Vilas Oliveira Canico

We will post trip information here as soon as it starts. For 2010, we will continue planning the project and look for Sponsors that are willing to invest and support the Project. All indications in that regard is ...

... Barra Grande. We stayed in a highly recommended hotel Pousada Ponta do Muta, beach front with only 10 rooms. The beaches in Barra Grande region are maybe one of the most beautiful in Bahia. Unfortunately in the Brazilian winter the sea get rough and it unable us to snorkeling in the reefs in Taipu de Fora beach. But winter in Bahia means 20 - 30ºC and some showers, but not enough ...

... smiled, chucked our packs inside and off we went. At last!

The airport turned out to be miniscule, located just behind a small network of residential housing, very close to the water.

At one point I wondered where the hell he was taking us, until seeing a hand-written sign for the airport. You don't see many of those in the world!

We paid him, climbed out, strapped up and ...

Oi amigos! We left Olinda and Recife in the evening after our brief yet interesting stay, for a short 11 hour overnight bus journey to Salvador. I ended up sleeping the whole bus journey (which is usually commonplace for me on all bus journeys) and arrived in Salvador in the late mourning. We found a Pousada reasonably quickly in the heart of Salvador´s old town, which wasn´t to dissimilar to that of Olinda. We checked in and then ...

... or nothing, if you wish!). Place I was staying was pretty social, and the town itself is so small that you see the same people over and over, that in just a week or so, you feel like you know quite a few people here. And it is easy to take part in one of the many things to do (hike, raft, surf, kyak, 4-wheel, bike, million other tours) or just lay in the hammock out on your balcony and kick it for the day. I decided to take up surfing. Fun! I heard it was pretty hard, and it ...

... I was hanging out with back in Lençóis. Basically, this past week was just spent going from beach to beach to beach and bumming around there - lots of movement. Not too much in the line of sight seeing or whatever. Just chillin...in between the movement. Last 5 posadas have all sucked - nasty, dirty, bugs, stinky, etc... but think I found a good one here. Knock on wood - I haven´t actually slept here yet. No pix yet because they´re all on the camera and don´t have it with me.

... trying to sell us anything and everything and charging us for photos, drinks, bracelets all of which we didn´t even want!! However, you just have to keep some patience and sense of reality. There people need my money far more than I do and a couple a reis, or 50p goes along way for them here!! We wondered the streets of Pelourinho for hours, the city´s main tourist attraction (of which I think we were the only white ones!!). The narrow cobbled streets ...

First things first, I´d better just clear up the inevitable confusion before it starts: Morro de São Paulo is not the same as São Paulo. In fact it differs in almost every respect. For a start its about 2000km further north so it has a much more agreeable climate. Secondly its on an island instead of being inland. Thirdly and most pleasingly, instead of being a sprawling megalopolis of 20 million people it is a ...

A bit of QT on the beach was definitely in order to recharge the batteries after Carnaval. So when Marzie left for Ireland I made my way to Itacare. Itacare got the vote for (a) being on the way to Rio (where I had to catch a return flight to BA) and more importantly (b) it gave me a chance to at last get in some surfing. It turned out to be the perfect spot to chill for a few days. The laid back town is within walking distance of numerous white sanded beaches, ideal for good surfers ...

Part A: BRAZILIAN RIVER TOWNS Part B: BAHIAN FOOD Just when you thought Brazil was Beaches and Bliss...Crowded 3rd World Cities and Filth... Part A: There is another Brazil--the Lazy-Slow River Towns! And...the mystery of ``The Vanishing People`` (where do they all go?). First off, Brazil is NOT a 24-hr country! If you are American (or from any Western Country), you are probably used to the ``24/7`` way of life. However, take a step back in time if you find yourself in Brazil ...