Questions tagged [brazil]
Questions about travelling through the country of Brazil, the large Portuguese-speaking country in South America.
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Where can I eat sushi with chocolate in it?
In 2012, then Tokyo Governor Shintaro Ishihara said (in Japanese)
Westerners practicing judo resembles beasts fighting.
Internationalized judo has lost its appeal.
In Brazil they put ...
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Why is the baggage allowance on flights to/from Brazil more generous?
It seems that it is common that the baggage allowance on flights to Brazil is more generous (both in number of pieces and weight) than to other countries. In fact many airlines, have a specific ...
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Entering Brazil by air, leaving by land, will I be denied entry?
I've just read this question
Travelling to Brazil without return ticket
which suggests that I will need to prove that I am leaving Brazil before the 90-day visa expires. If I was planning on leaving ...
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Etiquette when staying with an indigenous community
Later this year I'm going to Amazon rainforest in northern Brazil where I'm planning to stay for few days with an indigenous community by the Urubu river. It's not really an organized tour, my friend ...
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Holidays in Brazil without Portuguese
I consider a holiday in Brazil, especially Florianópolis. But I can't speak any Portuguese.
Can I get around there with English and a little Spanish?
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If I want to travel to Brazil, can I get by with English?
I do not speak Portuguese, and only enough Spanish not to starve. English is my second language, but my first, Dutch, will not be very useful.
Will people in Brazil be able to communicate with me?
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Are Brazilian "Adult Only" hotels suitable for regular stays?
Looking for hotels in Brazil turns up several (cheap) options with "Adult Only" in their description. E.g. Hotel Gomes Freire (Adult Only) or Shelton Hotel (Adult Only). The description for the first ...
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Where can I rent a car in French Guiana to cross to Suriname/Brazil?
Flying to Suriname can be very expensive since the transatlantic connection is tightly controlled by the GOS. A less expensive solution is to travel to the neighboring French Guiana which is ...
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Visiting Iguazu waterfalls on both sides
One can visit the Iguazu Falls on two sides: the Brazilian and the Argentinian side.
We stay at a hotel in Argentina (Puerto Iguazu), visited the Argentinian side and would like to visit the ...
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How to plan celebrating carnaval in Rio?
If you are not from Brazil and you want to celebrate carnival in Rio, what should you do? Do you just buy a ticket to Rio, book any hotel and just enjoy? Or is that a recipe for failure? I can imagine ...
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Manual or Automatic transmission: Do rental companies let you choose which type of car you want to rent?
Say I'm a foreigner renting a car in Brazil.
What kind of car transmissions are popular in Brazil rental car agencies?
Do they let you choose if you ask?
I know standard (aka manual) transmission is, ...
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How safe is the Sugar Loaf trail (Brazil)?
The Wikitravel article for Rio de Janeiro, recommends a 20-30 minutes trekking trail to access the Sugar Loaf for free. Is it safe?
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Can we round-trip travel to Brazil from the USA with our 5-month-old daughter using just her birth certificate?
My wife (Brazilian citizen, US permanent resident) and I (US citizen) will be traveling to Brazil by plane with our 5-month old daughter (US citizen).
Our daughter may not have a passport by the time ...
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Getting into Brazil with an onward ticket from another country
I'm planning to travel around the world starting in the end of July. My first flight is Frankfurt to Rio de Janeiro (via Heathrow) on July 26th. I am a German citizen and I want to enter Brazil ...
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Can I obtain a visa for Brazil at a land crossing?
The standard Brazil visa application seems to be quite a long and involved process which requires plenty of documentation. I have heard a long time ago though that one can instead get the visa at a ...
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Boats from Manaus, Brazil to Leticia, Colombia?
I've heard of and met a few people who have done this route, and I hope to do it at the end of this year or early next year. However, the descriptions were mostly sketchy, and I'm wondering if it's a ...
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I am in Brazil without an entry stamp. What do I do?
