Blogs from Trindade, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, South America

The decision to come to Trindade occurred by chance. We did not actively choose the location and arrived after a comedy of errors, as we believed we were staying in the town of Paraty, situated just under an hour to our East. During a pitstop at Paraty bus station, Mike began to feel unwell. Whilst propped up at a urinal, we heard Mike enter through the door behind us. His shout of ¨Sorry boys!¨was interrupted by bouts of uncontollable, explosive and orange vomit which he skilfully directed into a small, nearby wastebin. As we left the toilet, his sporadic retching could still be heard from the street. Having emptied his stomach and refuelled with two litres of water, we proceeded to Trindade, where he would spend the rest of the night in a state of hibernation. ... read more

After a short bus journey from Paraty, we exited onto the coastal town of Trindad. A tiny town with literally one main strip and a splattering of shops off that. We headed to our lodging for the evening, which turned out to be literally someone’s spare room. We were given a set of keys and told to make ourselves at home. Later that day we checked out some of the beaches but the weather wasn’t on our side and we retired to the house for a movie session. After we had returned from a few Caiprinhas we decided to get an early night but our roomies had other plans, staying up late watching films and laughing away in Brazilian. The next day, we set out on a trek to the ‘Natural Pools’ which turned out to ... read more

Oi again, Greg and I are now in Trindade, a small town of 700 on the beautiful costa verde. Its only 40 minutes from Paraty, a nice short travel. We originally had planned to to stay 2 days in Trindade and then the other two (before heading to Rio) at Ilha Grande...but, as soon as we got into this quiant town with its beautiful rolling hills covered in green jungle and bright flowers over every fence, we started to think we might not want to leave so soon. This became a definite when we got to the hostel (Kaissara Hostel); a beautiful wooden cabin/house with jungle surroundings, a great group of people and great owner (George). The first day, we hiked for an hour to a natural pool created by large boulders separating the ocean from ... read more

In my last blog I made the brave statement that Brazil could well rival Colombia as my favorite country in South America. At this point I have not even been to the Carnival yet and I am sure this statement is true. I am having such a good time. After reluctantly leaving Florianopolis (now traveling with an Irish guy, Conor and an English guy, Harrison) We made our way to a little old colonial town on the coast called Paraty. Basically really old cobble streets, old buildings and a big holiday destination for everybody. We found a lovely little hostel just out of the centre but right on the beach. There are two sides to this town; the beautiful picture perfect old town during the day and then by night the streets just come alive with ... read more

An hour and a half away from Paraty the small relatively undeveloped beaches of Trindade can be found. A few beach bars and restaurants line a hundred meters of two of the main beaches - which are both about 1km long. The beaches have good surf - and are popular with surfers - obviously. There are small trails that wind through the forest which take you to waterfalls and pools. A lovely way to spend a day. ... read more