Friday 10th March- we arrived at the hostel at 8 am, after a 15 hour bus journey! We dumped our stuff then headed out to check out the Brazilian side. We caught the bus and it droppped us off at the top of the falls and we walked down and down towards the falls, we could eventually feel the water on our bodies- awesome! There were some fantastic photo opportunities- i took loads of photos of the rainbows created by the vast amount of mist. In the evening, we had ...

Saturday 25th Feb- CARNIVAL!!!!!!!!!!! After getting back at 5 i did not get up until 12 and had a great lunch at the Grandparent's house. I then met some more of Fernanda's friends and we headed down to the streets of central Floripa for a drag queen parade and lots of bloco parties (huge floats with music and lots of crazy people going mad and dancing in the streets!). It was such a fantastic atmosphere, the guys dressed as girls looked hilarious! We then went ...

Sunday 19th Feb- Forgot to put the clock back and hour so went to Sun's house to go trecking at 7 in the morn!We didnt end up going because it was raining so much! Taught Roberta and George the card game spitting. Played a drinking game in the afternoon (?!!?!) Monday 20th Feb- Had our first proper day at the Alpha genche project today. Played lots of football; i even scored a goal with my right foot! In the eve we went to a local bar, and watched the U2 conc...

Hey again! take note of the great photo i took whilst in the plane!! Well i am trying to update this every week! So here is what i got up to in my first week in FLORIPA!!!.... The plane flight was great and i took lots of photos of the amazing views of the island,and also of clouds!! We were met at the airport by Gabi who is the representative of Experimento; the organisation that we are working with. We then took a mini bus through the city and we were dr...

Third week of travelling! Hey guys! Monday 6th Feb- We had our first proper day at school today. In the afternoon, we went to the cinema to see Breakback mountain- all in English! Was a good film. In the evening, went bowling with fernanda and her friends. Tuesday 7th- another enjoyable day at school, and then went for a wander down town. Lots of shop assistants trying very hard to make you buy things- it did get a bit annoying though!! In the evening we w...