Carnival in Salvador, Brazil - Days 1 - 5/6/7... So happy it doesn't matter!

There have been grand plans and thoughts for the blog - but honestly, we are just exhausted! The 36 hour trip meant that we left our places at 10 am on Monday, Feb 8th and didn’t arrive at our hotel until 10 pm on Tuesday! So here are some lowlights and highlights:

Lowlights:

* It took us 36 hours to get here.

* Carnival lasting until 5 am by our hotel. Ugh - as if Yuko doesn’t have enough sleep issues.

* Not yet acclimatized to the weather. We’re calling it our first week sweats…

* Not understanding Portuguese. Like at all. And no, the Spanish is really not helping. But Yuko is a great mime ;) She ordered spaghetti and got a salad. We pointed to a potato dish and said no carne (meat) and it had chicken instead. Oh good times. Ha ha ha.

Highlights:

* Dancing in Carnival in the rain. There was something so sexy and primal about the intense heat, the cool rain on our skin and the crazy music and vibe in the Barra section of Carnival.

* Making our Abada shirt - People get really artistic about it. Imagine a basketball like jersey and then imagine every single cut, design you can think to make it sexy and it’s there. It becomes tube tops, ripped a la Flashdance style, a bandana shirt. It’s so cool.

* Partying at Carnival until 4 am.

* Finding a Soya Burger for Yuko. 1 down. As for me, I had a Completo Burger which had 5 types of protein! Cheese, Hamburger patty, Ham, Sausage, Egg! It’s like Meat Heaven/Vegetarian Nightmare.

* Land of No Shame - We have never seen sooooo many muffin tops in our lifes. And when we say MT, we mean like let it all hang. Oh, that and jean shorts are alive and kicking. It’s like the 80s everywhere.

* The weather - it’s nice and hot at around 32 and cools to a balmy 28 at night…

* We are averaging roughly about 15,000-25,000 steps a day - that’s what my pedometer/alarm/watch says.

* We’re starting to lose weight. That saying women don’t sweat, we glow - does not apply in Brazil. Period. Luckily, we decided to fatten a bit before we left so it’s like Survivor - we’re good. We have the extra layers to survive on.

*** Pictures to follow when we get to our next destination - which looks like a great beach up North for some Kitesurfing! Yay!