Arty black and white shot

It's Paraty time!

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May 12th 2009
I'm sorry about yet another Paraty/party pun in the title, its just that it seems to be the done thing in this little town. Every hostel claims to be a paraty hostel, every bus is a paraty bus and every church is a paraty church. Or something like that. So, after the debacle of the previous blog, we only arrived in the town fairly late. There were 4 of us tourists on the bus, and due to my s ... read more

South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Paraty

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Following three centuries under the rule of Portugal, Brazil became an independent nation in 1822. By far the largest and most populous country in South America, Brazil overcame more than half a century of military intervention in the governance of t... ... read more