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Photo GalleryOur journey with the spirit of adventure continued into Bahia to its geographical center: the Diamantina Tableland (Chapada Diamantina). In order to arrive there, we followed the banks of the river system Rio de Contas in reverse – from its mouth to its spring –, on seemingly never-ending bus trips. We left Itacare some 620km behind us, going over the hills and down the valleys. After camping in a bus terminal car park we carried on the following day, passing through small towns (and more hills), to be finally welcomed at our destination, in the village of Piata.
With 1,200m altitude, Piata is the highest city of Bahia and is located in between two mountain cliffs: Tromba, where the river Rio de Contas is born, and Santana, with its adorable hill-side chapel, Senhor do Bonfim. Piata means fortress in the Indigenous Tupi language, and the place that hosts the oldest populated mountain village in the Diamantina Tableland.
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