Journey was 19 hours and i was sat next to some fat bloke who decided to get off at every bloody stop.We arrived in Natal midday and straight to HI hostel, which was a witches castle full of black cats and overpriced rooms with clown paintings on the wall - what a treat!Day 1 - beach, eat and sleep (with earplugs)Day 2 - New hostel, beach, eat, internet, movie channel 55 intolerable cruelty and sleep(with earplugs)Day 3 - 70p bus to centre of Natal but decided to...

Well we have left Salvador now so I thought I'd give you an update.After the epic bus journey we settled into the Salvador spirit and met some great people. We started the week off with a dodgy 2 nights in a Poussada. It was overlooking a small square where we were lucky to see the Odolum drummers (famous for being on a Michael Jackson video!) and the big screen for the second Brazilian qualifier for the World Cup. The atmosphere was amazing! There was a sea of y...

Well we made it, after an 11.30 hr flight! A taxi picked us up from the airport, dont think it has been MOT´ed for a decade! There must have been a mix up because they had to squeeze 5 of us in, all with luggage - mental mental chicken oriental! We were all papping it a little but we made it to the El Misti Hostel. First impressions were not great but it was late and we were tired. We shared a 9 bed dorm with 5 other foreign men but we live to tell the tale. The...