Arembepe

We are now in the small fishing village of Arembepe was brought to our attention by our guide in Lencois - Sparrow. Located 30 km north of Salvador, this small town is known most for the aldeia hippie (hippie village) at the north end of town. In 1967/8, Janis Joplin and Mick Jagger spent time in the hippie village - doing what hippies do best - taking their clothes off and smoking weed. The only difference today is that people wear some clothing. lots of mud and grass huts in between the palm trees and dunes!

The other special thing about Arembepe is that many rare and common species of turtles (tartuga) nest on the beaches here - and for some hundred kilometres north. One of the most dangerous things for turtles is ocean pollution - including plastic bottles, cups, string, polystyrene etc are turtle killers - as you can learn in the turtle education and protection centre. sadly, right out the front of the turtle santuary, the beach is littered with rubbish! briony and i filled a massive bag with plastic rubbish walking less than 500 metres around the sanctuary. i suppose, they don´t have the money to pay people to clean beaches...because the locals certainly don´t understand this concept.

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Arembepe has lots of improvised building - both on the inside and outside. Tile mosaics, stucco plaster, pastel colours and murals are common features on the outside. Inside our poussada beach hut, we have learnt to be wary of dodgy wiring, since we have both received strong eletric shocks in the last 24 hours!

















Back to the beach this afternoon.

Then tomorrow into amazonia.......

gregory

*********Numbers*********
Cheese on a sticks eaten: 0
Monkeys seen: 0
Attempted muggings: 0
Camera Obscurae in our bathroom: 0
Times we got on the wrong bus/train: 0
Mosquito bites: 13 (gregory), 75 (briony)
Different Beaches visited: 3
Different Waterfalls visited: 0
Bottles of water purchased: 5
Dominos/Playing cards found: 0