Making a selection when you have taken thousands of photos of a gorgeous and meaningful place. So here are a lot of pictures I took on the island Ilha Grande, Brazil in late January.
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| Lopes Mendes Beach Ilha Grande, Brazil |
Even more photos can be found in my Brazil 2013 album on Flickr.
Read more about my trip to Ilha Grande HERE.
You can watch the 1-minute video “Coastal Paradise: Ilha Grande + Paraty – In A Brazil Minute (Week 148)” HERE.
In a few days I’ll publish photos from Paraty.
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| Bamboo on the hike to Dois Rios – Ilha Grande, Brazil – |
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| View of Vila do Abraao – Ilha Grande, Brazil – |
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| Rocks along the trail to Dois Rios – Ilha Grande, Brazil – |
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| What hiking in the rain forest feels and looks like: beauty in the mud – Ilha Grande, Brazil – |
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| Abandoned prison in Dois Rios: Colonia Penal Candido Mendes – Ilha Grande, Brazil – |
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| Abandoned prison in Dois Rios: Colonia Penal Candido Mendes – Ilha Grande, Brazil – |
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| Windows in abandoned prison in Dois Rios – Ilha Grande, Brazil – |
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| Dois Rios beach – one of the two rivers flows into the ocean where the people are walking in the background – Ilha Grande, Brazil – |
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| Crab is all eyes up on Praia de Dois Rios – Ilha Grande, Brazil – |
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| Vultures – Ilha Grande, Brazil – |
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| Tree and rainforest clouds |
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| Abandoned building in mostly abandoned Dois Rios |
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| Ilha Grande Street Art in Vila do Abraao – Ilha Grande, Brazil – |
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| Aqueduct that still provides the main town with water Ilha Grande |
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| Hiking over natural root stairs to Cachoeira da Feiticeira Waterfall – Ilha Grande, Brazil – |
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| Cachoeira da Feiticeira Waterfall – Ilha Grande, Brazil – |
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| Rocks at Saco do Ceu Beach |
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| Looking back at Parrot Peak |
Read more about my trip to Ilha Grande HERE.
You can watch the 1-minute video “Coastal Paradise: Ilha Grande + Paraty – In A Brazil Minute (Week 148)” HERE.


































