Our arrival in Paraty, after a 90 minute public bus journey (interesting driving again) was marred by threatening clouds Everywhere just seems dull and dreary when it rains (think of Newcastle or Portrush on a wet day). An old colonial town with narrow cobbled streets (when I say cobbled,, the brickies through rocks in the road and hoped for the best.) Cars, bikes, horse and cart all struggle along the 'roads' in the old part of town which by day looks awful but at night, in low light with the restaraunts buzzing the place comes alive. We visited a cachaca (Ka-sha-sa) bar to partake in the local tipple. Many varieties and flavours at 40% proof upwards. The picture shows three different 'flavours.' Cobra, Adder and Crab. The Adder had a meaty taste to it, once the burning sensation in your mouth died down.
Today we managed a boat trip around some of the islands The sun was out, blue skies and the whole town changed. Everybody was on the water as it was the first good day in a long time. A bit of a swim, some sunbathing and a giant pastie dinner on our return meant a great last day in Paraty. We may be out of range for a few days while traveling to Iguazua falls but in this country, nobody knows what facilities might or might not be available.
2 comments:
hello - glad you're enjoying yourselves. Jude - you're getting as bad as mum with your sun chasing!!! Just incase you didn't know, picasa web will be storing all your pictures from your blog site. We found all our lost photos the other day which was a really nice surprise.
Anyway - beeches are trees, beaches are sandy areas of land. Glad you're enjoying the trees!!!!
we're really jealous, sun, sea, and sand with dubious drinks??well you'se are going to try evvvvverything you said!! we've got rain,more rain and heavy rain. I've had enough,looking for sunny spot for at least a fortnight.no back packs, 5 star only.
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