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A rather uneventful passage
We left the Abrolhos islands early on Friday morning for the 170nm passage to the city of Vitória on the mainland. With the conditions forecast, a nice 10-15k from [...]
Wildlife at the Abrolhos Archipelago
The Abrolhos Archipelago (in Brazil) is not to be confused with the Abrolhos Islands (also called Houtman Abrolhos Islands, in Australia). In both cases, the name Abrolhos comes from [...]
A two-day crossing to the Abrolhos
We departed Itacaré for our passage to the Abrolhos Archipelago in the afternoon. We had spent the morning provisioning at the local market, and timed our departure for just [...]
The lush coast of Bahía
Costa do Dendê South of Salvador, squeezed between the low uplands that rise 10 or 20 km to the west and the sea in the east, is an area [...]
Big swell in the marina
Back in Salvador After about a week cruising around in Baía de Todos-os-Santos, we returned to Porto Salvador Marina in Salvador to do some laundry and provisioning, before heading [...]
Exploring Baía de Todos-os-Santos
Looking for some peace and quiet Carnaval had been an intense time and our two weeks in Salvador had been busy. So, by way of recovery, we decided to [...]
Carnaval de Salvador
Blocos On the opening night of carnival, we decided to join sailors from a couple of other boats and move up a scale from our pre-carnival celebrations in Pelourinho [...]
Pre-Carnaval in Salvador
One of the main reasons we stopped in Salvador was to celebrate carnival (or carnaval in the Portuguese Brazilian spelling), which officially started on the 12th of February and [...]