A thirty minute drive from Valença will take you to the Parque Natural Municipal do Açude da Concórdia. Concórdia is a beautiful nature reserve where you can come to hike, rock climbing, go canoeing, camp, fish, grill out, and do all sorts of other outdoor activities. Leading down a dirt road off a route heading towards Rio de Janeiro you pass a picturesque historical farm house and then come to the gates of Concórdia. The park mainly surrounds a huge lake with all different kinds of vegetation and wildlife. Most of the trails circle and loop around the lake and there are a couple little waterfalls and tons of benches and places to rest and soak up the views. Although my day there was a bit gloomy with a major lack of sunshine I still was amazed by how calm and peaceful the park was. I got the chance to see trees of all sorts and crazy tangled branches alsong with some pretty flowers. I felt like I was in a dreamland, lost and walking around with no particular direction in mind, partly because of my major lack of sleep the night before and also because Concórdia seems so unreal. We've all been places that just seem to good to be true, this was one of my many.
did they tell you about the tiny tiny little fish that will swim up your urethra when you pee in the river? It has to be surgically removed, you can't pee until it is, and the WORST part is that everyone knows you were peeing in the water.
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