Dylan and I were pretty bumbed when it was time to say goodbye to Ipanema and head on a long bus headed for Paraty, a historical Portuguese town south of Rio de Janeiro.
Goodbye Rio, hello rain. It pretty much rained every single day while we were in Paraty making it our least favorite part of our honeymoon. It doesn't help that our "private" room at our pousada was separated from the dorm rooms by a door and latch. Getting to our "shared" bathroom meant climbing through two dorm rooms only to find a mildew infested bathroom. Budget traveling sucks sometimes. You really never know what you're going to get. In any other situation, I would have picked up my bags and left, but it was Christmas season in Brazil and everyone and their mamas were out and about traveling...meaning we were stuck at this place.
Dylan and I tried to make the best of it. Most of the time we just stared at our ceiling fan laughing at our horror stories at what we find in our bathroom. Other times we were really close to killing each other.
The good thing is that we learned 1. We'll take it out on each other in sucky situations and 2. We had to learn how to make the best of it. That night we vowed to never stay in our room unless we we really had to.
We ended up spending a lot of time walking around the colonial center dodging water puddles and craters in the cobblestone roads.
The next day we ended up renting a car and getting the hell away from our pousada. Bumpy roads??? Sign us up.
First stop, Cachoeira Do Tobogao. Cachoeira Do Tobogao is the ultimate Slip 'n Slide. It's a peaceful waterfall over one massively smooth rock.
Slides are the bomb.
After spending an hour or so in the rain and waterfall, we walked across the street to the local cachaça distillery.
While Dylan was filling up on free cachaça, I was busy scarfing down these guava butter cookies.
Tons of beaches around Paraty.
Unfortunately, food down in Paraty was just ok. We ended up at a per kilo restaurant in Trinidade because we were starving. I guess a per kilo meal on the road beats American fast food.
I love Guarana. But I really looooooooooove Guarana Zero.
Casquinha de siri everywhere! One of our favorite Brazilian appetizer made with sautéed crab meat, coconut milk, palm oil, tomatoes, bell peppers, parmesan cheese and bread crumbs.
Pastéis time!
We spent a lot of time hanging out at the supermarket. Dylan stocked up on random Maggi goods while I stocked up on $5 Havaianas. I love wandering foreign supermarkets!
"Eye patches makes me happy!"
So long Paraty!
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