Sete Colinas Olinda

We made it to Olinda, after a long and hot, but beautifully rural and coastal bus ride. We passed lovely coast with palms and green water due to the 2nd largest (not sure I believe this) coral reef in the world about 1 km off the coast. The little villages with crumbling houses and bright clothing hanging to dry in front of them gave me strong memories of Costa Rica times. I love that all ...

... to dinner. He was certain Loi would not show to talk with me . I got a strange call today from Andala. She had seen that I had spoken to Loi last night on his telephone and then that I had messaged him to arrange the final chat. She asked to speak to me and we sat together and spoke heart to heart. I explained there was nothing between us this time, that I had wanted more but that when I saw them together I realised I wanted to be out of the equation. She is NOT ...

... has happened. Quite a few people have stepped in and let me know to end it with Loi, nothing is private here! That its time! Mariana, Wendell and Berenice have all stepped in and in their own way help me change my course. The other person to do that is Jorge. I´ve written about him twice before now. Last year when I got trapped in the crowd, he left the dance group to come find me and took my hand and without words led me back to safety. He is a 6 foot something black man, quite ...

... I guess her self esteem is pretty low right now because she is not getting what she wants - I feel sorry for her.... Anyway it´s a sad situation and Tracy, Loi and I have talked about it at length (basically all together with me translating) and basically as soon as she busts into our scene with Loi we just all separate, it´s easier. He was really upset that the first night we didn´t stay with him and basically when she turned up with the fury of god we left, but ...

... you cannot swim there: it is the world´s most dangerous region because of sharks, the reason being a fish-factory located next to the water! The first night, we saw an interesting capoeira rehearsal and also went to a local forró festival (a mix of music and dance), where we admired the talent of brazilians when it comes to dancing!

... more expensive. Hopefully everyone will be down for living there. As for what I have been up to besides class...Not too much. Been hanging out with Louise's family a lot. It has been really fun meeting everyone. I don't think that I am going to give day-to-day updates anymore. For one, I think it's lame, and for two, it is too tedious to keep up with it, especially now that classes have to started up. However, any crazy occurrences will certainly ...

... for the Baiana cadre. We were Baianas again but Baiana florestas - rather than throwing them we were covered in flowers and we wore crowns of flowers. We worked with the French women who have been training with us. One of them seems to want to hit me all the time, she dances quite large and does not seem to get that punching your fellow dancers is not good form..., but I laugh to myself as she does it because I´m quite well padded ...

... to the spiritual world, so in being in the role of Baiana we escorted the orichas everywhere it was our job to protect them, in return the male orichas kept close to us and kept us safe (because in their stories Xango (fire) particularly can clear the energy, like lightening he can clear the way... They couldn´t have picked a better ceremonial role for me. For Mariana she was chosen to be Ochun (the goddess of the sweet waters - rain, rivers) she made a ...

... He says thirty, well holds up three fingers and that means thirty, and even though a metered cab would cost maybe half that we just want to get back to the ship now. As we get closer to the ship we realise I only have a 100 and know this will cause a problem and it does. Initially I think he wants to keep the hundred. Um, NO!!!!! He eventually gives me 60 change and we get out and so ends our day in Recife. We can't enter the dock unless we're ...

Hoje, depois de muito tempo, resolvi criar este blog. A ideia eh ter um meio de comunicacao sem precisar ser direto, isso eh, aqueles que estiverem afim de ler algo sobre a minha viagem, podem encontrar por aqui. Ainda nao estou adaptado a essa nova ferramenta. Nao sei como seria a melhor forma de desribuir as coisas, mas vou vendo na medida que for utilizando. Tambem nao sei de quanto em quanto tempo vou ser capaz de atualiza-la (esta pagina) com novos dados. Por isso mesmo ...