We made it to Salvador on an overnight bus that left Itacaré Sunday night. Monday morning, we met up with Shimon and Dotan in their hostel before we headed to our apartment to wait for the rest of the crew. We are 12 people in the apartment now and there is enough space for all of us to sleep, eat and hang out. It was a very good find compliments of Shimon and Dotan.
Carnaval began last night at about 8pm and will carry on until next Wednesday, when lent begins. Carnaval is basically the last time to sin sin sin before the 40 days without meat (Carne). Because we arrived on Monday, we had a few days to kill before the chaos started so we killed some time with walking the streets, checking out the preparations, hitting up the beach (it was okay, but it's no Itacaré) and checking out the old city, Pelorinho. It seems the most abundant people here are Israelli tourists. We are very good at spotting them out, since we are living with 8 of them currently. Very good people and a lot of fun to party with, though sometimes difficult to keep all of us together.
Last night, we wanted to head out at about 8pm, but that didn't happen. From our apartment, we could see the streets becoming crowded with hundreds of people and finally made it out to join the masses at about 9:30pm. The 12 of us stayed together for about one hour (maybe two) before the inevitable split up happened. Some people wanted to go to Barra, and some decided to stay and enjoy the Blocos of Campo Grande. In the end, we all met up at the apartment at 2 in the morning, while the party was far from being over. It was merely just the beginning, and the climax isn't until Saturday or later I imagine. With this in mind, it wasn't a big deal opting for sleep after scoping the scene.
I will certainly have more details about the Salvador Carnaval experience in about a week, but thought I would give a heads up as to what we are up to. No pictures yet, becuase I am a little reluctant to take my camera out into the streets. I shall buy a disposable and might try to scan them...we'll see.
Later!
Carnaval began last night at about 8pm and will carry on until next Wednesday, when lent begins. Carnaval is basically the last time to sin sin sin before the 40 days without meat (Carne). Because we arrived on Monday, we had a few days to kill before the chaos started so we killed some time with walking the streets, checking out the preparations, hitting up the beach (it was okay, but it's no Itacaré) and checking out the old city, Pelorinho. It seems the most abundant people here are Israelli tourists. We are very good at spotting them out, since we are living with 8 of them currently. Very good people and a lot of fun to party with, though sometimes difficult to keep all of us together.
Last night, we wanted to head out at about 8pm, but that didn't happen. From our apartment, we could see the streets becoming crowded with hundreds of people and finally made it out to join the masses at about 9:30pm. The 12 of us stayed together for about one hour (maybe two) before the inevitable split up happened. Some people wanted to go to Barra, and some decided to stay and enjoy the Blocos of Campo Grande. In the end, we all met up at the apartment at 2 in the morning, while the party was far from being over. It was merely just the beginning, and the climax isn't until Saturday or later I imagine. With this in mind, it wasn't a big deal opting for sleep after scoping the scene.
I will certainly have more details about the Salvador Carnaval experience in about a week, but thought I would give a heads up as to what we are up to. No pictures yet, becuase I am a little reluctant to take my camera out into the streets. I shall buy a disposable and might try to scan them...we'll see.
Later!
Photos: Most of our roomates in Salvadors after a game of "Yaar!"; Some traditional costumes (filhos do Ghandy) in Pelourinho; Matt and I in the Upper Old City pre Carnaval
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