Video of Praia 24 horas

Here is a short video of last night's event, shot by my partner in all things Bahia, featuring me in the water. Unfortunately there was no music being played at the time.

Beaches open 24 hours

A news article led us to the "Praia 24 horas" event, last night in Porto da Barra. A stage was mounted in the middle of the bay inlet where the boats usually achor and a free Bossa Nova concert was given from 7pm until 2am with various artists, some well known, some just locally known. All one had to do was show up and find a place to park. There were food vendors and drink vendors and guys walking around with LED blinking toys. It was generally family friendly.




You could swim out to the stage and watch the concert treading water if you so desired, as long as you didn't try to hang on it (I actually saw a guy reprimanding some swimmers for doing this, which really surprised me since generally no one really cares if little social rules like this are broken). A large screen was mounted on the beach to show close up video feed of the singers.


You can see how far away the stage was, so this video was a nice touch. Also on the schedule were events such as an artisan fair at the Farrol, aerobics on the beach in the morning, and breakfast on Sunday. I hope this event is repeated next year - definitely worth the trip down there!

Fight global warming!

This is an interesting advertisement on the back of a bus - "Against global warming? Have a cool Skol at Amanda's". Can't think of a better way to spend a hot afternoon than that.... Well, maybe not at Amanda's - it's not on the beach.