Days 148-154: February 24-March 2, 2025, Brazil
Brazil has a 4,500 mile coastline along the Atlantic Ocean. This week we meandered along the coast, making stops at several ports including Santos, Paraty, and Ilha Grande.
Paraty was a picturesque little town, with cobbled streets and colorful doors and windows.
Preparations were in progress for the start of Brazil Carnaval.
Lots of small local boats lined the Paraty dock.
Paraty and Ilha Grande were small enough that they didn’t have the kind of dock required for our ship, so we had to anchor at sea and use tender boats from our ship to shore. In previous ports, tender rides have been mostly short and uneventful. But on this stretch, we had a perfect tendering storm — choppy seas that made many people seasick, some mechanical issues, and a seemingly disorganized docking system that led to long wait times in the tender.
Next stop: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
9 responses to “Brazil Coast”
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Paraty is beautiful.. looks like my kind of place. Love the colors! And 4500 miles of shoreline!!! Whoa!!!
So many different kind of finches. I’m in AZ and love our goldfinches!!! Sorry to hear about the Rough Ride.. but it looks like it was worth it.
Loving the adventure!!!!
Is anyone on Odyssey looking at Amazon River excursions now that it was removed from this South American segment as they had done for Antarctica? I was really hoping you were going as I would love to see your bird and wildlife fotos from the Amazon. I’m assuming there must be some birds there for your Life List.
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Love the flavor of Paraty.
Me too!
Love the birds!
am I remembering correctly, you had a door picture series in India?
You are remembering correctly indeed! I seem to be drawn to interesting doors and windows.