Saturday we were in Salvador in the Brazilian state of Bahia. It is the capital of the state. It was the capital of colonial Brazil and was founded in 1549.. It has a strong African influence. It has a population of of 2.5 million. There has a quick rainshower as we were sailing in but it was nice (and hot) the rest of the day. Our excursion was "Easy Salvador".
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| a half moon |
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| The Southern Cross - The Diamond shape group of 4 stars. The 2 brighter stars to the left are Alpha Centauri B and Hadar. Yhey always point to the top star in the Southern Cross |
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| This was on the other side of yhr ship. It was picking up some of the sunrise color. |
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| Rain showers in the area this morning. |
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| A lighthouse |
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| A ferry crossing the bay |
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| Ship flying 4 flags left to right, the company flag, yellow flag requesting permission to enter the harbor, the dutch flag and then the Brazilian flag. |
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| A number of ships at anchor in the bay |
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| A brief rain shower |
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| And a bit of a rainbow started |
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| Kathy in her morning stretch class |
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| Passing a breakwater with a tug following us. |
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| Some entertainment |
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| Off on our excursion |
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| Our guide for today |
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| An outdoor elevator between the 2 levels of the city |
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| We drove past a park with a lake in it |
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| These statues of African women are in the lake in a park. These orixás are divine spirits of the Yoruba religion of West Africa They are venerated in Umbanda and Candomblé, two Afro-Brazilian religions |
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| The main footbal (soccer) statium |
We visited this Catholic church -Church of Our Lord of Bonfim
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| The ribbons of the Lord of Bonfim are colorful ribbons that are tied to the fence around the Church of Our Lord of Bonfim in Salvador, Brazil. The ribbons are a traditional way to make wishes and are believed to bring good luck. |
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| Inside, there was a service in progress |
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| A chapel with the room of miracles with wax skulls, arms, legs etc hanging from the ceiling and lots of pictures of happy people who have had their prayers answered |
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| Back to the bus |
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| We drove along a beach area |
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| We stopped to view the Barra Lighthouse which was build on top of an old fort in the 1690s |
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| On our drive back to the port area |
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| We stopped at a market for some shopping |
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| The poutdood elevator is near the market we went to |
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| The old city was on the hill and the lower area is on land reclaimed from the sea |
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| Coconut water for sale. |
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| Beautiful tiles on this building |
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| Back to the ship |
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| Some shots of the area around the ship before we sailed |
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| a fortress in the harbor |
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| We area away |
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| The lighthouse we went to. |
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| I photgraphed the sunset with my iPhone from our table in the main dining room. The sun shade screen was over the window and the window had streaks across it so pictures are not very good but I saw the sunset. |
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