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Hi ladies and gents
Having left Ilha Grande we caught the ferry back to the mainland and got on to some dodgy, hot and sweaty bus for 2 hours to a colonial beach town called Pararty (India is officially a sleeping ninja and literally sleeps EVERYTIME we get onto some sort of public transport!!)
Its Carnival all over the country now so as you can imgaine everything is pretty crazy and everyone is in high spirits. We have jumped straight on the bandwagon and have been partying in full force since we arrived here on Friday.
Yesterday we had one of the best days ever, words can not describe but we can try - imagine lots and lots and more mud!! Soft, non-smelly, thick paste like mud! The 2 of us along with about 1000 Brazilians spent about 2 hours wallowing like pigs in s*** - literally! The day turned into a mini festival on the banks of the beach with live bands and four hours of constant dancing covered in the mud. At about 7pm, the mud covered locals (and us) paraded through the town chanting ´Uga Uga Ha Ha´ like some weird tribe from Tonga (according to Miss Blake). It was a very interesting but amazing experience to say the least!
The last two evenings we have spent at street parties, dancing to Samba and joining in the festivities with all the local people who are so friendly.We have made some really nice friends at our hostel too who are from all over the world.
The weather has been incredible and today got up to 36 degrees!! Tomorrow we are going on an organised Jeep trip to see some and swim at some of the towns surrounding waterfalls and to visit some local distillaries which we are both looking forward to.
Hope you are all well and sending lots of love
A & I
xxx
PS. We have just tried to put up some photos but apparently the internet connnection is not strong enough so we will keep trying and hopefully have them up in the next couple days.
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