Travelin Monkey

The island is know for cheap lobster and cheap jumbo shrimp because they have a ton of it around the island. We met up with Flo, her room mate, this british girl, and a girl from Astonia. We spent the day screwing around and had dinner together, then bummed around the island.

The next day we decided to try the fantastic sea food. EVERYONE got jumbo shrimp except my smart ass that decided to get the lobster tail. About 4 hours later, we decided to go out clubbing, when the rumbling began. At one point, on the third beach, I started to sweat, looked at Matt, and said “I need to keys!”

I don’t think I have ever sprinted so fast in my LIFE. I made it to the hotel on time, BUT, the keys are angled here. I couldn’t for the love of GOD figure it out, and BAM, food poisioning, stomach clenched, I had soiled myself I spent the next 2 days royally screwed up.

We headed off with Flo to Salvador de Bahia on the 14th of July on a catamaran. This was the first major city we were going to. We are staying in the Pelourinhio district. This is the first city established in Brasil through the trafficking of slaves from Africa. There is a huge African culture here. Our first night, we are staying in a youth hostel by the way, we got there and a lady was turning 50. Ther family brought out the congo drums and people were walking around the streets, signing and dancing, playing the drums! It was amazingly fun!

Beatu warned us to be careful here because it can get dangerous. Matt’s brother gets here in a couple of days and I am going to take off to go back to the states! I decided not to take a 34 hour bus ride back down to Sao Paolo, and I bought airfare to fly to Sao Paolo and wait for 10 hours at the airport to connect to my flight to the states.

Tomorrow we go exploring the city once more. Tuesdays are holy here, so everyone prays from 6-8 pm then parties until 2 am in the morning!!

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