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Bahia [1] is a state in Brazil's Northeast region.

[edit] Regions

• All Saints' Bay (Baía de Todos os Santos)
• Chapada Diamantina
• Cocoa Coast (Costa do Cacao)
• Coconut Coast (Costa dos Coqueiros)
• Dende Coast (Costa do Dendê)
• Discovery Coast (Costa do Descobrimento)
• Reconcavo (Recôncavo)
• Sao Francisco Lakes (Lagos de São Francisco)
• Sertao (Sertão)
• Western Bahia (Caminhos do Oeste)
• Whale Coast (Costa das Baleias)

[edit] Cities

• Salvador - the state's capital
• Bonito
• Caravelas – if your destination is Abrolhos, then you will start here...
• Ilhéus
• Itacaré
• Itaparica
• Porto Seguro
• Vitória da Conquista
• Brotas - city featured in Amazing Race 9, it has lots of extreme sports, and a large forest

[edit] Other destinations

• Abrolhos
• The National Park of Chapada Diamantina - fantastic green filled canyons and mountains, and a waterfall so high that it doesn't hit the ground.

[edit] Understand

When the Portuguese first arrived in Brazil (April 22nd 1500) they landed on the soil today known as Bahia. In Portuguese (Brazil's Official Language) the word "bay" is translated "baia". Salvador, Bahia's capital, was founded by Portuguese explorers in 1549. The city lays in a peninsula located in between "All Saints Bay" and the Atlantic Ocean. Every time people talked about Salvador, they referred to it as, "the province with the bay in it". Later on, the province would be officially named "The Province of Bahia" (the province of the bay). The spelling of the word "bay" (baia) was changed in order to make the province's name unique. Salvador-Bahia became Brazil's first capital back when the country was one of Portugal's colonies, and remained like that for 214 years (until it was transferred to Rio, and finally to Brasilia).

[edit] Talk

Bahians, like all Brazilians, speak Portuguese. Today due to tourism expansion there are many people who speak English in touristic areas & hotels.

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Tours and excursions in Salvador Bahia A nice taxi driver in Salvador de Bahia is Marcus whos speaks English (not fluently, but well-enough; he took a one-year course and worked hard at it). His cell phone number is 9994-1074

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[edit] Itineraries

Itaparica can be reached in about 1 hour by ferry from Salvador. The smaller passenger-ferry departs from near the Mercado Modelo to , while the larger car-ferry goes from about 2km North of here to Bom Despacho

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[edit] Med-range

• Vila Galé Marés, Praia de Guarajuba, S/N, Monte Gordo CEP 42820-000 CAMAÇARI-BAHIA, ☎ (+55) 71 3263-8834 (mares@vilagale.com.br), [2]. Sited in a huge 200,000 square meter property at the unforgettable Praia de Guarajuba, Marés Hotel is 42 km away from the Salvador International Airport and 12 km away from Praia do Forte. Online booking. edit

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