Sailing around the World
A Lady
Stephen Hyde
Mon 7 Feb 2011 10:47
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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" to the Cathedral for 09.00 Mass,
The crowd at Mass was small, not to mention the
beggers 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
Carmalite 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 possability of a visit to " Foz do
Iguacu"
a massive waterfall place simular to Niagra
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 vodka's for skipper and the cats my aunt,
Aileen watched a girlie 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 stop over
there was a major success.
thats all for today
Signed :- Stephen Hyde (
skipper )
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