Monday, December 2, 2013

Paradise (aka Paraty) for Thanksgiving

We had Thursday and Friday off from school, so naturally we traveled.  We headed to Paraty, the passageway for gold, for the holiday weekend.  It was such a great weekend filled with sun, beautiful scenery, great people, and lots of laughs.  Here are some pictures from the weekend.  

The first day we hung out by our pousada's pool and explored the town.  Day two was a full day private boat ride to multiple islands.  The next day we trekked to a waterfall and then took the Gold Path (although I wasn't feeling well so went home, I think I got dehydrated the day before).  The final day we hung out and headed home. 

The city has this cute little canal.  Once you pass over it there are no cars allowed. 

Lots of boats in lots of colors. 

The streets were laid by slaves back in the day. They were made up huge cobblestones and were very hard to walk on.

The whitewash buildings always had brightly colored doors. 






So charming, I loved the flags.

Lots of artisans everywhere you looked.



Just being cute and practicing the guitar in the street.



Love this man with all my heart.



Leaving the dock...our captain was awesome. 

MONKEY! We got so close to them on one island.



Trekking through the jungle and found a natural pool.


He felt like he was back in Colorado.

Just chilling.

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