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Hello there. Now generally, I’m not one for public declarations. However, I'm a mere 1 week away from embarking on one of the most terrifying and exciting experiences of my life. On May 30th, I will be travelling to Brazil, to a place called Iracambi, deep in the Atlantic Rainforest. Set up by pioneering South Africans, Iracambi’s mission is to make the conservation of the rainforest more attractive than its destruction. It works with the local community to conserve the land and help generate income in one of the most bio-diverse places in the world. Once there, I will spend a month donating my skills to help them create a brand and communications strategy, which I hope will make a positive difference to their future success. This blog will be a document of my time there, a way for friends and family to see what I’m up to and, crucially, a portal to help raise funds for this project (aiming for a total of £1000). If you feel you’d like to sponsor my work out there, just click on the ‘Make a donation’ button: any donations will be incredibly gratefully received and you’ll be able to see how that money will be spent. Many thanks for taking the time to read this and wish me luck!

Thursday, 4 June 2009

Sherrington of the Arctic-lantic


To all of you who said I was just coming to Brazil to sit in a hammock and get a tan - there has been no hammock sitting (ok, but just the once) and it is FREEZING and overcast. It's so cold this evening, that I'm wearing 4 layers and my hands are still like ice. However, on my 4o min trek over muddy hills yesterday (the only way to conduct my interviews with Iracambi's founders) I came to the brow of a particularly steep climb and was rewarded with the most phenomenal view, as light flooded the valley. The picture doesn't quite do it justice. On the other hand, there was also a frog in the lavatory bowl this morning, so from the sublime to the ridiculous...
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  1. Ali5 June 2009 at 04:37

    How spectacular! A lovely (somewhat spiritual) photo to put the mundanities of life in perspective. I think you could recoup from frog trauma with a little swing in a hammock. Good luck warming up...

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