Studio do Carmo Salvador

... take-offs due to confusing time-zones or faulty watches, no thieves or aggressive cabbies; only 24 hours of connections and sitting.When I finally arrived in Salvador da Bahia, I headed for the hostel, opting to take a local bus instead of an expensive taxi ride. After about an hour in transit, I got out in the middle of the historic district known as Pelourinho. It was raining and I had a few heavy bags to ...

... in the middle with big rucksacks. We arrived at our destination casa Nubia, Beth's sister, sweaty and impressed.  Nubia's house and Carnaval Nubia lives with here partner Sula, they're in their early fifties I suppose, in a two hundred year old house in Olinda which is the most welcoming place I've ever been.We were let in by a Dutch girl who was staying there and met ten or eleven friends passing through while we were there. We were given a lovely airy room and fed ...

I chose that title as Denise just said it two minutes ago and it made me laugh. Yesterday was my day off, relaxing, drinking eating. Dors drinks the local water here and I don´t. She decided to put her bottle in my fridge to cool it off, and didn´´t tell me. I thought it was mine and drank from it - and so commenced Bahia Belly. FUN! She is in her own space right now. Dors can party so we´re not seeing much of each other but the bits that we do impact on me. She forgets ...

... GB made a right scene on the aircraft - I hid my face in the travel scrabble; which by the way has been a lifesaver on long journeys - although GB hasn´t beaten me for nearly a month now!!! Anyway we moved seats and the staff gave us a wide berth for the duration. Safely arrived in Salvador and were transferred to our guest house in Barra. Turned out to be owned and run by a Brit - the most helpful hostel or guest ...

... br>We offered him money, but he jibbered on and we thought he mentioned "drinks" (bebidas), so we thought that maybe the sun loungers were free providing we ordered some drinks/food? No problemo...

Katie went native and ordered a coconut water, while I stuck with my ...

... we walked in, it had a great vibe. Everyone was dancing happily. The dancing resembled salsa - maybe it was. We sat on the side of the dancefloor, mesmerised by the impressive dancers on the floor, thinking 'I wish I could dance like that!' I felt like Baby from Dirty Dancing, when she carried the watermelon through that club! Mike pulled me up onto the dancefloor and tried to teach me a few moves but I was hopeless! I had fun trying though!

... Very colourful *nd * f*nt*stic vibe *bout the pl*ce. Lo*ds of Americ*n tour p*rties *bout though, which I think h*s provoked * re*ction from the loc*ls in th*t they *ct *s mobile pot of gold *nd everyone is welcome. P*rt from * one or two pushy loc*ls, it´s * be*utiful pl*ce. When I fin*lly get photos up you sh*ll see!S******y n Sund*y w*s spent l*pping it up *nd doing very little in the se*ring he*t. Ön to tod*y! We left our ...

... for carnaval it is very exciting. Characters in the streets, bands playing, random concerts. On Sunday we got sidelined by a massive amount of people, drummers, jugglers, etc walking down our street. But we joined them later in a square for some dancing and drinks. Our first ´bloco´. Which is like a block party. this one called Ensaio do Bloco do Afro Olodum...Africa do Sul group. It was so much fun dancing to the drums and the singing with thousands of other people in the old square ...

... depth, humor and current news type updates. I think you really want to do this. I also think if ever traveled for 6 months like me it would be solely in order for you to be able to write your own travel blog as opposed to traveling for the sake of traveling. Heis: glad the ****** (pun intended) situations I find myself in make you laugh. It makes it almost worthwhile to have almost ******* myself. Hanna: what - the greatest accountant the world ...