Ubatuba is a little area along the brazillian coast that is famous among brazillians for having over a hundred beaches. And in the Sao Paulo bus station a quick fire decision was made - and we headed to this resort town. We of course didn`t realise that 100 beaches are going to be spread out over quite a bit of coastline. So when the bus pulled into a glorified garden shed we knew we had our work cut out. But we came out ok. The next day we hit the beach and decided to hide from the sun under one of the many beach umbrellas. Brazillian umbrellas do not block out the sun`s rays, as our bright red bodies told us 2 hours later. We knew that we were in for some pain in the days ahead.
With our skin on fire we made for Paraty. Paraty is a beautiful colonial town dating from the Portugese gold shipping times. Unfortunately there was a flood in Paraty a week before our arrival, but the old town had survived quite well, and somehow our hostel was one of the few in town to still have water.
There are many boats in the harbour which run day trips out amongst the many islands and coves (and dodge trees swept out by the flood) that cover the coastline, and we decided to head out on a day trip. An easy relaxing day ensued with swims and cruising. Only for the weather to close in on us as we returned to port. Clearly Mother Nature had not received my memo asking for sunny skies to end South America and it rained on us liberally.
Meals in Brazil are definitely for people who like to share. Almost everwhere you venture, the menu will be full of options for meals for two, and we used this wherever we could for the obvious cost advantages. Brazil does good food.
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