An American Birthday!!! Today is my host Rachel's Birthday - so it was up to me to make sure she has an amazing day and has no time to think about missing her friends and family back home. I woke early and prepared a pancake castle with banana, granola, raisens, roast nuts, chocolate and Brazilian peanut butter along with some fresh coffee and fresh passionfruit juice. When Rachel woke I wished her a Happy Birthday gave her a small gift and served her breakfast -...

Recife for the Win!!!! My first day in Recife and the sun is out and it's a Sunday so everyone is relaxing at the beach. Rachel had got home very late so I figured she would sleep-in a lot so headed off to the beach early for a walk and to watch some of the locals kitesurfing. The beach is quite nice but probably not the best for swimming as the water is very murky - however people were out inforce enjoying the sunshine and making the most of their Sundays. Aroun...

On The Move Again - 7 days in Salvador was enough and although I didn't get to visit all the beaches, islands and tourist attractions; I still feel I experienced a lot during my week visit. Spending time with Lara and her family was surely the highlight. My flight to Recife was at 12pm so I woke early, packed my things, thanked Paulo and made my way to the bus stop around 8am. You never know if the bus will come or if google maps even has the buses and the route...

My last whole day in Salvador and to be honest I have nothing I really want to do except meet with Lara tonight and maybe go to a samba bar. It started raining at about 9am and continued for about 2 hours kind of limiting me on what I could get out and do. Around midday I went to the street markets to grab a few things so that I could cook lunch for Paulo to thank him for his hospitality. I made a Brazilian type Moqueca; which consisted of a vegetable, bacon and ...

Today I was up early and hoping to have my last breakfast with Guel before I said goodbye and moved to my new hosts place. Unfortunately she was off super early so instead I gathered my things - off which I now have far too many and headed to the bus stop. The bus came and after asking the ticket lady I found I was on the correct bus and headed in the right direction. It wouldn't have been 10 minutes and had arrived at Lago Santo de Campo and there waiting was my...