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By amatth11
November 5th 2009

Scorchio South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Paraty

So.. .(only kidding) We caught the boat back to the mainland yesterday, then travelled a couple of hours on a packed local bus down the coast, past a nuclear power station, and on to Paraty - an old colonial town with brightly coloured windows and doors, and roughly cobbled streets that flood at high tide. I say flood, but I guess that´s more at the Spring tides - it did come in a bit yesterday, and I went back to one of the churches last night to see if I could get a nice photo at the top of the tide, [View Full Entry]

By David on tour
October 27th 2009

Paraty & Sao Paulo Days 18-20 South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Paraty

Paraty

I was sad to leave Isla Grande but I had to make my way to Sao Paulo to get my flight back home, but before that happened I had a brief stop in Paraty. To get to Paraty I got a local bus to the bus station and wandered down the main street to the ocean which is where the Misti Chill hostel was located. I would recommend this hostel, it had a good vibe about it and the manager there was from new Zealand so we entertained ourselves with Flight of the Concords anecdotes. Unfortunately the respite on Isla Grande [View Full Entry]

By Lizzy and Rick
October 19th 2009

Paraty South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Paraty

Paraty Historical Centre

29th September - Day 23 The bus from Angra to Paraty took 1 1/2 hours but this time we were on more of a local bus. There was no where to put our rucksacks and the seats were really not comfortable. As soon as we got to Paraty we were bombarded with different people trying to peddle their hostels. We looked at 1 place which claimed it had a pool but it was basically a paddling pool, full of dirt in their backgarden. We settled on this place called Family Hostel where we had a private room ensuite, double bed, fridge, [View Full Entry]

By FionaG
September 4th 2009

The day rich got mugged by a racoon and other short stories... South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Paraty

The day everyone started at a&o, I was on a yacht.... hello! After the madness of brazilian funk clubs in Rio, we headed down the brazilian coast to a town called Paraty which was basically the opposite of Rio- small,calm,peaceful and v v pretty and old. We decided it was like some kind of disneyland/noddy land town - basically too perfect! The houses were white with different coloured shutters, the streets were clean and cobbled and there were cute shops, bars and restaurants everywhere. It was very gorgeous but almost a little bit too gorgeous and perfect?! Worryingly perfect... [View Full Entry]

By babyape
September 3rd 2009

Paraty - Ditching my new tour group for 5 Mancunian Girls South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Paraty

Cracking beer coolers

So, from Rio i joined onto an organised 21 day overland tour ending in Buenos Aires. The tour had 20 people on, and you paid upfront so didn't have to worry about booking hostels or buses, as it was all in, as was most of the food! The vehicle is a huge mercedes truck converted to carry people and supplies, pretty cool thing actually. I arrived to the first meeting 40 minutes late as i was held up at the Favela tour (not held up, but caught in traffic). Anyway, i walked into a group of people i hoped it wouldn't [View Full Entry]

By IonaF
September 1st 2009

Paraty, Brazil South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Paraty

The gang!

Beautiful colonial style town by the sea, amazing islands, cobbled streets, gorgeous boat trips and more... Monday 31st August 5 hour bus ride from Rio to the beautiful seaside town of Paraty. Paraty is so quaint!! We´re staying in a hostel in the historic centre, where all the streets are cobbled and there are no cars, only horses and carriages. This week they are celebrating the Fiesta of our Lady of ´Remedies´ or Help, so there were lots of fireworks last night, and stalls selling churros (long fried sugary doughnuts), fresh fruit, candyfloss etc. They had a big open a [View Full Entry]

By GoughyandJoey
June 25th 2009

Party in Paraty - not so much South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Paraty

Parati beach

From Iguazu we decided to take a bus to Sao Paulo and from there directly on to a little coastal town called Paraty (pronounced "Parachi"). This was a pretty gruelling journey totalling over 24 hours but we decided not to stop in Sao Paulo as the guidebook suggested the main sites were museums so not really our kind of place (i.e too cultural) so we decided to spend our time in Brazil in and around Rio. The bus ride from Iguazu took an "interesting" turn when we were raided by the military police. It did not help that we cant speak [View Full Entry]

By WeeJill
June 13th 2009

Parity South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Paraty

Parity church

Parity is a lovely little seaside Colonial town with lots of pretty churches, buildings and cobbled streets. When we arrived it was still raining unfortunately but we did a tour of the town and went out for a beer, listened to some live music and then had a superb fish dinner in a nice restaurant. It was great after the amount of red meat we have been eating at the BBQ style restaurants. the town cam alilve at night with street performers, markets and i had my tarot cards read by an Argentinian gypsy woman - nothing too earth shattering in [View Full Entry]

By Matt and Tyne
June 11th 2009

Paraty...Cubans,Cachaca an the Stanley Cup! South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Paraty

Harbour streets in the Colonial part of town, heavily flooded

Hey Guys, Well after a short bus ride we arrived in Paraty, which is a small colonial town on the Coast. We lucked out in the fact that the day we arrived was Corpus Christi and the locals cover the roads throughout the colonial part of town in amazing artwork made out of coloured sand and woodchips(see photos). It was pretty cool. Later that evening we watched the church procession and as they proceed to walk over all the artwork I guess it turned out well that we didn't wait to take pics;) Aside from the colonial town the other main [View Full Entry]

Colonial Towns call for Colonial transportation

Streets of Paraty lined with artwork for Corpus Christi

By Steph B
June 7th 2009

Last few days of Rio and on to Paraty... South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Paraty

Oi! I am writing to you from Paraty, a beautiful British Colonial town just three and a half hours bus ride West of Rio. (The t in Paraty is pronounced like a tc, so pronounced Paratchy). We arrived here last night at about 7pm. But I have skipped a couple of days, so here is what we have been up to : On Thursday 4th I embarked upon a Favela Tour with Marcelo Armstrongs company. The tour was excellent. I felt shocked in two very different ways: the poverty and hardship some face in terms of working themselves and their families [View Full Entry]

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