Nega Maluca Guesthouse

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The Nega Maluca (Portuguese for the crazy black woman) is actually not a guesthouse. We prefer to call it a family house because here we have no guests. We are all family - the traveler’s family. The Nega is owned and run by long time travelers for the sole benefit of our other tribe members.

It is more a philosophy and a way of life than a business. We have tried to put all the experience we have gathered from many years of travelling and sleeping in thousands of guesthouses all around the world, in our home. (The truth is that we mainly learned what not to do). A few little examples of this experience is a personal light for every dorm bed as not to disturb others at night, a personal electricity socket, a shelf for the top bunk beds, enough hangers for your clothes and towel in the room and especially in the showers and of course hot water, with strong pressure, 24 hours a day.

Since many travelers love the word free, here are some of the free services we offer:

- Free complete all you can eat breakfast
- Free bed sheets
- Free towels
- Free internet with skype/scanner/camera/burner
- Free HiFi
- Free welcome drink (Caipirinha or a shot)
- Free safe deposit boxes in all dorm rooms
- Free use of our fully equipped kitchen
- Free spices and oil for cooking
- Free filtered drinking water
- Free smiles
- Free exchange library
- Free luggage storage
- Free soap for self laundry washing
- Free and complete travel information about Salvador and the area.
- Free use of the hostel after checkout, until 22:30, including showers and internet
- Free Coffee all day
- Free taxi booking
- Free games and playing cards
- Free guest phone for receiving calls
- Free bus ticket booking (the bus company charges around R$5 for delivering them)
- Free booking for Moro de sao Paulo catamaran tickets
- Free, in the hostel, airline tickets booking
- Free Booking of Candomble (afro-Brazilian religion) ceremony with a private guide (and not a travel agency that personally we don’t trust 2 much)
- Free booking for onward hostels of your choice
- Free food delivery

Other services are:

- Currency exchange
- Laundry services
- Bar
- Outside balcony with hammocks
- Nargilas/water pipes/Shisha/Huka
- English speaking staff
- Security guard at night
- 2 cats and a dog
- Airport pickup (R$60)
- No curfew, no lockout
- Very cheap international calls (R$1/min)

We are located in the Historic centre of Salvador with its cobbled streets and beautifully preserved and painted colonial houses. Our house is on a quite residential street, where locals still sit outside as the evening falls and talk about their neighbor’s life. We are only 3 min. walk away from the centre of the action where live music and percussion bands play daily, for free, but far enough to enjoy some peace and quite when the party is over and have a good night of sleep. We are a few min. walk from the only supermarket in the area, museums, travel agencies and basically everything you will need for your stay in Salvador

We really hope to host you in our home and for you to become part of our family.

Inbal, Natalia & the rest of the gang

Carnival 2010: In order to guarantee your reservation beside the 10% deposit on this site you will need to pay the full balance. Once you reserve, we will send you a paypal request for the outstanding sum. Only upon payment will your reservation be confirmed. In the case you will preffer to pay in cash on arrival, we will return the money paid via Paypal the moment you will pay in cash. Your reservation non cancelable, personal and is not transferable and to any other person in full or in part so please make sure your travel plans are fix before reserving. We only accept reservation for the full 7 nights of carnival between Feb. 11th-Feb.18th, 2010.
Except beds in the hostel, we offer independent , fully furnished apartments for up to 15 people.

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