I woke up with an early internal clock, and Josh was busy packing. The time was 5:40 am and it was already light out. We were upstairs and ready to go early, and we took a cab to the bus stop since it had been recommended not to walk. The junkies are said to be roaming and looking for us till near 7 or 8. It was raining and it was better not to take on the ups and downs of the cobblestones in a time sensitive scenario. I said goodbye to the cat and dog at the hostel, and we were off.
We were two of the first 4 or 5 people on the bus. We passed by some incredible murals as we left the center of Salvador. If I had the chance I would love to catalogue the murals and graffiti here in Brazil, especially in Rio and Salvador. By the time we got to the air port the bus was packed full. I had fallen asleep in my seat, and I woke up trying to eat a caramel, chocolate, peanut fountain. I hope someone saw me eating at the air. We had to practically shove people out of our way to get off the bus in time.
We lingered around and got some coffee. Checked in. Boarded at 9. Took off around 10. I didn’t sleep the whole ride because I had a window seat and the clouds were fantastic. There were so many different shapes and textures and varieties of clouds. We landed before one. To make it easier on Karin, we were told to take a bus to the other airport in Sao Paulo. This bus was too expensive but we took it because it was the only way there. I slept the whole way. We were starving when we got there, and the food there was too expensive and unappetizing. Hence we left the airport with our bags, and took the walk way over the freeway into the neighborhood to look for some sort of food. We had to be back in 30 minutes to meet Karin. We didn’t find any food accept for a guy selling popcorn and peanuts and chips. We both got a bag of peanuts and trudged back to the airport. We were there before Karin arrived.
Karin showed up and we headed off to Maresias, where Josh had met up with us at the beginning of the trip. I was exhausted and could not manage to speak. Along our drive we stopped to get some grub. The name eludes me. It was a crunchy hot pocket affair. There were all sorts of options to fill them with. I was a fan of my tasty morsel or morsels, whatever the name is. It was raining most of the way to the beach and the clouds hung on the mountains. We got in before it got dark. We stayed at Adolpho and Danny’s place. Kaio, Leslie’s fiancé, and some of his buddies showed up for a bit. This was my first time to get to meet him. He was obviously a nice guy right off the bat. They took off. We bought a 12 of beer. Back to the home stead. Had a few. Karin took off to meet up with Kaio and his buddies. Josh and I stayed up having a few more beers in between showers and gammon. We fell asleep while watching Donnie Darko on Josh’s laptop.
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