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Ilha Grande Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Ilha Grande, Brazil
the incredible ilha grande
... incredible ilha grande The beauty of travelling for a long time is having the ability to pick and choose where you travel.. Originally ilha grande wasn't on the cards but having heard such great things from other people and looking it up on the internet ...
Let the camping begin!
... our new tent we caught a 3 hour bus from Rio bus station to Angra dos Reis. From there we caught our ferry over to Ilha Grande which took 1 1/2 hours. We arrived in the dark and found our campsite just beyond the pier so proceeded to set up our epic ...
Rio De Jeneiro and Ilha Grande
... coast to a town called Angra Dos Reis. From here it was an hour's ferry ride out to 'Ilha Grande', one of the many beautiful tropical islands off Brazil's coast. The view of the island on the approach was spectacular, and we immediately felt that sense ...
Haviana Hiking and Pretending to be Pirates
... km trek! we wore shoes this time! and the rain held out - only a little thunder and heat lightening into the night. Ilha Grande is a beautiful and relaxing place despite the crowds. we saw so many beautiful butterflies and birds and flora and fauna ( ...
Ilha Grande
... night on the Sunday, Adam was extremely hungover after drinking a litre of 2.69 Vodka! Monday 13th September - Made our way to Ilha Grande - 2.5 hours by bus, 80 mins by ferry, walked along the length of the beach to reach our hostel, ...
Beauty and the Beast
... , Alex and Nuno had decided to hike through the jungle to Lopes Mendez beach which is supposed to be one of the most beautiful beaches in Brazil. It was going to take 2 1/2 hours so we set off just after 10 am. It was true hike there, climbing ...
Ilha Grande for some R&R
... and heal the liver somewhere a bit quieter. There were a few places to go for this but the word on the street was that Ilha Grande, a small quiet unspoilt island just off the coast some 150 km south west of Rio, was the best of the ...
I want to be a Brazilian
Today I was leaving Paraty and heading for the Island of Ilha Grande (Big Island). I left the hostel at around 11 am and headed for the local bus station. This was going to be interesting as I had to catch a local bus where no one speaks ...
And then there was rain - Ilha Grande
... don't want you to get bored of course! ;-) After our time in Rio de Janeiro we set off to the Brazilian island 'Ilha Grande', just a couple of hours south west of Rio. We checked the weather forecast and since it was going to be raining, we thought ...
Ilha Grande
... white sand. But due to torrential rain storms, polluted sea and littered beaches and the sheer number of people there, Ilha Grande was a bit of a let down. Fortunatley we found an apartment with kitchen etc rather than just a room so we ...
Rio de Janeiro to Ilha Grande
... much time for updates of late, or for photos or anything really, just been so busy with going to the beach in Rio and then to ilha Grande, which you have to get to by boat and there are no cars, and now heading down the coast and out of Brazil. ...
Pirate Lair
Continuing along the Costa Verde, I stayed a few days on the tranquil Ilha Grande, a former pirate lair. It had great, unspoilt beaches, no cars and a really laid-back feeling. Met some local lads there, and had a great time getting to learn some more ...
Island Time.... beach and sun...
If you go to Brasil do not miss Ilha Grande. Stunning beaches and not a car to be seen as vehicles are not permitted due to the preservation of the Island. I was almost homeless the first night. Went to dinner with some people I had just met, at dinner a ...
Ilha Grande
... (and gestured) constantly in Portuguese while we just nodded and laughed along with absolutely no idea what he was going on about. Ilha Grande is a remote island about an hour and a half ferry journey from the mainland. We hadn't booked any sort of ...
Day 107
... , "Hmm...they probably are." Fickle. Anyhow, the whole bunch of us were headed for a catamaran bound for Ilha Grande, a forested island off the coast of Brazil. After loading the bags we darted for the ladder up to top deck ready to sprawl out in ...
Day 108
... passed out mid sentence on Jack's bed. She was hammered. We teased Jack for a while with the whole 'what happens in Brazil stays in Brazil' speech, but clearly he was just being chivalrous. Anyway there was no time for him to rest as ...
Day 109
... right now? - Gordon returned, muttering about his close encounters with a digger that had been cruising the streets that day. Ilha Grande contains no banks or, supposedly, cars. Only one ambulance and a few other service vehicles are present, hence the ...
Paraty and Ilha Grande
... beaches for the afternoon. This is what travelling was supposed to be about. After a couple of days in Paraty we made our way to Ilha Grande - about an our off the coast between Rio and Sao Paolo. We managed to find a place on the beach away from the ...
Tropical Island Honeymoon
It was an exhausting journey all the way to Ilha Grande - 24 hours to Rio (where we observed that Brazilian time is far slower than African time, being a pedestrian in Rio is very hazardous, and that Rio is massive with slums and half finished buildings ...
Ilha Grande and the chance to dream
... stop on this Great South American Road Trip was supposed to consist entirely of me lying on a glorious postcard-perfect beach on Ilha Grande, a picturesque island about 90 minutes off the coast of Rio de Janeiro. Sadly, as you may have surmised - this ...
Ilha Grande
... get to Angra, then we caught a boat from there to the island which took about an hour and a half.....eeeeazy peeeeazy! Ilha Grande was really relaxing - there are apparently over 100 beaches around the island, but most are only accessible by boat because ...
Ilha Grande ... an island paradise.
... was uphill!) and saw four beaches along the way. The final beach was Praia Lopes Mendes - claimed by some to be the best in Brazil - which had sand so white and fine, it was like walking in flour! It even squeaked when you walked on it! Whilst the ...
Saa fik vi endelig varmen
... sommertoej i bunden af rygsaekken i over 7 uger fik vi nu endelig brug for det. Vores sydamerikanske eventyrs naestsidste stop blev Ilha Grande - en paradisoe 2 timer fra kysten mellem Sao Paulo og Rio de Janeiro med 30 grader dagligt (selvom det er ...
Let the holiday begin!!
Ilha Grande (Great Island) is one of the most idyllic places you could ever go. There are no cars on the island so most places are only accessible by boat. It was just heaven! After a couple of hours kip on our early bus, I woke up having left the city to ...
Ilha Grande
... I seriously doubt, (any that are, will clearly now be gone after that charming comment) then I pose the following question: Ilha Grande is an island and by definition, is surrounded by ocean, which I am reliably informed, is where fish live. ...
A Little Bit Of Luxury
... we stayed in the hostel bar until our boat was ready to take us back to the mainland. We had really enjoyed our few days on Ilha Grande. The weather hadn’t been what we had hoped for, but the fact we had been given the free upgrade to a private ...
Ilha Grande
... voorkomen.....maar zijn wel allert! De bus bracht ons in drie uur naar de haven...en een uurtje later waren we op Ilha Grande. De eerste indruk is erg goed.....een heel mooi eiland....geen auto´s....en mooie bergen en stranden. Na een kwartiertje lopen ...
Ilha Grande
Ilha Grande is a very special place, the landscape, its nature is extremely beautiful, but the athmosphere in the populated areas is very extrange, I'll explain why when I find some time. Photos I took are on Facebook, but I will add some more here ...
Christmas
... meeting then we could go to her drinking meeting. They all said no, by that time we were ready for a sleeping meeting. For our last day on Ilha Grande we went to the famous Lopes Mendes for the day. We had to do a bit of a trek to get there but it was a ...