http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Bahia/Salvador/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from South America , Brazil , Bahia , Salvador en-us Sat, 26 Jul 2008 07:42:50 BST Sat, 26 Jul 2008 07:42:50 BST 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 Ok I haven t updated the blog for a while no worries i m still safe and sound It s hard to find the time have fun and talk about it And to be honnest I have tried many times to upload some pictures but the computer would never let me uplaods many at the same time so it s a pain to do them one by one so i just gave up... I need to find a solution to share them though cause some of the place he http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Bahia/Salvador/blog-297762.html Heylohere are the photos from Salvador.... oxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Bahia/Salvador/blog-297638.html Hey everyoneSorry but this is going to have to be a quick entry as i dont have much time left on the internet no internet in the hostel here so im in an internet cafe and im afraid i dont have my camera cable with me either so ill have to upload the fotos another time sorry oGot to Salvador after the nightmare bus journey on Wednesday night Stayed in a really cool hostel run by traveller http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Bahia/Salvador/blog-296098.html When I was told back in September I would be going to Carnival I couldnrsquot believe it carnival is suppose to be the number one festival and this year I would be a part of ithellipwow. As time went by I didnrsquot think too much about it until we went to Brazil for the first time I experienced their traditional music called Samba in Sao Paulo and it was love at first sound. Samba is a t http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Bahia/Salvador/blog-287393.html First of all I have to apologize to everyone for not having done any updates in the last month of my travels. I am now home safe and sound and in one piece and experiencing the culture shock of returning home. The final month of my South American adventure was jam packed with amazing sights sounds tastes and experiences. I learned what it is truly like to be living out of a backpack jumpin http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Bahia/Salvador/blog-284565.html Hi allSo I have been here in Brasil for about 5 days now and I am having a blast. The people here are amazing. All of us volunteers live in a three story house in a middle class area of Salvador. The beach is about 10 minutes away by foot and I am there any chance I get I am about 2 shades darker already... Last night we went to the historic part of Salvador named Pelohrinho. Every Tuesday night http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Bahia/Salvador/blog-283743.html Parece mentira pero si en menos de 10 dias se acabo mi aventura... vuelvo a casa chicos La verdad...NO tengo ganas y si por mi fuera no volveria pero supongo que tengo que volver a mis responsabilidades y ganar un poquito de dinero ...creo que estoy arruinada. La verdad no me importa lo mas minimo sin lugar a dudas ha sido el dinero mejor invertido de mi vida y pienso seguir hac http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Bahia/Salvador/blog-282618.html Brazil land of street dancing street drinking parties and life http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Bahia/Salvador/blog-278520.html Mi viaje de Buenos Aires a Iguazu fue un placer cogi un autobus nocturno de lujo mejor que un avion. Servian comida caliente vino el asiento se inclinaba hasta 180 grados asi que era estar como en una cama y por primera vez no me tuve que tragar peliculas de Jacki Chan Las 17 horas de viaje pasaron volando cuando abri los ojos las luces y el trafico de la ciudad habian desaparecido de http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Bahia/Salvador/blog-275753.html Descending over the Bahia Todos os Santos reveals an eyepopping view of a bustiling metropolis of skyscrapers towering apartment complexes and dingy slums. Paraphrasing one of the great American orators of our time Ray Nagin Salvador is a chocolate city. This is not the place to come if you are uncomfortable around people of color. I am the only fairskinned resident in the neighborhood ex http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Bahia/Salvador/blog-274185.html Today is my last day in Bahia. I got the ferry from Morro de Sao Paulo to Salvador yesterday and went to a candomble show last night which was pretty interesting. Everyone wearing white dancing and making weird noises supposedly in a trance. This was an authentic candomble ritual not for the tourists but even though there were more tourists than locals it was still nice.Today I went http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Bahia/Salvador/blog-260670.html I spent the last 2 days in Salvador doing a little capoeira and having a good time in general. I went to the afrobrazilian museum a capoeira lesson a berimbau musical instrument used in capoeira lesson a capoeira show and some other things I cant remember right now. Salvador had a fun vibe to it with lots of music and capoeira in the streets even though there are a lot of beggars and h http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Bahia/Salvador/blog-257489.html