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By SineadandPhilippeRTW
June 28th 2009

Dodgy Salvador South America » Brazil » Bahia » Salvador

Backpacks and Sunburn

Sunburn and backpacks don´t go well together. So it was with a grimace that I pulled on the backpack on Friday afternoon. Our bus wasn't until 7pm on Friday so we requested a later checkout time from the Pousada and spent our last day appreciating the delights of Arraial d'Ajuda. We bought shoes for Sinéad, treated ourselves to a nice fresh fish lunch and then got a final dip in the sea in before running the bus,ferry,bus gauntlet to arrive sweaty and extremely early to the general bus station. The night bus went better than the previous one. The bus was [View Full Entry]

By Mark1981
June 15th 2009

Sa - sa- Salvador South America » Brazil » Bahia » Salvador

The choice was between another 20+ hour journey on a coach for £50 or a 2 hour flight for £50. Needless to say the decision was already made for me. I am writing this update, sat in a hammock in Guyana whilst the heavens have just opened. This is winter in Guyana, but the temp this morn at 7am were 28 degrees and now whilst it is raining the temp has only dropped 2 degrees or so. Arriving in Salvador early evening seemed a good time to arrive. After I collected my rucksack, I was faced with the decision whether to [View Full Entry]

By wvDrifters
May 22nd 2009

Unesco World Heritage Site, Salvador de Bahia South America » Brazil » Bahia » Salvador

Beautiful Sunset
From Hotel Estrela in Pelourinho

After another overnight bus, we arrived in Salvador de Bahia famous for preserving traditional Bahian culture, samba music, the martial/dance art of capoeira, Rastafarian religion and for the worlds biggest party known as Carnival!! We arrived early around 6am then took a cab to Hotel Estrela in Pelourinho, the historic district of town. Pelourinho means whipping post in Portuguese and the location was a major slave auction port outlawed in 1835. When we arrived we were greeted by an incredibly nice receptionist who had been working at the Hotel for over 14yrs and learned English by wat [View Full Entry]

By Juliejules
April 14th 2009

smile, you are in bahia!!!! South America » Brazil » Bahia » Salvador

Meine Osterferien habe ich dieses Jahr nicht schokoladeeiersuchend, sondern sonnenbadend verbracht. Nachdem die letzten Wochen in Brasilia mit all dem Pogramm doch recht anstrengend waren, war das bisschen Sonne tanken und relaxen das groesste Geschenk. Ich bin am Donnerstag nachmittags nach Salvador geflogen, und der erste Eindruck hat mich schon ueberzeugt: willkommen im Paradies: Wo sonst sieht man eine Bambus-aehnliche Zuckerrohr-Allee, die sich ueber 1km im Flughafen-entree entlang schlaengelt, um die neuen Gaeste zu empfangen, und den abfliegenden den Abschied noch ein bisschen schwerer [View Full Entry]

By Naty
March 29th 2009

Enamorada de Bahia South America » Brazil » Bahia » Salvador

La Rambla

Playas pequeñas, pero encantadoras. Un lugar lleno de magia. [View Full Entry]

By Jake and Leslie
March 21st 2009

Culture AND beaches! (Salvador and Morro de Sao Paulo) South America » Brazil » Bahia » Salvador

Tudo bem!
Vendor selling grilled cheese-on-a-stick on Morro de Sao Paulo

We were waiting to post our Salvador blog entry until we developed the rolls of old-school film. We finally accomplished that, so here is our lost entry from March... Salvador de Bahia We left Rio de Janeiro by plane (no 25 hour bus for us!) and headed to Salvador, a large city in Bahia state known for its crazy Carnaval, African influence and the historic colonial district, called the Pelourinho. Salvador has a reputation for crime-- especially robberies of tourists-- so we had our guards up. We weren´t robbed but we did get scammed out of US$4 when a fake bus [View Full Entry]

Tiroleza= insane looking zipline off a cliff, in Morro de Sao Paulo

View of ´island´connecting Praia 2 and 3, in Morro de Sao Paulo

By Nate and Miri
March 10th 2009

Carnival in Salvador South America » Brazil » Bahia » Salvador

Our Hostel
Pousada da Praca

And... we came back for the Carnival! The town has changed soo much! Before we were the only two white people in the whole town and now we can see more tourists, the town looks nicer and there´s much more people around :D The first day we decided to stay in the area where was our hostel (Pelourinho). It´s the old part of the town, the centre, and as well I must say... a quite dangerous part. There´s lots of poor people around. What worries more are the children. The use to be the ones committing more of the crimes here. [View Full Entry]

By HayleyandSimon
March 5th 2009

Salvador, Brasil Feb 09 South America » Brazil » Bahia » Salvador

We arrived in Salvador safely, after nearly missing our connecting flight in Miami, but luckily the Captain was at the gate waiting for us. When we arrived in Salvador we met a Norweigan guy named Halvor, who we shared a cab with to our hostel, luckily he was staying in Pelourinho just as we were. He proved to be not only a great drinking companion but also he was very well travelled and taught us alot about other regions in South America, also he spoke some Spanish so that helped a bit. The first thing we did on our arrival to [View Full Entry]

By linzcrowe
March 3rd 2009

Carnaval!!! South America » Brazil » Bahia » Salvador

Nega Maluca, my homefor the week

Tim Version: * Carnaval - everything it is cranked up to be! Mad parties all the time, dancing everywhere, huge Blockos, music all the time, muggings and pickpocketing everywhere, and a beer vendor never more than 10 metres from you. * I think I killed my liver... * Ventured to the local Salvador beaches, including an island beach. The sleepless party like f´ing crazy version: Hard to know where to start for this entry.. OK, maybe the hostel, Nega Maluca, wicked hostel =) Very comfoortable, good owner, good workers, good crowd. I got a dorm bed in a dark quiet corner [View Full Entry]

By Kevin and Amarryn
February 27th 2009

Salvador and Lençóis South America » Brazil » Bahia » Salvador

Capoeira
Salvador

SALVADOR Lonely Planet's introduction to Salvador reads: “If you're going to get robbed in Brazil, Salvador is likely to be the place.” Hmmm. Although, it's supposed to be THEE cultural capital of Brazil, oozing with a vibrance and energy seldom found on Earth. The reason: Salvador is inhabited with almost nothing but descendants of the Portuguese slave trade, who were treated especially harshly. After reading about the history of Brazil, and the injustices caused by the Portuguese, it made the Spanish Conquistadors seem like choir boys. The street next to our [View Full Entry]

This is where slaves were whipped and auctioned

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