Perpetual rain kept us confined to barracks (the Vibe hostel), where we nevertheless had some good times with our hostesses Jes (Argentinian rock chick), Camilla (Argentinian gamine) and Manu (French romantique), plus a constant stream of other folk from all over the world. Mostly women at first, but the lads turned up after a couple more days to even things up.
In the cantina, happy hour caipirinhas kept the spirits high.
The sun finally came out to stay, hot and humid, and we´ve been exploring the beautiful old colonial town, its surrounding waterfalls and beaches, and took the obligatory boat trip around the islands and beaches, swimming in the warm sea.
As it´s Easter, we´ve been to church and seen the processions through the streets. Jesus was carried up to the waterfall on Thursday, then yesterday (midnight on Saturday), a more joyous occasion as he was resurrected, so it all ended well, with much happy singing.
The choir, accompanied by a Spanish guitar, made the whole thing much more uplifting than an out-of-tune organ wheezing away.
I might talk Kim into attending Easter Sunday mass this evening. (nb for Lewis: Don´t even...)
We´ll stay in Paraty for a good few day more, as it so nice and the people here are especially lovely, before heading to Rio.
All looks fantastic ,great fotos .It looks a really up beat sort of place and laid back.It will be doing you both good,especially the happy hour drinks ,,haha.The boat trips and beaches look inviting.Great swimming in the sea also.All ok here,Your dad and I watched Gateshead reach the play off final at Wembley for a place back in the football lge proper 1st time in 54 years apparently.They meet Cambrig e united in final,just watche on the streaming on laptop.They beat Grimsby 4-2 on agg over 2 legs.Paula was out with Karen and Angela on sat night .Theres some fotos on face book I think.Good for them to get together.Chris enjoying his job he has weekends off which is great.Mike got 3 exams left he did well he thinks in first 2 which is good news.Keep up the good work with blogs and fotos ...Enjoy..
ReplyDeleteMy gosh!!! Tina is there!!! she said Hi guys hahaha, thanks for the lovely company, you guys, are rock n roll!!!! see u in London :)
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You too, Jes! Tina must be getting big now? Kx
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