Paradise...My Ass!

One minute you're relaxing by the pool in a luxury Thai resort and the next you're a gringo with a donkey on an isolated island off Brazil!

When Tony and his wife Sue were caught in the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami that devastated hundreds of thousands of lives, they wanted more than to return to the rat race of suburban life, they wanted to 'live the dream'. After careful consideration, or possibly in a moment of insanity, they decided that the dream was to run a guest house on a remote paradise island off the coast of Brazil.

And so began the most amazing, frustrating, and bewildering time of their lives as they gave up their careers, sold up all their belongings and moved to Moreré, a tiny, isolated fishing village on the tip of the Island of Boipeba in sunny Bahia.

With a scant knowledge of the local language, no previous experience in the hospitality business and a determined attitude what could possibly go wrong?

This charming and witty account of their first year living the dream will have you yearning for white sands and adventure.

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After a chequered career which ranged from emptying people s chip pans and flogging wet fish from a van outside a supermarket to becoming, amazing though it may seem, a successful sports development consultant, Tony finally "lost the plot" and now lives on a remote island off the north east coast of Brazil.
Possibly prompted by his presence on a Thai beach when the 2004 tsunami interrupted his morning doze or more likely because he is just a few fries short of a Happy Meal, Tony and his wife Sue, gave up their successful careers in the UK, forsaking all hope of a financially secure future and decamped to the Island of Boipeba where they opened a guest house or pousada in the tiny fishing village of Moreré.