Illa Grande, Brazil

Travel Blogs from Illa Grande (4)

Osama bin Ilha Grande, Illa Grande, Brazil travel blog
Osama bin Ilha Grande
Oct 10, 2005

... not to go to Lopes Mendes, which is meant to be the nicest beach in Brasil. A decision that I still regret now. Ilha Grande was really laid and a very welcome break from the hustle and crime of Rio. we also found Osama Bin Laden who was working in ...

A travel blog entry by jag
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I finally get out of Rio, Illa Grande, Brazil travel blog
I finally get out of Rio
Aug 26, 2005

Illa Grande, a beautiful tropical island 3 hours south of Rio. This island used to be a leper colony, then it became a prison fort and then it was owned by pirates up until 50 years ago. There are no cars on this island, and life was seriously easy going - ...

A travel blog entry by mick_grimes
Illa Grande, Illa     Grande, Brazil travel blog
Illa Grande
Sep 18, 2008

Illa Grande reminded us a lot of Thailand. The first evening there we tried to finish off the excess meat we had on another BBQ...finally accepting our defeat and feeding the leftovers to the local stray dogs (good old Bonesy). The following day most of ...

A travel blog entry by alexandcarol
Illa Grande, Illa Grande, Brazil travel blog
Illa Grande
Jan 10, 2007

... out, and the rain stopped giving us a few beautiful days weather at the end of our visit so we saw the full splendour of Illa Grande. We would obviously had preferred perfect weather the whole time and a blinding tan to go home with but we still enjoyed it

A travel blog entry by joandjim

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