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It's been nearly four weeks since my last proper post (the last post got in there so you'd know I was still alive!)  There was so much going on pre - and during -  carnival that I never had any time or inclination to just reflect - most days I hardly knew what day it was and collapsed into bed exhausted, ready to get up and rush off for the next day's packed programme. ....  Now Carnival is over, you'd think it would be 'rest time' (i was told yesterday that it's officially 'depression time' ) but the city council has launched a series of Summer Concerts, yesterday being an amazing one with the fabulous Afro Brazilian group Ile Aiye   - they've been going since the 1970s and were the first group to only have Black members.  Black people here talk about not being 'slaves' but being 'descended from kings and queens' (I've put this in inverted commas but can't find any references, it's definitely something I've heard

Dear fionaistravelling blog readers Writing a travel blog post  represents about three hours of sitting down and reflecting.  And although I LOVE  doing this writing, I've never been a big one for reflecting over the years...   I tend to get on with the next project or the next thing rather than sit down to write up how the last thing went.   BUT every minute of every day while I'm living this travelling life, I'm thinking of it in terms of my travel blog, and while I'm experiencing things, I'm also writing about them in my head.  I eventually started recording my conversations with myself, which will help for the longer version of this post.    One thing about Salvador is that it's not a good idea to go out with a good phone - so my photos are all about context and subject rather than photo quality.... but there you are.  There are lots of places to go to get photo quality.  On here you get my odd way of looking at the world instead....    I've  been taking