Studio do Carmo Salvador

... and i will continue to do so for as long as i can. whether it is here at home, or on the road in new places. everything and everyone has something new to offer.<br><br>im excited to be home and to share my experiences with my friends and family, and to be home and live my life knowing that i had these amazing experiences with me, and to show the world everything that i have learned while on these adventures. and when the time comes again, ill pack my bag and ...

... area, so you can pay 5 centavos to quickly get from one region to another. Another major attraction of this region is the prevelance of Capoeira. Capoeira is an afro-brazilian form of martial-arts, mixed with dance. It was developed by the slaves, and it's very low to the ground, and dance-like. Many of the things that make Capoeira truly unique came from the fact that the slaves had to conceal what they were doing from their masters. On the 2nd night, we ...

... taxi and walking to the hostel I was threatened with death! A guy asked me for a cigarette and I only had one left, so I said I didn't haven't any, with hindsight I should of just handed it over. The guy said to me in perfect English, "I'm gonna kill you later", as I walked passed him with my heavy laden backpack. A pleasant welcome to Salvador!! Something to look forward to this evening. Checked into the hostel feeling slightly worried about the recent death threat. Took my ...

... bread. We kept om walking and did manage to find an amazing burger van opposite Farrol Barra, then wandered into a happening little side street. This side street was colourful with all sorts of action going on in this little area, from tranny~s, working girls, nine bobs, pimps, and we were well amongst it...obviously falling into the metrosexual category, not before mentioned..!! This was apparently the ...

... It had a number of interesting exhibits including Taj´s favourite, cannons! There were also a number of other Portuguese weapons. As the sun was setting...well it doesn´t really set it just sort of gets dark very quickly...we arrived at the Mercado Modelo which is the largest handicraft centre in Latin America. Some of the stall owners were trying to do a hard sell but we didn´t buy anything. We had booked tickets to see Balé Folclórico ...

... répétitives, danses en cercles qui n'en finissent pas... Les mains nous brûlent, les tempes frémissent, le rythme envoûte, la moiteur nous rend fébriles. On se laisserait emporter par la fièvre... Les Orixas arrivent...Les voilà, on les sent... L'une des Ebeke s'est précipitée sur l'une des danseuses. Prémice imperceptible mais qui s'amplifie et se déclare incontestablement. Oxumaré, maître des mouvements et des pluies semble pressé de venir nous rendre ...

... I found it hard to believe that SAS could call up 2 days before the game and get 400 tickets if the game had ANY importance or significance. Nonetheless, we loaded up the busses at 7:30 and headed off on our hour long drive to the game. Let's just say my skepticism was justified. This was like minor league soccer, the equivalent of rookie league Minor League Baseball in the US. Lawrenceville High School's stadium was bigger than this place. It was ...

... Christmas trees, you sometimes forget they come from one of the worlds worst and incomprehensible areas of poverty and death and destruction. From Rio to Porto Seguro was a very uneventful 18 hour bus ride, which turned into a 20 hour bus ride cause we got a burst tyre!!, can you believe that? that´s three flat tyres in one month in my trips! Then a few hours wait in a bus station to catch the 12 hour bus to Salvador de Bahia, where I was going to be for ...

... of cruise ship passeng**s followed by a group of local sales man - selling genuine bahian necklaces and oth** must haves for the av**age cruise-shipp**. As we saw enough folk from cruise ships in Rio it was time to discov** the real Salvador - local places. Up to the capoeira square (you that has been to Salvador knows what I am talking about) wh**e th**e w**e even more tourists. Passed the 'loud Am**ican' t**races and more artifacts shops and down towards ....who ...