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Paraty Slideshow
Paraty
Travel Blogs from Paraty, Brazil
High Class Accommodation
... I think some were even hanging out of the door - obviously no risk assessment was done for that trip!!!!!! After a few good days in Paraty visiting the beaches and taking a boat trip on Friday we were told by our hostel that we had to move that day as ...
Strange how things work out
The whole reason I had come to the town of Parati (pronounced parachi), was because a friend from the Panatal had spoke so highly of it. I was told that it was a small colonial town on the coast. This ...
Into Brazil
... to Paraty) and tried to get some cash out, failed, but we made the bus & 4.5 hours later pulled in to Paraty. The journey was fairly uneventful except for the increasing stress levels that Becs was going through. It seems that arriving into a ...
Back At The Beach
... around it then made our way back to the hostel. We took some time out from the beach to walk around the cobbled streets of Paraty's colonial town centre. It's up there with the nicest I've seen in South America and seems like a really nice place to come ...
waterfall/waterslide fun
... cachaça distillery (cachaça is the national Brazilian boozedrink, it´s made from sugar cane, and apparently, they sell more cahaça in Brazil than they do coca cola), and sampled a few of the local products.... Then we walked a few miles back down ...
Pretty Paraty
... the sun. But a short while before lunch the sky clouded over in a dense grey and the humidity increased. I buses it back to Paraty and got an absolute soaking, iguazu style, when i ventured out for some food. Man united lost in the Champions league too. ...
Tipping it down in Paraty
Just arrived in Paraty, a small seaside town about 4.5 hours south of Rio, after spending 5 glorious fun and sun filled days in la cidade maravilhosa, where we met some awesome people and saw some great things. We were unpleasantly surprised to ...
PARaTY
Paraty would equal Paradise
... 't even stop all day and all night not even for five minutes or anything. It was a rubbish day and didn't do anything. I loved Paraty apart from the weather, I think it has so much to offer if the sun was out. It really would be paradise because of the ...
Paraty, Brazil
... , tyring to pay and actually getting onto the bus a total impossibility, but really the thing that strikes us the most about Brazil is the warmth and friendliness of Brazilians. They are always willing to go out of their way to help us (and goodness do ...
Back in the old colonial times
... up a chair and continue To Kill A Mocking Bird - occasionlly taking a break to contemplate how sweet life is in coastal Brazil - there is an air of laid backness like I´ve experienced nowhere else and if people were any friendlier, they´d probably ...
James gets a "head cold"
After Rio, we had a couple of nights in Paraty, a small beachside town in Brazil. Very nice place, and the best accommodation yet. On our second night here we learnt how to make caiparinhas, Brazilian cocktails which are essentially a full glass of ...
Getting To Paraty - A Learning Curve
... is out. Around 10:30 we made our way back to our hostel at which time we checked out and waited for our transfer to Paraty. Everything got off to a good start when we departed on time but we spent the next hour or so driving within a kilometer ...
Paraty Relaxation!!!
Well…Paraty (pronounced pat-ah-chee), Brazil has definitely been our vacation on our vacation. We have one more full day left here, and I have to say, it will be hard to leave. Paraty is a small colonail town with cobble stone streets, horse drawn ...
Colonial days
... of beers before an early night. Nice having your own space again. Day 11 - Woke up around 10am, missing breakfast. Wandered around Paraty and agree with one of the lads who said you can do it in a couple of hours. There are hundreds of islands ...
got the hell out of dodge.
... at you and shouting at you and trying to sell you shit so i just decided it was time to leave, so had heard about a place called Paraty that was supposed to be nice so got a taxi to the bus station and a bus to paraty. the buses here are pretty cool so ...
Camping :-)
... pays... then we also take it in turns to clean out the truck! You´d be so proud of us!! We´re staying in Paraty which is a really pretty little colonial town...cobbledy streets and surrounded by beautiful beaches!! Just on our way back to camp to get ...
Paraty
... che prima lui mi ha messo nella caipirinha (roba industriale non buona, come dice lui...). Il rientro dalla spiaggia a Paraty è anche stato divertente...ma questo ve lo racconta la Chiaretta;-).... Secondo la suddetta sciora il bus per ...
This is the life
... under construction (see view of balcony). We even had breakfast brought to our room...which included jelly and cake..what a great place Brazil is. Despite dodgy weather on our first day we had wonderful sunshine the next and so we headed out on a boat ...
Paraty, and the journey from hell!
... a 2 hours bus ride til we got to our new destination! so i can say we all felt a little worse for wear on our arrival at Paraty! The town itself was lovely, but again the weather wasnt our friend so we didnt get the best of the place! But we did do a ...
Paraty
... colonial town to enjoy some last moments on the beach before heading south back to the colder climate of argentina. paraty is beautiful... very colourful. Once again, we were blessed with good weather throughout our stay there. mainly spent time ...
Rain rain go away.......
Arrived in Paraty to find glorious sunshine but little did we know that would be all we'd see of the sun!!! Paraty is a beautifully preserved colonial town full of colour and charm (can you tell I like it?!). We checked into the hostel, which we ...
kap kap kap
... biezacej ... zebym jej nie przeoczyl bo taka urocza :) Jestesmy wiec w bardzo ale to bardzo malowniczym miasteczku Paraty. Lezy nad oceanem, ma ladny port, kosciolki pobudowane odrebnie dla bialych, mulatow i czarnych niewolnikow oraz zamkniete dla ...
Chillaxing in Paraty
... . We couldn't escape Carnival though, and on a couple of evenings as we were sat enjoying a quiet caipirinha(!) in Paraty's main square, a samba band practise would strike up rendering conversation impossible, also each day the streets had more and more ...
Weekend in Paraty
... by unhelpful taxi drivers. We couldn´t believe the $R20 sum (£8) he demanded from us upon our arrival!! :( Bad times. Paraty is a beautiful colonial town with cobbled streets and a good selection of cafes and restaurants. The relaxed atmosphere was a ...
... continued
... , cochroach and fly type creature. We left day after that via ferry and public bus and arrived in Paraty - town built in 16th century - one of Brazil's historic gems ... very pleasant except for more rain ... lots of little shops selling trinkits ... and ...
Paraty
Wednesday We took a 4.5 hour bus journey to Paraty (pronounced Parachee), which is a lovely town next to the sea. Paraty gets flooded once a month but it didn´t happen whilst we were here (thankfully!!). We had lunch and then went to some waterfalls - ...
Paraty, not Party
... of the Rio, but this was replaced with a really laid back family atmosphere and an authenticity that the locals adore. Paraty highlight: Our great hostels, breakfast of the beach, arriving at a music festival Pro: 1. Main centres beautiful colours and ...
Some beach time.....but where is the sun?
... the English owner and a much needed ice cold shower we finally were able to relax and enjoy our first beer/Caipirinha in Paraty. After one morning of sunshine we endured rain and sometimes torrential rain calf deep, for our three days in Paraty. I ...