Day 5 : 2013 Autumn Travels [Rio, Brazil à Ilha Grande, Brazil]
After saying goodbye to Rio in by stocking up on havaianas,
the infamous Brazilian flip-flops, we headed off by private bus to the
port.
It took a few hours to leave the
city, but gave another chance to see the favelhas, highlighting once against
the contrast between the gorgeous city and its surrounding slums.
We stopped for lunch at a service station where I had a
shrimp pastéis. Essentially the
Brazilian pasty with a wide variety of fillings and similar to Spanish fried empanadillas,
but of Japanese origin . With different
shapes used to portray different flavours.
I also had dulce de leche stuffed biscuits!
Then we caught a boat from Angra dos Reis port to Ilha
Grande. The views over the water as the
sun set were stunning, though slightly ruined by a massive oil rig due to
recently discovered resources.
Ilha Grande is Brazil’s third biggest island and is home to
gorgeous beaches and forest-covered hillsides.
In fact, two thirds of the island is a national park. Only a small portion of the island is built
on and very little transport etc is allowed so prices are higher as they really
on shipping in most of their supplies.
After leaving our bags in our hotel in the tiny Praia do Abraao are(the only really
inhabited part of the island) we went out for dinner at a beach restaurant,
where you literally eat with your feet in the sand under multi-coloured umbrellas!
Unfortunately, there were a lot of midges and mosquitoes about as I was to
discover to my peril later...
After another complementary Caipirinha, I shared a fish and
prawn stew.
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