birdarru: Brazil in September

Beach scene in Buzios
Originally uploaded by birdahonk

I finally got around to uploading the pictures from our Brazil trip in September up on flickr (hey, 6 months late is better than never, right). We had a blast and got some great photos, except for some that were crappy quality (takeaway: buy a nice camera). We decided not to bring our own camera just in case a local decided to liberate it from us.

We packed everything into 2 backpacks and made our way to Rio at the end of September. We stayed for about 12 days and spent some of our time in a small colonial coastal town about 4 hours west of Rio called Paraty. It was very beautiful--lots of small islands, beautiful quiet beaches, and we got to visit a distillery that makes cachaça (the liquor they use to make caipirinhas (I can't even count how many of those I had during this trip, other than water, that's all we drank--and for those of you who visit us frequently, yes, I can make them).

After about 4 days we left Paratay for Buzios, about 2 hours north east of Rio it's a small town popularized by Brigitte Bardot in the 1960s.

Overall, it was an awesome trip and we highly recommend it to anyone.