Ilha grande

Time to leave Rio :(
After the usual cheese toasty for brekkie, got the bus through some dodgy parts of town to Rodovaria, the main bus terminal which is huge!!! Eventually found the Costa Verde desk, bought tickets (R49) to Jacarei and hopped on the bus. Very spacious and beautiful scenery. Two and a half hours later we were dropped off and bought a ticket for the slow boat as the earlier faster one was full (R20, 50 mins). Met a lovely lady called Angelica who was moving back from Holland to Chile via a few places who helped us out.
Ilha Grande is a beautiful, laid back island - no cars, lots of hostels, restaurants and bars crammed into a small area. Staying in Lonier Praia Inn (R120) which is a bit of an upgrade from the favella...TV and hot water but also came with an army of resident mosquito's which we had to spray til the death.
Food is expensive, we found a burger for 9R which came with papas fritas which we thought were fries but were a few crisps scrunched up in the burger! As we'd missed lunch we filled up on some cheetos from the supermarket.
Booked tour for following day - turned down free capirinhas all day with a crazy man for a boat doing more stops by Jackie Stallone!!..possibly a bad decision.Read more