Tropical Da Bahia Salvador

... in the following six weeks. The next morning I met up with the group of study abroad students and faculty from the University of Illinois, Texas and Kansas. The group of around thirty had an orientation meeting where we discussed typical travel advisories and warnings as well as expected conduct from the (often) rascally American students in foreign countries. After, we met our host-mothers, had an ...

... Some of the styles were called Mangue, Maracatu, Frevo, Brega, Forro and Rabecado. My favourite was one with a kind of sandlewood fiddle, accordian and drums. And it was wild, everyone was dressed up in the most imaginative home made stuff. Nubia sent us out on to the streets with her friend Alex who was dressed like a panto horse, he explained some traditions and also introduced me to pau de india. Pau de India This is a drink made from Cachasa and herbs. I tried some ...

... then off they went. Also her credit card wasnīt working so we had to use mine, she forgets pen and paper and her number so is asking me for mine... She was wearing the most impractical shoes and it took years to walk anywhere - thankfully I willed them to break and they did and weīve got her in thongs now... LOL Itīs fine. Iīm ****** about the water thing, well literally ******, but nothign more. Actually I shoudl be thankful for it, I will never ever need a colonic ...

... Sonne und Waerme pur! Dazu kommt, dass das Hostel supergemuetlich ist - kaum zu toppen! Ausserdem hat sich aus Flugzeugbekanntschaften eine kleine Clique gebildet, so dass zwei Jungs aus Schwaben und ich quasi von zwei Brasilianern adoptiert wurden, die fuer uns kochen, uns die Stadt und Umgegend zeigen und uns zur Familie des einen auf eine kleine Insel mitgenommen haben. Da faellt es ...

... times (and to date still havenīt got the money back on our credit card - looooong story!) followed by much sunning ourselves on the beach with loads of locals as it was a Saturday. The weather was great, the swimwear almost non existent on the Brazilian laydeez and guys strutting around with impossibly perfect physiques. Just as well we blended in; me with mid 30s waist creep and GB with a saggy bikini!! Clearly here it was ...

... Katie did a great job of getting him to leave by being totally indecisive. Only I don't think she was acting!

He came back three more times in as many minutes, so she gave me the menu and asked me to order.

We'd heard loads of horrible stories of people ...

... town was like a ghost town, with most shops and restaurants closed and only a handful of people walking around. I think we must have been at the only open restaurant in town. The low season had just started, which explains the isolation on the island. After a delicious meal of steak with sauteed potatoes and shrimp pasta, we got a taxi back to the pousada. I was relieved that when we opened the door, there was not one mosquitoe to be found! I was going to sleep ok tonight!

My time in Brazil flew by like nothing I've ever known. The first day in port proved to be nothing less than a beautiful day. After being on the ship for nine days in a row, everyone was ready to bust out when the gangway doors were open. Smelling the Brazilian air was SO refreshing (I would come to find out that the air would be one of the things that I remember most, but for other reasons). The day we arrived was also the last day of ...

... us and came and talked for a bit. Took the bus back and did some more walking around the historical center. There is so much activity and prepping for carnaval it is very exciting. we are very glad that we have had this time in Salvador because it gives us the chance to experience the two biggest carnaval parties in Brazil. Today we did some shopping and just took it easy....we head to rio next to meet up with Meagan, Laura and Marie- claude ...girls from Montreal for our carnaval celebrations.

... last one. Most of these churches were constructed in the 1700īs mostly by the Jesuits. Almost all of the churches were built in the baroque architecutral style. These are some of the most beautiful cathedrals I have ever seen and rival any of the cathedrals in Rome. From the outside these catedrals donīt look overly impressive. But once you walk in, the interior of these cathedrals are as oppulent and as majestic as their European rivals. Now ...