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South America » Brazil » Bahia » Salvador October 2nd 2010

Cultural Learnings of Brazil for Make Benefit Crazy Children of Salvador Firstly, apologies for the blogging delay. I moved house for a completely different part of the city and have been occupied more than usual the last few weeks. I can assure you that the lapse in blog is due to being very busy (and perhaps slightly lazy) rather than having nothing of interest to write about. Being in such a vibrant place with an incredible array of activities is not conducive to regular blogging I'm afraid. This multitude of different things to do has dragged me to the conclusion that I will not be able to fulfill every ambition I have in Salvador and make a significant contribution to my project at the same time. A year is just not long enough and unless I ... read more

South America » Brazil » Bahia » Salvador September 9th 2010

Sickness in Salvador, Blog 2 Something I neglected to mention in my first blog is the fact that I spent a large percentage of my first fortnight in Salvador on the toilet. This was omitted partly because there were far more interesting things to talk about and secondly because it's a slightly unsavoury thought. Nevertheless, I do believe it's worth commenting on as I gained a rather unique insight into the healthcare system in Salvador. After having gone to three hospitals of varying hygienic standards before I got anywhere near recovering, I now feel well qualified to 'blog' on this subject. The first hospital I visited turned me away for reasons still slightly unclear to me (it's hard to concentrate on Portuguese when feeling prone to vomit at any given moment). The second wanted to ... read more

South America » Brazil » Bahia » Salvador August 28th 2010

Salvador e Bahia, Brasil Salvador mid-winter. Much like England mid-winter except the opposite. The sun beats down most days and the temperature generally threatens to hit 30°C without quite managing to break out of the late 20's. One thing quite winterish I suppose is the short days. I'm currently drafting these thoughts on a beach at 4pm and probably only have an hour and a half until the blazing sun becomes little more than a golden slither across the horizon. The short days invariably mean that there is very little going on post 6 O'Clock along the seafront. The people here are generally back in their bairro (neighbourhood) early as the city of Salvador is not a place to be wandering around at night. For this reason, the locals like to get up very early and ... read more

South America » Brazil » Bahia » Salvador June 26th 2010

After Iguazu falls we took a flight up to Salvador in the north east of Brazil, in the Bahia region which is famous for its beaches and also Salvador the party capital of Brazil. Salvador has a weekly street party and also the countries best carnival, the tourists go to Rio the locals party in Salvador. Salvador sits on a V shaped peninsular in a warm tropical climate, this is evident in the coast line it was more tropical than anywhere we have seen in South America. The guide book describes Salvador as the jewel in Brazils Afro-Brazilian crown and was the capital of the Portuguese new world colonies. Because over 3 million slaves were transported from Africa to Salvador it has a distinctive African culture to it which palpable just taking a walk down the ... read more
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South America » Brazil » Bahia » Salvador May 4th 2010

An Angolan lesson I'm in a scorpion fight...eyes bolted to the opponent, tails swinging and a piece of rope around my waist. The tanned, sculpted body reels into action: palm.. soul.. float in liquid motion to the hypnotic twang of berimbau. Maybe a prison chant or a puberty ritual, this angolan dance is an exhibition of human contortion in the face of an opponent. Blessed with grace, perfect balance, it is a beautiful violence. Calma..calma says the mestre as I pick my heavy weight off the floor for one more attempt.. ginga! as left blends into right...the souls of my feet are split, wrists bruised, and muscles under construction, ..I limp back to my hostal suckling on a coconut and comforting myself on the thought of breakfast..acai, banana, guarana, granola ready for afro-brasillian culture. Underwater ... read more
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South America » Brazil » Bahia » Salvador March 7th 2010

by Graham and Kerry but without Kerry´s edits yet.......... Salvador - CarnivaaaaaaAAAALLLLLLLLLLL!!!! Forget Rio and Sao Paulo, Salvador is THE place to go for canvival......well that´s what we´d read anyway. Salvador was the original colonial capital of Brazil and was at one time the second most powerful city in the Portuguese empire. It has a much greater african influence than Rio and SP and is the original carnival centre. There loads we could write about carnival but we´ll let the pictures do the talking (mainly because I´m very, very lazy)....... Ok, lets get the negative over and done with - staying in Salvador (or Rio or SP for that matter) is pretty expensive. We booked our hostel/hotel and the flight to Salvador about 5 months in advance and accommodation prices were about 7 times the normal. ... read more
our quiet little Pousada
Graham
Samba in the street

