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By amatth11
November 3rd 2009

Just chilling South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Ilha Grande

So there's a crew of sixteen of us on the tour - i'm one of 2 brits, there are 2 from ireland, 2 from canada, and lots of aussies, and everyone seems really nice. We're spending a couple of nights on ilha grande, a small tropical island with really course sand, except on lopes mendez, where it was so fine it squeaked! Spent the afternoon there, and it was very hard to leave. Had tried my hand at body surfing, but that didn't go so well.. After a laid back evening I went kayaking today with Bec, one of the aussies, [View Full Entry]

By David on tour
September 26th 2009

Isla Grande - Days 14-17 South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Ilha Grande

The boat to Isla Grande

There is an easy way to get from Rio to Isla Grande, (direct hostel to hostel transfer) I realised too late, but as always I had to make it more difficult for myself and my new chum Ellen. So after a bus to the bus station and then another bus to Angra dos Reas, then another local bus to the port (where I stepped on it and it then drove off without Ellen)!! and then a walk to the boat and then a 90 min boat journey to Isla Grande ending with a 15 min walk to the hostel!! I find [View Full Entry]

By anne125
September 21st 2009

Ilha Grande South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Ilha Grande

Rio de Janeiro

Aussitot arrive sur Ilha Grande, il a ete facile de trouver un camping, l ile etant tres touristique, il y a du choix en auberges (pousada) ou campings. On a decide de rester environ une semaine sur l ile, histoire de prendre le temps de visiter et de se reposer. L ambiance est tres amicale, il a ete facile de rencontrer du monde au camping, principalement des cariocas (habitants de Rio). Malgre leur anglais limite et notre portugais quasi nul, on a passe de bonnes soirees avec les Bresiliens! L ile regorge de randonnees a travers la foret tropicale et est [View Full Entry]

By Dave125
September 15th 2009

Ilha Grande - Paradise South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Ilha Grande

Sorry about the delay since my last blog, the internet on Ilha Grande is extremely slow and it takes over 10 minutes to open one page but one of our friends on the campsite has kindly lended me his lap top which some how has fast broadband!! So we have had 6 days on Ilha Grande which was after two other days in Rio. I will start off with the two days in Rio! After my last blog we went on a night out in Rio with two Dutch Guys (Saunders and Jasper) and one French guy (matthieu, who turned out [View Full Entry]

By WeeJill
June 11th 2009

Ihla Grande South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Ilha Grande

our boat

Hello all from the lovely island of Ihla Grande. After a few hours on a private minivan and a short boat ride we reached our colourful little hotel on the small island. It´s a pity about the weather as it has been slightly overcast but at least it wasn´t raining! The Island is very small with a few nice restaurants, bars, hotels and jungle walks, boating activities. We didn´t have a great deal of time here so we went on a boat trip which did 3 lagoon stops for snorkelling and to hit the beach before having a huge Barbeque and [View Full Entry]

By stewartgetslost
May 30th 2009

Isn't this island Grand(e) South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Ilha Grande

Lopes Mendes

And so I finally arrived on Ilha Grande. The early signs were good, as we sailed into the island under the bluest of blue skies. I could even forgive the fact that the "correct" pronunciation of Grande all but rhymes with orange. Silly Portugese. I'd arrived with a few folk whom I'd met in Rio; Cindy, Marcus, Francis and Jacqueline to give them names. Coincidentally, that's actually what they were called. We spent our first day going for a hike through the forest to get to Lopes Mendes beach. It was a long sweaty walk, and took a bit longer than [View Full Entry]

By linzcrowe
May 12th 2009

Ilha Grande, a place to just chillout for a while and escape the madness of Rio South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Ilha Grande

Room with a view

Tim Version: * Took the lazy transfer to Ilha Grande, the giant fairly tropical really beautiful island. * Lazed around mostly, did one 4 hour decent hike to the other side of it to check out the surf beach, and mentally finished my time in Brazil here really happy with what Ive done! The happily lazing in the hostel version, with some beach time thrown in: Lazy but loving it. Ilha Grande I thought I may or may not go to but after a lot of time in Rio and a strong feeling that I need to get out of the [View Full Entry]

By DELFIN
May 11th 2009

Six on the Deck in Ilha Grande, and Grand Finale in Rio South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Ilha Grande

Meus amigos en Meu Amigo

EN FRANCAIS PLUS BAS MORE PHOTOS HERE D-7 before going home. Not hungry for adventure anymore, my mission was to get a tan and a rest. I managed to cook up the perfect recipe for a perfect finale to these 345 perfect days, and the result was... well... perfect! I'll share the recipe with you, if you'll allow me... In a hostel right on the water, in a lush car-free island, reached after a fun speed-boat ride, throw in the following main ingredients: - a cute Californian chef - a Dutch funnyman [View Full Entry]

View from the Acuario hostel in Ihla Grande

My wonderful triple date on the first night!

By wvDrifters
May 8th 2009

Perfect Ilha Grande, Brasil South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Ilha Grande

Catamaran

After spending a week in Rio de Janerio we were ready for some peace and quiet and a little beach time to recover! We were in luck, some of Brazil's most gorgeous beaches and exotic rainforests can be found 200 km south of Rio on the island of Isla Grande. Isla Grande boasts over 200 beaches and historically was a pirates hideaway and was later used as a prison. Interesting enough for us! We left Rio with our Irish friend Scully and had picked up Canadian Crazy Andrew. We grabbed the typical taxi-to-bus terminal, then took a 2hr bus ride to [View Full Entry]

By Deirdre and Diarmuid
April 28th 2009

Ilha Grande - Backpackers Paradise South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Ilha Grande

Abraao Bay

Hello everyone, Well here we are just after arriving in Foz do Iguazu, we have had the most relaxing and wonderful 3 days ever. We left Rio De Janeiro last Friday sadly, such a cool place, and waved goodbye to the Christ when on the bus to Angra dos Reis a few hours down the coast. We just missed the slow ferry by about 10 minutes and had to pay four times the price to go on the Catamaran fast ferry but at least that got us there before it got dark. We made our way down Abraao bay to the [View Full Entry]

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