Paraty is an old colonial town on the coast of brazil. It grew to importance in the 1800s when it became the main shipping port for gold on the way to Portugal. Then once gold became scarce, shipping switched to coffee, but this died off with the abolishment of slavery in the 1880s. Today Paraty is a pretty cobblestone (minor boulders) street town, free of cars, however if would be too rough to drive through anyway. From here you can board boats and explore the surrounding jungle islands,and beautiful beaches.We spent 4 nights here living in a small room just out of the centre, 3 days of which rained! We however enjoyed this town, good street food including these awesome cake trolleys that are wheeled around through the streets. Our neighbour and the guy managing the flat Jorge, was a great host, took us out for drinks ($1.30 cans), and showed us how to Samba which has become popular with the youth. He has moved to Paraty to set up an adventure tour company, after being inspired after travelling for years through NZ and Aus. He is also a adventure racer, having even raced a few Aussie races such as AROC 24hr. Random...On the last day is finally cleared up a little so we got a chance to hop on a tour boat out to some of the beaches around the peninsular.
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