We went with Luis, a Rotarian, for a hike through the amazing Atlantic Forest that is near Morretes. This is the only place that this type of biome exists in the world so it is full of unique flora and fauna.
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| Ready to hike in the Atlantic Forest |
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| Luis, a Rotarian that took us on the hike |
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| Typical place for a typical Brazilian barbeque |
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| Mãe Catira River |
Once we arrived in Morretes, a city of 16,000, we got to see the historic downtown which is beautiful.
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| Downtown Morretes |
We also went to a river and swam in it and saw a neat draw bridge. We also came across a passion fruit field which looks a lot like a vineyard and also a starfruit tree! It's neat to see where the fruits come from.
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| River in Morretes |
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| Passion fruit field |
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| Star fruit tree |
We also went to a
cachacaria, a place where cachaca is produced.
Cachaca is a typical liquor here made from sugar cane that is used for typical drink-
caipirinha (mashed fruit, sugar, cachaca and ice). The
cachacaria was in an old Castell pencil factory which was quite neat. It was interesting to learn the process and be able to try the different types of
cachaca they produce
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| Tree farm for pencils |
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| Cachacaria |
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| Cachaca and sugar cane liquor being aged |
We took a touristic train ride back to Curitiba through the Atlantic forest. What would normally take one hour in bus was three and a half hours in train, but was well worth it. It was astonishing the beauty of the forest. Then also eye opening to see the poorer areas that we went past between the forest and the city.
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