Salvador, Brazil, South America I got a taxi into the city center today to meet Rafael, and it was really good having a local with me. I could have taken the bus, but I wasn’t too comfortable getting the right bus on the way there, so I opted for a taxi. The first night I arrived in Salvador I saw about 30 people get on a bus, and every one of them either jumped the turnstile in the bus, or…
Salvador, Brazil, South America I did almost nothing today except work on my blog. I went down to Subway for lunch, but every day I walk by the favela I get increasing more uncomfortable. This is the opposite of how I usually feel in a city. I’m usually a bit more uncomfortable when I first get there, but then realize pretty quickly that it’s not nearly as bad as I had initially thought. This is the opposite. Based on what…
Salvador, Brazil, South America I had a really nice day today, and it was completely unexpected. Maria told me something this morning, and even with Google Translate, I got the message totally confused. I thought she said her daughter was coming here because she speaks english and could tell me what to do for carnaval today. It turned out she was actually telling me that her sister was coming over with two guests she is hosting, and we were all…
Salvador, Brazil, South America Today was a pretty quiet day here in Salvador. I spent most of the day in the apartment working on the pictures for my blog that I took in Rio. I took a break at lunch time and walked down to a beach that’s just behind the Bom Preco. It was really small, but pretty nice looking. And Rafael said that because it was carnaval it would be packed, and he was right. I’m not a…
Salvador, Brazil, South America I got up this morning, packed up all my stuff, and was ready to go by 10am. Since I hadn’t seen Janine for the last few days, I had no idea what time I was supposed to check out. I also didn’t know the best way to get to the airport from here during carnaval, and Janine wasn’t there to answer any questions, so I had to figure it out myself. Luckily there is a nice…