Pousada Encanto de Itapoan Salvador
Rua Nova Cana, 48 Salvador, State of Bahia, 41640140, Brazil
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Daylight robbery
After break (which was v good) we got our stuff and headed up to the bus station to get our bus to Cidade del Este in Paraguay. There were a few guys on the bus with us who had huge empty holdalls to fill with stuff in Paraguay = or so we thought. While we werent looking for about a minute they pinched our small rucksack which had our small digital …
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Northern Brazil, the long way...
... pulled in to Manaus and we were on track to regaining our land legs. After a farewell dinner with the group and one hour of sleep Craig, Joseph and I headed to the airport to catch our flight to Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. The flight departed at the very sensible time of 3:58am. But it was worth it, for the next four days we are shedding our backpacker ways and staying at the all inclusive Iberostar Punta Cana! Stay tuned for the next post where we’ll be a little browner and 10kgs ...
Salvador of Bahia: Enjoying the slow pace of life
... us and made it his personal mission to ensure we were well-fed that night, ordering for us the dishes he thought we should try, and even gifting us an extra bowl of briny octopus soup. The bus drivers and ticket sellers were also friendlier and more helpful than at the other cities, which was very reassuring when one’s first Salvador experience was to take the public bus from the airport to the B&B without a map to one’s name. ...
Brasiliansk-afrikanske rytmer
... etter det som hadde vaert en saerdeles rolig og lite produktiv dag. Helt tilfeldig traff vi paa Liam, en kar fra OZ som jeg moette i Paraty, og han kunne med sine 3 tidligere Salvador-besok anbefale en resturant et par minutter unna. Det som startet med konversing og rolig oel-drikking ute, endte med spising og slikt inne. Plutselig var det oesende regnet der igjen, og det var ingen av oss som var gira paa verken vann i olet eller vann i maten vaar.
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From Jericoacoara to Carnaval in Salvador
... blocos, and everyone who went there for a day trip from our hostel returned with traumatic stories to tell, such as being 'face raped' (imagine your head in a vice-like grip with black man's huge unwanted tongue probing and tasting every corner of your mouth for way too long), mugged (pushed and held against a wall in the midst of the crush and looking your attacker in the eyes as his friend calmly but methodically searches your pockets for your camera and money), or fought. We ...


