Monte Pascoal Salvador

... a glamorous creature of indeterminate gender dancing on the gay rights stage in a gold sequined costume.<br><br>After a bit of wandering and bloco-watching, some amazingly sticky caramel popcorn, many beers and endless good-natured verbal sparring between John and Stu, we ended up in the Praca da Se, one of Pelourinho's main squares, drinking at a barraca (temporary street bars that pop up everywhere at carnaval time). We consumed countless caipirinhas in an exciting ...

... the sentiments, letting me know when it was about to fall over or if it was blowing around to much. When we went to leave I went to return it to my ´´love´ and he insisted I take it, to which I batted my eyes and thanked him profusely. Sergio ( the guy I danced with) and his daughter joined us for a stroll to see Olodum, parading nearby and we had a lovely time with them. His daughter Claudia? is 11 and so they were making plans for Emerson (dors´s 11 year old son ...

... guy approaching to speak to you and then trying to reach your pocket, these youngster with bottles and stuff like that. However, you get the feeling that if you stay long enough something serious will eventually happen ...

... order to catch the excursions heading south. Or that is as much as we could glean from various conversations mostly in our Spanish/Portuguese/English language which we found to be more adequate for getting around than you might think. As our ferry ride arrived far after 9am, it looked like we would be forced to spend the night in Morro do Sao Paolo. Well, forced to spend the night might give you ...

... train up to the top of devil's throat for the climax of the trip. I've never seen Niagra falls, but I don't even know if I want to after seeing the top of these falls. It was unbelievable. It was so loud it was difficult to talk casually because of all the water flow. There was so much mist in the air it was hard to see anything besides the waterfalls because the mist clouds all the scenery around the area. The river leading up to the falls is so placid and large, its ...

... part or full African ethnicity, so every face is unique. 27th April - Had a pretty good nights sleep but dreampt of being with all my friends. Funnily enough I am the only person in an eight dorm room so am obviously a bit lonely. I explored the majestic upper city on foot this morning. The old part of the city is divided by a sheer cliff, linked by a huge elevator. The upper city has some incredible, yet ...

... touching-up this historical gold mine. <br><br>They've painted a few of the traditional houses in pastel colours which gives everything a lift and in a few years I'm sure it will look amazing here. <br><br> <br><br>Here are some of the pastel houses.<br><br> <br><br>The map in the guidebook wasn't the best and the Tourist Information office wasn't where they said ...

... First we drove through the nicest part of Salvador on the way to the slums. We learned about the huge gap between the rich and the poor in Brazil. 50% of the wealth is held by the top 5% of the population. All together its something like 20% of the wealth is left to be shared with 70% of the population. So most people live really bad conditions. At first it was really awkward walking in with semester at sea because we were such a huge group and it was kind of like we ...

... different meats: rumpsteak, top sirloin, sirloin, tender sirloin, bottom sirloin, strip loin, baby-beef, lamb French rack, chicken thighs, and salmon. Many of which I had 2 or more servings of, and each serving was probably about half the size of a normal steak at a decent restaurant in the states. The best was definitely the rumpsteak and this garlic coated sirloin they had. In addition, I had risotto, rice, beans, bread and fried bananas. Needless to say, it was ...

... crowds this ye*r while UP didn't even h*nd out one flyer in Br*zil. The result w*s * higher concentr*tion of the re*l Go* crowd *nd more th*n 20% intern*tion*l guests. On the other h*nd the festiv*l turned to be bigger in infr*structure, in st*ges, in m*rket st*lls *nd music. It w*s the 8th UP this ye*r. UP st*rted 2000 in Alto P*r*iso, * sm*ll *rtist *nd spiritu*l pl*ce in the st*te of Goi*s but w*s tr*nsferred in 2003 to the st*te of B*hi* bec*use of the ...