Blogs from Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, South America - page 33

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HEHE...heb eindelijk al mijn tentamens gehad. Een 8,5 voor marketing, een 1 voor Processos Integracao Regional en Spaans en Comercio weet ik nog niet. Maar denk wel dat ik dat heb gehaald. Afgelopen donderdag zijn we naar Salvador gevlogen. Tis maar een uurtje vliegen ofzo, en dat werd me zelfs teveel. Helemaal duizelig en al t vliegtuig uit. Pff Anyway...hier aangekomen begint t KEIHARD te regenen. We gingen met de taxi naar de jeugdherberg. Was ongeveer 1 uur, 3 kwartier met de taxi. De jeugdherberg is echt suuupper leuk en gezellig. Zitten ook allemaal buitenlandse mensen in. De link van de herberg is: Kunnen jullie ook ff een kijkje nemen. http://www.hostels.com/en/availability.php/HostelNumber.5653 Albergue do Porto Youth Hostel De eerste dag dat we hier waren natuurlijk ff sort uitpakken. Ging ik daarna naar Lavinia dr kamer. Toen begon ... read more

English Trancoso There are places where, once you set your foot on, you feel like somebody has cast a spell on you. It has happened to us in Trancoso. It might have been the contrast with the hectic Rio, it might be due to the particular moment and the particular way we were feeling while we were there, it might be that if we come back we will not feel the same magic, but, somehow, in that place everything looked perfect. Far away from the civilization, back to the time where the rithm in the human lives was given by the light of the sun... it is incredible to think that only 18 hours by bus, a small boat ride and another hour by bus were enough to reach Trancoso from Rio. Usually paradise is said ... read more

We are now very close to Salvador, staying on an Island Ilha de Itaparica at a place called Sacatar in a town called Itaparica. To get here from the airport after our 2 hour flight we got on a bus and stayed on there for a VERY scenic trip into Salvador which took at least an hour and a half, went down a VERY cool elevator (Elevador Lacerda) that has at least a 100m drop that leads onto the point where we caught a wooden boat for about 45 mins across the waters to the Island.. from there we jumped into a combi van (the local budget taxi service) to the town of Itaparica which again was at least another hour before arriving at our final destination. We were met by Mitch and Taylor who are ... read more

Sorry for the last story being cut short, as you know someone stole my imodium so that was working against me that morning. I have also had an internet gremlin following me around. Last night half way through this very story the poewr died and all was lost. I am moviing south through Brasil so things are getting better an da bit more modern. I will start with the jungle journey. It was definately a trip to do, very much a character builder. I left from Iquitos Peru by boat to Leiticia Columbia. the boat was so packed with people you could not even get out of your hammock at night and they served the food right to you in your hamock. I met a Swiss couple on board and they convinced me to join them ... read more