Parati

Trip Start Jun 03, 2008
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Trip End Aug 11, 2008


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Flag of Brazil  , State of Santa Catarina,
Tuesday, August 5, 2008

On Tuesday we left Sao Paulo to take a 6 hour bus journey to Parati. Parati is an old Portugese colonial town and is a world heritage site famous for its architecture and its cobbelstone streets that are flooded every full moon and high tide to wash them. It is on the Atlantic ocean and was a regular port stop for pirates, it was also only accessible by boat until 1952!!

The first evening we arrived we just took a stroll around the town and went down to the beaches. It really is a beautiful town with most of the old streets pedestrianised, it reminded me a lot of Hvar island in Croatia. The second day we did a four hour boat journey to the islands around the town. Unfortunately the weather was cloudy in the morning but thankfully the sun soon came out. The boat was very comfortable with sun decks and the sceanry was amazing. We stopped at some incredible beaches, golden white sand with forest in the background, where there were very few people and we got to swim ashore. We also stopped in the ocean to dive off the boat and go snorkelling. A wonderful end to the trip before we headed to Rio de Janeiro.
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