After spending 3-4 days in Rio we decided to go south to Paraty for a couple of days. Paraty is a little colonial town that our friend Ella told us we should check out. Paraty was a gorgeous little place. It is a walkable little town with cobblestone streets with lots of shops and restaurants. It sits on the ocean as well and also has rivers running through it. Paraty's history lies in the fact that it is an original colonial town that was one of the main trading posts for exporting gold out of the Brazil. Our second day there consisted of us seeing the surrounding area with its many waterfalls and its famous Jabaquara. 
This is essentially sediment dumped from one of the local rivers into the ocean. The sediment gets pushed into a small bay has been building up forever. The sediment one side of the beach is essentially a mud pool that people jump into and spread the mud all over their bodies. Once you're finished playing in the mud you can easily walk down the beach and clean off in the ocean where the sediment is not so prominent.
That night we spent about 3 hours hanging out major dance competition by local children. It was the last day of 4 day event and we were lucky enough to stumble on it.
After missing the beach so much we decided to head back to Rio for 3 more days and probably our last days at the beach for quite some time. After deliberating on whether to take a 20 hour bus ride to Foz do Iguacu or a plane ride for $30 more....we opted for the plane ride. Hoping that our plane experience in Brazil would and should be better than our last we wound up missing our connecting flight in Sao Paulo due to delays on our first flight. Its funny our luggage made the flight but we didn't. Anyway....we had to spend a day in Sao Paulo and take the first flight into Foz do Iguacu where we were greeted by our luggage.
Foz do Iguacu are waterfalls that run along the the Iguacu river and one of the separating rivers between Argentina and Brazil. The river eventually runs into the Parana river and where they cross is the boader between the 3 countries of Brazil, Argentina, and Paraguay. While trying to shake off an annoying cough and sniffling noses we decided to take it slow here. So the day we got there we just chilled out, but the following day was spent on checking out the Brazil side of falls while the next day the Argentina side. On day four, we hopped on a 17-hour bus ride from Foz to Buenos Aires, Argentina...
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