In Brazil the usual weekend shenanigans finally calm down by Monday night and in Salvador the streets ring with a quite buzz more in tune with a typical Sunday afternoon in England. Amidst the rare felt stillness the banging of bongos beating from a small room in Pelihourina ( a colonial district in...

Looking to my right I notice with a sharp double take a bowl that looks like its filled with dark, sensuous chocolate. Letting my senses lead me I ask the young Brazilian whom I believe is hedonistically indulging on endless amounts of dripping chocolate where he purchased such palatable gluttony. He...

Sao Joao Da Bahia

Salvador bursts with energy from the streets of the favelas to the gospel churches in the main square. In this city there is no quandary whether the Brazilian reputation for partying is justly deserved and it seems that given any excuse they will conduct a sizzling fiesta. ...