I have found a paradise

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I took a boat to Morro de Sao Paulo - An island which is located in a 2 hours distance from Salvador.
From the boat Salvador looked like a really beautiful city (not at all like San Antonio),
and it felt to me as if I was leaving all my troubles behind in Salvador.
When I arrived, I realized that every image I had about tropical islands, was true in Morro -
Magnificent beaches, a little bit of jungle, palm and coconut trees on the beach, beautiful women.
Here for the first time I truly understood the meaning of the Spanish word 'tranquello' (there is no good translation, but you can try relax / calm / no problems).
I met here allot of interesting people -
From Switzerland, Germany, France, Argentina, Spain and even tourists from Brazil.
I was even shocked when I met a Brazilian, who's in the computer industry, specializing in Linux.
The peak was when I met Rafael - a Salvadorian, who was at a vacation in Morro with his family. I hanged out with him in Morro, and later in Salvador, and he told me many interesting things about Brazil and Salvador.

I spent here the following 3 days, mostly relaxing on the beach and touring the archipelago, and was really sorry to leave back to Salvador for the Carnaval.

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Photos

Salvador
from the sea

Morro
from the sea

Beach
from a mountain

Beach 2
from a mountain

Shnorkeling
Me & Rafael.
To tell you the truth, the riff in Eilat has more fish.

A tour
Me & Jasmin - Rafael's little sister

Canal
Separates the islands in the archipelago.

Tropical Fruits
You can buy the fruits, or ask to make a 'capherinia' from them - a coctail, which is based on 'cashasi' (something like vodka, but made from sugar cane).

Taxi
This is how our bags got to the pausada.
There are absolutely no cars in the island.

Gas Station
The only gas station in the island.
It's on the water - used to refull the boats.

Comments

[Shmulik]

אתה חוצפן אתה
תגיד לי! מה זה צריך להיות, אתה שולח לנו תמונות בשביל להוציא לנו את העינים אה?!@ טוב... אם כבר אז תמשיך לעדכן... ותשלח הרבה תמונות מהקרנבל

[Alex Rosen]

Magnificient!
Vitaly, you tak bautiful images. Keep posting. I'm enjoying you diary a lot. I appreciate you for your guts to take this trip. You should pursuit your dreams. Hope to see photos and entries about a carnaval soon :-) Yours, Alex