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No: 032 | Date: 2003-09-16 | Southamerica, Brasil, Ilha Grande

A retreat from the busy city for everyone is Ilha Grande.



No. of Image: 1
Description: Ilha Grande lives of the local fishermen. Life is simple but the people are warm hearted out here.
Photo by: JF Thye
   
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No. of Image: 2
Description: Long beaches and a tropical rain forest can be found all over the island.
Photo by: JF Thye
   
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No. of Image: 3
Description: Old fisher boats turn into living grounds for animals when they are discarded on the beach.
Photo by: JF Thye
   
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No. of Image: 4
Description: Abraoo is the capital of Ilha Grande. An island which contains of 102 beaches. Local communication works via HF-Radio throughout the small villages.
Photo by: JF Thye
   
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No. of Image: 5
Description: The street on which fresh salad is sold by the locals is only used by one bus, one police car, the postman and the garbage truck.
Photo by: JF Thye
   
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No. of Image: 6
Description: "The WILDLIFE crew is ready to climb ""Pico Papagaio"" which can be seen in the background."
Photo by: JF Thye
   
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No. of Image: 7
Description: "Sebastian with the attempt to break down a ""small"" branch of a bamboo tree to build himself a walking stick."
Photo by: JF Thye
   
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No. of Image: 8
Description: Our good navigation skills made it possible to find the way through the thick forest to the top.
Photo by: Sebastian Wilken
   
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No. of Image: 9
Description: "After a 3 to 4 hour hike on a barely existing path we reached the 1000 m ""Pico Papagaio""."
Photo by: JF Thye
   
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No. of Image: 10
Description: The remaining typewriters in the penetentiary of Dois Rios. JF_s uncle Kurt Meyer-Clason (author and translator) was held here after WWII.
Photo by: JF Thye
   
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No. of Image: 11
Description: After our anchor broke in a stormy night in Angra dois Reis, we couldn't avoid a collision with another boat. We faced boat repairs in Marina Brachuy with Pablo a fiberglass catamaran specialist and his team.
Photo by: JF Thye
   
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Filesize: 87 Kb

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