Villa Bahia Salvador

... the town of Balsas(S7.30.53.41W46.04.33.10). 8th -Another day another few miles, nothing much different to see or say today. Overnight in another Posto. 9th - Today was spent lazing around the Posto. 10th - Continuing onwards the scenery has now changed and we are coming into areas where there are lots of cacti growing once more so it is obviously getting drier. That said we are still getting some rain every day ...

23.02 Carneval! Salvador er et fint sted med sol og strand, og det utroligste folke-carnevalet en kan tenke seg! Vi har leilighet midt i Carneval-gata her i Barra, saa vi er plassert midt i smoroyet! Vi er 12stk som bor i samme leilighet, 4-5 paa hvert rom, saa det er svett og intimt :) Jeg bor med Lene, Magnus, Jens og en svenske som heter Matty! Jeg og Lene har faatt oss skikkelige carneval-masker, legger ut bilder ...

... I´m like and what he is like. We like being the centre of community action and life and yet rather than competing we work together and just when the other is tired, the other takes over. Denise asked him why he is so relaxed with me and he said he didn´t need to work too hard for me, I could be myself and him himself and it works, we have ´´simpatico´´. He said this is a recipie for a good life. So today Dors has returned to Fazenda Coutos, as her ...

... Anybody can join the parade after them and it gets pretty crowded, specially white women, who knows why… A pity that you have to be watching your pockets all the time cause the locals tend to stick their hands ...

... sinister feel. But by day we wander the art shops, experience a real Brazilian - in a private house carried out by a large jovial lady . I panic that guests are going to arrive any minute as I lie on the table in her laundry room..but she just laughs at me and assures me I'm safe. The next day, now ready for the beach we take the early morning boat to Morro ...leaving the noise and bustle of Salvador behind.at least for the moment.

Wow, Brazil is like a normal country.... after Bolivia I'm not sure if I can cope! It's really good in some ways but not so good in others: The shops have glass in the windows and cash registers and shelves with things on them for sale on them...in individual packages, not in bulk quantities... but they cost the same as in Oz The people are super friendly but I understand less of ...

Sometimes, to misquote an old song, waking up is hard to do. Today was one of those mornings.

We presented ourselves outside the pousada at the agreed pick-up time and to our dulled delight the driver was there waiting. We chucked everything in and off we set.

The GOL counters at the airport were again very efficient with plenty of people serving and ...

... an afternoon nap, we got a bus into the centre, which is a historic town. It's very different to Rio or anywhere else we have seen so far. With cobbled streets, old buildings, it does feel like you have stepped back in time. Everywhere we went there was live music playing, children singing and playing drums in the street, the sounds of reggae booming out from a reggae bar, a band playing in a building facing one of the squares and all ...

The first thing I noticed is the smell of urine everywhere! We arrived on the last day of the world famous Carnaval. Salvador holds the Guinness record for largest party. I played it safe and stayed in the Pelourinho Square instead of the big party in the lower city. This is where the traditional Samba bands play acoustically instead of the electric floats seen downtown. The Pelourinho also attracts many families with the young people downtown. On the ...

... sunrise *nd *ll the next d*y. The biggest d*ncefloor i h*ve ever been on. We s*w m*ny sets here including P*ul T*ylor- UK, Huj*boy- Isr*el, Wrecked M*chines- Br*zil, L*ughing Buddh*- UK, The First Stone-Br*zil, Liquid Soul-Argentin*, Ace Ventur*-Isr*el, Rink*dink-South Afric*, Atmos-Switzerl*nd, m*ny more plus the Austr*li*n l*ds Sensient *nd Tetr*meth who n*iled their sets *nd were very well *ppreci*ted by the Br*zili*ns. We were flying high with pride during ...