Ilha Grande, where I landed today is quite different. It is wild, has no roads and only limited amount of cars…instead it has green mountains on the interior and many nice, pristine beaches in the different bays. The bays are reacheable by water taxis ,- noisy speeedboats jumping on the waves. I had a backbone problem so I found other solution: at 10.30 am a slowboat (like old schooner) is feparting to isolated Praia Pouso. Round trip ticket costs 50 reais or 10 USD. After 1 hour sailing I disembarked in Pouso. There is clear path through the lush jungle, under the enormous bamboo trees to great beach Lopez Mendes. It took me 5 quarters each way to reach this paradise without any commerce or beach umbrellas. There were only a dozen people spread out on 1 km of wide beach. Real paradise. But bring enouch water!
