Sunday, 6th February 2011
07.00hrs Skipper got up and did the blog and a few emails. Then we took off with Herman and Sylvia from Destiny. The crowd at Mass was small, not to mention the beggars asleep on the seats in the church.
Salvador has 365 catholic churches, thats one for every day of the year, most of them are Baroque in style but very run down. An effort is being made by the authorities to renovate some, however it is a monumental task to do them all. Following Mass, we walked over a half mile to the Carmelite convent, which has been converted into a luxurious hotel, and is a tribute to what can be done with these old buildings. We had tea and cakes there before going onto the Barra Shopping Mall, a 3 storey complex with lots of shops etc, but no supermarket.
Aileen did what most women like to do, get a pedicure done, while skipper explored the possibility of a visit to Foz do Iguacu, a massive waterfall place similar to Niagara waterfalls, plus a visit to Rio on the way back. It must be a 1000 miles or so from here. The cost of flights around here are huge, obviously, they have not heard of Ryan Air yet...
Later, we returned to the boat and cooked a chicken for dinner, a couple of vodkas for skipper and the cats my aunt. Aileen watched a girly DVD while all this was going on, and we had a relaxing evening.
Chessie and Crazy Horse arrived during the afternoon, that leaves only 2 boats still to arrive. One thing every one had was they all enjoyed St. Helena, our stopover there was a major success.
That's all for today,
Signed :- Stephen Hyde ( Skipper )