Right, ive been a bit slack with my blog so im going to try and catch up as best I can! I will start by summarising the last few days in Salvador where we were staying at Barra Guest Hostel. The place was really lovely, and on the Monday we decided to venture in to the old city of Pelorinho, which is a colonial town with a huge african-brazilian influence. We pottered around the city centre, visited many a church (some with scary plastic limbs hanging from the ceiling and others with the creepiest mannequins) and genrally took in the sights and sounds of this interesting place. It was in this town that we met yet another very friendly Brazilian, our taxi driver named Noel. In a mix of broken english/spanish and portugese we managed to
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