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…
Finally we leave Jacaré and the port of Cabedelo. We are happy because this place did not inspire us! Chris and Penny, an English couple from Wales, leave at the same time as us on “The Spirit of the Sea”. We decide to set out together. The day before we had a party with our friends…
Expedition to find fresh shrimp on the market and make the formalities of exit from the State of Paraïba. And yes, we finally decided to move and join Salvador de Bahia for the end of year celebrations. We leave with Jacques and go up the village street to the station. Objective, take…
We take advantage of these few days to discover a village (with Sam and Jacques) on the other side of the river, behind mangroves and palm trees. To go there we take a boat with 13 People on board + a bicycle. It goes at full speed , at the wave of water to another…