Famous Carnival City....

Well, lets say that first impressions weren't everything for the city of Salvador, a city in northern brazil in a state called Bahia. At first, its seemed like there was nothing to see and it was just a really smelly city - pakistan/thailand-ish with a very african feel. The more north you go in Brazil, the more african it gets and the south has more of a European feel. 

We are staying the Barra area of Salvador, which defiantely keep much less sketchy than the Pelouriho area of Salvador although that is where a lot of backpacker hostels are. The first night we were here, we roamed around our area and ended up having drinks (i.e. diet cokes for me) with a much of Aussies. I have never NOT run into Aussies - they love to travel! It was definately a very entertaining evening - they were hilarious! We might meet up with them in Rio b/c they will be there at the same time as us! We also met our 1st Canadian traveler while in Brazil. 

The next morning while sightseeing, we met two guys from our hostel who ended up being our tour guides for the rest of our days here! It was so great to have Portuguese speaking ppl to talk for us and bargain for taxis etc. Although they were boderline geeky and one reminded me of a family friend, Rahim Nazarali, they were such gentlemen and made the experience in Salvador that much better! This place is mostly known for its music - samba, funk and reggae. Last night we went to an Oludum concert which is a band that is featured in Michael Jacksons triller video. It was a really cool experience - the band was playing and a few members of the group would teach the audience a dance routine to go with the music. Sounds random probably but it was amazing! So roudy! 

The food here is awesome too and we definately tried a lot more of the local food b/c we had ppl to translate and recommend different foods. 

Gotta catch the bus to the airport so i will write again soon! sorry for bad grammer etc

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