Rough Life in Paraty

It´s really not a rough life at all. Us two are staying in this wicked hostel called Auberge Aventure, which is owned by a fantastic couple. We´ve already met a good bunch of fellow travellers and exchanged contacts with.
These have been our first series of days just chilling in one spot for a while, and it has been awesome. Wake up when we want, have some breakfast, meander to the beach for some swimming, ciesta and drink some cheap liquor about sums it up. But to go into a bit more detail, the beach we have been going to is in a bay so there is no surf...just pretty muddy, bath-like water.
Friday we met some girls from Squamish who are nearing the end of their travels in South America, so we hung out with them and tried to score as much information as possible (which turned out to be too much to remember). Sounds like we have nothing but 8 months of good times ahead of us though. Friday night, a bunch of us from the hostel went to wander the bustling streets of Paraty to catch some live music, some late night beach time and entertainment in Praca Centro (Central Park/Square). It wasn´t much of a late night because like everyone else we had talked to, we had to save ourselves for the big show on the beaches of nearby Trinadade. We managed to squeeze onto one of the last busses there at 10pm. Upon arrival, we made our way to an electronica dance spot and killed it for a bit. Despite there being hundreds, or even thousands of other people there, we managed to meet up with our hostel friends from Buenas Aires, Mattieus & Maria-Jose. After we were techno´d out, we made our way to the main stage, where they played reggae. Somehow, our hostel friend from Norway (Ziggy) found us in the immense crowd and we danced until about 5:30am. At this point we were pretty bagged, so made our way to the beach and slept until the sun had come up. We must´ve been really tired because when we woke up, some locals had made a practical joke of use by building a sand frame around us and puttin flowers in it. It was hilarious....for them. We just up and left to go sleep in our Hostel which was a good drive away. We hitch hiked for half, and took a bus for the other half. Upon arrival to the hostel, we had breakfast then proceeded to sleep until 2 in the afternoon. Woke up, had a snack then headed to the beach. En route, we visited the Forte, a nice viewpoint. Like during the other afternoons, it started raining so we headed home. Before leaving the beach however, we saw a good place to so some chin ups and arm dips, so worked a little muscle beach action in our matching speedos. Definately drew a crowd, and not because of the speedos (they are normal here) because apparently we were doing more dips and ups than the average brazillian. Representing for Canada for real!
We pretty much layed low and played poker for centavos and drinks this afternoon. We´re still pretty bagged from last night so are going to hit up bed pretty soon. Just as we adjust ourselves after jet lag, we decide to pull an allnighter. Put our bodies out of wack, but it was worth it for sure!
Hope you enjoy the tales and be in touch soon! Tomorrow, we head to Ilha Grande.

Photos: Matt G in the Hostel Kitchen. Paraty from Forte. Reggae Show in Trinadade