Northern Brazil - Salvador to Fortaleza

We have spent the last 10 days slowly making our way up the coast by bus - about 30 hours and 1,700 kilometres in total.

Aracuja was a bit stormy when we arrived

Maceio was much nicer

Recife, founded in 1537, was much more interesting. There are many rivers, bridges, islets and peninsulas and it's often referred to as "The Venice of Brazil". We went on a catamaran cruise along the main river and finished at Recife Antigo, the historic old town centre.

In the afternoon we saw a few of the pre-carnival bands and groups playing, so we decided to stay in the old town for the evening and enjoy the entertainment

From Recife we headed to Natal for a few days then to Fortaleza. Here is the view from our apartment.

Tomorrow morning we fly to Manaus, about 4,000km inland, for our Amazon jungle trip. Four days of exploring, no electricity, phone signal or internet. We are expecting to be eaten alive by bugs. I've got lots of bug spray and anti-malarials and we've had our vaccinations so see you on the other side...