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Her Name Was Lola

So, here I am, reporting live and direct from Rio de Janeiro. Done most of the touristy stuff so far, been up Sugarloaf at sunset which was beautiful, went up to see Jesus on a clear day which was beautiful, walked up and down Copacabana beach which was busy....

Size Matters

Ok, so I’m a geography nerd. That’s not news to anyone. I’ve spent more time on buses in Brasil so far than actually in Brasil if you see what I mean and the only reading material I have is my Lonely Planet Brazil. So there I was flicking through the...

So Far…

Bit disappointed in Brasil so far. I’ve been here 2 days and haven’t: seen a half-naked indian kill an anaconda with a blowpipe been to a beach drunk a caiphirinha out of a coconut shell been robbed at gunpoint

Rollin’ Down the 40

The times in this might seem a bit weird, I wrote all this at different times, some of it on the bus, some it afterwards so it’s a bit jumbled, so you’ll have to bear with me… After a couple of weeks travelling round the Lake District, I decided it...

Lost & Found

Things I’ve lost here iPod (sniff) Oakley ski hat El Chalten fleecy hat (bought to replace above item) all sense of time and what day it is 3 shower gels a right glove a shoe Things I’ve found here 300 pesos in my jeans (was mine but I’d forgotten...

How Low Can You Go?

I’d been umming and ahhing about going to Ushuaia. Having spoken to people who’d been there, the impression I’d got was that pretty much the only reason to go there was to say you’d been there. It makes a pretty big deal of being the...