Blogs from Bahia, Brazil, South America - page 8

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

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

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

Wasnt gonna write about Salvador because only here for one day as a way to get to Morro de Sao Paulo but has been an experience so can be a side blog. Dont have any photos of it either, as we were warned by soooo many people not to take cameras out, so we didnt! Got up early and got ready in 7 mins for the taxi to get to the airport, was tiny airport and us having an hour there was way more than we needed! So got another poo escapade; went to the loo towards the end of the flight and the air steward came into the toilet and told me to go back to my seat, i was like errrrrr........ So yeh it was locked, he unlocked it and hurried me up! Got ... read more

Dear Diary, I’m sorry for not writing to you in such a long time. You’ve been on my mind, I swear! I just have a special talent of procrastination – even over here I cannot shake it!! So after being in Itacare for 6 weeks now, I have discovered it is definitely a unique place and I am finding out the more I stay here, the people in this town are quite unique along with it! Last week I made a 6hr round-trip to the closest ‘big town’ Ilheus and extended my visa with the Federal Police. Considering my (very!) basic Portuguese I think I did quite well and now have another stamp in my passport for another 3 months - YAY! All done on day 89 of a 90 day visa! Lucky for me I ... read more