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South America » Brazil » Bahia » Arraial d'Ajuda July 24th 2007

Rio-PortoAfter leaving Rio at 8:15pm on Friday July 20, I arrived in Porto Seguro, Bahia around 3:30pm on Saturday. Long trip, yeah I know. As usual, the overnight part sucked, I couldn't sleep because in the darkness my phobia of Brazilian busses reigned freely, entirely unhelped by the fact that the Baiana woman (a woman from Bahia dressed in traditional Bahian clothing) sitting next to me was very obviously as petrified as I felt--she was muttering prayers under her breath through the long night nonstop. It helped none that the day before I traveled, while I was researching malaria profilaxis, I read that the mortality on Brazilian roads is more than four times higher than the mortality rate on American roads. That compunded by the fact that the Northeastern roads are the worst in Brazil and ... read more

South America » Brazil » Bahia » Arraial d'Ajuda June 18th 2007

When we flew down through London-esque clouds into Porto Seguro we were a little concerned our 30 hour trip might not have been worth it. When we boarded the ferry in the rain, we really knew it!! Our beach heaven was not so heavenly... After another hour on the bus we arrived in Trancoso, a little drier at this point, and our accommodation was idyllic. A beautiful little room in the middle of pretty gardens, with a swimming pool to boot. What we didnt know at this point, was that we were about to eat the finest breakfast for the next 4 mornings running. Scrambled eggs, brown bread (its such a luxury over here), homemade yoghurt, papayas and other fruit, and the piece de resistance, homemade chocolate or banana cake. YUMMY YUMMY YUMMY. That night ... read more
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South America » Brazil » Bahia » Arraial d'Ajuda September 10th 2006

after a 21 hour bus journey, we arrived at porto sergui. We then got a 2 min ferry to Arrial D Ajuba and found a hostel - Soduco Maloca which is really nice and clean (although we were bitten by the little critters around so take lots of repellent)! This place is a mini paradise. The shops are lovely and you feel safe - unlike Rio! The beach is basically one long stretch and if you walk down the other end this is where most people are. As we were getting ready to leave the beach one day a boat anchored in front of us and one girl was taken of the boat, followed by another and then another and then 4 more etc etc until the whole boat was empty and they were all infront ... read more

South America » Brazil » Bahia » Arraial d'Ajuda November 16th 2005

OMG he´s back again...riding an unusual high, inexplicable and maybe just getting over the travails of the past few days...and knowing where I am, I think!..its Arrial DÁjuba..maybe..does it matter?... On email - I´d sent one off to someone and hoping they hadn´t just hit the ´delete´button automatically, assuming it was another useless rant or offer of something unnecessary, unwanted or unobtainable...I love opening my email after a spell and seeing lots of entries, then despair seeing all the usual offers to either make my dick bigger or my mortgage smaller...is it the same operation?..the same doctors?...do chicas get the same junkmails?..is the internet gender sensitive?..if so what messages to gays get?...Its one of several disturbing features of email...another is the amazingly intimate degree of personal closeness one gets so quickly with maybe complete strangers...and then, ... read more




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