Sooooo...
After checking out of Tucano House, feeling a little worse for wear (got nasty flu!), I headed off to go stay with my Global Freeloading host - on a different part of the island. With the advance of people desiring to travel, and do so on the cheap there have been the invention of networking websites such as globalfreeloaders.com and also couchsurfing.com. These websites basically connect people willing to either stay at peoples houses for free all over the world, or host people for free from all over the world. Its massively popular, and even though it sounds too good to be true - it really does exist. I stayed with a guy named David, who works from his computer in Brazil, he literally lives ON the beach, in a stunning location. A place called Praia de Matadeiro, down South on the Island. I was in serious need of rest, and the quieter side of the island was very welcoming to my desire to just chill out! I was scheduled to stay for 3 days, first day was knocked out with the flu - literally lay in bed and read, or sat on the porch, staring vacantly at the sea. Following day weather was a little better, and I went for a walk, had an awesome lunch and again just chilled out reading a book. On my final day there - the weather was spectacular, spent the whole day just lying on the beach and swimming. David works online during the day, so pretty much just entertained myself during the day, and then in the eve's we chatted about all manner of topics! It was actually really nice, I needed some recharge and reflection time!
I then decided to head back up North on the island, to meet up with the girls I had stayed with earlier on. They were checked into a fantastic beach side hostel - see: http://www.barrabeachclub.com/home.html
A much more chilled vibe, then Tucanos but still an awesome place. First night there just went for lovely dinner, then came back and chilled out. Went to bed pretty early, as still not yet 100% recovered from the flu bug..
Next day, awoke to glorious blue sky's and decided to hit the beach. Hostel we are in has free surf boards and beach gear, so we decided to try our hands at "surfing"...Novel idea.
About 15 mins into my surfing trial, I had an epic FAIL, face planted hit my chin and felt a little dizzy after. Didnt think much of it, until I noticed the blood droplets on the surfboard whilst I was sitting on it...
Turns out, when face planting, I hit my chin - and had a nice little split underneath it.
I headed to the lifeguard tower to get some assistance, and in universal sign language they explained I needed stitches... So I headed off to the local medical centre qhich was a mere 15 mins away where I was greeted by a team of receptionists who didnt speak a word of English!
After several minutes of them babbling to me in Portuguese, I burst into tears of frustration, at which point they called a doctor..who of course was amazingly good looking. By this stage I of course was trying to stop crying, which always results in me making weird SNORKING, HICCUPING, GULPING type noises, with a big fat white pad of guaze stuck on my chin, blotchy face, bits of seaweed in my hair etc - basically looking like a complete TWAT of course.. This all made me want to cry even more, and it was vicious moment in life I tell you!
Anyhoo doctor explained they couldnt do stitches there because they were too busy...GREAT and gave me directions to another medical centre. What an ARSEHOLE! Dont you have pity on a damsel in DISTRESS!?! Pffft - sticking to my "you might be good looking but your an ARSEHOLE" type sentiment. So I left feeling neglected, idiotic and hideous with directions to another medical centre.
I went home, examined the little wound and decided a DIY route of fixing the problem was more in order. So a quick call to Daddy, who is of course the worlds BESTEST DIY person, and I got some brief decriptions on how to super glue yourself fixed!
I headed down to the store, got some super glue, and got one of the dudes at the hostel to help me, and we just glued the wound back together!
Hey presto! She is healed! Not sure how the scar will be - but its on the underneath of my chin, and its not that big anyway! I did mope around for a few hours feeling sorry for myself afterwards though - its not easy being banged up abroad with no shoulders to cry on!!
That eve just chilled out after a delicious BBQ at the hostel, had a few beers then went to bed.
Today I am just chilling out, heading off to Iguacu Falls tomorrow with 2 of the girls I have met travelling. Hannah and Nicola (Welshies), and thereafter will be hitting Argentina for a while.
Have met loads of great people, had an absolute blast, eaten delicious food, drank amazing caiparinhas (brazilian cocktail of cachaca, lime and sugar)and really enjoyed my time in Brazil. Its an amazing place, and the vibe is captivating!
Gypsy Regdelp signout out from another adventure!
xoxo
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