Stepping in the blustery wind as I disembarked from the platform of the East Yorkshire Bus, a seagull squawked at me from the bus stop sign. A smack of sea salt in the air rubbed my cheeks while I took in my first deep breath of the faint fish smell that lingered in this shellfish based minor...

13th February 2013   After my Favela Tour of the day, I spied a huge opportunity. A HUGE one that is. We got dropped off in Copacabana Beach. Despite many successful attempts by Dave and Austin of TwoBadTourists to stop me buying a pair of speedos and strutting my stuff on the white sand,...

11th February 2013   After another night of partying at Lapa and Ipanema Beach in the evening last night, Auston, Dave and I duly returned to Ipanema Beach the next day to get some much-needed sun. After all, I’m in Rio and I still look like Casper the Ghost. Just. I did catch a few...

Well hello! Now that I’ve got back home from Brazil and their wonderful beaches, it got me thinking. I’ve been to a lot of beaches in the last year and I’m wondering, what were the best beaches that I went to or even, what’s the top 10?! So after compiling all the...

6-7th September 2012 After a great day at Cape Reinga yesterday, I went to check out the infamous, untouched beaches of the Northlands with Melissa of the Mellyboo Project. Scarfing down a fish and chips dinner at one of them whilst being bitten by sand fleas, it was certainly a day to...