Morro de São Paulo offers visitors to Brazil’s Bahia plenty of quiet and little transport options other than wheelbarrows and an occasional tractor.

One of the best places to visit anywhere are a city’s public markets, and this is true of Salvador da Bahia in Brazil. Food overall in Bahia is tasty and rustic, and there is one element that you have got to embrace to give your meals some extra punch: peppers. You will not have much [...]

Los Angeles’ Greek Theatre hosted Daniela Mercury tonight and she, her band, and her dancers brought Carnaval and northeastern Brazil to Griffith Park.

If Atlanta is the capital of the new American south, Salvador da Bahia will be the new capital of a revitalized northeastern Brazil.

Once a poor laggard in Brazil compared to the industrial regions surrounding Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, and Porto Alegre, Bahia has rates of growth that would leave most U.S. states envious.

Carnaval’s origins in Salvador date back to 1884 when a festival celebrating the countdown to Easter was celebrated in a ballroom. The annual festivities moved into the streets, and for years floats and clubs were the center of revelry. Now it’s the hottest Carnaval in Brazil.

Whatever happens during 2011, GreenGoPost.com will not go away. I love hearing from folks around the world: after all, readers from at least 130 countries have visited the site, and readership has jumped one-half since August. I’m sharing my thoughts and top ten most visited articles.

One event not to be missed in one’s lifetime is Carnaval in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil. This year it is March 3 to 8, 2011. The highlight of course, is Daniela Mercury, whose hard work and dedication has made Salvador’s Carnaval what it is today.