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Uninspired

Saturday, November 18th, 2006

Overall, my stay at the luxury resort has been uninspiring. It’s a run-of-the-mill deluxe resort with the pool/sauna/swim-up bar, etc. The kind of place where you get nickel and dimed on everything. For instance, for the in-room safe, I had to pay R$4. I got the safe for FREE in the R$38 hostel room. I […]

Rally Brasil

Friday, November 17th, 2006

Driving in Brasil is fucking great!!!
This morning, I checked out of my hotel and since I had half the day to kill before I could check into my next hotel, I rented a car to drive up north of Salvador to go to a beach outside of the city. I got a VW Gol (not Golf). I believe it’s […]

Yoko?

Thursday, November 16th, 2006

Last night, Itotally had a Twin Peaks moment. I decided to check out the sushi bar near the hotel called Yoko. It looks brand new and the menu had July 2006 on it, so I’m thinking that it’s actually brand new. At thedoor, a blonde Amazonian woman is greeting people. She’s very beautiful and has […]

Part Deux

Wednesday, November 15th, 2006

Continued from Mais Histórias Viajem…
After dinner, we made our way to the various plazas that were hosting live music. The first plaza had a drum troup. We caught the last two songs, but I was accosted by a drunk Brazilian who just wanted to repeat the names of English cities to me. It started with […]

Mais Histórias Viajam

Wednesday, November 15th, 2006

This might be a long post since I didn’t get to post yesterday. I forget how hard it is to motivate to write a post and also email in one session.
Yesterday, I got up early, had breakfast, and went for a culture tour of the city. The first museum I visited was the Afro-Brazilian museum, which […]