Boat, beaches, big waves and monkeys

After a lovely long sleep we went for a day trip to a top ten beach - three of them actually. Thankfully it's a bit cooler today although rain is on its way this week apparently.

A 45 minute boat ride took us to a pier and beach from which we hiked 25 mins through dense jungle to San Antonio beach. For the final part we had to walk across a muddy bottom river without being able to see where our feet were disappearing - tricky.

We made it and were rewarded by sweeping golden sand, clear blue/green surf and only about 10 other people. After lunch we hiked back out and onto the star attraction- Lopes Mendes. No muddy river but teeny tiny Capuchin monkeys on the way and big big waves. We got knocked over a few times but it was a lot of fun. Clare's bikini bottoms kept disappearing and Lisa was put on 'decency' watch to avoid any accidental post-wave flashing. A fine way to spend our last full island day.Read more