Ilha Grande continued...

We extended our stay in Ilha Grande by a couple of days because we're loving it so much and we thought we could do with soaking up the sunshine! Today is our last full day so we took a boat tour around the island, stopping at the Blue Lagoon (where the water is clear enough to see all of the tropical fish), Japariz beach for lunch and Freguesia de Santana, where we walked up to see an old church where they used to bury pirates!

  

Yesterday we went back to Lopes Mendes for another day of sunbathing. The beach so was quiet and the weather was incredible - not a cloud in sight! In the evening we went for a fish supper at a resturant on the beach. We had the catch of the day, which was apparently caught in the bay in front of us. Halfway through our dinner there was a huge thunderstorm and the island's power was completely cut - meaning we had to eat the rest by candlelight! Spent the rest of the evening playing cards until the power came back on...

Tomorrow we're getting the ferry back to the mainland and heading off to a coastal town called Paraty. If it's half as good as Ilha Grande we're sure it will be amazing!