http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Bahia/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from South America , Brazil , Bahia en-us Thu, 16 Oct 2008 03:13:27 BST Thu, 16 Oct 2008 03:13:27 BST brasil 2007 http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Brazil/Bahia/Arraial-d--Ajuda/blog-332176.html One of the great feats of our time is our ability to just jump on a plane and within the space of a few hours be surrounded by timeless sandy beaches warm tranquil water with colours of turqoise and teal that shimmer against a harsh sun beating down onto its surface. Whilst sipping on my Caparinha the national Brazilian drink consisting of cacaca crushed lime sugar and lots if ice to quench e http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Brazil/Bahia/Salvador/blog-330180.html Nach 3 Monaten sind wir nun tatsaechlich in Salvador dem letzten Ort unserer Reise angekommen ja ein bisschen Wehmut schwingt hier schon mit.... Salvador wird auch die afrikanische Seele Brasiliens genannt und wir erleben eine Stadt voller Kuenstler und Ueberlebenskuenstler. Letztere machen Salvador sicherlich auch zu einer der gefaehrlicheren Staedte ca. die Haelfte aller Traveller wird h http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Brazil/Bahia/Salvador/blog-327837.html Zum Ende unserer Reise testen wir nocheinmal so richtig unser in den letzten Monaten antrainiertes Sitzfleisch und machen uns auf zu einem 30 Stunden Trip von Pipa nach Morro de So Paulo zunaechst geht es mit dem Minibus vollgepackt mit unserem Gepaeck Surfbretter Fernsehern und allem was ein Brasilianer sonst noch so braucht zum eigentlichen Bus nach Salvador der gleich mal eine Stund http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Brazil/Bahia/Morro-de-S-o-Paulo/blog-327239.html Brazil it doesnt look that big on a map. That however is a mistake. Clearly whoever was responsible for drawing up the maps of the world had run out of crayons by the time they reached Brazil. Oh yeah it kind of juts out of South America and has lots of jungle. Well we are here to set the record straight. As we finally emerged bruised and battered from our 36hr bus journey from Belem at http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Brazil/Bahia/Salvador/blog-326411.html Here we are Salvador de Bahia is the first stop of our 6month trip that will take us through South America and Australia until March 2009 if we manage to get there on time and alive...At least we got there without any trouble but not without any vodka very helpful to make you sleep on the plane.... A short insight on Salvador's history that we obviously learnt in our guidebook 1st capital http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Brazil/Bahia/Salvador/blog-325415.html We have decided on your behalf to nominate you as the official recipients of our blog. We hope you will enjoy it as much as we will. Please feel free to add any comments you would like to make or to send us an email in case you do not want to be part of the list none of your emails will be displayed anywhere.You do not need to regularly check our blog. You will receive an automatic email each ti http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Brazil/Bahia/Salvador/blog-325412.html We finally arrived in Salvador I felt like I was on the ship for my entire life and was definitely ready to see land and experience Brazil. The past few days on the boat have been filled with the same ole including classes napping eating reading and more eating and sleeping. We had a day off of school on Friday for Neptune Day because we crossed the equator Thursday night. We celebrate http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Brazil/Bahia/Salvador/blog-322436.html Hello all Irsquom sitting on my bed right now 82908 on the MV Explorer and it is our first night aboard the ship. I got on board this morning at about 830 and found out that despite the fact that Michael and I wanted to have separate roommates so we could meet some new people we had been assigned to the same room. What are the odds of that Anyway the Bahamas were a blast. I spent a http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Brazil/Bahia/Salvador/blog-321568.html BRAZIL WAS AMAZING I know I didn't do any blogging when I was in Brazil and I totally regret that. So for now I will upload some pictures to share with everyone. But all I can say is that Brazil was fantastic the people amazing and my experience was like anything else I've ever experienced before. If any of you get the chance to do the same thing then I say go out there and do it. Volunteering http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Brazil/Bahia/Salvador/blog-319881.html I am so angry today I had the most fucked up day. I started the day with watching the rest of a film i fell asleep to yesterday. It was a film about the war against northern ireland and how the IRA fought back in the end all the good people get killed of there own people who made an irish army. I got real upset by this film and wanted to get more information and started reading some articles w http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Brazil/Bahia/Salvador/blog-319111.html Slept on an actual bed last night it was much better than the couch we are sharing. Our room has 2 beds and 1 couch 3 guys. We are rotating who gets beds. Breakfast was ok but they were out of eggs by the time I got there. Started class at 9am Rita Cliff director of Bahia Street came to the hotel and taught us the Portuguese Alfabeto and numeros 120. I enjoy learning new languages. Then at http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Brazil/Bahia/Salvador/blog-318940.html At the airport Salvador is subtropical. It was humid and raining when we arrived but warm. We claimed our luggage and met up with a driver I didnrsquot know it then but his name is Josalino and I got to know him better as the week went on he was a welcome surprise at 2am much better than a taxi. He took us to Barra Flats and we got our room assignments and went our separate ways. Irsq http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Brazil/Bahia/Salvador/blog-318939.html Ok this is just so everyone gets an idea of what I've been doing. I love it here. I know the pics will seem empty without writing but I promise I will have entries for the past week and a half by Wednesday tercafeira. Tchau for now.James http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Brazil/Bahia/Salvador/blog-318729.html Foz do IguassuWe set off from Buenos Aires at 