We spent a day in Trindade, a beatiful and still really savage area at 30 km from Paraty.  The road to reach the village is fine, throughout the forest, (mata atlantica). The only problem is the access to the village of Trindade. When it rains a lot, the small river get bigger and bigger and sometimes you can not get back by car and you have to spend the night in Trindade.

We took the risk as that day was quite rainy but everything went ok!

This is Praia do Cepilho, loved by surfers. Here you can spot one between the rocks:

Impressive huge stones everywhere along the beach:

Praia do Meio:

 There is a small river in Praia do Meio:

In Trindade you can breathe an hippy air:

I spent 4 days with Cecilia and my parents in the beatiful colonial town of Paraty, on the coast of Rio de Janeiro's state. Its cobblestone streets are incredibles even if with rain can be a bit difficult to walk.

If you like you can take a carriage with a horse to have a nice trip around the town. There are few colonial churches to visit, a lot of nice restaurants to eat and amazing shops.

Behind the city there is the forest and in front of it the sea. Amazing!.

When the night falls, Paraty will conquest you with all its charm!

Higly recommended.

All pictures taken with a digital Canon EOS mark III and Canon 50 mm f1.4

View from our room. Pousada Arte Colonial:

A carriage used for transportation of supply:

We met a few street dogs in Paraty. Cute every one of them:

Old city center:

Capela da Nossa Senhora das Dores: 

The sea:

Abandoned havainas:

Old city center at night. Charming!:

A tourist trip by carriage:

Igreja da Santa Rita:

Reflection:

The 12th of october is the "Dia das crianças" in Brasil (the children's day). My friend Eduardo since 1998 organizes the distribution of gifts to needy children in differences slums (favelas) of São Paulo.

With the help of friends and volunteers he raises money in order to buy the presents. No politics involved, no rewards, just the desire to help and give some happiness to all these childrens.
He invited me to join the group and i accepted with enthusiasm.

On the early saturday morning of the 12th, we met in his office and from there, after have loaded the truck with all the gifts, we met all the guys outside the USP (University of São Paulo) and from there we started our route.

The schedule was to visit the favelas of São Remo, Vila Dalva, Rio Pequeno, Sape and Ponta da Praia.

In each favela we met many childrens, music and party (apart from children's day it was also a religious day celebrating "Nossa senhora da Aparecida").

Great experience, i met nice people and we had a lot of fun, playing samba on the truck, eating churrasco and also i had a glimpse of the life inside a favela, something is not easy to do. 

Eduardo explained to me that every year he has to arrange this visit with the "owners" of the favelas, because otherwise it would have been impossible for us to entry inside these communities.

Here comes few picture of that day. The whole reportage soon on my web site.

Loading the track:

T-shirt logo (not the Metallica's one!):

A group picture:

Favela São Remo:

Waiting for the gifts:

Distributing the gifts:

On the truck toward Rio Pequeno favela:

Favela of Vila Dalva:

A moment of relax "sambando":

Favela Rio Pequeno:

Favela Sape:

Favela Ponta da Praia:

Nossa Senhora da Aparecida:

Walking outside the favela looking for a cab:

A few pictures i took last weekend at Cavazzo lake, 30 miles from my city Udine.  The day was cloudy, sometimes the sun came up for a while. The sky was just right for the shots i had in mind while
walking alongside the east river of the lake.

I used a tripod and a ND filter (- 10 steps) in order to take the pictures with a few minutes exposure and give to the water this mist feeling.