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November 10th 2011
Since, I have been in Brazil I have been annoyed at my lack of portuguese and my habit of speaking Japanese to the locals. So in an effort to rectify this and enhance my ability to mix with the Brazilians. Thus I decided to come up to Bahia where it is cheaper and spend the next two weeks studying portuguese. I study at the Escola Idioma. To my amazement the classes have been so fun and really the highlight of my days. I find it interesting to be a student and feel just what my students in Japan felt as I put them through their paces. It isn´t easy being in class where the instruction in a second language. However, portuguese is easier than japanese and I am doing better than I thought. The only downside ... read more
The Discoveries of a Bahian Hotel
Published: November 4th 2011South America » Brazil » Bahia » Salvador
November 3rd 2011
Last night was my first in Bahia. And even thoug I did nada, zilch it still felt dramatic. I had arrived in Salvador in what seemed to be a tropical storm. Our pilot was so unsettled by the plane´s approach that he pulled up sharply amd suddenly due to bad/no visability. Finally, we did manage to land land and I have to say there were many passengers who applauded in a strange mixture of praise and disbelief. After 8 days living in a hostel I decided to treat myselt to a little bit of soft luxury. So here I am at the Bahia Orton Hostel safely away from the experience of Argentinians who bruskly wake up for a 6am expedition, away from Dutch girls who turn on the light at 4am after a night of clubbing ... read more
September 29th 2011
Yesterday I arrived safely in Salvador, Brazil! So just a quick update on what's happening here: I'm staying in a chilled out hostel that serves (apparently great) breakfast - yay! I arrived into 25 degree weather in the evening - yay! I have a cold - not yay :( Oh and Salvador is HUGE. It took forever to arrive in the center by bus from the airport. So there must be a lot to see.... read more
Salvador, Brazil 21.09.2011 - 28.09.2011
Published: October 22nd 2011South America » Brazil » Bahia » Salvador
September 21st 2011
21.09.2011 Our first day in Brazil..arrived in Salvador, bags here, we are here, happy days..until no banc machine would work with our card..we tried about 8 different ones and with no cash to change we were a bit stuck.. fortunately we found another atm outside the airport which finally gave us our first 50 Brazilien Rais.. We decided to couchsurf for the first few days in Salvador, so we had to jump onto a local bus that took us to Cabca D'Agua, some suburb in salvador (pretty ghetto we found out later.. lol) the bus journey was an adventure of its own, 2.5 hours on a rampacked bus..and with rampacked I mean it was so full that people who couldnt fit in the bus anymore would hang on to the bus from the outside at full ... read more
September 12th 2011
Salvador is an amazing city! An interesting culture (99% black people) - big African influence- with rythmic music,good food and beautiful beaches! Unfortunately I got robbed, so not many fotos anymore...... read more
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Bar Crawling in the Favela of Silent Screams
Published: July 20th 2011South America » Brazil » Bahia » Salvador
July 20th 2011
Oppression of the Masses There has been torrential rain and the roads of ´Bairro da Paz´ are inaccessible. 70,000 inhabitants live in this ´district´, one of Salvador´s biggest. All are thrown into disarray. Children cannot get to school, their parents are forced to miss a day of work, jeopardising their child’s education and their employers´ trust. Everything is a struggle; the roads within the area are just formed of mud and thus prone to becoming little more than swamps flanked by houses during the rainy season. Little more than a kilometre away a bridge has fallen on the road ´Paulo Jackson´. This makes the journey for patrons of both the AABB sports club and the Spiritualist centre roughly ten minutes longer by car. The two receive approximately 500 members of the public per week who now ... read more
June 26th 2011
Después de miles de kilómetros recorridos desde Bolivia, hemos llegado al destino final, Salvador da Bahía (Brasil). Salvador es la capital del estado de Bahía y se encuentra en la parte noreste del país. Su centro histórico es patrimonio de la humanidad por la UNESCO y la cultura afrobrasileira se respira en cada esquina. After travelling thousands of miles we have finally reached our last destiny, Salvador da Bahía (Brasil). Salvador is the capital of Bahía State and it is located in the northeast of the country. Its historic center is an UNESCO world heritage site and the afrobrasilian culture floats in the air. La suerte nos persigue y nos deja cumplir nuestros objetivos, de momento necesitábamos encontrar una casa y trabajo para poder realizar nuestros cursos de danza y percusión y también aprender portugués. En ... read more
Traditional Roast Dinner - A Casual Sunday Butchery
Published: June 25th 2011South America » Brazil » Bahia » Salvador
June 25th 2011
Can´t read won´t cook I don´t think there is any excuse for living on your own for four years and not being able to cook at least five meals. If there is, please enlighten me. I like to think I can cook reasonably well and am even prone to enjoying it. However if given the choice between cooking and eating well and doing nothing and eating well...well there is just no contest, I don´t enjoy it that much. Fortunately, my host Brazilian family has a maid, which is the case for most middle class families in countries like Brazil. By that I mean countries where the class divide is so great that the upper classes can afford to hire full-time staff without it being a financial burden. Globally speaking, we in Western Europe are probably ... read more
June 24th 2011
Aquí estamos, en la gloria. Se ve que el Sao Joao dura cuatro días en Brasil... No saben ná. Llegamos el lunes y nos fuimos directamente hacia Terra Mirim, una fundación llena de gente maravillosa que nos acogió con amor y muy buena comida. Pasamos los días entre excursiones, participando en las labores de la comunidad, bailando, cantando y en un estado de meditación continua. Esto es exuberante, las semillas caen a chorro a la tierra fértil. Todo se siente muy vivo. No se nos hace raro estar aquí, y caminamos descalzos!!! Ayer fue la noche de Sao Joao y estuvimos cantando y bailando muito. La gente aquí es una gran familia y nos han hecho sentir parte de ella. Hoy hemos jugado un partido de futbol mixto, muy divertido. Hemos dejado alto el pabellón. (Saray ... read more
