点评:If you are familiar with the credo "it will be what you make of it", this place is quintessentially it. Although remote (16 hours of flying, 3 separate legs from Los Angeles), it only felt remote because of the total travel reqiured to get there. They say only 400 or 600 people allowed at a time, but the lack of infrastructure made it feel crowded, as every place you went to eat, drink or do excursion was full. Sancho beach had a huge line to climb down the ladder, waited 1.5 hours. That beach is nice, but in no way the "best in the world" as touted. Also this is NOT a good island to snorkel. Waves and current too strong, access off the shore very rocky, and shark warnings on both windward and leeward beaches as 2 people recently attacked by tiger sharks. I am an avid snorkeler and that was very dissappointing. Save yourself a lot of $ and take the public bus for R$ 5 (about $ 1). There are noisy, smelly 2 stroke engine buggies everywhere which are so not in line with ECO friendly anything. What saved the trip was our hotel out on north end of island (Pousada Naonda), a great place to chill, have wonderful included breakfast, and watch sunset with glass of wine.
翻译:如果你熟悉“一切皆取决于你如何去塑造”这句箴言,那这里正是其完美写照。虽然地理位置偏僻(从洛杉矶出发需要经过三段航班,全程约16小时),但之所以觉得遥远,完全是因为所需的漫长旅途时间。据说这里每次只允许400到600人进入,但由于基础设施匮乏,整个地方却显得人满为患——无论你想去哪里吃饭、喝酒或参加游览活动,全都挤得水泄不通。在圣乔海滩,为了能顺着梯子下到海边,我排了1个半小时的长队。那片海滩不错,但绝不像宣传所说的那样是“世界最佳海滩”。此外,这里也绝对不是一个适合浮潜的好地方。海浪和洋流太强大了,岸边地形也极其崎岖;最近有两人遭到虎鲨袭击,因此迎风面和背风面的海滩都发布了鲨鱼出没警告。我是个狂热的浮潜爱好者,这次的经历真的令人大失所望。为了省下不少钱,建议搭乘仅需5雷亚尔(约合1美元)的公交车前往吧。那里很吵闹……到处都是散发着异味的二冲程发动机驱动的越野车,它们完全违背了环保理念。这次旅行的亮点就是我们在岛北端下榻的旅馆(Pousada Naonda)——那里是放松身心的绝佳去处,还能享用美味的自助早餐,甚至可以一边品着葡萄酒一边欣赏日落。