Unexpectedly enjoyable forced travels

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February 17th 2024

Published: February 18th 2024

It wasn’t until my third work trip to Brazil that I got around to spending some time travelling beyond the area where we were working. The quantity of photos I’ve added to this blog, way more than usual, and these are only the photos from my third visit, confirm that I really should have spent more time travelling around. Brazil was unexpectedly great. I don’t know why I say unexpectedly be... Read Full Entry

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David Walker

Donny

When I started this blog in 2007, it was more of a highlights package of trips generally focusing on one place or aspect. My rule had been one blog per country unless I lived there, but I eventually realised that fewer blogs were appearing. Having got around quite a bit, I'm now revisiting many countries. It's getting trickier to get to completely new countries so I might break that rule on occasion. The PhD fortunately didn't curtail travelling with research in sub-Saharan Africa and India as well as the chance to attend conferences with a sneaky bit of travelling tacked on before or after th... full info

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Fumaça Waterfall, Vale do Pati, Chapada Diamantina National Park

This waterfall didn't really reach the bottom as it was a ~400 m drop. Quite daunting to lie down and peer over the edge of the overhanging cliff.

Big grazing green turtle, Fernando de Noronha

Where the trek to Vale do Pati started, near Guiné, Chapada Diamantina National Park

Palácio São Miguel, Vila dos Remédios, Fernando de Noronha

The guns date back to when the Americans were here in World War 2.

Cachoeira do Sossego, Chapada Diamantina National Park

Casa do Carnaval da Bahia, Pelourinho, Salvador da Bahia

Lençóis, Chapada Diamantina National Park

Elevador Lacerda and Mercado Modelo, Salvador da Bahia

Pelourinho, Salvador da Bahia

Barra from Morro do Cristo, Salvador da Bahia

Surgeon fish, Fernando de Noronha

Igreja Nossa Senhora do Carmo de Salvador, Pelourinho, Salvador da Bahia

Pelourinho, Salvador da Bahia

Elevador Lacerda, the way to Pelourinho (the old upper city), Salvador da Bahia

Igreja da Ordem Terceira Secular de São Francisco, Pelourinho, Salvador da Bahia

Farol da Barra, Salvador da Bahia

Praia Mansa, Fortaleza, Ceará

Note there's no one else on the beach because it's always so hot in the middle of the day.

Lençóis, Chapada Diamantina National Park

Senador Pompeu's concentration camp, Ceará

A dark & barely recognised episode of northeast Brazil's drought history (no signs nor memorials, it's not even on GoogleMaps). This is Senador Pompeu's concentration camp where starving rural people were shipped in the 1930s to halt urban migration.

Praia Caieiras, Fernando de Noronha

Pelourinho, Salvador da Bahia

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