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Jun 25, 2020
2 min

We will rock you - the dance of the blue manakin

Blue manakins are the undisputed rock stars of the bird world in Ilha Grande. Groups of males - with a young male standing in as a female...

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Kate Winstanley

Jun 25, 2020
3 min

Crime Scene Investigation

Used to the relatively benign presence of the local military police who sleepily sat out their days at the entrance to the beachfront pol...

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Kate Winstanley

Jun 21, 2020
4 min

Bico do Papagaio

For over 2½ months I had admired the remarkable rock formation that dominates the mountainous ridge above Abraão. Bico do Papagaio is, as...

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Kate Winstanley

Jun 21, 2020
4 min

Walking out from Abraão

If you follow the main dirt track (there are no tarred roads on the island) leading west from Vila do Abraão, you reach the ruins of an o...

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Kate Winstanley

Jun 21, 2020
2 min

The enchanted waterfall

Feiticeira is Portuguese for sorceress and is also the name of a cove and waterfall around 6km north of Abraão, on the opposite side of t...

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Kate Winstanley

Jun 21, 2020
5 min

A beach sleepover

Everyone who visits Ilha Grande wants to visit Lopes Mendes. It is said to be Brazil’s second most beautiful beach and I was determined t...

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Kate Winstanley

Jun 20, 2020
1 min

It's a dog's life

The residents of Abraão love their dogs, which come in every shape and size, some small and fluffy with bows in their hair, others built ...

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Kate Winstanley

Jun 20, 2020
3 min

Cholera, Covid-19 and quarantine

Had my holiday been booked any later - I flew out on 15 March 2020 – I would almost certainly not have made this trip. I would definitely...

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Kate Winstanley

Jun 20, 2020
4 min

Stranded in Abraão

For the first few days I decided to orientate myself in the island's main town of Abraão -where I was based - before exploring the island...

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Kate Winstanley

Jun 18, 2020
2 min

Isolated on Ilha Grande

As I approached my island idyll, I had no idea that I would be a virtual prisoner here for over 3 months. A prisoner in paradise. Speedin...

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Kate Winstanley

Jun 17, 2020
5 min

Bemvindo a Brasil

The two-week holiday to an idyllic island in Brazil that turned into a three and a half month long adventure hiking to deserted beaches, ...

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