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Salvador Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Salvador, Brazil
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... of my time in Buenos Aires, I managed to meet the amazing Monza Calabar, dancer, percussionist and capoerista extraordinaire, formerly of Salvador, now living in Buenos Aires. He is a friend of a friend and within moments of meeting we were friends, ...
Sounds of Salvador de Bahia
... was. We were heading into the Baia de Todos os Santos - Bay of Saints and we had turned around to reach the Port in Salvador. This city of over 2 million people has about a 70% Afro-Brazilian population and the sounds of drums and music is everywhere. We ...
Music, Capoeira, Hawking and Hiking - BAHIA!!
... les photos. Je vous embrasse tous, André (andre_deslauriers@sympatico.ca) We arrived in Salvador, Bahia around 7 p.m. on August 18th. It was dark - in Brazil, the sun sets by 6 p.m. which continues to take some adjustment having come from ...
Salvador, Brasil
... from practicing their own religion. So the slaves mapped their own deities to Christian saints, and worshipped the saints in disguise. Salvador is the cradle of Candomble. Similar to this, we visited a Christian church built by slaves over a period of ...
Lightness...
Yesterday was the most sensational day of my entire holiday. Myself, Ann-Marie and Jessica (a lovely afro cuban gal doing her PHD in the diaspora) met up to go searching for flats. We had a great time together and I haven't laughed so much in such ...
Salvador
... coming from all directions at all parts of the day, and especially at night there are many people who play in the streets. Salvador has a really strong African culture and population, so the music and food and culture you see every where is really african ...
Brazil: "It's Portugal with a few more cowboys."
Day One: Domingo conquers all plans Salvador is a historic city in Brazil, the former capital it served as the main port for the slave trade. Brazilians are a mix of indigenous peoples, black slaves, and Europeans. The courtyards and streets feel ...
The First Port
... other friends and headed out for our last night in Brazil. There had actually been quite a bit of security problems since we reached Salvador so most everyone was glad to be going out with a large group. Many students have been held up or mugged or ...
Salvador de bahia Brasil
que tal cokmo va. luego de dejar nuestro departamento en copacabana tomamos el bus para ir al aeropuerto, para tomar nuestro vuelo directo a salvador de bahia. pero ahora me tengo que ir, les dejo las fotos de bahia y de ahi escribo lo que hemos hecho, ...
Part festival, part traffic jam
This is a top pick! ... also had a chance to experience the festival in the area of town near us, in the form of a street party and parade through the area. First impressions of Salvador make this seem like a nice town, but we'll have more on that when we return in a few days! ...
sreda,cetrvtak, petak u riju i vikend u salvadoru
... svirke. Slusao sam neku mladu ekipu koja svira sambu i koja je hit na karnevalu. imaju svoju binu na ipanemi:-)0 U subotu sam dosao u Salvador, gde sam spavao kod porfesora koji mi je bio sef kad sam bio na razmeni. Mislio sam bice opusteno, ali ne cim ...
The Baiana comes home!
... 18 months of life! The Lonely Planet says the following about Salvador: 'If you're going to be pickpocketed or mugged in Brazil, Salvador is likely to be the place!' Excellent! Luckily it also says: 'Salvador is one of Brazil's brightest ...
Funny is funny the world over.
Yes, Ann and I have been enjoying ourselves way too much to write...We continue to enjoy local delicacies, mainly beer and cheese. Ok, so last night in Rio we caught up with the lovely Ruth de Jesus, who is dancing with no less than 7 Samba Schools for ...
Caipiriniha Queen!!
... slept in a favela, but that´s another story! Only in Brazil... We´re down the coast now in Itacaré, after leaving Salvador on Wednesday. It´s a cool surf town on the coast and definitely safer than Salvador but with a great reggae vibe. It will ...
Salvador for the last time...
... and went back for a siesta. Then ate again at Munich for some more awesome German food. Every Tuesday night the people of Salvador pour out onto the streets to play drums, dance, drink and watch capoera shows. I met an English guy who knew of ...
Halfway up Brasil, less than a month left here
... price as the bus!!! So 1200km covered in the space of about 2 hours instead of 26!!! So that landed me in Salvador Bahia on the Atlantic coast in Brazil where I stayed for a couple of days, getting my feet wet again with some diving. Then took a bus ...
What I love about Salvador
... my health, what I eat, what I enjoy, what is good for me not good for me: Hence this post is entitled, what I love about Salvador, because its about all the things that are good for me, and I love them. Swimming in mid winter, which I did today, at ...
Salvador
... who seem to have spent there life perfecting the sport. the water is clear and beautiful and nice to swim in. the food in Salvador is also something special with all different types of delicious local dishes that i seem to have gotten hooked on. i would ...
Salvador
This is a top pick! ... in Brazil. The two largest Carnaval celebrations in Brazil happen in Rio (where we´ll be during the official celebration) and Salvador, where we are now. Even though Carnaval is "officially" a week away, the party has already started. The ...
Kaum zu glauben - Der nächste Überfall
... und waren dann in Salvador de Bahia. Auf der Karte betrachtet ist das nur ein ganz kleines Stück von Brasilien, aber hier in Salvador ist es schon deutlich wärmer. Es sieht auch alles ganz schick aus, schöne Küste mit Brandung und Sandstränden und ...
Candomble
... lessons I walked passed the main beaches. They will so packed it was ridiculous. So I went to small island just off Salvador called Itaparica. It was a lovely boat ride there and back, but the island itself wasn`t nothing to write home about... so I ...
Salvador
... who confusingly only spoke Swedish . So there was a group of us to go to the carnival together, basically the Salvador carnival consists of 3 circuits, Barra, Campo Grande and Pelorinho. All were different in the various different atmospheres, music etc. ...
Brazil for Dummies
... Barra district, it has a quaint colonial feel with strong African influences abound. After a crazy week in Rio, a little R&R in Salvador surely does the body good. The views are great, the food is tastey and the music never stops....literally. Ah ...
After bus ride 500 miles south of Olinda...
... Magnum! This in addition to various crisps that i had bought at Recife bus station. Shared a taxi from Salvador bus station to the historical centre with 2 girls from Italy. Have found our guest house, Pousada Villa Carmo, which is ...
First day without pain
Yesterday was interesting and I had some very clear thoughts about life, what is important to my health what love is, what love isnt, what is health, what isn´t health.... Ann-Marie and Jessica have been a tour de force in my life and I haven´t ...
Encontro of Afro Brasilan Dance, what a joy
Has been an amazing last week, which culminated in the Afro Brazilian Professional Dancers Conference here in Salvador Bahia, organised by Vania Oliveira, Tatiana, Paquito, and University Federal da Bahia, and Escola de Danca and many more. An amazing ...
O bom filho se volta na casa
Bom filho se volta na casa ili sto bi mi rekli Lesi se vraca kuci. Dok sam cekao na aerodromu avion toliko sam bio umoran da bi u slucaju da se pojavio JATairlift odmah usao u njega i otisao u BG da spavam. Ali bi zajebaooooo. Vec kad sam stigao i kad ...
Salvador, Brazil
A quiet day in port with nothing specific planned. We debarked with our new "Irish" friends Maureen and Terry Mackian from Victoria, British Columbia. We walked from the ship to the Elevador Lacerda, which takes us from the commercial ...
Salvador
Hey All, I'm back home safe and sound. Thanks for listening and hope you have a good summer. As for my next summer plans, I don't know. My passport expires early next year. I guess we'll have to wait and see. ...