Colonial port town of Paraty, Brasil. We arrived in the rain and left in the rain, but in between was beautiful. The historic part, most of the town, is closed to vehicles and has a slightly curved grid of rough cobblestone streets. It is very similar in architecture, same period, to Ouro Preto, but a flat, beach front version. We were walking the streets in the rain, cursing ourselves for not writing down the address of the hostel we booked online, when a british bloke stopped and asked if we knew where we were going. We told him The Historic Centre Hostel. He said, "I know where it is. I should, I own it." We stayed the next four nights, the only men in a hostel of women. We learned quickly that you don't ask John,
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