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South 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
Roiling waters
Wandering around the grounds.
Salvador coastline

South America » Brazil » Bahia » Salvador 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

South 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
ludemar, our host
ghetto life
Ludemar dresssing up Matt

South America » Brazil » Bahia » Salvador 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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South 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

South America » Brazil » Bahia » Salvador 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
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South 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
Marco, a recently literate student
One of my better pupils

South America » Brazil » Bahia » Salvador 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
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South America » Brazil » Bahia » Salvador June 19th 2011

Que nos vamos!!!!... read more

South America » Brazil » Bahia » Salvador June 12th 2011

We THROUGHLY enjoyed Salvador! The weather is more like Brisbane's in October and the beaches are nearly as good as in Australia. Having flown in from Rio, arriving at about 2.00pm we caught a bus and travelled for 1 ½ hours to Barra which is a southern suburb of Salvador. It cost 3 Riels ($2.00 Aust) and we later learned it didn’t matter if you travelled 1 stop or for 2 hours, a bus trip always cost $R3. We had picked up a couple of maps from the tourist office at the airport so knew where we were going. We started talking to a Korean girl who was staying at the same hotel so we kept each other company and shared a taxi from where we got off the bus. The Barra Guesthouse which is ... read more
Burra from light house
Chololate cake, Dulce de Leche and strawberries at Belle's Cafe - best chocolate cake I have ever tasted
Barra Lighthouse




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