Salvador da Bahia Travel Forum

i would like to buy a dru or to as well as a cavaquinho and maybe something else.i know these can be found in pelourinho but perhaps there is a better place?i also have no idea how much these things are worth?

obrigado!

I am sending a link concerned in instruments by Salvador. The adresses are mentioned at screen:

http://www.listaonline.com.br/pagamanet/web/companyCategory.aspx?ipa=16&npa=Brasil&ies=326&nes=BA&idi=3&txb=instrumentos+musicais+lojas

Let me help you by Boipeba inquirying as well. Boipeba has no 5 star Hotel or resorts. You may try to find some lodgings (in portuguese "Pousadas") today using the links I am pasteing:

http://boipeba.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=category&sectionid=5&id=909&Itemid=464

http://www.ilhaboipeba.org.br/pousadas.html

http://www.boipebatur.com.br/pousada_boipeba.html

Brazilians really think american tourists has a lot of money and use to ask some dollars to serve them. Good luck!
Christmas and New Year are coming and demand may be high...

Cassiovieggore

thanks, i wasking for cheap pousadas or INexpensive.yes, i have been harassed plenty by brazilians.it truly is harassment and i am talking about people who are running businesses.they can be very insistant and demanding.two guys also attempted to rob me in rio but i had the last laugh.i slugged them both and scared them so bad that they ran right into the fast oncoming traffic to get away from me.i realise however that i was lucky because they could have been armed and more capable.thank you for your reply!

I didn't write out to you: your electrical apparatus must be adapted to around 200V in Boipeba's island. Boipeba electricity characteristic is different from most part of Brazil.
Get sure on this Boipeba's service in order to not melt your gadgets.
Cassiovieggore

You'd be better off getting some personal advice on whom to buy from than runnning around town in taxis to some out of the way places nor known personally. Go see Randy/Pardal at Cana Brava records in Pelourinho (http://www.bahia-online.net/aboutus.htm). He has a lot of personal music contacts all over town who can probably "make a price' for a friend of a friend. What kind of drum are you looking for? Djembe? Conga? Prices vary with style as well as craftsmanship. A cavaquinho too will vary with type of wood and craftsmanship, but a cheap one might be about R$200.

thank you for reminding me.i love that guy randy.i ordered a cd from him while still in canada.a month later he phoned me from brazil to tell me sorry and that he had forgotten.then he sent me the cd and the mp3s by e-mail right away.

thank you very much for all your replies!