søndag 2. januar 2011

Feliz Ano Novo de Ihla Grande!

Ready for more beachlife we headed for Ihla Grande. 27 hours of travelling was just about the time we needed to realize that Tonje and Renate had left us to celebrate New Years in the cold, cold north.

Ihla Grande is an island 3 hours south of Rio, with rainforest and white, sandy beaches. To explore this we went on a small jungle trek. Our destination for the day was the beach Lopes Mendes, which is on the top five list of most beautiful beaches in Brazil. The hike was long, hard and muddy, but finally a beach appeared. We were so relieved and ready for a swim that it didn´t even cross our mind that we were not there yet... The beach was nice, but it didn´t look much like the postcards we had seen. It wasn´t until we started checking when the boats were returning that we found out that Lopes Mendes was another 40 minutes hiking away. Did we feel stupid or what? ;)
The next day we tried again, taking the boat this time. This was definitely more like the postcard!


It´s never too late to challenge yourself, so the last day of the year was a golden opportunity to go diving. Rut and Gro for the first time, and Cathrine as the more experienced one. So we signed up for some scuba fun! Swimming among turtles and colorful fish made this an amazing experience :)


As the new year had started in Norway, we were ready for the big celebration with dinner, drinks and samba! Three hungry norwegain girls got a bit surprised when we saw the fruit buffet at the hostel. But as we say in norwegian: "Det er mye god mat i god drikke". Let´s get the party started! :)



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