Ihla Grande is a real tourist spot here and rightly so, it is absolutely beautiful. With no cars at all it is totally unspoilt.
This was a lagoon called Lagoa Verde we went off snorkelling in for the day. We saw loads of cool things like starfish, seahorses and huge stripey brightly colured fish, even a leopard print like sea snake thing! There were amazing coral reefs too and just the one jelly fish we managed to avoid.
We were well chuffed to meet back up with some good old Northern English mates we had met in Argentina too, Ruth and Rob. So we stayed an extra day and went out to a very bizarre reggae bar. Nightlife is somewhat lacking there to say the least.
The next day thoroughly hung over after too many cheap caipirinhas, we headed off for a mini trek to a beach through the jungle. The island used to house convicts so there are old dungeon ruins there. I wouldn´t want to be in them at night alone especially with the spiders we saw
Sadly it rained so we huddled around one of Ed´s camp fires and went off for hot chocolate, not what you expect in Brazilian summertime!
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