Cachoeira Do Tobogã
Cachoeira Do Tobogã
This day, I had a blond moment. Sorry to all blond readers, this is a figure of speech.
Sick and tired of beautiful tropical beaches (as if!), we decided to take a trip to the forest nearby Paraty. The owner of the hostel had mentioned the Cachoeira Do Tobogã was a very beautiful place, so we jumped on a local bus and headed for it.
Now, as I said before, I do not speak Portuguese. Cachoeira sounded like cascada in Spanish, so I was pretty sure we were going to see waterfalls. I didn´t give much thought to the Tobogã part of the story.
The bus dropped us off by a little trail. We hiked a bit, crossed a suspension bridge and arrived nearby a large smooth rock: the waterfalls. Locals had gathered on the side and were… sliding down the slippy rock, and crashing below in a natural pool. Like on a… tobogan. Ah ah! Tobogã… Toboggan… Yes, gotcha.
It was raining pretty hard: the water level was very high, and the flow rate quite impressive. Of course, I chickened out and did not slide (official excuse was I did not take my swimsuit). Honestly, the idea of crashing down the rock below was not too appealing, but the locals guys were having a blast.
Little did we know that another adventure was waiting for us in Paraty!
 Green Leaves In The Jungle |
 Suspension Bridge |
 The Waterfalls |
 Sliding Down! |
 Nice Rainforest And Waterfalls |
 That´s A Lot Of Water… |
 Church On Top Of The Forest |
 Green All Around |
 Rapids |
 Feng On His Rock |
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- The Rideau Canal
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Wow…that looks crazy! I don’t think I have enough guts to do that.
Wow. You guys should have sturdy swimwear, otherwise who knows when you slide down that thing you might have holes on your butts.
@Shantanu — The guys were having a blast!
@Sidney — Me neither to be honest. I´m sure it would be seen as too risky in most countries.
@Tulsa Gentleman — See, I woldn´t have mind with a tube. Just something underneath would have helped!
@Scarlet — I´m used to suspension bridges, there are quite a few in Latn America. But the slide… nope, I was scared, really!
@Kirsten — The water was quite cold here too actually. I took a dip in the pool below.
@Bluefish — I didn´t!
@Linguist-in-Waiting — Actually, the rock was very smooth. A took the pictures standing on the side and I almost fell!
Oi Zhu!
Que lindo!!!
I loved the photos! What a gorgeous place, girl! It was a great decision to go there!
I am not much of a forest girl, however I fell in love with these pictures…I really did!
How hot is there?
So you thought about me, eh?
I am off to your next post!
Keep having fun!
That looks like so much fun! I would have tried, if I had my swimsuit of course
Gorgeous photos (in all the other posts as well)!