My last whole day in Salvador and to be honest I have nothing I really want to do except meet with Lara tonight and maybe go to a samba bar. It started raining at about 9am and continued for about 2 hours kind of limiting me on what I could get out and do. Around midday I went to the street markets to grab a few things so that I could cook lunch for Paulo to thank him for his hospitality. I made a Brazilian type Moqueca; which consisted of a vegetable, bacon and ...

Today I was up early and hoping to have my last breakfast with Guel before I said goodbye and moved to my new hosts place. Unfortunately she was off super early so instead I gathered my things - off which I now have far too many and headed to the bus stop. The bus came and after asking the ticket lady I found I was on the correct bus and headed in the right direction. It wouldn't have been 10 minutes and had arrived at Lago Santo de Campo and there waiting was my...

Today I had to be up early as Lara was picking me up from the apartment at 7:30. I once again hadn't got much sleep because of the Mosquitos, heat, uncomfortable couch and also Guels son stayed on the floor next to me and snored incredibly loudly all night. Lara's Mother came with Lara and collected me at 7:30am; because of the bus strike no one had to go to work. After three words of hello and nice to meet you (in perfect English) the rest of the 1 hour car trip...

Today the plan was to go to Praia de Forte - a beach just outside of Salvador. However waking up this morning I was presented with the all to familiar news that the bus drivers were on strike (this is the 5th time in Brazil now) and so I had no way of getting out to Lara's place. Mid-morning Guel returned and I got just 5 minutes to chat with her before she was out the door again (a very busy lady). I met Guels son and he insisted on making and having a Caiporini...

Another sleepless night and to go with that bloody Mosquitos were biting me all night. I had planned to meet up with a Couchsurfer by the name of Lara today (who is from Salvador) and go check out São Joaquim outdoor fruit and vegetable market. So in the morning I did my exercises, ate some of Brazils delicious fruit and sent out a few couchrequests both for Salvador and French Guiana. Eliane then returned and we had a really nice chat - using google translate a...