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Ola from Paraty!! After a 2hours ride on the local bus from Angra (port from Ilha Grande) we arrived at the bus station and suddenly realised a bit of forward planning would not have gone a miss!! With massive rucksacks and sun burnt shoulders we headed off somewhere towards to the center!! After 45min in 35 Degree heat (still with the bags!!) we came across an Argentinian guy who spoke perfect english and directed us towards some hostels and Inns. It turned out he owned 2 hostels in Rio and was in the process of buying another in Paraty...... Pousada International.... which we stumbled across 15min later only to find him there!! It was right by the beach and we got a great price of about 15pounds for a double per night!!
After bathing in our success and luck of finding the nicest Inn ever we set about exploring the town which is still paved in cobbled streets and history. Its a beautiful old town with amazing beaches but very tourist orientated. Yesterday however I was forced to stay in bed due to some sort of illnesss which made me and the toilet better friends than I was anticipating!! With the thought of 25hours on the coach tomorrow we have been taking it pretty easy today but did get a local bus 30min upto some amazing waterfalls, as you will see from the pictures there was some sort of local sports competition which involved running/ sliding down the rocks on your feet and jumping into the pool of water at the bottom whilst trying to miss the big rock.... ??? Looked impressive anyway!! Paraty and our ensuite toilet have been a good home to us but tomorrow we embark on a 25hours trip to the Igauzu Falls which takes us upto the Argentinian border and out of Brazil. Its going to be sad to leave, the people are amazing, friendly and passionate, the beaches are out of this world........ Argentina here we come.....
PARATY! Den 9. Probouzime se do slunneho dne, balime a vyrazime na trajekt - stoji nas 13 Br (kdyz jsme prijizdeli na Ilha Grande stalo nas to 40 Br pac jsme brali jakousi rychlolod,tak priste uz vime no ) Po 1.5 hod si to uz cvalame na tamejsi RADOVARIA (autobus.nadrazi) a bereme bus smer Paraty. Taky zazitek-autobus typu "zaplat kolik mas, ci vic kdyz portugalstina neni tvuj rodny jazyk aneb zastavka na znameni". V brazil.autobusech se nastupuje vzadu kde sedi chlapek a kasiruje (bere si tolik kolik mu date a jeste si rekne o vic kdyz vidi bankovky v ruce = muj pripad), a zastavi vam kdykoli zatahnete za snuru ktera visi podel autobusu, takze zhruba kazde 2min stojite. Skoro po 2h jizdy vystupujeme ve meste Paraty! Nase prvni zkusenost jizdy do neznama - nevime kudy kam, poprve nemame zadny hotel zamluveny, takze jdeme kamsi kde to vypada smer centrum. Samozrejme se nevyhneme male hadce, ono kdyz je pres 30 C, na zadech si nesete 6 mesicu zivota a nevite kudy kam, tak je to celkem prirozene :) Potkavame chlapika z Argentiny a uz nas smeruje - po 10min se ubytovavame v krasnem domecku na plazi, cena 60 Br. (pro predstavu - hostel v Riu 90 Br, hotel Ilha Gr. 70 Br) Po 2 dnech chlapek z argentiny prebyra vedeni hotelu a my stahujeme cenu na 50 Br za noc - Super! Nakonec zustavame 4 noci, uzivame si malebneho mestecka, hlavne nadherneho historickeho centra (trosku pripomina Stare Mesto v Praze) a samozrejme trosku casu travime nicnedelani na plazi. Jinak cela historie je spojena nejakou historkou s otroky (Brazilie vseobecne) a tak se zajmem jdeme kolem pamatek. Planujeme vylet na vodopady, ale Rich dostava strevni potize, horecky a zustava v posteli (na zachode). Ja se vypravime do pradelny, platim 16 Br za vyprani a suseni. Alespon ted zase vonime :) Posledni den bereme mistni bus a jedeme na skalni vodopady - je mozne se klouzat z vrcholku dolu (asi 15 m) a pristavate (saltujete) v prirodnim koupalisti. Zrovna poradaji tamni souteze takze z koupani nic neni, ale alespon mame super videa! Zitra odjizdime smer Sao Paulo - Iguazu Falls (nejvetsi vodopady v Jizni Am.), cesta potrva asi 25 hod. busem....
ZDRAVI RICHARD & PETRA
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