Porto Seguro & Arraial d´Ajuda

The bus from Salvador direct to Rio de Janero is 26 hours (roughly). And coveres a large section of the country. It seemed obvious to break the journey and see somwhere on the way.

Porto seguro is a small town/city on the coast, it was the first place that the Portugese landed before colonialisation began. A ferry accross the estury takes you to a Arraial d´Ajuda. Arraial is a small slightly over touristy town, home of the largest water park in Latin America and. . . . . . not alot else. We met Oliver walking from the bus, stayed in a three bed room in the pousada Bouganville (which had its own pool!!!) and enjoyed the fantastic breakfast for three mornings. I got absolutely smashed on Caipirinha´s (Cacassa, which is sugar cane rum, limes and sugar) at a street bar, spoke to a guy who had ¨been to every country in the world, had 4 wives, had a class of car racing created just for him and raced formula1 winning his second race¨ jokes.

Apart from the water park, we saw some quality Capoiera at the sul de Bahia grading ceremony - a big event which involves people from Capoiera acadamies from all over the world. We were lucky to see it as we knew nothing about it until the last night it was on (our last night in Arraial).

Suzie and Oliver:

Some Capoiera, the wire mesh and poor light fucked up the photo´s

Getting a bit bored of backflips.

Getting very bored of backflips.