No cars are allowed on the cobbled streets

Being bohemian in Paraty

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June 16th 2008
Paraty is a small colonial town four hours South of Rio, back in the day it was a regular haunt of pirates who would come here to steal the gold which was shipped from its port. Our stay here was pretty unplanned as we we're now going backwards to our original route which was to head up towards Belem and up the Amazon River. We´d heard so many good things about Paraty and after our stay in Ar ... read more

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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