Golfinhos Bay – La Bahia de los Golfinhos

I can’t see anything.
Me neither.  Maybe they come only at a certain time, like the ones in Monkey Mia.
I don’t know, tomorrow we’ll come earlier.
After a swim and a coco verde gelado sitting on the shore and feeling a bit disappointed for not having seen any dolphins in the so-called Bahia dos Golfinhos, we decide [...]

Black Pelourinho – Pelourinho negro

After the rain kept us indoor for a week in Porto Seguro, we decided to air out our growing mould moving north towards sunny Salvador of Bahia.
But again the rain was quicker than us and a rainy Salvador welcomed us instead. Thankfully it only stayed with us one day and finally said goodbye for a [...]

Jericoacoara´s tale – La historia de Jericoacoara

Not so long ago, Jericoacoara was a small fishing village in the shoreline of the Atlantic Ocean. One day, some gringos showed up in the village. “They probably have gone lost” thought the inhabitants. They were not lost at all; they were looking for the wind. Wind to push the sails of their windsurfing boards. [...]

Learning a new rythm- Part 2 / Aprendiendo un nuevo ritmo- Segunda parte

The outside has been a lot more colourful and interesting.
Leaving Rio on a bus with direction São João del Rei, we lived a memorable moment.
When the bus driver finished taking the tickets and everyone was seated, standing in the middle of the aisle, he said for everybody something more or less like this:
“My name is [...]

Learning a new rythm- Part 1 / Aprendiendo un nuevo ritmo- Primera parte

After an initial adapting period of two-three days, where I felt unusually tired, supposedly due to the warmer weather temperatures combined with the jetlag from the flight and most probably caused by the ‘resaca’ (pronounced hesaca and meaning hangover) from the caipirinhas, my body finally reacted to the amazingly tasty fresh highly energising fruits we [...]