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Ilha Grande Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Ilha Grande, Brazil
Getting beached on Ihla Grande
Thursday 21st May - Saturday 23rd May We had been advised that a visit to Ilha Grande was worthwhile - backed up by advice from our travel guide. So considering Iguazu was no longer an option, we left Paraty for this place. The Thursday was mundane - ...
Paradise - Ilha Grande
... who are now our great mates and spent most nights playing pool and drinking capriahnas. Don’t go to Brazil without sampling the delights of Ilha Grande as this island is more special then Ilha de Mel. Jules and Josh’s Top 5 Recommendations ...
Yeah!!
We actually walked to Lopes Mendes and back in the rain! Our goretex shoes held out for 3 hours until we came to stream which had become filled with high tide on the return journey. The walk was incredibly beautiful and peaceful, with only the sound of ...
The Grandest Island
... were available – this only added to the carefree vibe. Underway for 1 hour at no more than 8knots we arrived at Ilha Grande, a tropical paradise that holds endless numbers of lagoons, bays, coves, beaches and watering holes - some of them the most ...
Paraty & Ilha Grande, rain, beaches and trekking
... I havent had too many of these in this trip. I have hanged around with many argentinians and spanish but not with brazilians… Ilha Grande, green waters I wake up next day very early for taking the first boat to Ilha Grande and news are really good. ...
Ilha Grande Paradise
... 28th Kla, Jo and I left Rio (for what we thought would be the last time) and paid our fare to Ilha Grande....the third biggest island off Brazil. We met our friends Georgie and Antonio and also a friend from school Jules with his travel buddy Will. The ...
The Burning Boat to Paradise
... a nice crowd of people with whom we made firm friends and headed down to our next destination altogether, Ilha Grande... Ilha Grande is an island off the coast of Brazil, about 2 hours south of Rio. It looks exactly like the island out of Jurassic Park or ...
Ilha Grande
The next stop on our Brazilian adventure was Ilha Grande. This island, just off the coast of Brazil and only 2 hours from Paraty, has over 100 beaches. The island was originally used as a leper colony and to quarantine people on the way to the new world. ...
Rando, foot et...tempete tropicale!
... dans la foret tropicale pour atteindre différente petites plages magnifiques!! pas mal de dénivelé, bien fatigant!! l'arrivée est la grande plage paradisiaque Lopez Mendès qui était accessible par bateau en faisant le tour de l'ile. un match de foot ...
Brazillian island paradise
Admitedly my blog writing has taken a hit since traveling with my buddy. We're just having too much fun. Ilha Grande was an amazing island situated about a 2 hr bus ride and 1.5 hr boat ride from Rio. It was a popular vacation spot for ...
Getting away with it all
... you ever happen to be near Rio, please find the patience to hang around the port in Abraao and take the 2 hr ferry to Ilha Grande, you never know, William Wallace might invite you to his jungle home, put hammocks up and cook you a proper Brazilian feast ...
Not so sunny Ilha Grande
... smiled and jumped into the bus. After crawling around the city for an hour we were out on the highway heading towards Isla Grande. After a slightly uncertain wait on the jetty, our boat came and we set off. It was drizzling and rather unpleasant on the ...
Brasil Brasil
... with some Romanian girls we met yesterday morning. It´s still raining but it´s hot and humid. What I don´t like about Brazil: -Toilets are always a funny thing when travelling. In Brazil the toilets are not squats, but you can´t flush paper down the ...
Ilha Grande - Rainforest Island
... LONG journey back through Rio and down to Angre Dos Reis to connect with a boat to take us to the remote and undeveloped island of Ilha Grande. We thought this would be a simple trip, two hours to Rio, two hours to Angre and two hours on the boat. ...
Day 238 - Ilha Grande
The weather was glorious again today, giving us a fantastic view out over the water from our balcony. This was the view from the front garden of the pousada, looking over towards the main port on the island. Today we decided to walk to ...
Hanging from the Rafters
... bloke ate 6 burgers...very impressive! We all took it easy apart from the Don who went on a wild one... Leaving the island proved tricky, we had to get a tiny boat at 5:30 in the morning, our 22 bus journey awaits... Ilha Grand was paradise to us ...
Day 236 - Rio to Ilha Grande
It was the middle of the night when our alarm went off, but we got out of bed, chucked our bags into the storage room, jumped in the taxi and were at the Rio central bus station in no time. We got on the bus, which was half empty and two hours later ...
Raining in Paradise, Manu Chao
Yep, it´s still raining in this island paradise. It is the rainforest though, what else would on expect? We went on a walk after buying umbrellas in the small village of Abraao this morning before hiking to a waterfall through beautiful rainforest via ...
Ilha Grande dzien 2
Dzisiaj pogoda nie dopisala. Od rana padal deszcz (chociaz potem przestal) wiec nic nam sie nie chcialo robic. Po poludniu poszlismy cos zjesc a potem siedzielismy w pokoju. Ja ogladalem jakies filmy a Rafal ukladal pasjansa, gral w pilke na kompie, ...
Ilha Grande dzien 1
... tego miejsca. Na szczescie nie bylo to daleko. Jeszcze przed 8 weszlismy na poklad i jakies 25 minut pozniej plynelismy juz na Ilha Grande. Rejs trwal ok.1.30 a mial niby trwac 40 minut. Doplynelismy do portu w wiosce Vila do Abraão. Pierwsze wrazenia ...
Paradise Found
... and none of the innocence but was ecstatic for the company and set about introducing me to some other Westerners dotted throughout the island. Ilha Grande has been touted as having some of the best beaches in the world and I just spent the rest of the day ...
no words
beach. sun. jungle. monkeys. surfing. sand. fresh seafood. fresh fruit juice. boats. lagoons. paradise. enjoy the ...
Ilha Grande - an island paradise
... it in one piece to Angra dos Reis, only to find the ferry was broken so we had to take a schooner across to Ilha Grande. How very civilized. On arrival in Ilha Grande we promptly got lost looking for our Pousada (a recurring theme throughout our ...
Ilha Grande Day 4
I awoke to fantastic weather again but we are all suffering from the hummidity at night sleeping. We decided to head to Dois Rios beach which can only be accessed by walking 2 hours each way. As to get a boat to take you is very ...
Ilha Grande
We groggily wake up this morning and potter around the hostel waiting for our transfer to Ilha Grande. I get out money from the local HSBC but I am absolutely eating through cash at the moment and am worried my funds won´t last. Brazil (or ...
Fantastic Island Getaway...complete with kayaks
... and get them away...wished we had nets. We got up super early...430 am...to catch a 520 bus to Mangaratiba and then a ferry to the Ilha, arriving about 10:30 am. There were a swarm of Posada owners at the dock when we arrived, and we took a few up on ...
Ilha Grande Day 2
Well check out www.ilhagrande.com.br if you want to know what this island is like. Today we decided to just do a walk to a local beach and check out the town of Abraao. It was fantastic weather but the humidity is impressive here on the ...
the last of Rio to Ilha Grande
... a little past 11pm to take us to a little village south of Rio de Janeiro from which we could catch a rickety little boat to Ilha Grande. This day in transit was our first day of rain, so the boat journey felt like a pirate adventure with rough seas, ...
Ilha Grande
What a beautiful place. Formerly an isolated prison, it is now home to very relaxed tourism and friendly locals. We only had a couple of days here but packed it in with beach visits and island hikes. We also discovered the Brasilian dessert trolley (like ...