Lopes Mendes, Ilha Grande

Lopes Mendes, the beach pictured here, is described by many as one of the most spectacular stretches of sand in Brazil. Its secret lies in its whiter than white sand and the total and complete lack of any buildings on its 3 kilometres. And yes, as my friend L Plater mentioned on the comments, white sand is really difficult to photograph. Particularly when you have a dark object and what to keep all the details. I tried my best but couldn't rescue much detail on the sand.

But walk till the end of the beach and you'll find a piece of machinery that came from an oil rig and ran aground here (it's quite large, about 2 meters high). An artist had the great idea of decorating the piece of junk with mosaic. I like the result.
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Muchos describen la playa de Lopes Mendes como una de las más espectaculares de Brasil. Su secreto radica en tres kilómetros de arena blanquísima y ni una construcción ni media alrededor.

Pero hete aquí que al final de la playa hay un trozo de basura que se desprendió de una plataforma petrolífera y acabó encallando aquí (es bastante grande, tiene unos dos metros de altura). Un artista decidió decorarlo con pedazos de mosaico. Me gusta el resultado.