TRANCOSO, BAHIA –  After a day on the beach we spent the evening in town, a colonial village.  The colorfully painted small houses around the long central quadrangle remind me of Oak Bluffs, Martha’s Vineyard, but they’ve mostly been turned into fully-priced boutiques.  The town is nearly empty – vacationing Brazilians left the previous Sunday because it was the end of a school vacation – but we imagine that it would be much less charming when overrun with vacationers.
I had difficulty choosing an image – several were of interest.  I chose this rather non-typcial view:
2 replies on “Tuesday August 3, 2010”
very interesting but I am not sure what the foreground is all about. Did you set those candles?
Doug – the candles were there on the ground – for what purpose I don’t know.