Walking - Paraty - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 5.51 mi
- Elevation gain
- 161 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Easy
- Elevation loss
- 105 ft
- Max elevation
- 131 ft
- TrailRank
- 31
- Min elevation
- -86 ft
- Trail type
- One Way
- Time
- 21 hours 36 minutes
- Coordinates
- 293
- Uploaded
- November 28, 2016
- Recorded
- August 2010
near Paraty, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
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Walking - Oddly enough, Paraty is the only place I've found around Brazil where the map is inaccurate (offset) and doesn't correspond to the recorded track.
The satellite view map shows the correct position but other maps (hybrid, map, terrain) show the same offset error I experienced with the Garmin map in my GPS.
Prior to the visit I had created a waypoint with Google Maps for the reserved hotel and of course it was wrong enough!
Tips:
Paraty, or Parati, is a typical Potuguese colonial town. It was in fact the old port used to ship the gold mined around Ouro Preto, some 800 miles away, which was connected to Paraty by the "Caminho do Ouro" (Gold Trail) road built for the purpose. Continuous pirate attacks to the ships suggested the use of a new port in Rio de Janeiro - and a new road - which dictated the decline of the city during the late 1700. This has somehow preserved Paraty from development and kept it as an historical jewel. Its cobbled streets are tide-flooded for about half of their network extent. During such occurrence it's possible to walk on some elevated sidewalks although not everywhere. The low tide exposes the streets which remain coated with extremely slippery substance. I personally experienced it by suddenly finding myself horizontal, luckily without injuries but just dirty from head to toe on my left side. The pavement is made with large and rough cobblestones, always be alert although it's hard to keep your nose down for the general architecture and local handcraft stores are quite attractive.
The satellite view map shows the correct position but other maps (hybrid, map, terrain) show the same offset error I experienced with the Garmin map in my GPS.
Prior to the visit I had created a waypoint with Google Maps for the reserved hotel and of course it was wrong enough!
Tips:
Paraty, or Parati, is a typical Potuguese colonial town. It was in fact the old port used to ship the gold mined around Ouro Preto, some 800 miles away, which was connected to Paraty by the "Caminho do Ouro" (Gold Trail) road built for the purpose. Continuous pirate attacks to the ships suggested the use of a new port in Rio de Janeiro - and a new road - which dictated the decline of the city during the late 1700. This has somehow preserved Paraty from development and kept it as an historical jewel. Its cobbled streets are tide-flooded for about half of their network extent. During such occurrence it's possible to walk on some elevated sidewalks although not everywhere. The low tide exposes the streets which remain coated with extremely slippery substance. I personally experienced it by suddenly finding myself horizontal, luckily without injuries but just dirty from head to toe on my left side. The pavement is made with large and rough cobblestones, always be alert although it's hard to keep your nose down for the general architecture and local handcraft stores are quite attractive.
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