Salvador - the long weekend

For the long weekend some of us decided to travel again . 2 went to Rio De Janeiro, 4 to Porto Da Galinhas and I joined the trip to Salvador with Sharon (Singapore)  , Drew, (USA) Yvonne (UK) , Daniel  (Australia ) and Stefan (Switzerland). We had left Daniel to sort out the accommodation and had agreed that a hostel would be fine . He found a lovely hostel on outskirts of Salvador over looking the beach . Only one downside was that it was a room for 6 , two bunk beds and two beds on the floor . It was like student life all over again . Toilets and showers 2 flights down but a lovely balcony with hammocks . I spent 2 nights on the hammocks just sleeping and listening to the sounds of  the waves 

We had a brilliant time .  Salvador is a very different cultural experience from Recife . It's the port where the slaves were brought from Africa by the Portuguese and there is still a very vibrant African influence including the practice of Candomble . An African originated , Afro-Brazilian religion practiced chiefly in Brazil . The religion is based on the Anima(soul) of the natural environment . It was developed in Brazil through the knowledge of African priests who were enslaved and brought to Brazil together with their mythology , culture and language between 1549 and 1888. 

Everywhere we went there was music , on one of the evenings we went to Porto Barra where there was Forro dancing outside . On Saturday evening we went to see the sunset down by the beach next to the Museum Of Modern Art and then to a jazz concert on the each for the rest of the night . On the first night we met with a colleague from IBM, Danielle  who is a singer and we went to her gig in a small restaurant , it was a great night .