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We’re in Salvador for 2 days and one night – this is an itinerary change; they took a stop in Victoria away and gave us an extra day here.
Very pretty harbour and we were docked right in town – a real treat. You’ll see a tower in our pictures – it’s an elevator that’s been there for well over 100 years – it was reconstructed in 1930! The city is divided in two – an upper and lower level and the elevator serves to connect them. The cost to go up and down is about 10 cents Canadian and each elevator car hold about 10 people.
The historic district with fabulous architecture, cobbled streets and great views is on the upper level, I am sure there must be a way to walk up but we just used the elevator. Beautiful weather both days – very hot and humid. The historic district was filled with cafes and restaurants and outdoor eating areas. The first day we walked for a couple of hours and enjoyed the views, did some shopping, and had a fabulous shrimp stew like thing for lunch.
It was hot enough that 4 hours ashore was about all we could take, and we returned to the ship – Adrian had an evening meeting.
Today was very much like yesterday – except the MSC Seashore ship arrived in port, her arrival added many thousands more people to queue for the elevator! We waited in line for quite a few minutes so we could return to the same historical area.
Our cabin steward, Rowel, has a family emergency and had to fly back to the Philippines tonight – so sad to see him leave under uncertain circumstances.
We are struggling more than usual with cellphone and WIFI coverage so we spent some time in a coffee shop so Adrian could catch up on some work. The square whole area was much busier than yesterday, so we decided to have the same lunch as yesterday (fabulous shrimp stew for two served with traditional condiments of rice, cassava flour fried in oil, and some mashed vegetable we haven’t identified yet) and enjoyed the area and walked back. The ship set sail shortly after 4pm – there were two calls over the PA for a couple in cabin 8027 to check in – we were late leaving, so we’re not sure if they made it back on board or not!
Tonight we saw E Sarah Carter Celtic Rock Fiddler - awesome show! She's playing for St Patrick's Day onboard as well.
Very pretty harbour and we were docked right in town – a real treat. You’ll see a tower in our pictures – it’s an elevator that’s been there for well over 100 years – it was reconstructed in 1930! The city is divided in two – an upper and lower level and the elevator serves to connect them. The cost to go up and down is about 10 cents Canadian and each elevator car hold about 10 people.
The historic district with fabulous architecture, cobbled streets and great views is on the upper level, I am sure there must be a way to walk up but we just used the elevator. Beautiful weather both days – very hot and humid. The historic district was filled with cafes and restaurants and outdoor eating areas. The first day we walked for a couple of hours and enjoyed the views, did some shopping, and had a fabulous shrimp stew like thing for lunch.
It was hot enough that 4 hours ashore was about all we could take, and we returned to the ship – Adrian had an evening meeting.
Today was very much like yesterday – except the MSC Seashore ship arrived in port, her arrival added many thousands more people to queue for the elevator! We waited in line for quite a few minutes so we could return to the same historical area.
Our cabin steward, Rowel, has a family emergency and had to fly back to the Philippines tonight – so sad to see him leave under uncertain circumstances.
We are struggling more than usual with cellphone and WIFI coverage so we spent some time in a coffee shop so Adrian could catch up on some work. The square whole area was much busier than yesterday, so we decided to have the same lunch as yesterday (fabulous shrimp stew for two served with traditional condiments of rice, cassava flour fried in oil, and some mashed vegetable we haven’t identified yet) and enjoyed the area and walked back. The ship set sail shortly after 4pm – there were two calls over the PA for a couple in cabin 8027 to check in – we were late leaving, so we’re not sure if they made it back on board or not!
Tonight we saw E Sarah Carter Celtic Rock Fiddler - awesome show! She's playing for St Patrick's Day onboard as well.
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