Cheers Florianopolis, thank you for being wonderful. Quite a commute I have ahead for my sister’s fiancé’s stag do - Florianopolis to Inverness isn’t quite the easiest route. Flight one of four.

A little edit from the past 4 weeks in Brazil. I planned to only be on Santa Catarina Island/Floripa for 2, but it will be closer to 5 when I leave on Friday. Really enjoyed my time here.

It’s rather moist in this part of Brazil at the moment. It has been torrential rain for the majority of the past 48 hours. It made for quite a surreal surf yesterday - monsoon style rain, large waves brought by the storm, howling winds & fish leaping out the water everywhere.

The approach to Florianópolis & my first proper glimpse of Brazil. Beautiful area, with mountains down to the sea, really long expanses of white sandy beaches, plus large inland lagoons. I’m here to surf for a few weeks & the water was warm enough for no wetsuit today.

I’ve got such a lot of time for this Danubio fan, who watched the game up a tree behind the ultras & got involved with the songs. He must be about 40-50ft up the thing & wafting the branches along to the tune.