Gallery: Six days, Three hostels and one birthday in Salvador de Bahia!

I have always been interested in Capoeira, and Salvador is famous for it. There are many masters and groups based here.

I have always been interested in Capoeira, and Salvador is famous for it. There are many masters and groups based here.06-Jun-2009 19:34, Canon Canon EOS 400D DIGIT, 10.0, 28.0mm, 0.004 sec, ISO 400

Salvador de Bahia is Brazil´s Capital of Happiness,  and the third most populous city. We´d heard a lot of amazing things, although we knew they´d be curtailed by my knee injury. It has crazy weather, incessant begging and a high crime  rate; it also has amazing parties, a magnificent historic centre and fascinating African roots. We stayed in three different hostels, hit the town for Samba, and I even got a haircut!

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