This is the Bahia that Im living in for now.... Arraial D'Ajuda

I've been in Bahia for 5 days now. And it is beautiful. Here's what it's like.

Arrail D'ajuda is a small beach/tourist/fishing town on the coast. It is sunny and unbelievably hot out every day. There are lots of tourists, but not as bad as florianopolis. All of the people that actually live in Arraial know each other.
I've also been doing capoeira every day with my group here. In fact, I've been taking classes with the mestre of Sul da Bahia. And you know what? Everybody here knows what Capoeira is.
Today I bought fabric so I can have someone make me my very own personal pants for capoeira.
I'm staying in a pousada, a family run motel/bead and breakfast type thing. It isn't nice, but I like it. The couple that owns the place have the pousada, which is also their house where two of their daughters and a niece live as well, and also have a restaurant that one of the daughters runs. Two of their daughters got married to foreigners... one moved to california and the other moved to Italy.
Last night after capoeira I didn't want to do anything, so I sat in the living room and watched the butterfly effect dubbed over in Portuguese... that movie is weirddddd.
Yesterday as I was walking around I was watching two guys carying 5 foot-long fish into a store that sells fish (I dont think theres a name in english... maybe). Before that, I sat down behind a church to look out over the ocean and this guy selling hammocks and I started talking. He saw that I had an infected blister on my foot and recommened I get some stuff from the farmacy. Later, he accompanied me to go get it since I wasnt quite sure what he was saying.
There's this one street that, at night, street vendors set up stands and make all different types of alcoholic, tropical drinks and smoothies for 5 reais.... about 3 dollars of fresh fruit and a little too much vodka, which is perfect.
I'm never in a hurry when I walk around here. In fact, I usually walk as slow as possible. Especially since I have this horrible blister on one of my toes.
Thankfully, since I learned in Limahow tiring it can be just to start a conversation with a boy, I have barely talked to any while I'm here.
Also, I met this really cool girl from Holland.

So, it's all good. I'm very happy.
I didn't really like São Paulo that much... its very modern and business-like and very... I dont know, didn't have what I was looking for. It had huge, air-conditioned shopping malls, with over-priced parking garages and movie theatres playing Hollywood movies. In São Paulo, I felt like I was in any big city in any part of the industrialized world.
Even though I can't speak Portuguese like I can speak Spanish, I found out that I can still have a pretty meaningful conversation with someone and find my way around somewhere I've never been.

I miss all of you who are reading this... see you soooooon.

Im in Bahia...!

Hey everyone.
I made it to Bahia late this afternoon. It was a fiasco, all because I was an idiot and forgot my passport. Here's how it went.

Friday at 7 30 am my flight was supposed to leave for Porto Seguro. Well, I left my passport at Mariahs dads and no one could bring me it. So I had to change my flight. In order to do that, it took me about a half an hour of conversing in Portuguese at 6 30 in the morning about what my options were.
The best and only option within my budget and time frame was change my ticket for the following day at 12 40 for approximately $1oo. Fine. whatever. So I did.
I went back to Mariahs dads. An hour and a half away- 2 bus rides and 3 metro stations away.

Saturday. Get to the airport. Wait in line for 2 hours. Get to the baggage check in at last call for my flight to board. The lady tells me my ticket wasnt changed to go all the way to Porto Seguro. Just to Salvador. Okkkkkk.....
So. Now I cant even get on that flight. However, they sent my bags to wherever bags go after the lady throws it on the conveyor belt.
So I go look to change my flight.
The only option is to pay $50 more. For something that is only half my fault- because I couldnt understand the conversation I was having the day before, apparently!- And leave the following day, Sunday at 8pm. I was n-o-t, not happy. god. I was pissed.
But also, could go put myself on the waiting list for a flight a 3pm to Porto Seguro. Fine.

So, I had to go find out if they had gotten back my baggage. Nope. They hadnt. It was sent off to Salvador. Were I would not be going. The people at the airline told me that they had already sent for my bags to go from Salvador to Porto Seguro.
Thankfully. At the last minute, I got on the flight to Porto Seguro, without baggage, but happy taht I wouldnt be waiting until the following night to arrive.

So, I got to Porto Seguro and of course the people dont have my bags. Which I expected. We are in South America. But Im fine. because its beautiful. Im happy, I found the people I was looking for and I have a place to stay. Also, since I had no luggage, I got to take a mototaxi to the ferry that took me across a river. A mototaxi here is a motorcycle that is a taxi. It made my day to ride on one of those.
Maybe my bag will get here tomorrow. I hope.

Anyways. I can kind of understand Portuguese now. Which is good. I like Brazil a lot. Maybe I will live here someday.