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November 20th 2009 South America » Brazil » Bahia » Lençóis
Ok, so I know its been ages since I last wrote, but life here has been crazy. I went on a trek called Grutas, where I went to a waterfall, a pitch black cave full of stalactites and stalagmites (I´ ... [full story]
Ok, so I know its been ages since I last wrote, but life here has been crazy. I went on a trek called Grutas, where I went to a waterfall, a pitch black cave full of stalactites and stalagmites (I´ ... [full story]
November 8th 2009 South America » Brazil » Bahia » Salvador
So, on Friday, I went to this open market they have here called Feira de Sao Jaoquim. It's big with a section for fruits, weavings, meat, Candomble stuff, and random stuff. It stinks there. People (me ... 84 photos [full story]
So, on Friday, I went to this open market they have here called Feira de Sao Jaoquim. It's big with a section for fruits, weavings, meat, Candomble stuff, and random stuff. It stinks there. People (me ... 84 photos [full story]
November 3rd 2009 South America » Brazil » Bahia » Salvador
We stayed in the historic center of Salvador known as the Pelourinho (Pel). In English, "Pelourinho" means whipping-post. It was named as such because it is where Africans were sold into slavery ... 47 photos [full story]
We stayed in the historic center of Salvador known as the Pelourinho (Pel). In English, "Pelourinho" means whipping-post. It was named as such because it is where Africans were sold into slavery ... 47 photos [full story]
November 4th 2009 South America » Brazil » Bahia » Salvador
Neguinho do Samba was a founder of Samba-Reggae. He passed away on Saturday of a heart-attack at the age of 54. He was a part the Ilê Aiyê and Olodum. He arranged the Olodum piece for the song They Do ... 26 photos [full story]
Neguinho do Samba was a founder of Samba-Reggae. He passed away on Saturday of a heart-attack at the age of 54. He was a part the Ilê Aiyê and Olodum. He arranged the Olodum piece for the song They Do ... 26 photos [full story]
November 3rd 2009 South America » Brazil » Bahia » Chapada Diamantina National Park
Boninal is somewhere 8 hours away by car, through the semiarid zone in Bahia. It's a small town with 15,000 residents. The town is mostly black (Bahian aspect). Most of the blacks work the manual jobs ... 80 photos [full story]
Boninal is somewhere 8 hours away by car, through the semiarid zone in Bahia. It's a small town with 15,000 residents. The town is mostly black (Bahian aspect). Most of the blacks work the manual jobs ... 80 photos [full story]
October 25th 2009 South America » Brazil » Bahia » Salvador
To be honest, I missed the afternoon part of it because I was on a family outing until 4:30p. And I was so tired after that I took a nap for one hour. Most of my friends went to check it out around 2p ... 19 photos [full story]
To be honest, I missed the afternoon part of it because I was on a family outing until 4:30p. And I was so tired after that I took a nap for one hour. Most of my friends went to check it out around 2p ... 19 photos [full story]
October 20th 2009 South America » Brazil » Bahia » Lençóis
Hi all! Another exciting week here in Lençois. The kids decided to behave themselves a little better, you´ll be glad to here. We have a new volunteer, who is now living with me in the project h ... [full story]
Hi all! Another exciting week here in Lençois. The kids decided to behave themselves a little better, you´ll be glad to here. We have a new volunteer, who is now living with me in the project h ... [full story]
October 13th 2009 South America » Brazil » Bahia » Lençóis
Hello all! Sorry for the silence over past weeks, I´ve been very busy here but I´m alive, well and happy! I celebrated my 21st birthday on the 2nd October and my friends here threw me a surprise ... [full story]
Hello all! Sorry for the silence over past weeks, I´ve been very busy here but I´m alive, well and happy! I celebrated my 21st birthday on the 2nd October and my friends here threw me a surprise ... [full story]
October 5th 2009 South America » Brazil » Bahia » Lençóis
We went on a 7 hour bus ride into the interior of Bahia to Chapada Diamantina. It is a place where diamonds used to be mined. It's in a semi-arid climate, there are plateaus, waterfalls, caves, etc. I ... 104 photos [full story]
We went on a 7 hour bus ride into the interior of Bahia to Chapada Diamantina. It is a place where diamonds used to be mined. It's in a semi-arid climate, there are plateaus, waterfalls, caves, etc. I ... 104 photos [full story]
October 1st 2009 South America » Brazil » Bahia » Salvador
Well Brazil is proving to be totally mad. first thing that makes me laugh is that they can not say my name properly to them ross is prounced like horse. so people call me senhor horse its hilarious. ... [full story]
Well Brazil is proving to be totally mad. first thing that makes me laugh is that they can not say my name properly to them ross is prounced like horse. so people call me senhor horse its hilarious. ... [full story]
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