woke up at 650 aM which was way too early. quick showered and kelvin ran down to the market for fresh cheese in a jar nector of marignua juice and fresh baked bread. the cheese had a consistency of runny mayonaise but tasted good on the fresh bread. kelvin then brought us to the catamaran by 755 am and by 810 we were sailing to ilha grande. the ride took about 45 minutes and was R25 a piece each way. got to the island and started to embark for our hotel which andrea only had the google map print out with an approximation. luckily we took one correct turn and hiked into the mountain up hill with giant cobblestones.(glad i brought the backpack not the rolly bag!) got to our hotel oura verde earlier than they were anticipating. our room was not ready but they sat us down in the breakfast area and brought us fresh squeezed pink juice of some sort. Rodriquez told us about the island. his wife rita runs the b&B and he is a photographer for national geographic. we decided per rodriguez and kelvins recommendation that we would set out on foot to lopez mendes beach. 3 km long beach with white sand. only problem-- its a 6km walk there and takes about 2.5-3 hours.
no problem. rachel and i got our room complete with en suite bathroom, double bed and bunk beds changed into our hiking gear and set off for the beach of abraao so we could find the trail marked t10. along the way we grabbed a 1.5L of water a piece. sure enough the trail was quite hilly and full of mud making it quite slippery. andrea biffed it once going down a hill. along the 2.5 hour hike we passed some monkeys. they were little monkeys that looked like the little grandfather ones at the como zoo. we also met 3 guys from saopaulo who had never been to ilha grande before and spoke decent english. we also met a couple girls traveling from nyc and canada. they are here for 3 weeks. jealous! they did parati prior to ilha grande.
we came to palmas beach only to find out we had to keep going for another fourty five minutes. again, it was the same wildernessy rainforest hike you see everywhere. quite similar to puerto rico.
upon arriving to the beach, it started raining and the sun had disappeared. andrea did not go near the water but rachel took some picures for souveniours. (i am broke, dont expect anything!) then we laid on our american towels and enjoyed the... cloudy rainy brazilian day. the waves here were giant. it is a surfer beach. no we did not meet any hot surfer dudes. apparently hardly anyone on the island speaks english.... which poses a slight problem when we only speek englsh. oh well.
after about 2 hours of napping on the beach, we decided to turn around and start our trek home. it took about 2.5 hours back too. saw some more monkeys and did not wipe out. good hike. once we got back to abraao we stopped at a super market... yes, i did not mention food meaning we had not eaten since this morning...... and grabbed some coco cookies, a brazilian beer (to enjoy in the shower) and another 1.5L water. got back to our villa, showered and now we are headed down to the local beach front for some dinner and socializing. ilha grande is not known for its night life, which is fine by me, im beat!
we went to lua e mar and had their calamari risotta, quite dieliciious (and 76R for the two of us) we then walked along the beach and turned up rua bacio towards our posada, but stopped at an outdoor bar where we had 2x 600ml beer for 12 r before callng it a night. found a huge bug on the wall outside our hotel door before entering. pictures coming soon.
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