I have been in a not so great mental space this year, and I needed a change of scenery . I went to the internet in search of an escape for a bit. My default destination is Paris as that is my happy place but Paris in November is freezing and I was already depressed I didn’t need to be cold too.

I came across a YouTube video by Nikki Vontaya and she is on a 12 month trip with a travel group called Remote Year and her trip looked great so I looked them up. I obviously wasn’t going to do a 12 countries in 12 months trip that is pure insanity. But I did look them up and they do have a 1 month and 4 month travel option. Anyway I selected 1 month in Brazil because you know summer and beaches. So I booked a flight to Florianopolis, a town I’d never heard of until October this year.

I went for the Remote Year option because the trip planning was done for me, accommodation was booked for me, activities and attractions were organized and suggested for me, win win. After all of the airport drama I made it to my home for the month a place called Bewiki and I met the people I would be spending the month of November with, my fellow travellers :

From left to right

• The Caipirinha Pusher
• The Disappearing Man
• Me (The Grumpy one)
• Our City Manager
• The English Patient
• The Hopeless Romantic
• And The Light Packer

I will break down whole trip in future posts as 1 month is too long for one post. So lets say to be continued…..

*Here is a link to Remote Year’s site so you can check them out https://www.remoteyear.com/ and if you like what you see here is my referral link and you can get $100 giftcard for activities https://www.remoteyear.com/referrals/57711996498