We went back to the handbag shop T had spotted earlier and bought me a pair of shoes and no handbag. Go figure. Other than that we relaxed. Which was nice.
Our hotel couldn't put us up for the third night (actually, they might have been able to, but the reception staff were so useless that we gave up asking - their loss and, as it turned out, our gain) so we had a scout around for somewhere else to go. I spotted a nice looking place on Laterooms and so we went. It was fantastic. It's up in Santa Theresa (where the tram goes to), so is probably not suitable for a first visit - as the main attractions and the beaches aren't all that close. However, it was lovely and quiet and there was a superb local bar just at the end of the street.
We got upon our last day and took the bus to town. We escaped the bus with our lives and wandered to the cathedral (it was the closest bit of shade to shelter us from the midday sun)
After wandering briefly and posting some stuff home, we had lunch. Opposite or table in the square was a sign which was representative of many that we had seen all over Brazil on this trip. It is some kind of message of hope for the forthcoming Obama presidency in the USA. In Salvador, we saw T-Shirts with a picture of Barack on it and the slogan "Yes We Can" underneath. It's really interesting to observe how the event seems to have had impacts (and positive ones at that) all over the world (or, at least, the bits of it I know about). What a contrast to the experiences I had back in November 2004 when I was in a very despondent Chapel Hill, North Carolina after W had re-claimed the presidency.
We left Rio on a BA flight at 23:25, homeward bound. Another adventure was coming to a close.
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