Brazil - Ilha Grande

Ilha Grande is nice for vacation :-) Actually that time i did realize that my tour is more than a vacation as i was already 5weeks on tour. If you plan to go there please don't take the catamaran as i did. Those one cost you 25 bugs instead of 6 with a normal boat. ARRRRR. Before going there make sure you have enough cash with you as just some few places accept credit cards and you'll not find any ATM. The island it the perfect place for nice hikes to silent beaches but don't hike with flip flops because of snakes and bumpy tracks. As my ex girlfriend knows i was always trying to spot a snake in Namibia or South Africa :-) . A German couple i met here which has done a world tour some years before have seen a big snake while crossing the hiking track. Dammit that i didn't had the chance

@Sabrina: Still no chance for an anaconda but when i am going to Bolivia i try my best to find one for you might be as birthday present.

Use the chance to enjoy some coconut water and maracuja sucos as there are so nice there. The place is the perfect one to be lazy what i did. I just went out once by kayak to do some small exercising but i end up on a sailing boat. I ask them to take a picture of me and they invite me on their boat for an campari and nice fish dish. Just awesome as we could speak a lot as i couldn't speak portuguese and they didn't understood english but anyway they was so nice to me that at the end i was almost drunken from the campari they didn't wanted to stop giving me :-)

If you plan to visit those island don't miss lopes mendes beach. They telling that this is the nice's beach from Brazil. Also don't skip t1 trail which is a small loop for beginners but you should combine with the walk to the small waterfall as i did. I love waterfalls that's why i still plan to go to the iguazu falls between Brazil,Argentina and Paraguay.

If you plan to go to rio after ilha grande as i did you should spend the little more money just 5€ more to go by one of this express shuttles which include the transfer to another island(forgot the name) as well bus shuttle with door to door service.

I spend one week there which makes definitely sense to relax and to enjoy sunbathing. While listen my music >>>king of leons