Midway of Salvador and Ilha Grande, lost at sea, a small archipelago of five islands : the Abrolhos. natural reserve, military area, it’s forbiden to land without permit, except in one of the islands … 8 families, militaries, live here for 2 years, for one time only, you can imagine why. Humpback whales come here to give birth and feed their calves ( at the right season), turtles lay at full moon, masked bobies, brown bobies, frigatebirds, tropic birds, terns nest. For divers it’s coral and all its marvels. We were welcomed by militaries, invited to land, we walked with Dick in the reserve….and we had to escape to the caïpirinha before going back to the boat…We would not complain staying in this paradise.
