Land of the Dragon

Photo essay: Five days on a piece of paradise in Paraty, Brazil

by Jahanshah Javid
04-May-2012
 
Paraty is a small town by the Atlantic ocean half-way between two of Brazil's biggest cities, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. The old part is very touristy but the surrounding nature is breathtaking. Ten minutes away by car, Frenchman Rafael and his Brazilian partner Fabio have built a paradise on their land and called it "Sitio do Dragao". Three are three homes on the property which are rented to visitors. Thanks Lida for taking me there :)
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Ghahremani

Loved the photos, beautiful

by Ghahremani on Sat May 05, 2012 06:38 PM PDT

Loved the photos, beautiful and unassuming. I can just imagine how relaxed you all were. As for the fruit, Cherimoya, you can buy it here, but God help you with the thousand pits! Have a safe trip, my friend.


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Albaloo

Nice pictures.

by Albaloo on Sat May 05, 2012 05:35 PM PDT

Nice pictures. 


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naetrom

Zang bezan! :)

by naetrom on Sat May 05, 2012 03:55 PM PDT

Doroooood, JJ!

Hey, if you are coming to São Paulo, just let me know: (11) 7042-7442! I'd be very glad to meet you, aziz!

Bedoroooood!

Jorge Mortean - nesfe Irani, nesfe Berezili! :)


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Jahanshah Javid

:)

by Jahanshah Javid on Sat May 05, 2012 07:36 AM PDT

Thanks Souri jan. I hope you are inspired enough to travel (more often) and see the world. It become more amazing for every trip :)

The fruit in photos 78/79 is a variety known in Spanish as cherimoya. I'm not sure if it's the same in Portuguese. It's sweet and creamy.


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Souri

Amazing!!!

by Souri on Sat May 05, 2012 07:11 AM PDT

Beautiful!

Gorgeous!

Splendid!

You are such a lucky man, Jahanshah. I envy you.

This is a true paradise en the Earth! Unbelivable.

So much pity that the captions were absent.

I loved them all. 

What is that fruit in # 78/79?

And I especially liked those flowers at # 64 and # 31...

What a crazy Bar B Q :)


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