Pousada Porto Imperial Paraty

Got the bus from Rio to Paraty which is a Unesco World Heritage site- cobbled roads which wash themsleves when the tide comes in, old colonial buildings and nice beach. Unfortunatley we didn´t really see any of it as it was raining heavily the whole time. When we did go out it was to try and get some cash to pay for the room we stayed in at a Swiss run hostel with the most miserable owners in the world.<br>When we ...

... am constantly resacking things and annoying everyone with my noise.<br><br>tomorrow i am going to head south a bitmore to a town called trinidade which is suppose to have "4 of brazils beast beaches"... thats what everyplace has said so far... the island hadthe best thusfar. after that im going back to rio and goiing to take my time seeing it cause i know i missed a lot.<br> word #7 regado= thank you (i think)<br>love to youall, <br>ash<br>

... random travelers which paths cross, criss-cross and then split away. So ironically as I finish some short hikes after arriving with a few hours of daylight remaining, I spot Bernie waiting for the minivan back to Paraty -- at this point our paths will split completely.<br><br>I stay at this awesome hostel run by a Brit out of Bristol that fell in love with the area about a year ago, rented a house from a local, fixed it up and manages it ...

What a beautiful place. Formerly an isolated prison, it is now home to very relaxed tourism and friendly locals. We only had a couple of days here but packed it in with beach visits and island hikes. We also discovered the Brasilian dessert trolley (like a kebab van with pudding), a genious idea!

... had a trip to do and got onto the boat. We rounded beautiful coves and passed tranquil beaches (not a good sign when you want surf) and landed in a wide beach with a little houseboat just off the coast. Turns out this is a floating restaurant. There was a little dinghy attached to a line that they used to pull in the customers from the shore. The water was like a lake, and as soon as we hit the beach, the clouds rolled in and it started to rain ...

... I&#8217;m sure that&#8217;s not spelt right &#8211; I&#8217;ve only just learnt how to pronounce it!). It&#8217;s made with the local spirit cacha (again awful spelling), which is made from sugarcane, and mixed with a couple of squeezed limes, sugar and ice. Considering it&#8217;s 38% and doesn&#8217;t have a mixer it&#8217;s pretty potent! They were making it up by the bucketload on board the boat and just handing them round so we got to sample a fair amount and ...

... niemand ons meer af. Terug naar de boot, met een lekker cerveza en caipirinha, genieten van het leven. Had ik al gezegd dat we het naar ons zin hadden? Tot slot kreeg Lisenka (C11) een mega kop gratis koffie, waarna ze zelfs teruggegaan is voor een refill. Om de dag(en) in stijl af te sluiten, volgende we een laatste tip van Felippe op en kochten van een lief oud stelletje een kokosnoot om onze dorst te lessen. Morgen op weg naar Rio, spannend......

... for a while, we then got to a river and had to climb big rocks to get to the dreamy waterfall. Would have all been fine and well had the heavens not opened over us all. Made it quite tricky at times as we tried desperately not to slip on the biggies. For some reason a stray dog had taken a liking to us all too. Its one thing climbing rocks when you can´t see them cos the rains in your face, its a complete other thing to do it all with an ...

... well, I guess we were on an island!) We did a boat trip on the second day as well, and were really lucky with the weather as it had been raining before we arrived and started again after we left. I also purchased a real handbag while on the island - as we had been in Rio, Julia and I had been using plastic bags - you know, to make it less obvious so ...

... cap at the side of the falls. Only 4 of us did the slide as it was quite dangerous, largely because the drop off was quite narrow and if you fell off at the wrong point you could be thrown into a boulder and that would have left a mark. These falls in the jungle were beautiful oasis´s on what had turned into a very hot day, so by the time we went into the distillery to try some of the local Cacacha (kind of like rum, but you don't ...