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Uruguay/District-of-Montevideo/Montevideo/blog-143534.html Before I tell you about each day I will explain how carnaval works. There were lots of different options to participate in so my aim was to experience every part of carnaval having 6 days our plans worked perfect. Carnaval happens in several cities throughout Rio and South America but the reason I chose Salvador over Rio for carnaval is because here you participate but in Rio you sit back and wa http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Bahia/Salvador/blog-143104.html All week we saw these women on street corners braiding hair and sewing what looked like a terry towelling turban onto peoplersquos heads. What was going on What does this have to do with carnaval The answer is Sons of Gandhi is the most famous afoxe. The nearly 5000 member allmale bloco is always a source of great anticipation. Founded in 1949 on the occasion of the City's 400 anniversar http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Bahia/Salvador/blog-142896.html Apologies currently unable to restore. If you have a backup please edit this entry and savepublish.There is a small possibility that this entry will be restored only small. http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Uruguay/District-of-Montevideo/Montevideo/blog-142884.html Apologies currently unable to restore. If you have a backup please edit this entry and savepublish.There is a small possibility that this entry will be restored only small. http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Uruguay/West/Fray-Bentos/blog-142599.html Hello Uruguay and welcome to Colonia del Sacramento a UNESCO World heritage site. A pretty little Colonial town with a lot of cobbled streets original buildings with a quaint little atmosphere. A lot of buildings are built using original Portuguese construction and due to it being a site of historical importance there have been no alterations you can tell this by the paint work I am sureA nice http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Uruguay/West/Colonia-del-Sacramento/blog-142598.html Already been here once but decided to break up my 34 hour journey to Buenos Aires at this hostal which resembled a holiday resort. There was even a Brazilian show for my last night in Brazil how about that ay http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Misiones/Puerto-Iguaz-/blog-141874.html I have spent the last two weeks on this island just a couple of hourrsquos boat journey from Salvador. Most of my time has been spent chatting reading or sun bathing trying to give my liver a break after the carnage of carnaval. The plan didnrsquot quite go well the first few days as there was a full moon party which didnrsquot quite compare to those in Thailand but still managed to keep m http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Bahia/Morro-de-S-o-Paulo/blog-141873.html What a place. I spent 4 days in this bohemian little town which felt like one of the safest place in the whole of South America the locals left their doors open unlocked and nobody bothers you at any time. On the edge of the Parque Nacional Chapada we spent our time climbing waterfalls looking over the edge of a 400metre high waterfall and generally things that you do in one big parque trek http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Bahia/Len--is/blog-141871.html Gutted that the text was lost for this one but it will have to be one for the memory bank http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Bahia/Salvador/blog-139699.html Text was lost when the Server crashed http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Bahia/Salvador/blog-139601.html