About 125 miles SE of Rio, Parati has remained fundamentally unaltered since its heyday as a staging post for the eighteenth- century trade in Brazilian gold. Population is 15,000, involved in fishing, farming and tourism.The tender ride ashore was much longer than normal (45 minutes) which meant, once all the tenders had been dispatched ashore, there was a long wait before they returned for the next lot of passengers waiting to go ashore!
Finally the clouds cleared and we saw some sunshine again. We rented a local boat with 3 other couples
and had a wonderful 3-hour tour of the bays and beaches.