A Casa das Portas Velhas Salvador

It's 12.30 and I have to be up in 5 hours to complete the packing I inevitably should have down during the past 3 weeks in which I have sat on my ass and done absolutely sweet FA. It took a while to get used to at first, but gradually my bum print on the sofa has become more and more defined, and I can feel myself getting used to the idea of having no obligations. I haven't yet stooped to watching Women's Hour or Countdown yet, but I don't suppose I'm far off.<br><br>So, the journey really ...

... for a drive out to the area of the zoo to talk to his sister in law who is English. It transpires that he did this because his English is not very good and he id not want to make a mistake. The English woman, Julie, is married to a local and has been living there for ten years. We pop into her house for coffee and it is decided that we could park about 1 km from where we picked up the guide. When we leave to go back it is just on 5 pm, but we are now ...

... on the bus to the terminal and after negociating I finally was able to take my other battery out of my luggage. In big cities I take fotos with my small camera and unfortunately those batteries run flat too soon. After almost an hour and a half ( I know I am crazy) I was back at the same place I started from. Also in Salvador, Carnival and a lot of churches.

... away tells them to f*&amp;(&amp; off, stop pursing me, they have no chance...etc. She´s such a great gal, I´ve made a cool friend! They, the men, think I´m a carioca (from Rio) because of the way I dance Samba, which is so funny because I thought I taught Baiano samba but apparently not, I do Samba Carioca, Samba Duro and Samba de Roda,Ujama tells me (the last is from here).Apparently the last years worth of training has given me Rio style arms... LOL Also, last night ...

... already grown very deep here. The first night I arrived at my family's house, I dropped my bags, had a bite to eat, and and was whisked off by my sisters to this awesome underground Samba club right around the corner. From that moment on, my assimilation into my family and the whole of Salvador has never skipped a beat. I am lucky enough to live only half hour walk away from school, so I walk most days unless I am running late ...

... was just stood outside dumbstruck. Amazing. On returning to my hotel, I was grateful that the owner recommended a room at the back, as there is music all around, and it continues way into the small hours. The beauty of these old buildings are that the walls are very thick. With my room being at the back, I was able to get some sleep. Just as well, I'm back on the road tomorrow - well sea - as I'll be taking a boat across to an island 2 hours away... Really did enjoy Salvador though.

... more sun cream and headed to another beach across the road, after turning right past the 'Barra' lighthouse.<br><br> <br><br>We followed the road round to the local 'Barra beach' which was also supposed to be pretty nice. <br><br> <br><br>Being in the centre of the city ...

... Mo is a veggie and so that makes for a lot of food for me! But I decided to go ahead and try some local fish and was very pleased with it! Maybe I should try something more then pizza and cheese sandwiches from now on! After the reserve we headed back to Salvador just in time for the night life! And we were not disappointed. We started our night off at a local pub. I thought the entire area was to full of tourist, but there is a huge local ...

... off to a shopping mall on the other side of the street where we bought some clothes and ate a terrific meal in a fast food restaurant - Filet Mignon (!) with four side dishes for 12.60 reals! it was terrific. Danni's was was good also. After that we just chilled in the bus station for about 5 hours until the time came to board our bus (23:30) and that about summed our turbulent day. *No special photos of this day since it was mainly transitional...

... or products from the gener*l store, tops ide* *nd i feel this *dded to the concept of * festiv*l community *nd of the p*r*llel universe / society the p*rty *chieved so well. The decor te*ms went beyond simple orn*ment*tion. They tr*nsformed the environment into * huge *rt g*llery. We were most impressed by two inst*ll*tions, l*rge UV lit sp*ce mobiles th*t resembled DNA str*nds *nd turned into moving k*leidoscopes when you stood under the centre of them *nd ...