During our last weekend in Brazil, we took a beach trip. First, we went to Ubatuba, which is approximately 4 hours hours away from Sao Paulo City. We spent there all morning in a beach called Praia Grande. At first, we were worried that the weather wasn't going to be proper for a nice beach day, but as the day progressed, it kept getting better and better. We played sports, climbed up rocks, bought drinks, and ate lunch with an ocean view. Overall, it was the perfect beach day.
After Ubatuba, we went to a town called Paraty, which is where we stayed overnight. I must say it was great. Paraty is such a beautiful and intriguing little place. We had a short guided tour around the historical part of the town where we learn a lot of interesting facts about the history of this place. For instance, although it was a small town, it had many churches because each one was exclusive for certain gender or people with a certain skin color. For example, they had a church exclusively for women and one exclusively for black people. The woman who gave us the tour told us that the reason why Paraty is so well-preserved is because it used to be a very important port to export products to Rio de Janeiro, which at that time was the capital of Brazil, and Portugal, but when the railroad was built, it was totally forgotten, and it wasn't until years later, when people rediscovered the beauty of this town.
The next day, we were supposed to visit a nuclear plant in Angra, but there was a strike, which made it dangerous for to visit the site. Fortunately, we got a fair trade because instead of the nuclear plant, we got to go island hopping. We each paid 30 reais for an all-day trip around different islands close to Party. Our boat would stop in different places where we had around 40 minutes to explore and swim, or just do whatever we want. I must say that I'm utterly impressed with Paraty. You could easily spend there a week and not get bored considering that there is a vast amount of trips you can do from there everyday. Visit Paraty! I promise you won't regret it.
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