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Planning trip to Brazil need info Please!!!
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| SuperSloth |
I'm planning a trip to Brazil with my mother and I'd like to know the do's and dont's ? because she has not been there since 1979 to see her mother (pretty bad ...EH?) but we can finaly afford to go!!
for example my friend told me that if I said to immagration 'I went to a farm' they will not let me come back till I get treated. :(
Thanks! I hope some of you can help me!!!!!!!!!!! |
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| The Darklord |
| Maybe in the Ibero-American/Portuguese forum someone can help you... just a thought :) |
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| A.J. |
This might be a helpful bit of info from Brazil:
:p :p :p |
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| jonSun |
| A friend of mine that I worked with at the time went to Rio with his buddys. He banged 21 brazilion hotties in 20 days. He even had video & pics to prove it. The women down there are horney as hell & they didnt even care about getting filmed while in the act. I just feel bad for his beautiful wife who still doesnt have a clue. |
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| Lira |
Someone move this thread to the Portuguese speaking forum, please. Well, I'm a bit busy so I'll be brief :) What cities are you going to, by the way? That way we could tell you what the best places to go are.
Don't:
- If you don't speak Portuguese, don't try to speak Spanish unless all else fails (and that includes speaking English). Not only some of us find it offensive, but it will eventually lead to some misunderstandings (the languages aren't as similar as you'd expect them to). Try to memorise some sentences in Portuguese, just to sound friendly, and if there's no communication, try to speak English first.
- Although we like foreigners, crime rate in bigger cities tend to be naturally higher. Therefore, if you're going to Rio or São Paulo, try not to look like a foreigner, so pay attention to the way we dress. We often recognise a gringo by the outfit. If you're wearing shorts, for example, either wear tennis shoes or slippers - and if you wear tennis shoes, use those thick socks (not the ones you would use with a toxedo). For some reason, gringos (which is not a bad word, by the way) seem to wear in a completely different way when they come here, which makes them blatantly easy to spot.
- Before going to a nightclub, try to find out if they have a dress code (some clubs do have them). I find it utterly stupid, but rules are rules.
- If you're coming to Brazil, don't waste your time going only to Rio - there's a lot more to be seen ;) Many tourists enjoy either Southern Brazil (which is some sort of tropical Europe) and Northeastern Brazil (which has a nice landscape, beaches and traditional culture, although it's the poorest region in the country). Depending on where you're going to, there might be some intersting cities around :)
- Don't eat too much of our typical food unless you're used to it. Acarajé and Feijoada may be tasty, but they're quite difficult for your stomach to digest if you have too much of it.
Do:
- Ask the hotel staff for information. They're supposed to help tourists know what the best activities are.
- Use airplanes if you're going to a big/medium city to another. They're often just a little bit more expensive, and insanely faster.
- Do tip. There's a 10% rule actually in many cities (Brasilia being one of them)
- Take vaccines. Simply because you live in a distant land, where the viruses are different :p That's why they might not let you get back to the states if you've been to the countryside.
- Do say you're American (if you are). No matter how much the population dislikes the government, most of us do like foreigners regardless of origin :) (Except Argentinians, they smell of wee).
- Do taste our food/drinks. That makes us happy. 3 recommendations: Guaraná, Pão de Queijo (Cheesebread) and Pastel (Brazilian Eggroll).
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| djdust |
| quote: | Originally posted by A.J.
This might be a helpful bit of info from Brazil:
:p :p :p |
damn you! :whip: that was MY job! |
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by jonSun
A friend of mine that I worked with at the time went to Rio with his buddys. He banged 21 brazilion hotties in 20 days. He even had video & pics to prove it. The women down there are horney as hell & they didnt even care about getting filmed while in the act. I just feel bad for his beautiful wife who still doesnt have a clue. |
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Wait... he taped them girls and he's married? He's not the brightest person around, is he? In fact, where did he find these slu... oh, Rio :p
| quote: | Originally posted by josh4
Rio is renound for its peoples embrase of life. They have a vivid fun loving culture, I've always wanted to go to Rio, PARTY IN RIO WHILE YOU'RE THERE! |
Is it just me or Rio is the only famous Brazilian city abroad? |
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| A.J. |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lira
[*]most of us do like foreigners regardless of origin :) (Except Argentinians, they smell of wee).
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:stongue: :stongue: :stongue: :stongue: :stongue: |
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| jonSun |
| I think Pet Duo spin at a club called La Roca somewhere in Brazil. Check them out for some good hard techno. |
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| Tudo Beleza |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lira
O_O
Wait... he taped them girls and he's married? He's not the brightest person around, is he? In fact, where did he find these slu... oh, Rio :p
Is it just me or Rio is the only famous Brazilian city abroad? |
Rio De Janeiro seems to be the most popular city, though in Japan a bunch of Danish and Finnish students went to Natal and Northern Brazil.
My advice is go to Rio for 1-2 days then get out. After you do Cristo, Sugar Loaf and other areas it is just another city. Northern or Southern brazil is beautiful. |
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