Blogs from Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, South America - page 4

Advertisement

South America » Brazil » Bahia » Salvador February 23rd 2013

After escaping Rio unscathed I caught a brief flight up to Salvador in the Bahia province. Salvador also hosts arguably as big a Carnival as Rio and it was fun to see the remnants of theirs still lingering around. Salvador was the first colonial capital of Brazil and one of the oldest cities in the Americas. Here you notice the stronger African influence in the people, food and culture. There aren't so many 'sights' to see - more just wandering the old town streets and immersing yourself in the local culture. I caught some nice sunsets here. It's funny when you travel - you become more in touch with the sun than you do at home. You always know the times of sunrise and sunset and see far more of them because they have greater impact ... read more
The lift from the upper to lower town
Great panoramic of the Chapada Diamantina ranges
Entering the cave

South America » Brazil » Bahia » Salvador January 8th 2013

Tempting as it is to spend more days than I should lounging around the palm-fringed beaches of Alagoas, an ice-cold green coconut in one hand and an even colder Antartica in the other, there's too much of Brazil yet to see... On my way south from Maragogi along Brazil's seemingly endless coastline, I pass through more beautifully-preserved Portuguese colonial towns. Penedo, in Alagoas state, is a sweltering, sleepy place on the shores of the São Francisco river, where there is little to do except soak up the atmosphere and marvel at the slow pace of life with a chilled cajá or jenipapo juice - two more of the Nordeste's extraordinary fruity offerings - by the riverbank as the sun sets. Laranjeiras, in the tiny neighbouring state of Sergipe, is another delightfully somnolent place where life seems ... read more
Salvador's Pelourinho
Igreja da Ordem Terceira de São Francisco
 Igreja de Nossa Senhora do Rosário dos Pretos

South America » Brazil » Bahia » Salvador November 22nd 2012

Day 402 Friday 16th November Today is moving day so after breakfast we asked Donald if we could have a late checkout at 4.00pm and he very nicely said yes. It is raining again so we sat on our terrace overlooking the pool and garden and read before getting stuck into the packing. At 4.00pm it was no longer raining so we walked up the road to get a Taxi (Kombi) to the wharf but everyone was full and we waited for about 10 minutes then decided to start walking. As we got a 100 metres down the road it started to drizzle and the taxis were still full, eventually we came across two ladies standing looking up the road and we stopped and joined them hoping they were waiting for a bus. We ... read more
Salvador
Salvador
Salvador

South America » Brazil » Bahia » Salvador September 3rd 2012

Gestern haben Steffi, Sarah und ich zusammen einen Tagesausflug auf die Ilha de Itaparica gemacht. Die Insel soll ein Naturparadies sein und liegt nur 40 Minuten Bootsfahrt vor der Küste. Noch ziemlich euphorisch bei unserer Ankuft im Hafen, wurden wir nach und nach doch immer ernüchterter. Wir sind erst nach Itaparica gefahren, was sozusagen die "Hauptstadt" der Insel ist. Ein wirklich kleines Städtchen, das eigentlich auch nicht wirklich viel zu bieten hat außer einen netten Blick aufs Meer, aber den hat man ja da fast überall :) Danach wollten wir uns gemütlich an die Praia Ponta de Areia legen, die in unserem Reiseführer als DER Tarumstrand der Insel beschrieben wurde. Naja, wer auf groben Sand, Steine, Seeigel und Müll steht fühlt sich da sicher auch wohl. Wir waren erstmal einfach nur enttäuscht. Aber wir lassen uns ... read more
Strandidylle
Kletterhase
im Hafen von Salvador

South America » Brazil » Bahia » Salvador September 2nd 2012

Ich bin in Salvador - endlich! Letzte Nacht um 3 haben mich Paulo und Batista zum Flughafen gebracht um mich auf meine große Reise zu verabschieden. Vorher hatte ich natürlich kein Auge zu bekommen und auch bis jetzt, 22.30 Uhr, habe ich nicht geschlafen. Aber wir haben ja schon Schlimmeres durchgemacht als 37 Stunden ohne Schlaf ;) Jedenfalls bin ich pünktlich um 6 Uhr morgens in Salvador gelandet, hab tatsächlich den richtigen Bus gefunden und habe es geschafft, an der richtigen Stelle auszusteigen. Das ist hier nämlich gar nicht so einfach, da die Haltestellen keine richtigen Namen haben, geschweige denn irgendwo angezeigt oder angesagt wird, wo man sich gerade befindet. Wenn man also nicht weiß, wie die Gegend aussieht wo man aussteigen will, hat man ein Problem. Aber Brasilianer sind ja sehr hilfsbereit, also habe ich ... read more
Farol da Barra
endlich bei Steffi :)
Forte Monte Serra

