My good friend Lawrence came out to join me on a trip into the deepest Amazon. We flew from Manaus to Tefe and then a two hour boat trip to our lodges deep into the heart of the Brazilian Amazon. The lodges were amazing and we were surrounded by Caiyman. In the early morning pink […]
Read MoreI have no idea what this festival was about. I think it was for the children but being Brazilian everyone loves to dress up and party and drink and dance and play music and we had all of these elements at this party.
Read MoreOn February 2 boats are filled with flowers, bottles of perfume, cakes, and notes asking Yemanja to grant a wish. They go into the sea at Praia Rio Vermelho in Bahia. This is a festival to the goddess of the sea Yemanja or Iemanja a powerful Orixa goddess. The Orixa gods originated from Candomble which originated […]
Read MoreSalvador de Bahia is the very last place that slaves were bought and sold and consequently it is very African in its’ people, music and culture. People were shipped from Nigeria, Angola and Benin to here and Capoeira, which was a dance invented by the slaves in chains, started here. The dance uses mainly feet […]
Read MoreBonito (Spanish for Beautiful) is, as it’s name suggests, a beautiful place and well worth a visit. It has a small town with many shops, tourist agencies,hotels, pousadas, cafes and restaurants everything a traveller would need for their trip. You are surrounded by beautiful waterfalls, grottos, blue and yellow and red and green Maccaws, forests […]
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