Tue Apr 6 11:01:00 EDT 2010, Cajaíba, Baia de Camamu, Bahia, Brazil
This picture was taken from the ferry dock, about midway along the waterfront.
The roofs are over the boats under construction.
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Mon Apr 5 10:29:25 EDT 2010, Cajaíba, Baia de Camamu, Bahia, Brazil
Cajaíba is a village in Baia de Camamu where the main industry is wooden boatbuilding. As the water is very shallow, we chartered this boat and driver to take us to Cajaíba and back.
I'm behind on blogging. The visit to Cajaíba was a couple of weeks ago. I am now in Jacare, near Cabadelo, on the Paraiba River in the state of Paraiba, just a little south of the northeast corner of Brazil.
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Sun Apr 4 14:02:07 EDT 2010, Campinho, Bahia, Brazil
One of the main streets in Campinho.
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Sat Apr 3 13:56:02 EDT 2010, Campinho, Bahia, Brazil
Street scene mid-day (this is the tropics, so no one is out in the sun in the middle of the day) in the laid-back Bahian village of Campinho.
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Fri Apr 2 13:51:55 EDT 2010, Campinho, Bahia, Brazil
Low tide in the village of Campinho.
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Fri Apr 2 13:50:47 EDT 2010, Campinho, Bahia, Brazil
Low tide in the village of Campinho.
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Fri Apr 2 13:47:34 EDT 2010, Campinho, Bahia, Brazil
The one-room school in Campinho. I didn't want to disturb the class, so didn't get close enough to see the children inside.
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Thu Apr 1 13:43:57 EDT 2010, Campinho, Bahia, Brazil
We anchored off Campinho, Baia de Camamu, for a few days. There is deep water here, near the entrance to the bay. The visits to the town of Camamu and village of Cajaiba (more on this later) were done by hiring small boats.
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Wed Mar 31 13:39:39 EDT 2010, Baia de Camamu, Bahia, Brazil
Never saw this in operation, but clearly this is a school boat (it says Escolar on the side).
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Tue Mar 30 17:39:08 EDT 2010, Camamu, Bahia, Brazil
This is a typical Brazilian (built by Estaliero Camarada in Camamu) schooner under sail (many never sail, the masts are just used to support the canopies that keep the hot sun off the passengers).
I was told that before engines were around, 2 and 3-masted schooners were commonly used to transport freight (in the north of Brazil).
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