Marau Island

Península de Maraú- Beach silhouette at sunset

"No man is an island". But north of Itacaré lies a Península that, in fact, IS.....

How can a peninsula be an island? Do putative lables, dictionary definitions reflect essence? Ask anyone who lives here, who has tried to get from there to here. With access to our 50km X 5km wedge-in-the-ocean by boat, 5 car ferry, or air taxi, we try to avoid as a necessity what weekend off roaders elsewhere do for fun.

The Peninsula de Maraú may in fact be far more "island" than many islands are. Mythically, logistically, environmentally, climactically, psychologically.... it's more than a claim to poetic license. It's the day to day feel and reality of place: the essence of island living.

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Islands, the stuff of almost universal fantasy. And reality, for a lucky few.....