It was a dozen kilometres north of today’s Porto Seguro that Pedro Álvares Cabral claimed Brazil for the Portuguese Crown on 22 April 1500. Note that I don’t say discovered Brazil. It’s not out of an overtly strong sensitivity about the Eurocentric word ‘discovery’, no. It’s because he simply didn’t. There had been at least […]
Sounds of Salvador Carnival 2012
I have tried to upload a few videos to show people what it means to be in Salvador during Carnival. Most of them are under a minute, so you won’t be bored. I am a more of a photographer than a cameraman, so beware. This is from the first night in Campo Grande, where I […]
Images of Salvador Carnival 2012
It’s now the fifth day of Salvador Carnival (with one more to come) and this gringo is more than tired after dancing in the streets for four days already, checking his wallet and smartphone every half an hour and staggering to his dorm at 4am waking up everyone and his wife. I mean, even Rio […]