View from Trek

Ilha Grande & Paraty

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April 10th 2007
We arrived at Ilha Grande approximately at 7pm after leaving Cococapana early that morning. A journey that was only supposed to take 5 hours ended up taking 9. The bus driver in Rio decided he was hungry and stopped for food with a bus load of people. This made us miss our connection bus which made us miss the last public boat. We finally found a private boat to Ilha Grande but had to pay more mon ... read more

South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Ilha Grande

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Following three centuries under the rule of Portugal, Brazil became an independent nation in 1822. By far the largest and most populous country in South America, Brazil overcame more than half a century of military intervention in the governance of t... ... read more