South America » Brazil » Bahia » Salvador July 17th 2012

Die Musik ist ihr stets pulsierendes Herzstück, die bahianischen Frauen ihre Schönheit, das Essen ihre Würze und die Oxaris ihre Spiritualität. Wir kommen in Salvador in dem Hostel "Fusion" direkt im historischen Zentrum "Pelourinho" unter. Es ist extrem günstig und warum stellt sich bei Ankunft auch schnell heraus. Der italianische Besitzer Alfredo hat das Haus in der Rua de Bispo 9 erst im Februar gekauft und arbeitet seitdem mit Freunden daran dieses zum Hostel umzubauen. Die Ansätze gelingen gut, es ist anders, die erste Etage komplett ohne Wände mit offener Kücher und Hängematten, einem Holzpodest und neben einem Schlagzeug viele Instrumente zum Ausprobieren. Daniel gibt auch gerne einen kurzen Crashkurs für den richtigen Samba Rythmus mit den Percussion. Auch Capoeira-Stunden und gemeinsame Kochaktionen werden angeboten. Nebenan gibt es gleich eine Artistenschule. Hier kann... read more
Hostel Fusion
Salvador
Fischer auf der Insel Itaparica

South America » Brazil » Bahia » Salvador July 6th 2012

A very short blog this time, just to say we arrived in Salvador and did a whistle stop through the cobbled streets checking out the old and sometimes a bit derelict buildings. All brightly coloured which complemented the outfits of the Bahian ladies all dressed up, ready to give a show of their moves. Describing Salvador is quite difficult as its got the beaches, colonial old town, modern new town but from looking at it all none of it is just quite as polished as other places with the same and maybe that makes it easier to skip. However one thing you can certainly say about the place is its got a vibe..... There's music and rhythm everywhere, which makes it smiley everywhere you go! Definitely worth a few hours meandering and the two hour flight ... read more
Celebrating!
Ornate and Holy
Colours a plenty

South America » Brazil » Bahia » Salvador June 13th 2012

Here we go with a few more photos, Clare and I had a very quiet day yesterday, just watched movies and read our books. It was the first day we had not done anything so it was nice - mind you. Today we went wuith Francesco up the coast to the Tamar turtle project, Praia do forte, which was really good. They have been open since 1984 and since then have managed to save or I believe breed 11,000,000 turtles which is really quite impressive. They have vaiety of big ones to look st which are sadly swimming in smallish pools, but we gather after a year they are released back to the ocean. Enjoy the photos. We are off early to Rio tomorrow so the next update will be from Copocabana! Just a note - ... read more
Big lens
Lighthouse
Free food

South America » Brazil » Bahia » Salvador June 11th 2012

Another day out, this time our guide was Fernando and he was excellent, he had a good grasp of english and a good knowledge of the area. He was also one of the first locals we had found who had been outside Brazil.... read more
View from Balcony
Historic City center
Old Buildings

South America » Brazil » Bahia » Salvador June 10th 2012

Well as I start this Mum is on the mend, ventilator tubes out, drains, plugs wires and other extranous bits are out. It was nice to hear her voice , I did not speak to her for long as she was drifting in and out, either I was boring and poutting her to sleep or it was the drugs and surgery. Sharon is doing a stunning job looking after Mum, the pressure must be intense. As I said to her all she has is my support, this is while I drink beer at the beach and enjoy the sun. Well we are just leaving the north, the Route of Emotion which is what we have been on. We had a day in the dunbe buggies, we went to Lagos Paradiso and had a swim then onto ... read more
the beach
the sites
light house




Tot: 0.164s; Tpl: 0.007s; cc: 7; qc: 72; dbt: 0.0808s; 1; m:domysql w:travelblog (10.17.0.13); sld: 2; ; mem: 1.2mb