Mercure Salvador
Rua Fonte do Boi 215, Rio Vermelho Salvador, State of Bahia, 41940-360, Brazil
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The Honkers!!
... and have been playing together for like 13 years see their myspace here - http://www.myspace.com/thehonkers Of course I had to meet the band afterwards and ended up partying with them and their entourage, I was an honored American guest and they gave me their CD to bring back to Boston and spread the word, and I will! This is my last day in Salvador as I have a flight at 4:30am to ...
A dark angel perhaps?
... laden with booze, and perhaps other substances, they commenced a noisy rendition of a pagode (local type of pop song) she says ooh, he says ahh, ooh, ahh, ooh, ahh.... I'm sure you know that song.
Bira and I started laughing. Trying to keep quiet. It was like they were in the bed next to us.... singing this lovely song....
Then we got worried when the lyrics changed.
She kept 'singing'...
"Doy, Doy, Doy"... it hurts - more and more incessantly
Then ...
Salvador, Bahia
Today is Sunday in Salvador and we went to the beach early in the morning and made an offering to Yemaya and prayed for all of us and our loved ones and our departed ones. We asked for health, clarity, tranquility and a way to travel and see the world.
Later in the day we went to a real neighborhood called Fazenda Garcia or "Fim de Linha" (end of the bus line). We met some ladies (you will ...
From Jericoacoara to Carnaval in Salvador
... us through an empty block that was completely overgrown with tall grass, something massive and unseen that I can only assume was a huge angry python began crashing through the grass away from us, flattening huge swaythes 2 metres in width in its furious attempts to escape whatever threat it thought we were.. Certainly some awkward memories there and a lot of 'what if' questions the following day..
Soon enough it was time to head back to the dreaded city of ...
Monday, Monday
... build by slaves and the only church blacks could enter in Salvador during the colonial era. Back up the Avida Britto to Praca de Se, we stopped for refreshment, guarana, coke zero for George and café leite for me. A street child, a boy about Michael’s age approached us and we gave him some money for food. He carried a large piece of cardboard with him which he sat on later to eat his hot dog, no ...



