Blogs from Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, South America - page 30

So, since the previous day Vic and I didn't make it to the beach and Vic seemed in a much better shape, I felt I could leave her alone in the hostel to read her book. I went out with Leila. As we were walking out of the hostel, Tana, a roommate of mine joined us and we went for a coffee just of the main square. She had Acasi (or something rather) a very thick purply drink. Yammy! She asked for bananas as a topping. Leila ordered a banana drink. I asked for a frozen capucchino. My drink came.. it was far from "frozen" it was bearly chilled... and there was I hoping for something like the frescatos in London during the summer. We waited and waited but the other two items from our order ... read more

oí! sind mittlerweie in "Praia do Forte", ca. 80 km noerlich von Salvador angekommen, ein kleines nettes doerfchen mit vielen bunten haeusern, wunderschoenem strand,... davor haben wir aber noch Maceió, die hauptstadt des bundesstaates Alagoas und davor noch São Bento, Maragogi unsicher gemacht. in São Bento gabs wieder mal unberuehrte von palmen gesaeumte straende, tuerkisblaues wasser, zahlreiche korallenriffe (die traumstraende hoeren einfach nicht auf!!!). zu einem haben wir auch einen bootstrip gemacht und konnten dort schnorcheln und viele, viele bunte fische beobachten (hab 18 verschieden fischsorten gezaehlt). war wie in eine aquarium und wir glauben sowieso, dass diese fische dort eingesetzt waren, wie sonst kann man sich diese vielfalt erklaeren? in Maceió selbst haben wir dann einen bootsfahrt zu den "9 ilhas" (9 inseln) gemacht. war auch sehr nett, vor allem als am "enco... read more

In the morning (5 Feb), we got up at 6:30am, as we were to catch a flight for Salvador at 9:30am. I looked around..and concluded that Vic and I were the ones making the dorm a mixed one - if you get what I mean! a few hot sexy bodies... anyway... We flew with TAM Air to Salvador (some kind of meal and drinks - had some sweet youghurty drink, which reminds me very much of Bulgarian airian with sugar). The taxi driver was waiting for us and took us to our hostel Nega Meluca. The hostel management were very kind - showed us around the hostel, gave us tips of what to do on our first day and so we were off to explore Salvador. It was an interesting experience... We are finally beginnig to ... read more

Even though I haven´t exactly been slumming it or been travelling for a while yet, this homestay felt like a godsend. My own spacious room, clean house, freshly squeezed juices for breakfast...mmm! The freshly squeezed juices and coconuts out here are just so good... We all went for a drive around the town - Barra, Pelorhino, Vitoria, Garcia... the whole place is stunning. We should have come here for a school trip whilst studying Post Colonial literature for English Alevel - everywhere you go you see the crumbling ruins of what were once decadent colonial buildings... Anywho I´m off to watch some Brazilian tv,a nd my brazilian family should be back from church any minute. And thats another thing - religion is very strong out here - the amount of times i~ve seen the word 'jesus'painted ... read more

Bueno, bueno, bueno, por fin, hemos cambiado el forro polar y chubasquero british por el pareo y el bikini, y las botas de monte por las havaianas, las chancletas-tanacas de por aqui. Asi que, las de la L y las de la M, he estrenado las vuestras, que van a juego con la bandera autoctona. Tambien, compis, he estrenado la cartera de cintura (que nosotros llamamos "vida"porque ahi es donde va todo lo importante). Huelga decir que el jersey, con 40 grados que hace aqui a la sombra, no esta haciendo mucha falta... Para los otros compis, el Ipod esta mas que estrenado tambien, es el nuevo "juguetito"de companhia... Empieza el periplo brasilenho, con llegada a Rio de Janeiro el lunes por la manhana. Estabamos algo expectantes por todo lo que habiamos oido respecto a la ... read more