Porto Farol Salvador

... with all the old churches and buildings. We're now glad we did stay in Barra because there were lots of warnings in guidebooks about the dangers at night in the Pelo, as they say. And if the number of policemen (and policewomen) are any indication, then the Pelo wins hands down for dangerous. I don't think I've ever seen such a high number of cops in any area when it wasn't a special event. The pousada we stayed at was indeed 2 blocks ...

... YEAH!". This was not a great success, however, and he soon subsided. Darius and I chatted for a couple of hours with the sun on our legs and the wind in our hair, and by the time we got to the first island I was feeling fine. Spent a couple of hours there sunbathing on a lovely beach and swimming in the warm clear sea - the beaches up here are much more Caribbean than those in Rio. We had a spot of lunch (the boys drank beer too but I couldn't face it), then ...

... li><br><li>Brazilian juices: just made of fruits you never heard of, cheap and very refreshing.</li><br><li>Restaurants serving food you pay per kilo. You just have to fill your plate with all kind of stuff, if you are ...

... or civil dispute are settled by this council. The Guarani are famous for their knowledge of medicinal herbs so much that a university from Canada travels to this village to ask the shaman for herbal knowledge. They take the tribes suggestions to labs and test them for effectiveness and our guide Carlos said that something like 90% of their medicines have been or are being processed into medicines for mass production to the western public. This tribe is more medically ...

... with a ``ge`` start to the word, as in general. Ie ge-an-ee-elle. Weird eh?!? hehe So everytime I say me name, the reply is always ``You have a Brazillian name!`` I think they have a mortage on it!! hehe Travel tip: When travelling to South America, wear a priests collar and you will get all sorts of free stuff and ushered to the front of queues. But I`m not wuite sure how it would look with my tank top!?! hehe

... money we need then hopefully we'll be ok. <br><br>Tomorrow we hope to check out some of the local beaches (which look fantastic) and have a nice relaxing day, even though we've been warned to take nothing of value to the beach. All these warning certainly make you a bit paranoid. <br><br>Fingers crossed we could avoid any trouble tomorrow, or this evening for that ...

... it is more a game of knowing what your opponent is going to do and ducking his kicks. It is all very fluid movements. It is quite an interesting art form. By the end of the last day those of us who had been in Salvador the whole time were pretty ready to get back on the boat just because we had gotten so sick of being haggled all the time. This is going to happen in many of the countries we go to, but we were just ready for a break. People are constantly bothering you ...

... over. There was a small group of us dancing and making our way through the crowds. It was an experience of a lifetime. Mardi Gras times 100! Although I'd love to go to Mardi Gras in my life as well. After Carnival we just journeyed around Salvador. We visited some of the most beautiful beaches in the world. I took a trip by ferry to an island with some friends, called Morro de Sau Pallo. This was great. The ...

... line-up consisted of hundreds of live-*cts *nd DJs - too m*ny to mention them here. Most c*me from Br*zil but *lso m*ny intern*tion*lly well-known *rtists such *s Ace Ventur*, Huj*boy, Trist*n, Atmos, Dimitri, Joti Sidhu, Deedr*h, Etnic*, R*st*liens *nd m*ny more. The r*nge of different styles re*ched from the fluffiest progressive over super-psy sp*ce tunes to the d*rkest psy-met*l. For guiding into 2008 the org*nizers chose the excellent electro bre*k-be*t ...