South America » Brazil » Bahia » Salvador February 23rd 2010

Day 30 - 37 Good news…I am alive, in one piece and been without a beer for two days now. I have unexplained bruises on my body, various little cuts from who knows what and a hangover to report that lasted three days. The body is on its way to recovery, the head is still a bit cloudy and the liver is still groaning. I have never before drunk consecutively like that and operated on so little sleep. So was it worth it? Every single minute! I can honestly say I have never experienced anything like the last seven days - the colours, the sounds, the people, the lack of sleep, the drinking - all culminating to make the best week of my life (and I realise that is quite a statement)! I just hope I ... read more
Jason the Panda
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Nath, Jen & Tash

South America » Brazil » Bahia » Salvador January 24th 2010

Gespraechsthema Nummer eins sind Fallberichte. Geschichten von Leuten, die ausgeraubt, ueberfallen oder gar ermordet wurden. Und zwar nicht, wie wir das kennen um tausend Ecken erzaehlt und verzerrt sondern meist aus erster oder zumindest zweiter Quelle. Diese Stadt, Salvador, wenn nicht Brasilien im Allgemeinen, ist derart kriminell und lebensgefaehrlich, dass ich an gewissen Tagen die bruehende Hitze hier mit dem Fegefeuer verwechsle und mich von existentiellen Aengsten gequaelt fuehle. Wer von den Berichten nicht erfahren moechte (Mami!!), soll vorgewarnt sein und nicht weiterlesen. Gestern war ich, wie jeden Freitagabend bei Familie Bukiet, ein Ehepaar mit vier Kindern, welches hier in Salvador “Schlichut” macht, d.h. sie bieten juedischen Einwohnern, Touristen, Backpackers und sonsitgem Juedischem an Freitagabenden sowie an den Feiertagen Kost (und bei Beadrf auch Logie). Ich habe s... read more

South America » Brazil » Bahia » Salvador January 20th 2010

Montag und Freitag ist Muellabfuhr. Es ist unvorstellbar, wie beissend es an diesen Tagen in den Strassen stinkt. Abfallsaecke (bzw. mit Abfall gefuellte Einkaufstaschen) liegen zu Bergen auf den Strassen und braten in der Hitze bis dann irgendwann mal am Nachmittag (vielleicht) die Abfuhr kommt. Mit dem Toilettenpapier ist das auch so eine Sache. Das darf man naemlich generell nicht in die Schuesel werfen sondern deponiert es, unabhaengig vom Zustand, in kleine Abfalleimer. Diese wiederum haben nicht immer einen Deckel und schon gar nicht immer ein Fusspedal, mit welchem man den (falls vorhandenen) Deckel oeffnen koennte. So muss man versuchen, das Papierknaeuel in den Eimer zu bekommen, bestenfalls ohne den Eimer zu beruehren, denn bedenkt man, was den Eimer schon alles gestreift hat, scheint es einem doch leicht ecklig. Und da ich mich zu Beginn meines ... read more

South America » Brazil » Bahia » Salvador January 16th 2010

Alle sprechen von “Tamar” (tartaruga, mar), ein Projekt, welches die bedrohten Schildkroeten schuetzen will und ihnen Brutplaetze bietet, da es anscheinend x Schildkroetenfaenger gibt, die jegliche Produkte von dem Tier grenzueberschreitend vermarkten. Fleisch, Panzer, Haut, … Daher wurde der Schildrkoretenfang landesweit verboten und mit Hilfe von Tamar sollen die bedrohten Arten erhalten bleiben. So wird es erzaehlt. Mir, als Tierliebehaberin und ehemaligen Schildkroetenbesitzerin gefaellt das natuerlich! Daher ab nach Praia do Forte, etwas ausserhalb von Salvador, wo sich ein Zentrum von Tamar befindet. Alles schoen und gut, wenn dem denn so ist. Da mir hier von jeder laengeren Busfahrt im wahrsten Sinne des Wortes kotzuebel wird, dachte ich mir, dass eine organisierte Reise da sicherlich entgegenwirken koennte (was sie nicht tat) und leistete mir, zusammen mit zwei Israelis, einen... read more




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