Parque Hotel Perequê Paraty

... travel around on half dead horses (see attached pics). Owing to her hatred of all things on or near the bread line this is a move which Carol is very much in favour of.<br><br>Paraty has a mile square old town centre where the streets are made of oversize cobbles which may or may not actually be gravestones, walking is a tricky endeavour and should only be attempted when absolutely necessary. An added danger are the fleets of American tourists who ...

Day 10 - Didn´t feel great getting up in the morning, but decided to leave the island and head to the colonial town of Paraty. I sort of ***** around until the ferry back at 5pm, mainly as i had packed everything by noon. Got a bit of lunch with Julian and then read for an hour, having a beer on the beach. Would certainly recommend Ilha Grande for a couple of days if you are around Rio, lovely change and plenty of activities ...

... and I raid the pousade kitchen for ice and limes and make up a round of cocktails to kickstart the night. Our tour guide has been accosted by a former traveller who plies him with 4 bottles of red wine and herself decides to lose her handbag and vomit at dinner. Justine has been the victim of credit card fraud - we are all weeping tears of sympathy of course....so all in all an episode filled evening. Back at the same bar, we take in a couple of ...

Our Itinerary in Rio de Janerio, Brazil<br>June 12-26, 2009<br><br>Friday, June 12<br><br>Left for Rio de Janerio from Charlotte, NC with a lay over in Atlanta, GA<br><br>Saturday, June 13<br><br>Arrived at People's Central Institute (ICP) where we stayed for 7 days. ICP offers all day educational services for children 3 months to 6 years; remedial classes for public school children ages 7 to 12; adult classes for training on computers and computer ...

... without stopping anywhere else. You know, like a large taxi. Unfortunantely we were prioven wrong and we had a 1.5 hour tour of Rio's traffic jams before getting to the statue.<br>It was all worth it though. The views are absolutely amazing and top the views from the sugar loaf easily (see pics). We took a taxi back to the hotel and amazed by the low prices of the taxis, we decided to take one to the bus station as well.<br><br>We took a bus to Parati. The bus ride was 4.5 hours along ...

PARATY is a pretty colonial town which has a Jamaican touch of whitewash colour to it. There are pink, blue and green painted houses. The old town stands on cobbled streets and there`s a laid-back, chilled but actively happy atmosphere about it. <br>We were fortunate enough to be there at the time of the festival. It was the festival of a local Saint&#8230;and God firgive me but I`ve forgotten who now! On our first night we went down and checked out all the food stalls that had been set up ...

... played in the rip currents, diving into the waves in front of me and disappearing half way down the beach, running back and repeating, like some kind of water park ride.<br> <br>We went to Leblon for lunch, the next suburb along from Ipanema, and were amazed this area isn&#8217;t more recommended. For the first time since arriving in South America, i wasn&#8217;t disappearing down a hole in the pavement every 5 minutes, the buildings seemed smarter ...

... seen so I suspect her book is out of date. In the end we gave up finding it and then went into a local place for some food. I just ordered a few things that looked like nibbly bits (as they said 12 pieces) but no idea what they were. She ordered tagliatelli. When mine came it was one plate of what tasted like sausage/burger long things like sausage but crispy and another plate of what looked like espanadas (I'd had them before) which were assorted ...

... but the smaller the bikini the better especially if you have got the booty to show off. From young to old and all shapes and sizes you will not see anyone covered up here. The men sport their speedos and the women sport as little as G-strings!!!! It's insane, but contagious. Why be so conservative when the whole beach is very very liberal. After seeing all the ity bity bikinis Vince and I bought ourselves our very own Brazillian swimwear!!!! and ...

OK, these people really know how to party! check out the photos: I'll also try to upload the video so forgive tell me if it doesn't work. here goes nothing: One thing that I found particularly touching about the Bloco I went with was that apparently one year while the crowds were walking on ...