View down one of the streets in the historic district.
We arrived in Paraty last night, quickly discovering it´s a couples getaway. The hostel worker found us at the tourist office and seemed surprised to find us a pair of friends (as opposed to a pair of lovers) -- he had booked us a room with a double bed. The seaoned travelers that we are, this didn´t present a problem; especially considering that we shared a bed the whole time we stayed in Amersterdam 3 years ago. Luckily neither Mia nor I have a bad case of the jimmy legs.
I now understand why the Brazilians we spoke with in Sao Paulo seemed so glad that we planned to come here -- it´s beautiful. Yesterday after arriving we took the hostel´s complementary kayaks out in the ocean for a bit of exploring. It was the I-can´t-quite-believe-how-amazing-this-experience-is type of experience: huge green mountains that end at a lovely beach with lightly choppy waves and the late afternoon sun.
The town is super cute and touristy. The UNESCO basically considers the entire old town a historical monument, which is nice since it keeps the cars out. Today we have plans to rent bikes and explore some waterfalls. Thank goodness for travel!
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