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Colonial Paraty

1 March 2009By Zhu 13 Comments
Boats On Praia Do Portal

Boats On Praia Do Portal

Fate is a great provider.

We ended up in Paraty totally by chance. One night, in La Paloma (Uruguay), we went to the local internet café to copy some pages of a travel guide we did not have and that we had borrowed from another backpacker.

The owner of the internet café was Brazilian. He asked us where we would spend the Carnival, and at the time, we were not sure. He told us to check out Paraty, a small city four hours from Rio de Janeiro. We did not know anything about it. Yet, we went… and we were not disappointed.

Local Church

Local Church

Streets Of Parati

Streets Of Parati

Local Fish For Sale

Local Fish For Sale

Yummy Coconuts

Yummy Coconuts

Kids Diving From The Bridge

Kids Diving From The Bridge

The River

The River

Street Of Paraty

Street Of Paraty

Boats Near The Sea

Boats Near The Sea

Colonial Houses

Colonial Houses

Colonial Houses

Colonial Houses

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  • Seraphine said:

    it looks beautiful from your photographs. i love the sky and the fluffy clouds. it looks warm, the kind of sleepy warm where you want to put your feet in water and daydream.

  • Zhu (author) said:

    @Agnes – We were glad we found it ;-)

    @Bill Miller – It was definitely a great surprise for both of us, especially we really didn´t know what to expect!

    @RennyBA – I know! Word of mouth… connecting with people, you know that, right? ;-)

    @shionge – Yes, and very picturesque as well!

    @Scarlet – Love the way you say it! :lol: Maybe the key is to build nice places of worship ;-)

    @expatraveler – I´m amazed — it does look like spring! I thought you took the pics last year or something.

    @Sidney – I thought I was hidden :lol:

    @Khengsiong – Mostly Rio and Bahía, but a lot of cities have their own carnival as well. Wait and see… ;-)

    @Bluefish – I don´t have too much time, because I don´t have my laptop. But I guess I´m addicted to blogging!

    @Max Coutinho – Muito obrigada! (see, my portuguese is improving :lol: )

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