My husband and I live in the little interior town of Sobradinho - Bahia. To be quite honest there isn't a whole lot to speak of when it comes to tourism. There's the giant electric dam and its resulting great big reservoir which is supposedly the biggest in Latin America. There's a place way down a dirt road with some cave drawings on a few rocks where if there is a good rainy season you can enjoy a small waterfall. And there are lots of goats and sheep. Fazenda Campo Verde But not too far from us is the town of Campo Formoso which is full of caves and interesting rock formations. Many of the caves are poorly marked and hardly explored. Websites tell you that it's best to hire a guide. That's very true. You'll need one just to figure out where to turn off the road because of the lack of signs. I think there used to be nice signs, but the local guides took them down to help the industry - their industry. I could be enti...

São Gonçalo da Serra - Petroglyphs

This week we visited a place of which we had heard. It's located less than 20 miles from where we live. We came upon several places with these little red flowers on top of rocks. Beauty can be found anywhere if you look well. There is a sign on the highway indicating where to turn in for the community of São Gonçalo, but after you enter, there are numerous forks in the dirt road, and no more signs. Best advice: Just stop at a house that looks occupied, watch out for dogs, and ask for the cave drawings. We hiked through the entire mountain pass where a good sized stream must have run at some time in ancient history, and did not spot the petroglyphs. There happened to be a small number of people hunting for a local rodent called "mocó." They were having quite the "covid party" back in the woods cooking up their tasty prizes on a spit far from any supervision. I...

Campo dos Cavalos - Lage dos Negros [Lots of Mud]

Husband and I have been going from Sobradinho to Lage dos Negros on every Thursday now for a couple of months. After making the trip in the old Pajero several times, the poor thing needed some work. One fine day we decided to take our boys' sand rail/dune buggy. We actually made better time and enjoyed the new way to go. Little kids actually come running out of their houses to wave at us when we come roaring by each week! The Volkswagon engine has a mean sound. This past Thursday we were a little doubtful about going in the sand rail on the mostly dirt roads. It had rained heavily in Sobradinho earlier in the week and we had heard that most of our area got rain. Dirt roads + rain = mud! And yes, there was a plenty. Our new record time of 2 1/2 hours ended up getting slashed. Our trip took closer to 4 hours and coming back we ended up in the dark. Darkness on muddy roads was not much fun. Lots more animals were in ...

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