I arrived in Salvador yesterday after my flight from Manaus with a connection in Sao Paulo which is like going from Haifa to Jerusalem through Beer Sheva. Of course my luggage did not arrive to Salvador or actually the cover did the backpack did not. I did not lose anything too important so I am perfectly fine with it.Salvador itself is a very nice place. Everyone here is black so it rea http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Bahia/Salvador/blog-257002.html Salvador has been a great place to spend a few days. We have stayed in the upper town in the Nega Maluca hostel which has been great. Being back amongst fellow travellers has enabled us to share a few war stories and to hear of other people's experiences too. Breakfast on the terrace has been great and you can't beat chilling out in a hammock for the afternoon.The city itself has your head turnin http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Bahia/Salvador/blog-252416.html Hola de nuevo a todo el mundo. Pues atrs quedo a Cidade Maravilhosa los caipirinhas Ipanema y el solecito de Rio. Pero en fin esto es Brasil y aunque nuestra idea no es daros envidia pero que cinismo el nuetro je je lo que sobran aqui son playas caipirinhas sol y buena vida en este Brasil tocado por el sol y la felicidade...Asi que decidimos continuar nuestro camino hacia Salvador de Bah http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Bahia/Salvador/blog-252347.html I was just passing through Salvador for one of the biggist parties so I figured I had to stop in and check it out. I Spent 7 nights in Salvador and had a chance to really experience Carnival. The only problem was it was to dangerious to take your camera out with you so I have very little photos. I did buy a disposible one but I need to finish the roll then add them. Carnival in Salvador is br http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Bahia/Salvador/blog-251328.html So from Olinda I headed back once again to Salvador. Although the journey was not without some trauma. My flight from Recife was due to leave at 950 am. Having been told I needed just 30 mins in the taxi to get there I went to check out of the hotel at 800 am thinking that would be plenty of time. My valuables were in the safe but the receptionist informed me that the owner had the key and woul http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Bahia/Salvador/blog-250691.html Hey everyoneI headed up to the NorthEast by myself on my first solo leg in Brazil. Salvador capital of Bahia and previous capital of Brazil was where my plane landed. The city has a different culture from the south much more influenced by African culture as this was the first stop for the slave ships. It also has a lot of colonial architecture since it also where the Portuguese first landed. O http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Bahia/Salvador/blog-250681.html Hey all... First and foremost CONGRATULATIONS to Linda and Tony who are now proud parents to a beautiful baby boy Cant wait to see pics of the little gremlin Wow its been a while since i did my last entry huh.. All i can say was i LOVED Salvador and im sooooooo glad i chose to go there for the Carnival instead of Rio which is where i am at the moment and im really trying hard t http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Bahia/Salvador/blog-250118.html Each day a struggle. So it is my fourth and final week here in Brazil and I just wanted to make a short and not completely thorough entry. I dont really know how many people are actually reading this anyway So um yes saturday I had my wallet stolen. It sucked. I was going to go to an island that day and obviously taht was thwarted and then i was so depressed about it sunday that i stayed in bed http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Bahia/Salvador/blog-249988.html Etter aa ha vaert i Salvador i tre dager som planlagt og ikke hadde sett stort annet enn den lokale stranda og hostellet fant vi ut at vi trengte litt mere tid i denne byen. Vi booka oss inn for 3 netter til. Hostellet vi bodde paa i Barraomraadet var utrolig bra og her vi moette mange backpackere som var like slitne som oss etter en hard karnvalsuke. De hadde et utrolig bra sosialomraadet http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Bahia/Salvador/blog-247333.html After the windy buffetting we had all endured in Torres it was a very welcome stopover in Punta Arenas with aircon TV and comfy beds to the extent that some people barely left the hotel. Chiles most southerly town it is also a tax free haven with some good duty free deals to be had well by Chilean prices in any case and although not beautiful by any stretch of the imagination has some cr http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Bahia/Salvador/blog-245942.html DUDE. ok. please excuse accent issues the keyboards in brazil are...differentThere obviously a large gap between my last entry and its almost impossible to try and hope to recap tonite. but what i will do is just try and give some broad strokes now that i have regular access to the internt and im not baby sitting drunk english people read Carnval in Rio umm where to start I wonder if you http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Bahia/Salvador/blog-245731.html