Underwater and incognito! Whew! we are at sea and have left Morro de Sao Paulo behind us – It's very beautiful, But that's not our idea of an authentic corner. We also caught the crève there under the showers… or is it a memory of the air conditioning of the Yacht Club de Bahia?
We participated in the regatta… and celebrated! After almost a month in the Baia de “todos os Santos” It is time to continue our journey south. The decision is made and all we have to do is go through Salvador for the exit formalities. On the road we race…
We leave the island of Matarandiba and go around islands and sandbanks to find the mouth of the Rio Paraguaçu. The same evening the anchor is placed in a narrow arm of the river on the edge of mangroves (with Jacques, Karine and Georges from the boat “Moana”). Red Ibises fly from one shore to the other… their red color…
4 January. First stop on our tour of the “Baia de todos os santos”, the island of Matarandiba about ten miles south of the marina. Sailing down the Itaparica Canal between the sandbanks (well marked with poles) and small islands with beaches lined with coconut palms…
31 December 2010… 14 hours… What are we going to do for New Year's Eve? Jacques is already in the game. A jump on Pico, then on the Assinie Xavier and Julie's boat… We all meet on Hibiscus after sunset. Everyone brings a dish + drinks…
We finally have news from Jacques (Moana). It should arrive just before the new year… So we decide to stay in Itaparica for a week and live quietly at the peaceful pace of the village… except in the evening when the waterfront is the venue for a decibel competition… cars crammed with loudspeakers that…
We decide to return to Salvador by ferry to discover the other side of the city!!! (the first visit being to carry out the entry formalities). We leave early in the morning from the anchorage of Itaparica and take a “kombi VW” (An ageless estafette, dented on all sides, speeding along the slopes…
We will spend a quiet Christmas Eve in the village of Itaparica. But…