Moqueca de Axé
Hugo in Brasil



All photos by Hugh Siegel © 2005


Part II -- Salvador


Salvador
 

Avenida Santos Filho, 2nda Travessa do Gravatá, Itapuã


On the street where they live



Ben and Alda's Room



Gemima in the hammock




Master of the Coconuts




Water Ritual



Aldivia and Tobias



Flavia



Concert in the Praça




Carnaval in October?



Itapuã after dark



Lupo



Hugo with Lupo's babysitter



Acarajé in the making





Alda with her churrasco de peixe





Jonah shares his meal




Capoeira baptism


Jinga, Jinga


Female capoeiristas take no back seat to the boys


The Orixás appear



African dance



Fisherwomen



Casa Pronta, the Home Depot of Itapuã




O seu Apollonio, master tiler (among other things)



Apollonio and Alda discuss the kitchen




Time to sharpen the tools



The better to whack the palm stump




Keeping an ear out for Bahia



Ciadade Baixa




In the Pelourinho



Pelourinho at night



    


Batuca no chão



     
Time for a new taça



Ben at his barraca



Alda na praia



The Ben and Jerry's of Acarajé




Monkey


              
Acerola and Cajú



Steer clear




Ben among the men



Breakfast



     
Tile madness




Cicero



Aldivia and Simba


  

  


          
Ready for the cachorro ball


Mangoes through the bathroom window




But the new fixture still sits in the yard


     
Aldo seranades



Apollonio skimcoats


        
Ben and Alda dream on



The beach at Itapuã



Beach dweller



Barraca Rainha da Poesia



  
The gang is just getting down to business . . .



       
Beach girl




Alda and Ben


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Closing Time



Rooftops of Itapuã



The famous Gurgel


Barra


Art in Pelourinho



Ben and Lee in the Pelourinho



The concert begins



The Ganadeiras get going









      

    








         
Alda, Randy and Ben enjoy Ganadeira hospitality


      
Veronica






Randy and Ben



Veronica and Alda


 
Juice Delerium


Rebecca and Lee are hooked



Alda



Ben and Joanah



Lider americano é visitante "difícil"




Ceiling (and facial) work




Sisters



Bargaining for jaca




Joanah with blue crabs




The girls next door



Castanha vendor



Manuel




What they do with umbrellas on sunny days




At the water's edge



Venus and the Moon get together



Church is the place to be on Saturday night



Astral Union


    
A Casa Branca



Hugo's farewell breakfast



Family portrait




Bahia de Todos Os Santos


  
Back in São Paulo



Bus stop




Alguma coisa acontece no meu coração . . .


Beijinho of legend.  (Yes, in Brazil, even the statues are in love.)


Muito Obregado.  Até logo.

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