Leaving Ilha Grande was not easy. Our indecisiveness hit us hard (nothing new)...but we felt the need to check out Paraty, a colonial town that is perched right at the heart of Brazil's Costa Verde (Green Coast). The setting is beautiful, I will give it that...our hostel was right on a peaceful bay, behind us was nothing but lush greenery. And the downtown area, with its white washed walls, vibrant accents, and cobblestone- straight out of a storybook. Precious. But... because we were there in low season, the town was especially quiet, the streets practically empty...and the weather was a bit dull. We admitted to the fact that we should have stayed on the island and listened to our local buddy Rodrigo who told us that Paraty was "a place my grandparents would go"...but hey, life could be worse.
Just a short scoot away from Paraty lie endless stretches of well-known sand and surf...so we hit up the tiny beach town of Trindade for the day...
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