Candomblé and Brazil...
Thursday, July 13, 2006
Trying to keep a note of all the differences between Brazil and home, that you begin to take for granted while you're here. Will add more when I think of them...The plumbing: toilets get blocked if you put toilet paper in them, so you have to put all your waste into bins which can get messy in hostels!
Per kilo restaurants are everywhere. You stack your plate from a buffet then weigh it and pay a fixed price per kilo (or per 100g depending on the place). Usually the cheapest option for a semi-decent meal.
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Tonight we're going to a candomblé ceremony. This involves ritual posession or "incorporation" of priests by the orixás, or deities. Really looking forward to it! ¶ 12:36 PM
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Whoah!! Voodoo!! Did you get back ok??? Sounds like the religions are more tolerant nowadays..... Yeah, plumbing is the same in Greece... ;o} keep up the fun!! love dadda
ps I guess you've guessed that mum & me can't seem to get round the identity stuff without starting our own blog, which we don't really need to do as we're not having mega-adventures like you & Sal ;o(
ps I guess you've guessed that mum & me can't seem to get round the identity stuff without starting our own blog, which we don't really need to do as we're not having mega-adventures like you & Sal ;o(
# posted by 
: 12:55 PM
: 12:55 PM
Reckon Dave (Jackson?)knows more than us to get his NAME on his messages to you-smarty arse...Wondered what kind of plane took you to Salvador(which must rock-silence for a coupla days...)Did you have to wind it up at the front?This truly scares me...LOVE it that you go to some weird voodoo bash and then stop posting...have you found God? Did they fill you with peyote and leave you in a cave to find your inner self?ooooooooerrrrr
Walked out to Ganavan last night it being the BEST summer evening,watched the sun go down behind the morvern hills,the sea was striped with 100 shades of blue n green and the sky changed from blue to orange to dusky purples-was a nirvanah moment(yeah-can be magic here too!)Saved an old dog along millionaires row from bein squished by the little hotshots roaring down to Ganavan to....do what?Well,roar back again.So chatted to the old millionaire who owned Callum the lab and got EATEN by the midges who find you quick when you stand still for a minute(had any bother with flying things yet?)so am typing,scratching, typing,scratching....have you heard what's goin on in mideast?BAD stuff.Armageddon on the way?????Lebanon gets it again....On the embarrassingly mundane front,after much deviation from the norm,NICKI got the boot from BB last night.Muchos gobsmackitos!And "I KNOW BABE" is still there...WHAT???Nicki said she does the tantrum thing a lot, like on stations when she misses the train,and then has to sit in the carriage with all the folk who witnessed it...was quite shocked to SEE what it looks like,but not embarrassed!!!! Better get off-things to do etc..mumsy xxxxxx
Walked out to Ganavan last night it being the BEST summer evening,watched the sun go down behind the morvern hills,the sea was striped with 100 shades of blue n green and the sky changed from blue to orange to dusky purples-was a nirvanah moment(yeah-can be magic here too!)Saved an old dog along millionaires row from bein squished by the little hotshots roaring down to Ganavan to....do what?Well,roar back again.So chatted to the old millionaire who owned Callum the lab and got EATEN by the midges who find you quick when you stand still for a minute(had any bother with flying things yet?)so am typing,scratching, typing,scratching....have you heard what's goin on in mideast?BAD stuff.Armageddon on the way?????Lebanon gets it again....On the embarrassingly mundane front,after much deviation from the norm,NICKI got the boot from BB last night.Muchos gobsmackitos!And "I KNOW BABE" is still there...WHAT???Nicki said she does the tantrum thing a lot, like on stations when she misses the train,and then has to sit in the carriage with all the folk who witnessed it...was quite shocked to SEE what it looks like,but not embarrassed!!!! Better get off-things to do etc..mumsy xxxxxx
# posted by : 1:26 AM
: 1:26 AM
Ah-22o in Salvador-was 27 here yesterday and looks to be more today hehehehe....mob has been on fridge rejected since you n Mary went away.Tried yours to use up your credit but it went dead.Mary's not havin fun...got some weird O2 message from her,will no doubt hear more on Monday
# posted by : 1:33 AM
: 1:33 AM
Haha, plane to Salvador was quite modern actually - 2 rows of 3 seats and got some snacks for breakfast. Voodoo was actually a bit boring - very repetetive, though we stuck it out to the end. Mozzies are having a few goes here and there, Sal's been getting it worse than me though - 7 bites on her face!!!! :(
(It looked like hives - we thought she'd been cursed)
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(It looked like hives - we thought she'd been cursed)
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