Mar 2009

In the morning 11:00 I took the boat back to Salvador. Had eaten something bad and my stomach was a bit of a itch. This time the boat trip wasn´t that funny.

So I arrived in Salvador with my Lonely Planet in my hands showing the map of Salvador. However, this guy came to me and said that he´d show me the hotel I was looking for. It was only 200 meters further. We arrived at the hotel and I thanked him. He said `now you give money because I show hotel´ as I replied `haha, I thought you were just a nice guy` and I walked in the hotel. My Lonely planet allready warned me for that scam...

I spend the rest of the day in an internet cafe and in my room as I didn´t feel too good. On the other side`juressic park´ is allmost finished...

My arm muscles were exhausted by the surving of yesterday so I used my legs today. I went hiking to see some beautyfull places and I saw a lot.

However, hiking with 35 degrees is hard and I came back to the hostel to rest in my ´hangmat´ for the rest of the afternoon. I became so lazy that I did only a beachwalk in the evening and I went to the hostel to prepair the trip back to Salvador. Got the boat ticket, packed my bag and went to sleep...

On the island there were a couple of courses you could follow, and surfing was one of them. I always wanted to surf so I did. First I learned some basics of the beach but not so long after this we were in the sea trying to stand on the board while riding a wave. I fel, and I fel, and I fel another time. But, the very last wave I was on the board for about 2 seconds. This seems short but it felt very long. I was proud However, after the two seconds I fel and my toe met a rock, and the rock said hello. Now my toe was bleeding and I got out of the water. (Mom it´s not so bad, as I write this, it´s almost healed and I got Betadine).

In the evening I went to the dancing rock again. The friends of yesterday left today, so I had to make some new friends and I did. This time it was a paradise romance...

Pfff, 4:30 am and my alarm rings. Take a shower, drink coffee and get into the cab to the airport. In Salvador I took a minibus to Praca da Se, where the boat would bring me to the Paradise Island Morro do Sao Paulo. The boat wouldn´t leave for another 1,5 hours so I took the time for a nap.

The sea was rough, as many passengers became seasick. But after some 2 hours we arrived at the dock of Morro. The inhabitants were very nice as they carried all bags to everybodies hotel or hostel, over the many hills of the island. My hostel was of top of one hill and I paid about 90 euros to be in paradise for 4 days! In the evening I had some dinner and I heared some dance music from the beach. Actually on a high rock, there was this dancing with a view of the sunset and this palm tree. That made me really happy. As I drunk my caprinha I met some friends and had a night full of fun.

In the morning I planned where to go after Rio. So, I checked by travellers bible, lonely planet, and I decided to go to Salvador, or near Salvador. As I read my bible, I read about Morro do Sao Paulo. Has nothing to do with Sao Paulo, but it´s a nice island. So I booked the hostel and the flight to Salvador. However, the week start with sunday here and as sexta-feira (friday) and sabato (saturday) both begin with a ´s´, I made the mistake to book the flight on friday instead of saturday. So, one day less in Rio, but I had this city-tour today and could see the whole city afterall.

We went to Cisto Redentor, the beaches Ipanema and Cassablanca, a bit of one favalla, samba drum school, the cathedral and Pao d´Acucre. We had a nice group of people, Australia, Germany, England, Ireland, Switserland, Argentinia and Chili. After the day I was tired and my plane would leave at 6:45 the next day, so time to sleep.