I'm an EU student in Brazil travelling on a VITEM IV visa that expires in July. I have a temporary RNE and everything, and I left the country last Wednesday to visit Argentina. I returned earlier ...
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Cheapest ATM strategy in Brazil
I need to withdraw lots of Brazil Real in Rio de Janeiro from my USA bank account. What bank has the cheapest ATM (or I could even go to a teller) for me? Suppose I need 10,000 Real and my bank ...
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Do I need to have an electrical converter when traveling to Sao Paulo/Brazil?
I am traveling from USA to São Paulo. Will it be possible to use cell phone charger, razor, etc without some sort of electrical converter and/or outlet adapter?
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Is there a centralised website for bus travel in Brazil?
In Argentina, for example, plataforma10 was generally the go-to website for travellers for bus companies - while it didn't do every company, it had most of the big ones, and to all destinations in ...
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Is there any restriction in entering the South American countries multiple times in one year?
As an EU citizen I can travel to Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, and Argentina without a visa, just by using my passport.
Currently I am in Brazil and would like to go to Uruguay, Argentina, Paraguay and ...
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Can I own a French registered car as a non-resident?
I would love to drive through Brazil and Suriname starting from French Guiana. However, renting a car to do this proved to be impossible. There are ferries between French Guiana and Suriname and a ...
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Can a tourist take part in the annual carnaval parade in Rio de Janeiro?
Can you take part in the famous Carnaval parade in Rio de Janeiro if you are there only for a limited period, or would that require quite some preparations?
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Rio de Janeiro: How to estimate taxi ride prices?
Obviously the safest way from Galeão Airport in Rio de Janeiro to your Hotel in downtown (say) Copacabana should be a licensed taxi.
I read about the difference between yellow cabs and fixed-rate ...
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Can Brazil residence permit holder enter Schengen area without visa? [duplicate]
Citizens of Brazil can enter the area visa free (90 days within a 180-day period). But not sure about residents of Brazil.
If you don't know the answer, you can reply for Argentina or Mexico since I ...
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Travelling to Brazil without return ticket
Last year I was flying to Brazil with Condor. I don't need a visa, if I stay in Brazil below 90 days (regardless if tourism or business).
The check-in clerk asked me about visa or return ticket. I ...
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Is there public transport running on NYE in Rio de Janeiro?
(A friend asked me to post this)
He will be in Rio de Janeiro on NYE and wants to know if public transport will be running and if so, until how late in the night.
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Is there a cultural belief in Brazil or Spain that frowns upon brushing one's teeth / spitting in the kitchen sink?
I was recently told by my Brazilian roommate not to brush my teeth in the sink (I wasn't, I just spit in it) because of cultural reasons. Is there a cultural norm in Brazil / Portugal where this ...
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Brazil-Venezuela border status
Later this year I'll be visiting northern Brazil and I'm considering going to Roraima in Venezuela (assuming it will be safe enough).
Apparently the border between Brazil and Venezuela in Pacaraima is ...
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Crossing the Amazon, route 319
Google shows highway 319 crossing the Amazon River.
Satellite view shows nothing there. Is it a ferry? Or just wishful thinking?
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What is the purpose of the seats in the front of the bus in Vitória, Brazil?
I'm spending some time in Vitória, Brazil, and have been using a bit of the public transportation. The buses, unlike any I've seen in other cities, have an on-board turnstile, where you must pay a ...
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How far into Brazil can I get with the completion of the Oyapock Bridge between French Guiana and Brazil?
It is estimated that the Oyapock Bridge between France and Brazil will be finished in 2012. I have already been to Oyapock and ever since I dreamt to do a road trip starting in French Guyana. Looking ...
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Visiting Rio de Janeiro, Brazil as a volunteer for the 2016 Olympics what funds do I need for a visa, and in what form?
I am an Indian citizen (and resident) traveling to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil as a volunteer for the Olympics in Aug 2016, at the invitation of the Olympic Committee. However, all expense of travel and ...
