Hotel Sol Bahia Salvador
Rua Manoel Galvao 1075, Patamares Salvador, State of Bahia, Brazil
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Succede che torni a Salvador una domenica mattina prima che la cittą si svegli. Succede che aspetti che il Pelourinho si animi chiacchierando con venditori ambulanti di bigiotteria e di foto e che ti ritrovi a camminare fino a un quartiere inesplorato per curiosare un museo ingannando l'attesa. Succede che al museo/centro culturale ci trovi la giornata finale della festa ...
10.22pm - Cunning Linguist
... it or not, with these five phrases, indicating numbers with fingers, and a big grin, you can stumble through most situations. I can’t remember most of them them now, and sometimes “Hello” would get swapped for “Excuse me” or “Sorry” (I used sumimasen far more than konnichiwa in Japan, for example), but since most people along the Banana Pancake Trail speak transactional English (we’ll come to that ...
Salvador: the wait is finally over
... where we were staying. It was a hot walk – the thermometer on the beach read 38 degrees. However, it felt like a relief to us to get out of the even hotter city and down onto the beach with the lovely tropical sea breeze. We did the typical Brazilian thing – paid for two beach chairs and an umbrella, and happily whiled away the day while people brought us cold beer and grilled cheese on a stick. It was awesome. It felt oh so good to finally have a swim – the ...
Drinking beer at the gas station, lake of orixas
... was 2.85 R$ per liter, Cars here are typically more compact, and they are equipped to run on ethanol also. Ethanol was 2.35 R$ at the last station I saw. But that price fluctuates based on the price of sugar in Europe. Brazilian sugar farmers will ship sugar to Europe if they can get a good price, which makes ethanol more expensive here.
Almoco (lunch) was ready when we returned, and we broke out the birthday cake. A delicious black forest cake with cereja (cherry) ...
Salvador carnival-ness
... much more free to be on the street (camarotes being pretty expensive, and pipoca being completely free of charge!)
*Camarotes do full pass-outs – you can come in and out, so you can enjoy the street, but retreat back to the safety and beautiful bathrooms of the camarote on demand.
The verdict on carnival:
So here I was, expecting to be robbed, groped and peed on and instead we were enjoying free live ...



