josh denne

Porto Seguro & Arraial d´Ajuda

Posted by josh denne | 1st August 2009

The bus from Salvador direct to Rio de Janero is 26 hours (roughly). And coveres a large section of the country. It seemed obvious to break the journey and see somwhere on the way.

Porto seguro is a small town/city on the coast, it was the first place that the Portugese landed before colonialisation began. A ferry accross the estury takes you to a Arraial d´Ajuda. Arraial is a small slightly over touristy town, home of the largest water park in Latin America and. . . . . . not alot else. We met Oliver walking from the bus, stayed in a three bed room in the pousada Bouganville (which had its own pool!!!) and enjoyed the fantastic breakfast for three mornings. I got absolutely smashed on Caipirinha´s (Cacassa, which is sugar cane rum, limes and sugar) at a street bar, spoke to a guy who had ¨been to every country in the world, had 4 wives, had a class of car racing created just for him and raced formula1 winning his second race¨ jokes.

Apart from the water park, we saw some qualit

Continued | South America, featuring fun.

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