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Yellow Fever vaccination for Brazil
I have to go to Brazil next week and I saw that there is currently a Yellow Fever outbreak.
I know I already got the Yellow Fever vaccine some years ago and that it's valid for a lifetime, so I'm ...
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How to stay in Brazil for 5 months with a (tourist) visa?
I am planning to go to Brazil from 20 Aug - 02 Feb under a tourist visa (three months). My idea was to cross the border to Argentina before the three months are finished, and re-enter Brazil after a ...
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Can a Brazilian citizen enter the country with a visa on a foreign passport?
I'm a citizen of Brazil and Australia. My Brazilian passport is expired and I'm unable to renew it quickly due to not being up-to-date with my voting obligations.
The procedure to normalise my ...
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How to visit the Pantanal (Brazil) without a multi-day tour?
I've been reading about the Pantanal (Brazil) and the information I have is that the two main cities in this area are Campo Grande and Cuiaba. The problem is that the blogs I've read state that the ...
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How to look for a photography "fixer" in Brazil?
I'm a non-professional photographer looking to visit Rio and possibly Sao Paulo, I'm interested in shooting the life in the favellas but understand that it is a rather risky proposition in terms of ...
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Dual Colombian and US Citizenship - can I enter Brazil visa-free as a Colombian?
If I have dual Colombian-US nationality, can I enter Brazil visa-free since they do not require visas for Colombians. Even though they do require visas for US citizens?
In others words, do I have to ...
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Is it possible to obtain a Brazil visa without confirmed travel plans? (US citizen)
I'm a US citizen and I will be traveling to Argentina this winter. While I'm there, I'd like to make a short one-week trip into Brazil.
I haven't picked the dates yet, so I don't have my travel ...
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Is it possible for a U.S. citizen to rent a car in Brazil?
Is it possible for a U.S. citizen to rent a car in Brazil? If so, what are the requirements, from the leasing companies, as well as the transit authority (to drive in Brazil)?
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how to calculate the real time spent on road travelling by car
On my Brazil road trip, I'm wondering about a certain section:
Belem to Bequimão, in January 2020
this stretch is 581km long and takes 10h39min, see google map directions
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Flying with GOL airlines without a CPF
When trying to make an online check-in for a GOL flight (Rio de Janeiro GIG to Foz de Iguaçu), I cannot make it through passenger identification because I do not have a CPF number. I have two concerns:...
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Going to Argentina from Brazil without a Brazilian entry stamp
I'm backpacking in South America and have found myself in an interesting situation. I was travelling in Paraguay and got to Ciudad del Este, from there I took a local bus across the river to Foz do ...
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Is it common to use a credit card to make payments in Brazil or is cash preferred?
I have been to countries like Japan where cash is the preferred way of payment. Here in the United States, it is very common to use a credit card. What about Brazil? Is it common to use credit cards ...
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How do I request USA visa for brazilian people?
How do Brazilian people (in Brazil) request a USA visa card to travel there?
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Does the Brazil Air Pass still exist?
In many forums and blogs about air travel in Brazil the "Brazil Air Pass" (or sometimes a "South American Airpass") is mentioned. With this airpass, you can take multiple flights ...
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Does Belo Horizonte airport have an international transit area?
I'm considering an international connecting flight via Belo Horizonte airport.
Does transiting at this airport require a visa? Is there in international transit area?
What does the international ...
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Is it possible to obtain a visa to Brazil without entry ticket?
I have plans to meet a friend in Paris mid-September. Before that I will be visiting Brazil. Therefore, I am considering buying a flight Brazil to France. This should satisfy the proof-of-onward-...
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What are the legal implications of exporting a tarantula from Brazil to Mexico?
I'm not sure if this fits on this site or not, since it boils down to a question about animal import/export.
As mentioned here, a Mexican friend has requested a rather odd souvenir from Brazil: A ...
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