Paraty is indeed a beautiful colonial town, surrounded by green mountains, white beaches and clear blue seas. It is also wet. Very bloody wet. During our stay it made North Yorkshire seam like a desert, which was a tad disappointing. Luckily we had booked a fantastic guest house called the Pousada Guarana and were wonderfully looked after by David and Jimena, so didn't mind whiling away a few hours sitting on the veranda, drinking beer, reading and playing with t...

We are now out of Rio and in Paraty, which is a small colonial city on the coast, 4 hours south of Rio. We had a great start here, arriving after midnight to a guesthouse firmly locked up. After some time we found a door bell, so shortly after that the owner was asking for our passport numbers. This is when we realised that our travel wallet, with all kinds of important stuff in, was absent. Jodie worked out it must have fallen out in the bus so hence I found mys...