Salvador De Bahia

Hope you all had a nice New Years eve and a good start in 2007. We had a quite funny evening in Itacare with some guys we met in the same pousada as we were. Well, the funny thing was that this couple was also from Zuerich and really not far from our home, and know some of the same people back home. After a nice apero hosted by the owners of the pousada in the middle of the rainforest, we were hunting around in the village for some food, but the brazilian life is diffrent then european. It was all closed, they like to party themself more then to make money.
Finally we found some dripping fat deep fried empandas in a rathole..mhh what a delicous new year dinner. Well, we already had kind of too much Caipirinhas that caused us a new dimension of hang over cause of the lemons and Cahaca (Tooth pain,stomachache and normal head ache).
On the 2nd of january we moved further up north again by damn bus. But it was beautiful through the rainforest and lost villages. We were thinking how can these people live there and like that, unbeliveble. The landscape is just amazing wild forest and all kind of fruits even those we never saw before.
Now, we are staying in Salvador de Bahia which is the third biggest city in Brasil, around 3,5 Million. The historical centre is also a UNESCO world heritage site,which is amazingly beautiful. Unbeliveble, cause the citys surroundings is really fucked up . The city has an intresting sad history with the portugese who were holding slaves from Africa. Nowdays, the african culture is still alive, and the mix with brazil lifestyle makes it so colorful and happy and people say Salvador is the only african City outside of Africa.
Next step for us will be by plane and again damn bus up north to a little place called Praia da Pipa,where finally Geris Kitesurfjourney will begin.