Blogs from Ilhabela, São Paulo, Brazil, South America
Iguazu, Sao Paolo and the end of our trip
Published: March 16th 2010South America » Brazil » São Paulo » Ilhabela
March 14th 2010
Our last week in Brazil and in South America was spent in leisurely fashion except for a whirlwind trip to Iguazu Falls over the weekend. We spent a couple of days lounging around the penthouse apartment of the parents of a friend of Chuck's and totally mooching off their hospitalitly. We wandered through the Parque do Ibirapuera, had a driving tour of downtown, checked out the bar scene in Pinheiros and enjoyed the amazing view of cityscape as far as the eye could see. We went to another churrascuria as well and I worked hard at gaining back the weight I'd lost with the Typhoid Fever! On Sunday afternoon we caught a flight to Fos Iguazu in Southern Brazil and got off the plane and right on to a bus leading to the National Park (we'd ... read more
December 18th 2009
Wij zien hier aanbeland op Ilhabela, een eilandje ergens bij Sao Paulo, Ilhabela wil dus 'mooi eiland' zeggen, maar het is helemaal niet zo mooi... Het werd beschreven als eiland met idylische stranden, watervallen, vlinders,... de stranden zijn klein en niet zo mooi, de meest bezochte waterval is de Cachoeira de Toca en we hebben hem gedoopt tot de Toca-pisser, omdat het echt ne zielige kleine waterval is met ne pisstraal. Verder zitten er hier uitzonderlijk een paar grote vlinders, maar voor de rest zit dat hier vol met agressieve muggen die lijken op fruitvliegjes, maar als ze je steken, bloedt die wonde direct. Je zit heel de dag muggenrepellent te spuiten en nog steken die, om gek van te worden. Maw. dit eiland is helemaal niet wat we verwacht hadden, mede waarschijnlijk omdat het nog ... read more
First few days in maresias and Ihla bella
Published: October 16th 2008South America » Brazil » São Paulo » Ilhabela
October 16th 2008
One week down and Í´m still unmugged and and whole lot of other things unned! So this is how it's been, the first week I spent with Nick (Oz) and Cheech and Chong aka Bruno and Adriano- two potheads as unlike the most trustworthy bankers as you could meet. As luck would have it I landed in brazils version of springbreak - what can i say - i sambaed ´play guitar broke a string,and a few other bits. Couldn't get up the next day which was just as well as my skin is bubbling. I´ve moved on to Ihla bella´ hired a bike with no gears - what can i say Gar, the mode of dress is a bikini, forget paved roads the roads are paved with uneven paving slabs :) Treked to waterfall today´smeared my ... read more
October 7th 2008
Day2 - Day0 and 1 was lively enough - there was plenty turbulence which made for an interesting flight - how those things stay u p with that battering I´ll never work out. I narrowly missed getting a voluntary off load payment of 600 euro and hotel +meals in heathrow becuse my bag was in transit - what a pain! 288 for an open return to SA would have been class - I wouldn´t have minded as my check in bagage could have travelled on RyanAir it was so light. Day 1 I managed to get in and out of Sao Paolo without incident ( the roads seem more dangerous than the insects and diseases There were two recent wrecks on the journey- two buses and about 5 hours later I was in this little place ... read more
June 3rd 2008
Arriving at the bus terminal in São Paulo I had only a vague idea of where I was headed. I figured I would just take whatever bus left first heading towards the northern Paulista coast. So I boarded a bus to IlhaBela, an island known for its natural beauty and loads of mosquitoes. I arrived at eleven that evening with no idea of where I was going to sleep. I knew the city of Ilhabela was quite expensive and figured I might just head to a beach and the spend night on the sand. Luckily for me I met a friendly Brazilian girl who offered me a room and even better yet her friend offered me dinner which I graciously accepted. The next day I loaded up my bag with food and supplies and headed over ... read more
May 13th 2005
Ok so this is not going to be your typical travellers blog. On the 9th April 2005 me and Gina got married on the Ilha Bela. As a lot of our friends and family couldnt make the journey to Brazil we thought that we would add this diary so that we could tell you about the most perfect of days. Where to start , all the planning , preparing , and worrying paid off in style. The day went perfectly. We booked a small chapel on the beach (Praia Grande) on Ilha Bela which was decorated beautifully, Gina turned up (which was an absolute bonus!) and looked sensational , the weather held (and we had been promised thunderstorms) which meant the whole setting with the church, the sand and the sea looked better than we thought ... read more
