Portobello Angra Dos Reis

... bridge on the beach. its nice. very very bohemian. they play rhasta music here and paint... i think they may be on drugs, lol. nooooooooo... but very hippie. the coolest place so far. the short guy, who is prolly going on 5 feet, is from new zealand is traveling all over but is now working here for a but cause he loves it so much. and its very safe. i was planning to head out tomorrownight to iguazu falls but its over 20 hour bus ride, and even if i take ...

... scene and i needed her hep but she was being rude and they lied and said they had internet and phone cards and a phone, and a kitchen but reallly they are big fat liars and just have smelly blankets... and i was set on making contact with people at home and she was rude... so it was on... and i asked for the manager and complained and she made me feel better but i am intending ...

... mass of vines, branches and leaves onto the white sand beaches of Trindade. The sea is rougher down here than in Paraty, so there is a wonderful natural soundtrack of the cadence of waves crashing on the shore. This was my kind of beach town and was exactly what we were looking for.<br><br>Reminding me of some of the sleepy SE Asian-beach towns, there was basically one street that ran through town, parallel to the shore, that was lined with tons of pousadas ...

... pulling a trolley to take your packs and you walk along behind!!! Our hostel was lovely, very clean and well presented but all we were interested in were the beds which were still being made up. I fell asleep in the hammock outside our room, Anthea fell asleep on top of her unmade bed and Claire and Nicky managed to last until the cleaning was done. I awoke around 3pm to find everyone else still sound asleep so decided to make use of my time and do my washing ...

... I wake up with the first hour of sun at a time I should be going to bed to sleep my hangover and not leaving it for climbing a ****ing mountain. And we go up and up and up, and it seems that training back on my first days in ...

... the tiny skiff, and when another 8 people boarded I was sure so. But it held and although I was traveling in conditions as cramped as the peak time tube to Bank, the warm breeze and idyllic island views were somewhat more welcoming than surfacing at Threadneedle Street. The Pousada I had booked turned out to be a charming little place and I was put into a room with a 38 year old Canadian guy called Steve. He has the social mannerisms of Pearse and none of the innocence but ...

... We had decided to depart at the leisurely time of 11am (first mistake), but in fact didn't make it onto the road till 1pm (mistake no. 2). There we got one ride and then another to a bigger service station very easily, within minutes. Then we had to split onto 2 trucks owned by the same company that were travelling together to Rio. Unfortunately, despite having two Brazilians on board and a 20-minutes discussion with the drivers ...

Day 2 Palmas -&gt; Abraao -&gt; Dois Rios -&gt; Parnaioca After sleeping for almost 12 hours I was ready for adventure! We had some cereal bars and milk powder as breakfast and by 7:00 am we were already heading to Abraao to meet our new friend Adriana. We got to her camp site by 8:30 am and as she was feeling to tired to join us to another hike we took on the trail to Dois Rios on our own. Now we were really starting to circle the island! The way from ...

... tunes on a guitar. The atmosphere was great and we drank and danced till 3am. On the way back to the hotel Melissa and Lucy dared Tom and I to skinny dip. No dare necessary there; we were kit off and strait in. Unbeknown to us, Mel and Lucy had plotted with an American bloke we'd met to knick our clothes. Tom was out of the water first and running stark naked back towards the packed square after him. He bought us a beer for that. It was all good fun.<br><br><br>

So here we are 2 days in Brazil and we haven't been hassled, drunk and disorderly or arrested yet although we are trying very hard. Hayley and I decided to spend a night in Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro before heading down the coast to the island of Ilha Grande which is supposed to be quiet and have beautiful beaches to relax on and go snorkeling. I read that Ipanema and Copocabana beaches sometimes have a ...