Monday, September 05, 2005
...Bridge Over Troubled Waters...
...we made a quick overnight trip to Cachoeira in the interior. This place is sleepy (in total contrast to Salvador) but was a nice change. We stayed in a converted convent. There isn´t much to do here...the locals seem to party and drink all the time in the town square. We saw some Brazilian cowboys riding bareback through town...yeehah! There is some great wood sculpture and famous Danneman cigars here (none of it was open on a Sunday :(... We drank quite a lot of local brew and listened to Brazilian reggae being blasted from the most awesome car boot speaker setup i´ve ever seen. The most interesting thing about this place is the bridge which was built by the Brits in 1885. I think it still has the original wooden planks, it´s 1 lane and everything including cargo trains, cars, buses, donkeys, and pedestrians cross it. The planks are all loose and when a car drives across it makes an incredible cacophany of sounds. At least 1 pedestrian has died recently apparently due to breaking planks...Em wasn´t too keen on crossing it carrying her rucsac ;)
# posted by Pete @ 2:37 PM 
