Dream come true

Just being able to escape life, reality, work, school, expectations and especially family in some cases has been what I've dreamt of for a very long time, but everywhere I seemed to go the baggage would just follow me around like some sort of chain keeping me prisoner. Not even moving half way around the world gave me and escape my families expectations and just piled on more problems and responsibilities that i just had to come to terms with, like caring for a family member at just the age of 16 was now my responsibility and mine alone just because I had chosen to move to the country and had nowhere else to live for the 2 years of college I had to complete before finally being able to escape it all and live my own life.

After college i always knew I wanted to take a year before diving into a university degree and devoting the next couple years of my life into more studying and more exams. I remember sitting down at my desk in my 3m squared of a room on the outskirts of Manchester thinking about the places I wanted to go. Which included going back to Australia visiting my mum and going to Sidney to visit my childhood best friend, as-well as going On a road trip going from France to the south of Italy to visit my cousin hometown as we had planned when we where 16, maybe Greece to live out my "Mamma Mia" dream and this time overcoming my fears and going alone.

I though to myself for a moment and went through the places I had put down, they had all been places I had already visited, looking at my savings maybe I had enough for one, or two more places which I wanted to be somewhere I hadn't been before to experience something different from the rest. Brazil.

It was something I had talked to my friends about before and everything about it seem appealing enough to go, the carnival, the food, the culture, the beaches... which brought to mind one my favourite footballers who had mentioned the place a few times as a place they would want to visit. Ultimately I let my thoughts and take over as I booked a ticked to Brazil along with a hotel to stay in telling myself that I was going going to have this opportunity now and I had to take it. I then followed by booking the rest of the locations spaced out in the time of about 6 months as I wanted to work for the first half to save up some of my money for the trips as I had spent it all booking the places I wanted to travel to, deciding Brazil to be the first place on the list and only two months away.

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Arriving in Brazil at the Rio Galeão airport at 4 o'clock in the afternoon after spending the last 6 months working, I was walking down the steps I felt the hot wind hit me the thought of being in this country alone for the next 2 days was terrifying and thrilling at the same time, I was waiting for my cousin to catch up with me here as she was currently in the states working, and had wanted to go to Brazil for a long time.

All around me I could hear people speaking in Portuguese wondering if I should've made an effort to learn a bit of the language before I arrived. I managed to make my way through the busy airport getting on quite a old bus, which made its way to the city centre with multiple stops, as I tried getting off as close as possible to my hotel, It ended up being a 30 min walk as I got lost, untill I finally got to my room, launching my self of the bed shattered from the 12 hrs flight I had just been on. As I laid on the bed exhausted I glanced over at the window absolutely mesmerised with the view of the sea from it. I couldn't wait to go to the beach to tan and go round the beautiful city but for the first 24 hours I need to sleep and take my time from the jet lag. I got into the bed with the clothes I was previously wearing and quickly wondered off to sleep.

For the first time in what seemed like forever I really felt like I could just take my time and relax, I slept for about 17 hours after arriving at the hotel, I had the whole day to myself, I booked myself in the hotel spa for a couple of hours and then headed down to the beach for a bit of a walk as I admired the surroundings.

It's not often you get to see a sunrise-gold beach. The sun felt as warm blanket on a cold day, heating the sand below my feet as I gazed out at the ocean slowly walking up to it, I watched as The waves were gently drenching the sand, as I could hear Children squealing beside me playing with the hot sand with shovels and buckets, I strolled along listening to the gushing waves as I felt the sun toasting my skin and it was comforting.

I closed my eyes as I looked up to feel the sun on my cheeks taking in a deep breath at the warm sensation on my skin. I felt a sudden crash against my body, and tumbled onto the ground my arm sinking in the sand as I felt a weight on top of me, suddenly opening my eyes at the impact, as I saw strands of blonde hair as my eyes made my way to the face of the woman who had fallen on top of me.