It has been an awesome time in brazil. Started in Salvador from the last blog and from there took an eight hour bus to a little gem to the west away from the coast. It is a totally outdoor lovers paradise with endless adventure which is why I stayed longer than intended.
The first day I went to a cave, and can't recall the name...go figure. It is the largest in chapada and I was really looking forward to it bc I hadn't been I a cave since I could remember. Well I or all the cave I could handle that day spending nearly 5 and a half hours underground with no light but the cheap rental the guide gave me. Forgot my headlamp. Well it was tough and think and hot and amazing as well haha, amazing stalagmites and stalactites and just amazing how many different worlds there on on te planet. I took almost three hundred pics and had trouble narrowing the ones to put up. It was insane though
The next two days I met a lot of locals and brazilians and my first Saturday night was one of the best nights I've had since leaving buenos aires. We went to a cafe/bar and there was a guitarist and all my friends told me to grab my guitar and it literally turned into a jamfest after a whole little band came to jam. I was understanding more and more Portuguese as well as discovering I had learnt more Portuguese than I thought and could put thoughts together. Anyways I could write about this forever but I'm typing on my iPhone and it's annoying.
The next several days were just day holds to waterfalls, natural slides, mesas, and I met two Israelis a German and a Swiss. We all decided after a couple day holes that we should get deeper and we hired a guide to take us to the number three most beautiful place I. South America vale do paty (patchy). And it was so worth it. Gret group, great hikes, great terrain and lots of swimming yAY. When we're returned I was supposed to again leave but then I heard about te weekend festivities which included a cultural horse fair where people rode from another nearby town to lencois where they were welcomed by families and friends. Very nice.
The German guy, Felix, and I decided to head to morro together where I am now. It's been fun. Beautiful place. Very tranquillo with a nearly empty beach outside the vendors trying to scrape every penny they could. Felix left today and ive found myself again bored and antsy and need a more social atmosphere and adventure which as I read Itacare has both. I really want to spend a couple days surfing before hauling ass south. So I think I'll be there until roughly the 26th and taking a bus or a cheap plane to rio to meet a Max, a buddy from school who decided to come down! Excited to meet rio as I have possible plans of moving down there after Christmas to hunt for some work and learn Portuguese. The Brazilian economy is the 5 or 8th biggest in the world right now and have heard job opportunities for English speaker (and bc I know Spanish and will learn Portuguese) a prime candidate. Anyways this is all I can write now.
Still loving the road and very excited to meet up with so many people alig the way. Max in rio, Shanny in Peru and Ecuador, mom and mark in Ecuador, and luli in Colombia, so even though I'm alone for a bit longer I am so happy knowing I am beig visited and will be able to share my adventures with friends and family and they will become characters and huge pieces I this 11month long journey. So for now tchau e bom noite
Hey James! The name of the cave you went is "Torrinha". Check this out (in Portuguese): http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/turismo/americadosul/brasil-chapada_diamantina-caverna_torrinha.shtml []s
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