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I was sad to say bye to Harry but I was also in luck. When I got back to Montevideo the lovely Lea was still at the apartment and with a few weeks left of her stay. Whilst I was away Lea had fully immersed herself in the social scene at the school so I arrivedContinue reading “Bloggy Blog 6 – Why Can’t I Stop Touching My Face?”

I had a long break from writing the blog because things got very busy. Then Covid19 happened and it just didn’t feel right to write. The upshot being that I wrote too much for one blog.  I have cut it up into smaller pieces and will post them in sequence over the next couple ofContinue reading “Bloggy Blog 5 – The Calm Before the Storm”

This blog is dedicated to my UK Yoga Teacher Eleonora (who recommended the Sivananda Yoga Teacher Training course to me),  and my dear friend Yig Labworth who sadly lost a short battle with cancer on New Years Eve 2019. She will really be missed. … I left Serra Gaucha early in the morning to travelContinue reading “Bloggy Blog 4 – Montanha Encantada”

It was a mixture of relief and anxiety when Aleks, my new (Siberian) Workaways host confirmed my space with him up in the hills in Serra Gaucha – the mountainous region in the northeastern portion of Rio Grande do Sul state (in southern Brazil). Porto Alegre’s cool but I was spending too much money andContinue reading “Bloggy Blog 3 – Na zdorv’ye”

Got told off by Dad for having too many swears in my last blog. He is right, I do swear far too much. Better try and keep this fucker clean then…. Oops sorry Dad. The highs and lows of solo traveling (possibly more so as a solo girl), are pretty extreme. I still wouldn’t changeContinue reading “Bloggy Blog 2 – La Cucaracha”

“Shit shit shit shit shit shit! I’ve actually gone and done it!” Were the thoughts running through my mind whilst sitting in Madrid airport waiting for my flight. I’ve quit my job, sold almost everything I own and I’m off to Brazil by myself.  My reason/mission? To volunteer on as many eco projects as possible,Continue reading “My first bloggy blog post”