Albergue Pedra Da Sereia Salvador

... was like this, and all playing different kinds of music. it was crazy, yet amusing at the same time. music is such an important part of their culture, and like most south american countries, there is always music coming from all directions. no matter how rich or poor the town is, people are always happy listening and dancing to thier music at all times. i love it. i could have stayed for weeks. this town, just like many others in brasil and south america, everyone ...

... food on the grill and headed out to catch a bus to the bus station. Lesson learned…………R 30; NEVER get on a bus with a big suitcase at 5:00 pm in a city. The people pack in the bus. It is crazy. Lucky for me I had 3 older women felt sorry for me not speaking the language so they looked out for me and told me when to get off the bus. The problem was dragging my bag through the crowd.

So, I climbed on a bus and headed to Recife. On the ...

... When you think about the cost of listening to this ****** music in a bloco or camerote, it truly boggles the mind! I will temper my damning critique by saying that if you speak portugese and that this is the one thing every year that you look forward to then its probably great. I also have had some good moments with Cristobal, Dylan, Geoff and Mel here. On a rating of 'I'd nuke it' to.... oh bugger it I'd just nuke it.

... pop stars - she also happens to be one of Enoque's pupils! So the prices are expensive, especially when you consider that those prices dont include any drinks just the privilege of standing behind the rope, as we are on a budget , we decided not to buy any bloc tickets, that means that we are pipoca or pipcorn , always on the outisde of the rope but a lot better financially off!, it makes sense this way as you can heart a lot of different music styles. Also, the ...

... I was in, that was all I needed!. It was AMAZING! AMAZING! (if I type that word 100 times it will not be enough). It was at the right level for me and I kept up fine. At one point he kept building the energy and the moves and the last move was really hard, and I did about half of it, marked the other half and thought ´I´´ve failed´and looked around to see only two people got it, his two best students, and everyone else was scratching their head, not ...

... of some ethnic tribe. To make matters worse the tour group had arranged for the children of the village to sing and play a traditional song for us once our tour concluded. Our guide is a native of the area, but does not belong to the tribe, yet he had befriended many of them and was helpful in me trying to speak with the locals since he spoke their dialect. After speaking with the locals a little bit and seeing some of their homes and watching the children play I ...

... I accepted?!? hehe) I found a much cheaper Hostel R18. I had a cheap lunch at a place where you pay per kilo. R10 per kilo. This type of restaurant is very common in Brasil. So, I had a large plate of pasta, chicken drumsticks, rice, beans, salad and vegies for R5.25 (about A$3.50) In the arvo I got my 4 weeks of beard trimmed back to a number one. I was pretty impressed that I got my point across to the ...

... you can think of and slice it off onto your plate. It was soo good and we were so full by the end we could barely move. All of that for only 30 american dollars! The last day we saw Capoiera! We went to a school of Capoiera and watched a class. Capoiera is a unique martial art that is practiced widely in Salvador de Bahia. It was developed by slaves in Brazil as a way to protect themselves. Some say it was developed while they were handcuffed and that?s why it includes a ...

... cooked perfectly (most was cooked between rare and medium rare) and it was seasoned to perfection. I never used any salt, pepper or steak sauce the entire night. It was so good. A nyways, I guess it's almost time for bed. Tomorrow we are going to a beach during the day and then a Brazilian soccer game with 300 other SAS kids at night. It should be crazy. I'll try and send another email before we leave Brazil after the next few days and will post some more pictures. -Harrison

... com fumo¨. What do you say to that ? Bahia gives a nice feeling and the weather here is warm. The music in the streets makes it even better. With this comes also the begging and the problems on the streets - drugs, mainly cocaine and crack. Having said all this i have not once felt threatened in the streets despite the warnings in the books etc. Maybe by now i do not look like i am worth being robbed !!!!