Blogs from Morro de São Paulo, Bahia, Brazil, South America

Continuando el viaje, con nuevas lecciones de vida, enriqueciéndonos día a día. Mucha agua!!!,dulce ,salada,fría ,templada,caliente,roja,turquesa,transparente. Descansando,acariciando,rompiendo en las rocas,abuelitas piedras,con certeza ustedes habran visto pasar muchas vidas . Sintiendo , sientiendo mucho y muy intenso, la belleza explosiva de la naturaleza,de las personas lindas que nos acompañan y forman parte de nuestra familia en este momento. Cayo, Sui, y Vito, tres brasileiros maravillosos que conocimos de viaje , se han convertido en nuestros profes de portugués, amigos, compañeros de viaje, de risas, de brincadeiras, como dicen aquí(bromas, juegos...), de emociones, de experiencia, completándonos entre todos en cada momento. Maravillados al llegar a la isla de Boipeba, no hay palabras , solo sensación de LIBERTAD, necesidad de danzar, tocar , cantar, sal... read more

19/12 (i know I am very far behind on my blog but I will make an effort now I promise to catch up!) Our Morro de Sao Paolo trip ended on a slightly sour note as the Brazilians, for the first time, became incredibly unhelpful. We booked a catamaran for 9am this morning and managed to sort out a 'taxi' to take our luggage to the port - we were there in plenty of time (in true british fashion) and we paid the ridiculous 62 cent tax to use the port. We were then sat waiting to get on the catamaran when a man came and asked to look at our tickets - and noted that he only had 2 of us (me and Amy) onhis list - even though my ticket clearly showed that we ... read more

18/12 I've been pretty slack at keeping up with the blog over the last few days - we reached Morro de Sao Paolo on Wednesday and have been pretty chilled out ever since - but this is no excuse and I apologise profusely. Our last day in Lençois was pretty uneventful - we booked onto our bus, and spent our day killing time - Rodrigo said we had to check out at 12 but that we were welcome to hang about the hostel - which indeed we did. I wasn't feeling great - so although the plan was to go see the waterslide with the local Dodo - who is a dwarf who is incredibly ripped from Capoeira times. Dodo taught me my first Capoeira move - anbd then went on to tell me he likes ... read more

(Salvem) Salvador O Albergue era muito bem localizado, bem no centro historico, mais conhecido como Pelo. Como so iria passar um dia em Salvador, ja tinha decidido pegar o onibus de sightseeing (ja que achei mais seguro depois de ouvir os inumeros relatos na internet sobre a violencia nas areas mais turisticas e tambem nas mais isoladas) mas, decidi ligar para um moco que eu havia conhecido no navio, e que morava ali. Combinamos entao um lugar, naquela manha mesmo. E qual nao foi minha surpresa quando ele apareceu com sua noiva. Nao, nao me leve e mal. Nao, que fosse rolar qualquer coisa entre nos, mas o problema e que eu me senti como uma inconveniente o dia inteiro que passei com eles, ja que eles iriam se casar dali a duas semanas e estavam ... read more

We took a two hour catamaran ride from Salvador to the island of Tinhare and the small town of Morro de Sao Paulo perched over the Atlantic Ocean. I read that there were no paved roads in MSP. In fact there were only two sand roads in town, one of which lead out to four beaches, appropriately named, First Beach, Second Beach, etc. Before we even left the boat men came aboard trying to grab our bags, offering us a taxi. I thought that odd because there were no roads, so how were there taxis? Turns out, “taxis” were nothing more than wheelbarrows. They push along your luggage and take you to your hotel (on our way off the island we saw the true “taxi” an old woman with few teeth being wheeled inside the wheelbarrow, ... read more

It would have been nice to have stayed here for a few days but we were running out of time so done it as a day trip instead. The boat trip there and back is not nice, so be warned! Loads of people threw up. I felt a little sea sick on the way, so had a really nice mixed seafood grill on the beach and slept the whole journey back! The island itself was pretty amazing, it had about 3-4 different beaches and they were paradise.... read more