S-S-S-Salvador aka Bahía

Our hotel was just across the street from Bahía's oldest fort, Forte de Santo Antônio de Barra. By the way, a very nice place to watch the sunset.

Just on the other side of the bay lies a cool-lookin' lighthouse. If you look closely, there's a cable line from the end of the point into the water. Both of us agreed this would make for a killer zip line!

The cultural center of Salvador is known as Pelourino (portuguese for whipping post). This area used to be a major center for trade in the north of Brazil...slave trade not excluded, hence the name. All that aside, it's an area of capoeira (a Brazilian form of martial arts), cobble stone streets, and beautiful, colorful colonial buildings.