Hotel Litoraneo Salvador

... Candomble ceremony in the Lonely Planet (Candomble is a religion brought over by the slaves with Christian elements used to disguise what was really going on) and are asked for money.<br><br>One thing that is a constant in Salvador, however, is the prevalence of petty crime. Stories abound of travellers being robbed of their possessions - and the constant reminders of not taking a bag here or there, carrying as little as ...

... it was with this group she told me that she did sessions of Ayahuasca ceremonies, a plant medicine that helps us to remember a place within. <br><br>The next day I packed up my stuff and headed to the beach with a Spanish guy called Sergio, Ezekiel and Julio. We wanted to go to the Flamenco beach but the bus never came and we could see the rain clouds drawing in on us again so we went back to Barra again instead. We walked along the beach and the boys took a swim. When it begun to rain ...

... T-shirts on and jumped into the Bloco. To be honest I didn't enjoy this Bloco too much, there were too many ******-up Gringo's, to much pushing and the music just didn't seem to fit with carnival in Salvador. Most of the locals didn't look too excited either when the truck passed, so I wasn't really feeling the vibe. The tunes were really cool but it just didn't seem right in this setting. I had such a better time in the Brazilian Bloco a couple of nights ago listening to the ...

I have to write this entry as the words are floating around in my head and I can´t dance. After the palaver of Flaviano not showing up I thought I still want to go out and see everyone, his friends are my friends too. So I sent a text message to confirm our 12 noon meet up time. At 12.30 he rang to say could he come at 1.30 and I lost it. Just told him off about his disrespect for me and that I didn~t have much time in Salvador so time spent waiting for him was time lost ...

... are hard but so rewarding. Ok really hard, but really rewarding. Marcele is the female host here at my hostel. She has invited me to an Axe lesson with her tonight. She is so lovely and so I will only dance for one hour with Ujahma and then go with her. Its apparently a really cool choreography to Ivete Sangalo. She says I will love it. It is really hard for me to think in english at the moment. I think first in portugese and then have to translate. What is also really funny ...

... every night I went out, and they seemed really eager to show me around. Basically, the place is like one big Santee Alley (for any people from L.A. reading) by the beach. This is nice for a few days, but since I had three weeks in Salvador, I needed something a little more fulfilling than walking around during the day, and having a drink by the beach at night, so I moved to Pelourinho (Pelo for short), the historic center of Salvador where I hoped it would be ...

... mains supportent les hanches bien souvent pour mieux aid** le pas nonchalant. Le long des rues, les comm**çants et les habitants ont pousse des chaises ou des petits bancs sur le trottoirs pour s y pos** et contempl** le challand. Des odeurs meconnues s echappent des multiples petits stands de rues tenues par des bahianaises en tenue traditionnelle...Une multitude de jupons blancs et une coiffe coloree autour de la tete ...

Jazzie and I are tired today. Thankfully Mariana hasn´t managed to line up the evening classes but it seems Jharma doesn´t do as much stretching as Anderson did, and we are tired and stiff. I never felt stiff once in Olinda - we did a full 30 mins of stretching before we danced, then 30 mins strength work. Jharma does strength work only, so today, you can guess the outcome, yes my first pulled muscle - actually I think I partially dislocated my hip ...

...another 20 hour bus ride and we arrive at Salvador, Brazil´s 3rd largest city, and immediately we pick up on the distinct African feel. We went to beach area of Barra and find it a frenzy of activity with people packed liked sardines on the beach and vendors selling EVERYTHNG you ...

... It would be like someone who was in the last or second to last car thinking the brown line was going to fall off the track Everytime it took a turn sort of fast. Idiots. I was supposed to go check out this chick sing who I met the night before. She was going to get me in for free and the show started at 9pm, but I totally napped through that. Oops, oh well, I´ve heard people sing before. I´m sitting outside eating dinner and one of the many can ...