We had a very long 2 days drive to the coast. We clocked up over 28 driving hours and we had an last minute hotel stop in Aracatuba as there were no campsites or suitable bushcamps. It's a shame we weren't there long enough to enjoy it though as we were back on the road by 6am. Our journey was mainly on motorway so we have been stopping at the services which are amazing. There are restaurants, fast food places, truck repairs, pharmacies and even barbers.
We finally arrived in the coastal town of Paraty. It is a town with UNESCO status and has a lovely colonial feel- cobbled streets, white washed buildings, and coloured window frames. It was nice to have a mooch around the little shops and we went for a lovely thai meal finished off with fruit cocktails and live music in the main square. The campsites have been a bit eventful here though. First of all we stayed in a very compact site but just for one night as a huge group of campers decided that they were going to party all night and day which disturbed us more that we wanted. Que mass movement of the tents and the rest of camp into the truck and relocation to a quieter camp down the road. Our second day in Paraty was spent on a boat trip. It was lovely and I got to test out my newly purchased mask and snorkel but sadly the weather wasn't kind to us and we had torrential rain the whole day. Guess that's the tropics for you!
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