Ola from Paraty!! After a 2hours ride on the local bus from Angra (port from Ilha Grande) we arrived at the bus station and suddenly realised a bit of forward planning would not have gone a miss!! With massive rucksacks and sun burnt shoulders we headed off somewhere towards to the center!! After 45min in 35 Degree heat (still with the bags!!) we came across an Argentinian guy who spoke perfect english and directed us towards some hostels and Inns. It turned out ...

Hello from Ilha Grande!! Iha Grande has no roads, a large number of random dogs and a policeman on a golf-buggy! We had an amazing five days, mixture of sun and rain, we headed out for what turned out to be a 6hours hike across the island through the jungle in search of some amazing deserted beaches (twice!!). For some reason we were followed/ guided by a pack of stray dogs which left the town with us and bought us back safely from our 6hour adventure (I did thi...

Hello from Ilha Grande!! Iha Grande has no roads, a large number of random dogs and a policeman on a golf-buggy! We had an amazing five days, mixture of sun and rain, we headed out for what turned out to be a 6hours hike across the island through the jungle in search of some amazing deserted beaches (twice!!). For some reason we were followed/ guided by a pack of stray dogs which left the town with us and bought us back safely from our 6hour adventure (I did thi...

HELLO From Brazil!! Its been a few days now since arriving, right now we are in Ilha Grande so Il update you on the story so far; We ended up getting a taxi from the airport into Rio with some Irish girls, the journey from the airport was an eye opener itself with kids walking down the middle of Brazils equivalent to the M25 selling what I think was popcorn!?!! So we arrived at our Hostel the Mango Tree in Rio and headed out to the beach, trying to blend in was i...