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Salvador de Bahia
(Mar 02 '06)
I have a few stories about Salvador, most of them involve being barraged by street vendors and beggars, acosted by thje stench of urine for days after the local Carnival celebrations, difficult ...
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our lodging was pretty high class and i doubt ill be able to afford that again but we stayed in the oceania building across from the lighthouse on the beach. probably ...
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Salvador
(Feb 16 '07)
After Rio we knew Salvador was going to have a job to compete, we{d also started reading & hearing a lot more about the increasing violence & racism in the city. However Salvador was sill ...
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Street Parties
(Mar 06 '06)
A reasonable start today but I lost the advantage of a window seat and the fresh air - well humid breeze this offers. It was today that was going to be our longest drive day of the trip, estimated at ...
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Salvador is a beautiful city. I am staying in the upper city (there is a literally an upper and lower city, connected by a big elevator) area of Pelorunho. The cobblestone streets and ...
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Meeting the parents (or not...)
(Mar 31 '07)
Flo says:
Before even getting in to Salvador we became particularly well aquainted with its airport, waiting for 6 hours for Mum and Peter´s flight from London. eventually we managed to seek out ...
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Capoeira Capital of the World
(Mar 02 '06)
I found Bahia to be fascinating and very different from anywhere else I have ever been. A tiny history of Bahia might better help understand where I am coming from. The successful conversion of ...
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Dear friends,
I´m leaving Salvador today to return to Rio. I spent more time here than I expected. I stayed in the Perinho, a Unesco world heritage ...
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It came to me on the Salvador to Rio de Janiero, 30 hour, $108 bus ride, that many of you men out there are unpractised and, in fact, entirely unaware of the ...
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Salvador
(Feb 12 '07)
First impressions of Salvador were pretty good, brilliant weather, long stretches of beach and an obvious African influence.
We had decided previously that we weren't going to stay in Salvador for ...
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Recent Blogs for Salvador de Bahia
Our Favorite Vacation Spot-Praia do Forte
(Sep 23 '07)
"In the very last tide pool the water was so calm and clear that I just sat wading in the water and relaxing."
September 23rd, 2007: Day 8
Praia de Forte
We woke up and hopped on the bus to a city ...
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Trip to Bahia
(Aug 25 '07)
"Every excursion we took in Brazil was either eye opening and educational or fun and a fantastic buzz but then the country just was a great experience as a whole!"
Salvador is a past capital of Brazil and, therefore, has a lot to look at. It´s an old colonial city and there are loads of old goverenment buildings and ...
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