Jun 19, 2005 - Ilha do Mel (Island of Honey - hmm...sticky), Brazil

As the train arrived 1.5 hours late (to be expected in South America I guess!) by the time I got out to the Island it was getting towards 4pm - which left only 1.5-2 hours until darkness. The island was very pretty, and reminded me a lot of some of the resorts in Fiji - except that rather than 1 resort on the island there were a lot of little budget type hotels. As I didn't have much light left I immediately left and walked out to one of the Island's main attractions (other than the immensely beautiful beaches), which was an old Portugese...