Ilha Grande - day 1

We departed from Rio with the 8:20 bus to the small village Conceição de Jacareí one of the 3 ports to Ilha Grande (the one with the shortest distance to the island). The distance from bus terminal Novo Rio is only 122km and can be done under two hours. The buses in 4, 5 and 6 in the morning were completely sold out. I understood later why 😂 the drive took us 4 hours, I don’t even know how many car accidents and traffic jams we saw on the way 😒 once we finally reached Conceição de Jacareí we had two options - wait for 13:30 boat or take immediately the speed boat taxi. We decided for second opinion and we departed in few minutes. The boat was super fast and small, just 12 passengers and it was raining 😅😅😅 not very ideal conditions for see crossing 🤣 well we survived and decided not do sth like that again 🤣🙊. After very tasty and overpriced lunch (they changed us 3€ per person couvert and 10% service charge on the whole bill on top which we didn’t know before) we left to our Airbnb. We are still not a big fans of local cuisine so we want to cook here for next days instead. Shopping in local supermarket was fun and we managed to find everything we needed. In the afternoon we explored local village, book boat trip for tomorrow and washed Flo’s clothes again 🙊 the island is very beautiful and calm. It’s such a huge difference to busy Rio. We loved Rio but there is definitely something special about this place. Jungle, amazing beaches, good vibes and no cars 😍 people either walk here or take boat to other parts of the island. Adventure tourists can even walk once around the whole island it takes 4-5 days and the route is 70 km long.Read more