The road from Rio to Paraty follows the winding coastline, with some spectacular scenery over forested hills and islands with beautiful blue bays. We had a crazy bus driver who hammered along, throwing the bus from side to side, making one of our backpacks fly off the rack onto a poor woman's head! Apologising was difficult without speaking the language! We pulled into Paraty in the late afternoon, checked into our room, and wandered into the Centro Historico. T...

The sign said Happy Hour, we couldn't resist. These 700ml Caipirinhas (lime and acai) were only $7 a pop!

Typical South American shower head. Don't touch the exposed wires! generally, the less pressure you have means warmer water as it passes through the heating element slower. so hair washing usually means cold or luke warm water!