Morro de Sao Paulo

Probably the most fantastic, gorgeous and spectacular island ever with the most amazing people, beaches, and way of life. Can you tell we enjoyed ourselves here?

After salvador we followed recommendations and took a boat to Morro de Sao Paulo. What we thought was just going to be a pleasant day on a little beach, turned out to be a few surreal days of paradise. From our hostel we walked through the streets, which were covered in soft golden sand and headed towards the beaches. We strolled along the first beach which was beautiful, letting the clear warm water splash over our feet. As we ventured further we discovered the other four beaches, which stretched for miles!!!!!! Our favourite spot was on the fourth beach, the biggest out of the five, the water was shallow and calm, with only the odd local selling coconuts to disturb you. Horse and carriage rides trotted by, while others rode their horses along the beach front. After our constant bad luck with the weather we were more than pleased to start bronzing ourselves.

In the evenings we made ourselves at home at Toca; the sunset bar. It was far up in the hills, where you would spend a few hours after the beach watching the sunset and listening to the DJ playing chillout music.

The locals here were fascinating to talk to, their way of life is incredible. They really appreciate their natural surroundings, using wheelbarrows to transport things across the island, and telling the time by the sun only, we fell in love with the simplicity of their life. We were told to throw our watches away as time was irrelevant, you eat when your hungry, sleep when your tired, and dance when you want to party!

We were almost in tears when we had to leave, but on our journey back down to the south of Brazil we came up with a plan! We WILL return and set up our own cocktail bar, living the dreamful life of Morro de Sao Paulo.