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Beyond Old Town
When darkness began at 5:30 & we'd been resting a bit in our hotel room, by 7:00 it was time to head out again . . . going south out of town to the lighthouse~harbor. Even though we wouldn't see it in the daylight, nor get to tour the inside of the adjacent fort, our son wanted us to get to another area of Bahia while we were in the area. This is the 1698 Fort & Farol (i.e. lighthouse) da Barra, South America's oldest lighthouse. (Note: With this son in past years, we've toured all the forts along the U. S.'s coastline of SC, GA, & FL, plus the one south of New Orleans, so we had an idea of what this would be like. They're a very interesting part of our country's early years of history, why they're in the shape of a star, etc.) This was a 45-minute Uber ride ($9 going; $4 back) from Salvador, but that in itself had interesting points along the way. (https://mapcarta.com/26954566)
~ some odds & ends that caught my eye ~
Back in Old Town, Salvador
Sunday morning we begin to hear the music & chanting from this church.
The Church of the Third Order of Our Lady of the Rosary of the Black People
is an 18th-century Roman Catholic church in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. Construction of the church took almost 100 years.
Africans born south of the Equator, referred to as Banto, were generally from Congo and Mozambique. Membership in this church was first extended only to people of Bantu background and their descendants.
Membership to the Brotherhood was extended to all Brazilians of African descent in 1896.
~ Time to Leave ~
What an amazing Cultural Experience!
Uber to airport, $6.
Salvador's airport with the white sands.
Going home with 2 very representative, colorful magnets. ($1 each) A very good corned beef lunch item at the airport, and got another gelato!
gelato about $1 a scoop
Off we go into the wild blue yonder . . . to the Atlantic, again.
Home Sweet Home (5 minutes away in an Uber!) & it's still daylight.
West of Recife's international airport . . . no high rises.
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