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Salvador Slideshow
Salvador
Travel Blogs from Salvador, Brazil
A feast of friends...
... later in the evening, he sat me down poured beer into my glass, put on the TV onto a program about carnaval in Salvador, and he then picked up my foot and gave me a foot massage... again those who know me well know the combination of ...
I had a dream....
Oh my God, I had the most amazing dream that my son left a tape for me from the future. In it he told the story of my life, what I had achieved and how his life was in the future and all the amazing things he was achieving. (I have no kids as yet). He ...
Brasilia
... I found out about porespanol. We didn¡¦t do anything great, like go to the Amazon or Rio. Instead we just hung around Salvador and explored a lot. We got really familiar wit the upper city and learned very quickly not to make eye contact with the ...
Rainy Salvador
... rain and clouds. Regardless, it is easy to see the African influence in the people, music and food. Among Brazil's many great cities, Salvador seperates itself with its unique blend of cultures. Art, music and surf all have a prominent place here - ...
Tuning out for a bit
I am sitting here with the girls, at home. Ann-Marie is helping Mina unbraid her hair. I have a mud mask on my face and treatment in my hair. We will both soon take a 'banho' (bath) of herbs. A regular spiritual practice here to bring whatever it is into ...
Photos
So it took me awhile but I've finally posted some pictures: http://community.webshots.com/user/14sashs ...
An idyllic island!
Currently chilling out on an idyllic island off the coast of Brazil... 2 hours South of ...
Salvador Day 7
Today we are all just relaxing and chilling out in Pelourhino (Old City). So we can build up our reserves for Fat Boy Slim concert on Tuesday ...
Beyonce In Brazil
... concert with 60,000 very pumped Brazilians. After last night we both agree – the stereotype is true – crowds in Brazil (and we suspect in other South American/Latin American countries) are so much better than US crowds at concerts. The ...
drinking beer at the gas station, lake of orixas
... ) Many happy returns It is sung in the melody of the traditional happy birthday song. I recommend anyone looking to visit Brazil, spend some time learning Portuguese. People that work in more touristic capacities might speak English more, but if you go ...
Salvador Day 4
Today we just hang out around Pelourhino during the day. Then we got a taxi ride into Barra to goto the Oceania Club. It was a fantastic venue to watch the blocos parade past and the venue was well kitted out with beautiful people and numerous ...
Get em in the bathroom and nail them
Some photos here of a lovely indigenous event Ann-Marie and I went to to see Jess dancing. Jess will not approve that I took some photos, but it was great. We also met a local native american man, through the event, and shared a pipe with him, and ...
Salvador Day 5
The day was spent as expected recovering from the big night out at the Oceania Club. It was a fantastic night and everyone really got into the spirit of the Party. Unfortunately it does not really seem like you are part of Carnival as you ...
Enjoying the Bahian Culture
... without music playing. At first we thought it was just because of Carnaval – but it’s just the way Salvador operates. Grocery stores, pharmacies, the bus station; we went to the laundromat and music was blaring. Music is ...
Salvador!
Unlike anything I have seen before, I have herd about old Spanish colonial style streets and read about them, but seeing it for the first time blew my mind. Exquisite, was the word. It´s astonishing to think the city was created in the mid 1500 during ...
Stuck in Salvador, again!
... we missed the last bus, boat, plane and any other form of transportation we could have taken to Morro de Sao Paulo from Salvador. So, after arriving from Lencois, we checked into a pricey but nice double in Hostel Laranjerais (with our own hammock!) and ...
Samba on the beach
... around and gave him my last $R4, He need it more than me. It was an ere felling walking down the streets of Salvador lossed, I didn't recognise anything, I looked in bewilderement as the sun began to rise. My hart sank, this was when I realised how ...
Back to my roots
Woke up yesterday morning at 6.30, feeling ghastly after the excesses of the night before and only 2 hours' sleep. The sun was streaming through the dormitory window and the room was HOT - I knew I wouldn't sleep much more and despite being still drunk, ...
Salvador for Sucos (juice)
Arriving in Salvador Arriving at the airport we could see strait away that we were in for a bit of a shock. No one seemed to speak the smallest amount of English and some temptress in a bikini had just got me to sign up for some special tourist deal ...
Capoeira, beaches and even more rain!
I had a relaxing few days in Salvador and was delighted to discover there was a hammock in my hostel, which was especially handy as it seemed to rain rather a lot in Salvador! I spent quite a lot of time just wandering around Pelhourino, the ...
Salvador Day 1
... more stops probably because I had a cheap ticket and they did not tell me any different, so managed to arrive a little later into Salvador. It did not matter as have met a few people going to Carnival and good to hear what everyones plans are on ...
A Part of the Action
... how to party!! We are exhausted – so today is going to be a chill day for us – maybe :] Carnaval in Brazil is not like Mardi Gras in New Orleans – there is not as much debauchery. No one flashes their breasts – ...
Salvador de Bahia, Brazil
... the lighthouse and discovered that it houses a nautical museum which was very interesting. After the Portuguese captured Salvador and began to "civilize" Brazil this beach bay became an entry port for ships bringing in slaves from Africa in addition to ...
Salvador!!
... the others played the instruments and chanted. Very cool. I'll definitely try and take more lessons in the near future! Not in Salvador though, because yesterday we left and are now in a town 6 hours West, called Lencois. We hear there is great trekking ...
Salvador Carnaval: What Day is It?!
... to normal” – as well as us; I think we’re going to hit the beach today (along with half of Salvador) and just chill out. Overall Carnaval in Salvador far exceeded our expectations – it was awesome dancing in the streets and ...
Salvador
... how big Bahia state is? No hang on one second..let me re-phrase that. Have you seen how huge Brazil is?!). Anyhow, Salvador is further North of Brazil and is happily known as the third largest city in Brazil. This is quite rightly ...
South America - here I come! Gelandet!
... and his friend showed us the way to the hostel and invited us to join them for a festival that take place in Salvador tomorrow. I am curious about this city... German version: Endlich bin ich angekommen! Deutschland hat mich mit einem vereisten Flugzeug ...
Day in Salvador
We spent a day in Salvador on our way to Morro de Sao Paulo. We went to the old city in Salvador, it was really ...
Knap (veel) werk in Salvador.
... worden vastgezet. Bij diverse toerentallen is er niks aan de hand en we doen het er maar mee. Communicatie Onderweg naar salvador hadden we regelmatig radiocontact via de kortegolf radio en airmail. Het mailadres houden we graag bij ons, zo voorkomen ...