Another long haul to Paraty, old colonial style, and cheaper drinks on the market !
February 20th 2007 From Iguazu it´s still a long long way to Rio, so needless to say there had to be a rest stop along the coast for a few days, where people could recouperate from all the mileage, the dust, the mileage, the putting up and taking down tents, and not to forget the mileage... we choose to forget, but I think Ushuaia to Rio makes up about 5500kms.....
We did have one extra in between stop, at a beac
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