Florianopolis Day 3

We had a better sleep last night due to the cooler temperature. We got up, had some breakfast, and got back on the road to head to the eastern and northern points.

The eastern point was near a busy beach. Again, it wasn't a long journey distance wise, but the time took a while because of traffic and speed bumps. After we parked, we walked a short distance to the beach (much shorter than yesterday). But then, the hard jungle trail navigation began to try and reach the eastern point. Our first attempt led us past the beach into the jungle directly at the end of the beach. Unfortunately there was no obvious trail after about ten steps in any direction from this point, so looking at Maps.Me we tried a different trail following the coast. This trail was a bit rocky, but it was the tall grass that made it tricky. It was hard to see where you were walking, and the grass was itchy. We clambered over some rocks and things were looking good for about a kilometer, but then the trail turned into a bog for an unknown amount of distance, and neither of us was willing to walk through the swamp. A bit defeated, we turned back around again. At least the views of the ocean and coast were pretty good along this trail.

Once back at the beach, Allan was still pretty determined to find the point on the map and wanted to try a few more trails, I however accepted the fact that it wasn't a point that I'd be accessing. I stayed on the beach while Allan continued looking. Just over an hour later he reappeared, dirty and sweaty, but triumphant. He managed to find the spot on the map, but annoyingly couldn't see anything past the trees. At least he made it there though!

We walked back along the beach and then the street to the car. Allan got cleaned up a bit and then we went further north. It took a little while, but once we got there, it looked like potentially private land we had parked on. Allan ran up the hill to the point while I stayed with the car in case anybody came. His success at this last point meant that he visited all 4 extreme points on the island (and I got pretty close...).

We left the northern point and headed off towards our accommodation off the main island. We stopped at a viewpoint along the way. It gave us some spectacular views over the city from several different angles. After that, it was a short drive to the house. When we arrived, a little old woman warmly greeted us and showed us to our room. It was a nice house and very clean which was a welcome change after the previous night in the rough and ready chalet. We got settled and then went out for a walk to the coastline. The sun was just going down, and the moon was rising. It was a big, bright moon in a purple and pink sky. After our coastal visit, we walked back inland to a cheap pizza place for some dinner. We also hit the grocery store for some breakfast for tomorrow morning.

Our time in Florianopolis was different than I expected (leisurely walking or enjoying the beach), but I'm glad we got to see this part of Brazil.Read more