Sunset down the street

December 25, 2006

Hi people, after a hella long flight from Chicago to Sao Paulo, we made it to Salvador, Bahia. We spent Saturday night resting and recovering from a long trip, then our host made this incredible spread of food for his employees and guest. He considers them all family. Great xmas food, Brazillian style and good drinks too. We had to nap in the hammocks after that meal, but managed to walk half a block to our local beach. Here are a fews shots Jaime took and I will sign out and let her say something about this place. Peace, out, Burr.

Ola! Todo bem! You can see from the photos that the beach is where the locals go for Christmas. So far, the people have been very helpful. A bummer that I am sick, but better to be sick here in Brazil than at home in the cold. The proprietor of our pousada, Joseph, insisted I come and drink a capirinha(one of the local drinks) to make me feel better ;'>

This is taken from the balcony outside our room. Leads down to the beach where we caught the sunset.

More about the flight here...apparently there is a nationwide protest from the airline workers in which they are delaying flights. This stems from the fact that air traffic controllers were blamed for the big crash in the jungle recently. The problem is the atc's are made responsible for more flights than they should be managing so they want to slow things down in order to make "them" hire more people and cut back the work overload.

Can you find Burr?

So far, all the people here have been very nice and helpful. For instance, the guy on the bus who handles the money asked a local passenger on the bus to lead us in the right direction for a taxi to the pousada. By the time we got to Porto da Barra where we are staying, it was dark, and we are quite aware that we shouldn't be traipsing around with our luggage at night in a big foreign city with which we are unfamiliar. Ahhh, the kindness of strangers is priceless.

Burr and Jaime with the wind and the Forte Santa Maria at their backs.