From the blog title it is clear this was not a healthy weekend (apart from the professional samba-ing...) so the travelling diet is not going to plan! With 1kilo of sugar per caipirinha the weekend did not start well on Friday afternoon on the beach. After a brief sunbathe we headed back to the hotel for a nap to recharge our batteries for the night ahead in Lapa, the party district of the city with a reputation for a wild night! After dinner and predrinks back i...

So after arriving at Rio airport and finding a reasonable cab I made it to what I thought was my hostel, however nothing is plain sailing! wrong address...so after my second cab ride I arrived at my hostel - Che Lagarto, Copacabana. After checking in I went straight to sleep after my long haul flight, numerous free wines and a confused body clock! When I woke up I made my way across the bay to my hotel meeting point for the first trip I have planned - Project B...

Third time lucky Ann (another volunteer) managed to wake me up out of my unconsiousness...with a late start I made my way downstairs to meet the other two volunteers, Kane and Tilly. After a brief chat, with me performing well giving a 'great' first impression (hey its not like they count!) our taxi arrived and we made our way to the favella. With my backpack I began the great climb to our accomadation, already slightly dreading the hygine differences I was del...

So welcome to my blog, as you all probably know writing is not one of my passions in life and therefore is definitely not my forte! However as I am flying solo (as they say) on this trip I have noone to rely on for photos and to document my journey, so I am embracing this challenge and creating a blog for those of you who actually care and I guess for myself in years to come! I'm not going to clutter facebook and twitter as the majority of you do not care so th...