I'm sweating...or I'm wet...or...you know. I haven't even thought about the humidity here, until today when it's about 90 percent and NOT raining. Don't mind it that much, except that about 30 sec after I've taken a shower I wanna do it again. Ah well, I won't complain'. Up in the north of Sweden the power is out because of the snow and cold. And without the man-made sun, it's dark up there. Really dark.
So, my 4 days in Arraial D'ajuda is coming to an end. I was planning on going to Caravelas and from there take a boat trip to the national park/islands 2 hours off the coast. But the it's raining there now and will keep raining the whole week so... And I just missed the 2,5 day trip, which left yesterday, so I'm gonna continue to Vitória tonite. An 8 hour overnight bus ride.
Arraial has been sooo nice. I love this little village and understand why alot people are buying houses here and keep coming back. Although I thought this would be high season and all the pousada would be packed, it still hasn't got going yet. I'm not complaining since I can still pick and choose where I want to stay and don't have to book in advance.
And this thing about blending in as a tourist. As long as I don't talk too much, I blend in really well. Especially here in Bahia, where 80% of the population is of color (that is darker, and of african descent). So people sometime has a hard time figuring me out, which I can tell by looks and their questions. "Do you live and work here or...?" Guess it's not too common to see a black guy traveling around by himself and just chillin on the beach. Apart from backpackers, I mostly see white, middle-class couples and families (upper middle-class I should say, since middle-class here in Brazil is basically everyone not living in poverty or opulence) from Sao Paolo and Rio traveling out of state to, for instance, Bahia. Even the beach vendors walking around selling food and "krims-krams" just ignores me 70% of the time. Which is a blessing I guess, but I still haven't gotten used to their funny reaction when they realize I'm not from around here. :) Or people assume that I'm in town playing music with a band, mainly because I have dreads and not dressed like a hippie. And it's happened more then a few times! I should just play along and be given the VIP treatment with the free drinks, afterparties and the club-promoters mansion with all the girls. Well, scratch that last thing...
Allright, next post will be from Vitoria hopefully. Be well, y'all.
