Aymi’s Adventures

View of the street carnival from the balcony of our hotel

Okay i’m getting quite into all these leaving parties – let’s see if I can have one in every place I stay for over a week – that’s actually not many places if I stick to my planned schedule!!

Had a fab night on Saturday – apart from forgetting to take my camera – hence no piccies (and the fact that the computers here are always crashing so uploading photos takes forever – which is too long when there is so much better stuff to be doing!). Hopefully I will be able to put some on here eventually off Sejal or Kirsty.

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All the volunteers 

Still loving it here in Olinda but will be going to Salvador for 4 nights on Monday with Kirsty.  Really glad I have a travel companion, it will make the 12 hour bus journey go a lot quicker.  It’s weird how quickly you make friends in a foreign country, I feel like I have known Kirsty and Sejal for years – hopefully we will stay in touch after Brazil, i’m pretty sure we will.

Loads has been happening since my last update, mainly with the volunteerbrazil.com company.  If anyone is thinking of volunteering in Brazil please speak to me about it first!!!  Cant really say much more about it on the internet but will fill you all in as and when.

Four new volunteers have arrived, two staying in the hotel Costeiro with me, Liz & Joy and the other two staying in a homestay near to Kirsty, Megan and Natalie.  They are all really nice so have been going out with them a bit and had more people to have dinner with at night etc etc.  I feel like I really know Olinda and it’s people now, we have made loads of Brazilian friends as well as other volunteers.  The best parts are going to Alto De Se at nights, especially Friday’s and Sunday afternoons and evenings to watch all the preperations for carnival.  There is frevo dancing, capoeira, maracatgu drumming, processions, loads of artisanata’s, capiroska’s and just a generally great atmosphere.  There is a huge group of us that all meet up there on Sunday nights for a few drinks and to join in the huge congregation of people having fun!

Partying at Alto De Se

Anyway my time here is drawing to a close, I leave on Monday 13th Feb to go to Salvador for 4 nights with Kirsty and then I will go onto Rio on my own for the Rolling Stones concert on the 18th and then meet Kate on 22nd.  I cant believe how gutted I am to be leaving, I definately want to come back here next year and spend carnival here, I am going to miss everyone so much.

Edwardo & I

So having another leaving party on Saturday night (my one in the UK feels like years ago now) which should be a really good night.  All our friends are coming so there should be about 30 people if everyone turns up, just have to work out what food were gonna make now!

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