It's been a pretty awesome couple of days. The meeting with our group on Sunday evening went well, it's a small group. There are 2 German girls traveling together, 1 German man, 1 man from wales and my roommate from the UK. We had a quick dinner together on Sunday night before bed.
Monday morning we left rio and travelled by private shuttle to Paraty, which was about 4 hours. Our hotel here is quite nice with wifi and a swimming pool. It is about a 20 minute walk into the old town.
Yesterday afternoon I spent wandering around the old town. It is stunning. White buildings with vibrant doors. Many photographs of doors. Beautiful cobblestone streets, which are rather tricky to actually walk on. I had a delicious ice cream and then came back to the hotel before dinner. Dinner we ate at our guides family's restaurant. It was the best meal I've had so far.
This morning we had a really big breakfast before heading off on our adventure. We boarded a public bus and took that to one of the richest areas in brazil. From there, they have to shuttle us across this private land, only for the rich people. We then boarded small motorboats and they transported us to a beautiful beach. There we explored, took photos, swam, before hiking on to a little waterfall, where we could swim in the cool pools. We hiked on to several more beaches. The hiking was pretty strenuous, but it was a very amazing day. Aside from the first and last beaches, we saw no one else the entire day. It was lovely.
My camera card stopped working just before the end of the day, so that was a bit of a panic, but I've got a working card now.
We still need to go out and get supplies for our very very very long travel day tomorrow, and then off to dinner, so I better run.
Tomorrow we travel all day and all night and reach iguassu falls on Wednesday morning. More then!
Love to you all, miss you xoxox
wow! this looks like an awesome trip! good to see you liked Paraty!
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