Cocoon E Lounge Salvador

What an incredible place. I spent three days there, the latter two on a two-day trek to various waterfalls. It was perfect to recharge my batteries after the excesses of big cities. Highly, highly recommended.<br><br>Hint: The treks are a bit expensive. If you want to save some money, walk back to Lencois (if that's where you're based) instead of getting the 4x4

Following a recommendation from people we met in Paraty, we decided to take a detour from our original itinerary. <br><br>We headed 600km west from Salvador to a town called Lencois, which is the base for exploring the Chapada Diamantina National Park. <br><br>We had an action packed 3 days in the most stunning landscapes (some parts reminded us ...

... the street, we headed over to Largo do Pelourinho, one of the squares in the old town, and had a couple of caipirinhas at a street stall - served very slowly as the stall owner was asleep when we sat down and then made the caipirinhas individually at a rate of one every 10 minutes or so. <br><br>Monday was still cloudy and humid but the weather was definitely improving, so I met up with the boys again and we went off to explore. Spent the morning looking at souvenirs at a ...

... made me realize that traveller life is not only fun. There is also a part of work on this with all these things you have to take care of, specially if there is pending stuff to worry about back in Spain&#8230;Thursday was ...

... we just wanted to peeked into, restaurateurs, guys selling juice, kids playing on the street, and old men sitting in front of their houses watching life go by. And that was in about three hours. At sunset, we decided hang out in the main square sipping capetas while watching the hustle bustle and of course the ever present capoiera. At night things get even more lively and even slightly edgy, as ...

... sentado debaixo de uma sombra e proseando um papo furado recheado de "ôxi" e "vixe"! No fim da tarde, volto para o escritório e assisto das janelas um por do sol mais belo que o outro entre as coxilhas verdes da região, aos goles de um amargo chimarrão servido pela minha colega riograndense (globalização é foda!). De noite, volto para casa debaixo de um céu tão estrelado que dá até gosto caminhar bem devagar pegando um sereninho. E depois ...

... on keeping safe and away from harm.<br><br>We were both absolutely knackered after the early start, so lay down for a couple of hours much-deserved kip. I was conviced that we'd sleep for ages after our poor record of sleeping recently, but Katie found it very hard to nod off and ended up reading instead. I think that I got an hour's shut eye, which definitely ...

... trail from the town, then bouldering up and across the river before finally reaching it some 3 hours later. Back down near the town, there is another great waterfall that I went sliding down. I spent a couple hours here! The area is a hiking mecca. There are many hikes, ranging from one day up to seven. I could only go on single hikes/tours as I had only 3 days there. One of the most popular hikes is 3 days into the city of Capao.

<br><br><br>Click the image to see a Youtube video I ...