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#16 Exploring Salvador: Pelourinho, Barra Lighthouse and much more!
August 17, 2025 · 33 min · 1K views · Salvador
What this video covers
Adriano, Denise, and Alexandre aboard Califa arrive at a marina in Salvador, Brazil, and spend several days exploring the city before moving on.1:06 The crew docks at a marina near Pelourinho — Salvador's historic center — and uses the berth to take on unlimited water, charge batteries, and clean the boat top to bottom.2:25 Shore excursions cover Pelourinho on a Friday night, the Mercado Modelo (viewed from its second-floor balcony, where Califa is visible at the marina below), the Farol da Barra lighthouse, and a Museu da Música with an orchestra exhibit.12:31 Alexandre gets his first McDonald's.8:21 The crew also anchors briefly at Itaparica, where Alexandre rides a bike along the waterfront.17:57 Denise demonstrates making homemade granola aboard — oats, rice flakes, chia seeds, coconut, cashews, almonds, and honey, baked in two batches — and homemade natural yogurt using whole milk and a yogurt starter, both framed as cost-saving liveaboard staples.23:33 The crew tries acarajé at a marina flea market.29:20 Departure heads to Yacht Club Aratu, with Maceió and then Recife named as the next stops, where Adriano's mother boards for a 40-day stay including the Repeno race to Fernando de Noronha.19:43
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