“No wonder they need to believe in God,” my mum sighed when she first saw Salvador’s Lower Town and its sprawling favelas.
Salvador, the Easy Version, Stunning Sunsets Included
I’m not skipping places just because this is where guidebooks send you.
From Morro to Salvador, the Very Hard Way
All mildly superstitious travellers pay attention to signs.
7 Days in Morro de São Paulo – A Half-Paradise, Wonderfully Strange Island
It’s not the giant ant going back and forth on one of the tens of thousands of cables connecting things to… power? Internet? It’s not the air-con dripping…
I Turned 43 in Morro de São Paulo, of All Places – and It Was a Good One
I turned 43 in Morro de São Paulo, on Ilha de Tinharé—good pick.
How to Take Your Mum to a Remote, Exotic Bahia Island
First, there’s the boat, a two-to-three-hour catamaran ride on open water—it’s notorious for seasickness.