Interesting encounter
On Saturday we tried to reach the southern tip of the island, which involved a drive of an hour and a half (the last part on a very rough earth track), until we came to the end of the road. This still turned out to be a 45 minute walk away from the beach (Praia dos Naufragados) right at the tip of the island - so we never did get to the beach or the southern tip of the island.

However, in exploring the track which led to the beach, I came across this house and ended up being invited in - and what a treat that turned out to be. The house was built on the side of an old 'engenho' or corn mill. You can see from the photo that the engenho is no longer being used for grinding and now makes an extra room for the house - hence all the personal belongings everywhere. But all the original machinery is still there, made out of the most fantastic wood and the original old stone floor. All this is housed in an old colonial building on the edge of a beach, with natural Brazilian wilderness all around and little chance of over development, at least in the near future.

The owner (in the photo) told me he had lived in the house for 43 years and was a retired fisherman. He then asked me if I wanted to buy the house and mill. Thirty years ago I would definitely have been tempted!