Feb 8

We pull into the bus station in Salvador, relieved we had escaped Lençois, and half frozen due to air con blasting. No wonder anyone wants to sit in the front seats (1, & 2) . Catching a taxi into the Pelorinho we had our fingers crossed there was space for us in Laranjeiras, lest we had to find somewhere else. Thank goodness there was and we checked in, dumped our stuff and headed out to our FAVOURITE Salvadorian restaurant/cafe.. Cafe Bahia. It was 8:55am when we arrived, and in the pouring rain waited in anticipation for them to open. As one door/shuttered window opened we poked our heads in and gave them puppy dog eyes until they let us in. Açai with mango again, hot coffee, mint tea for Riki and a guava juice went down a treat for breakfast.
We then internetted for an hour, posting pictures and videos (thats right everyone check Nadine's facebook and youtube) until the rain stopped and the sun came out. We then sorted some capoeira classes and went back to our hostel to do a Mind Map - bringing back various hilarious memories. It is both starting to dawn on us how little time we have left and how we don't want our fun times to stop. Who would have thought we haven't throttled each other by now??!! No, but I have to admit, it has gone surprisingly well, and I couldn't think of anyone better to do this trip with. Kudos to my dear friend Riki - If I do it, she'll do it. And likewise, we egg each other on, and help each other push ourselves to do our best and face fears together.
So back to the day...
After donning our oh, so awesome capoeira pants we dawdled up the hill and spent the next hour capoeira-ing with a girl who knew her stuff. By the end of it we actually looked like we were coordinated enough to look good. We then booked in some samba classes, with an hour inbetween with which we utilised with fresh-out-of-the-oven Brigadeiro Cake.
Samba came up and instead of the Rio version we had previously learnt we were thrown in the deep end with the Bahian version. We struggled through the class finally getting the hang of it, but in conclusion decided that Rio was more our style.
So today has been one FULL of sweaty backs, sweaty fronts and sweat in general. To be repeated tomorrow....