Paraty

The bus trip from São Paulo was amazing. we drove through the forest and down through the mountains to the coast where there were beautiful white beaches, with people sunbaking beneath the palm trees. Paraty was very nice with a historic centre full of restaurants and bars with live music. Monday I checked out the centre again. Fortunately it wasn´t high tide as all the streets in town flood then. The fort on the hill just outside town was unimpressive. I then took the local bus a little south to Tindade which had fantastic beaches. I waded through the river, climbed through the forest and along a few beaches and eventually found a natural swimming pool, which was surrounded with huge rocks. Perfect for a swim. Walked back to the main beach and had a beer at the little beach bar, then back to Paraty. Headed out to the local bar with everyone for the hostel, but that died off pretty quickly being a Monday night, so we borrowed someones boat and hung out there for a while.
Today I´m off to Ilha Grande which everyone is raving about.