Pousada Arte Urquijo Paraty

... I) thought was the actor who plays the movie director who buys all the drugs off Cristian Slater and ends up getting shot in True Romance. Turns out it wasn´t him but a great anecdote nonetheless I´m sure you agree.<br><br>There was also a rather suspect looking family consisting of Ma, Pa and socially maladjusted son who any half decent child psychiatrist would take one look at and see from a young age was a kill crazy rampage waiting to happen. His ...

... a local bus in a foreign land, where i didn´t speak the language, know where i was or where i was going - fun times. The bus got full and made a few strange stops in residential areas, but i eventually got to my destination without incident. Others had to stand on the bus, and a few lads were drinking, but this seems par for the course in Brazil. <br><br>Expected some touristy info when arrived at 9pm, but there was nowt. I ...

... other rather smoothly! On further inspection, the eejit was actually playing an Ipod! The buttons he was pressing may have been to switch on and off some lights, or merely to feed his ego! Nevertheless, I resorted to Noel´s "On The Go" playlist and told him to play it pronto, informing him that we had unearthed his secret tactics and were in no way hesitant about divulging this info to the partygoers...and the party animals of courset! After all, aren't all ...

... perfect long crescent white sand of Praia Lopes Mendes. En route, Mary saw a snake. The island is wonderful and it would clearly be amazing in the heat of summer, but I would be so terrified hiking these rainforest trails during the warm season! The beach is the surf spot on the island and there were many surfers, boogie boarders and bodysurfers out in the water (I was one of those bodysurfers). The waves are created from a shore break as there is an extremely ...

After a great tip from one of the helpful hostel staff in Rio, we found ourselves busing it down to<br>Paraty.<br> <br>Paraty is on the Costa Verde (Emerald Coast) and is a beautifully restored colonial town. We spent 3 days visiting beautiful secluded beaches as well as a trip to a nearby island for a local shrimp festival (eating the shells and legs was compulsory, heads optional). This was just the chill out that we needed ...

... more rain, decided to have a wiseton day, watch some films and do our laundry. Hired bikes that evening to collect our washing, cycling along the cobbled streets of Paraty in the pouring rain wasn´t as successful as hoped. My back brake didn´t work and greaves decided she is definately not a cyclist! We´ve stumbled upon a local festival here which is pretty cool, live samba shows, local food stalls and many caprinhia stands! We become big fans of ...

... a piece of heaven. A small trek through the forest you could get Hawai from the beaches with many people on and walked down to a beach of your own. Here the only company was a local surfer called Carlos and his dog, and a crazy guy who was hopping around like Tarzan. I stolled up and down the beautiful beach and then realxed in 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 ...

... food and the Amazon river had its own smell as well, it was enough to make you?????, sorry but you guy´s wanted graphic, its as raw as it gets. I forgot to tell you, that one night, around bed time we got a shower of those black hard gross beadles, they were just flying in like they Had a mission, i had some in my hair, in the hammock, underneath me they were every were, i Had never seen anything like it. Sorry for being so negative ...

... us that because of the prior week's torrential rains it was not possible. Looking at our map and seeing that only 10 kilometers separated us from Paraty, Jill, completely out of character, said, "I'm game if you are." And of course Jay was. One and a half kilometers later we learned that the man had not been lying, as a crevasse crossed the entire road. While executing a 3-point turn to get out of there, part of the road was washed away, and we ...

... When we arrived back at the dock aswell, the area was heaving with people as it was the weekend and everyone had come ashore from the cruise ship, so there were quite a few snaps being taken of Beyonce as she stopped on occasion to hurl some more much to the morbid delight and curiosity of the passer bys!!!! On return to the Pousada I had a shower, washed the vomit from my clothes and promptly fell asleep. Later after sobering up, I went for dinner with Tash and caught up ...