7pm on the Crucero del Norte Bus to Puerto Iguazu still in Argentina but 17 hours away Itrsquos the rush hour it takes the bus nearly an hour to get past the limits of BA competition for the M25 definitely they have 8 lanes in places We settle down in Ejecutivo class semi Cama this is just short of the sleeper option but very comfortabl http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Brazil/Bahia/blog-317663.html After one of the carziest weeks of my life on Rio we decided it was rest time and Salvador was our bed. Only a 2 hour flight from Rio and we arrived in Salvador. The biggest city of Northern Brazil which lies on the coast yes more beautiful beaches it is a city steeped in rich African history and the population here is predominantly African. The weather is roasting as it has been since we http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Brazil/Bahia/Salvador/blog-316558.html we went to a party yesterday where me and roses maracatu group played... cos i have been out travelling i havent been practising for the show so i took pictures danced and were a little jealous instead... it was a fun party and you can maybe see on the kitchen pictures how tired i wasam the day after. http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Brazil/Bahia/Salvador/blog-313297.html And on the 7th day God made Morro de Sao PauloIt takes a trecherous 2 hour catamaran ride to get to this tiny little island but the seasickness which affected most of the boat is well worth it although Paul was fine to have crabs chilli AND a prawn empenada and still have a stomach of steel very brave as you pull into the blissful docks of Morro. Imagine an island consisting of 4 large bea http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Brazil/Bahia/Morro-de-S-o-Paulo/blog-312203.html Hey yall........... so now im in capao... Its nice to get a little away from salvador and living more on my own... Right now im a little sick so im not in the mountains with my travelcompanions.. Thought it would be an ideal day to write some here.. Its real nice to be in the nature and not listening to cars all the time... you get time to think and i sleep early and wake early.. I think i coul http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Brazil/Bahia/Chapada-Diamantina-National-Park/Capao/blog-312169.html Salvador de Bahia African coast of BrazilFollowing our amazing adventure in Iguazu it was just a short flight and harrowing taxi ride away from our lovely pousada in Salvador de Bahia It was the first time we had witnessed a driver put eye drops in his eyes whilst steering with his knees on a freeway at 130kmhour However we were able to quickly get over this trauma for the enticing weather http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Brazil/Bahia/Salvador/blog-310985.html After travelling back down the coast to Salvador I went inland to a small village called Lencois not the same one as before about 600km west of Salvador which is on the edge of Parque National Chapada Diamantina which is national park in the mountainous region which an area larger than the Netherlands it has mountains swaps valleys gorges waterfalls jungles caves natural swimming pools http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Brazil/Bahia/Len--is/blog-309744.html So now i am in a really good mood yesterday i hung out with some spanish people and i am gonna travel with them for a little while theyre really nice and it seems like were gonna click....so were going to capou a more alternative little town in the mountains and then were going to a candomble festival called festa de boa morte... super dopeafter that i dont know... but im shure ill figure http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Brazil/Bahia/Salvador/blog-309440.html Oh my fucking god i dont know where to start... a lot has changed and a lot has happened... me and the rest of the family went to macapa which is at ecuator dont know the spelling.. and it was an amazing trip there sailing down the amazone.. chilling out and reading.. then we came to macapa and we went to a nature reservate it was really beautyful and the guy there told us all about how the http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Brazil/Bahia/Salvador/blog-308401.html Ciao BelliSono arrivato a Salvador da due giorni.La citta non male soprattutto il centro storico Pelourinho il resto meno interessante. Buonissime sono le caipirinhasHo conosciuto due spagnoli una ragazza ed un ragazzo anche loro viaggiavano soli. Ora stiamo pensando di salire insieme fino a Recife. Avevamo intenzione di nolleggiare una macchina ma per il fatto di lasciare lauto in u http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Brazil/Bahia/Salvador/blog-305720.html Salvador is a beautiful colonial city looking out over the South Atlantic cobbled streets and brightly coloured buildings. Often called Africa in exile due to it's mainly afrocarribean population we certainly felt like we stood out here more than anywhere Katie especially. Food in Salvador was far spicier than in the rest of Brazil on account of this which was certainly a welcome variation. http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Brazil/Bahia/Salvador/blog-305313.html Ciao a tuttiSono a Itacar ho fatto un paio di notti in questo paradiso tropicale. Stasera mi sposto e vado a Salvador de Bahia.Ho trovato unaltra meta obbligatoria per il mio viaggio.Jericoacoara un nome una garanzia.BaciGia http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Brazil/Bahia/Itacar-/blog-304431.html After the wildlife of the Pantanal it was off to Salvador for some beach action as Jane is determined to come home with a tan for Lizzies wedding.Salvador was the capital of Brazil and the Portugese empire apparently they had one for a number of years as well as being a major slave centre back in the day. Due to all these factors it has great colonial architecture and a massive African cultur http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Brazil/Bahia/Salvador/blog-300703.html now i uploaded pictures surely hope people look at them cos it took long time.. I still feel good over here.. been painting grafitti today which was amazing.. maybe im going to a reggae show later but i dont think so.. i really tired... let me know how you all are http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Brazil/Bahia/Salvador/blog-299342.html i cant understand how to upload pictures... so annoying.. http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Brazil/Bahia/Salvador/blog-298816.html