Sao Luis, Brazil

Is it dance or martial arts?

Impromptu. This looked like an unrehearsed combo of music and dance but was great!

The essential juice. The dancers and musicians are lubricated with a home-brew version of this.

Wild moves

Musician

Fascinating sounds. Even the other musicians were fascinated by the strange whooping sounds of this drum.

Uncomfortable furniture

Now that's a dining table!

Me, Luisa, Eduardo and Merel. Sorry about the quality!

Doorway

Old Town street

Fascade

Festival Streetscape

More Dancing

A Heavy Load. Merel and I both had the urge to run up and help the poor guy

Eduardo, Luisa and Merel in the Old Town

Not so Traditional . Eduardo doesn't know how to translate, Merel wants to know, and Luisa works it out: PUSSY!

The Hat. Merel looking elegant

Crab in Tequila. But how does the crab get in the bottle?

My new head band

Interior Jungle. Many of the old buildings have no interiors. This one didn't even have a roof.

Steps into the Old Town

Festival onlooker

Portuguese Facade. Many fascades are clad with tiles imported from Portugal

Pre-car streets

Me on the steps

Merel

Eduardo the wannabe rastafarian

District Sign. Local signs are beautiful ceramic

Red Herron. Many of these spectacular birds come to feed on crabs at low tide.

Patient bird. These birds stand for ages waiting for a crab to emerge from it's mud burrow.

Stuck in the mud. When the 7m tide goes out Anjea sinks into the soft mud.

Merel ventures ashore. That's her next to the dinghy on the beach talking to some locals.

View from our first anchorage. The upmarket end of 'new' Sao Luis.

The tide is out. It's a very strange feeling being stuck in the mud like this!

The Old Town. The Old Town looking across the bay from our first anchorage.

Old Town street

Old Town Fascade

Food vendor

Luisa and Eduardo at the Festival

Merel, Luisa and Eduardo

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