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[Sperto]

Yesterday evening I followed a friend to a Bradesco when she was going to make a withdrawal. Everything looked OK but suddenly the machine died. The screen went black. It wasn't possible to take out the card. A guy was still inside the bank. I called him out but he didn't know how to solve it and propably couldn't care less. Maybe they could solve it tomorrow. Right, and leave the card in the machine meanwhile? Luckily there was one more of the staff inside the bank, just leaving. A hot blond woman, some kind of supervisor. I caught her and insisted she would solve the problem. Tonight it would be impossible, she said. I insisted and finally she went inside and with help of some technical support by phone she did something with the machine so it was possible to take out the card.

Lesson to be learned, do your withdrawals during bank hours in case you need this kind of assistance.

[Cool]

This was posted earlier this week in the Sampa thread.

Surprised no one has posted this yet. Appears they pretty much copied the USA.

Effective immediately, all individuals ages 12 and older traveling to Brazil by air must present proof of COVID-19 vaccination, in addition to a Traveler's Health Declaration (DSV) and proof of a negative COVID-19 test, either an RT-PCR test performed within 72 hours of boarding or an antigen test performed within 24 hours of boarding.

https://br.usembassy.gov/travel-advi...december-2021/

[Mr Enternational]

Surprised no one has posted this yet. Appears they pretty much copied the USA.

Effective immediately, all individuals ages 12 and older traveling to Brazil by air must present proof of COVID-19 vaccination, in addition to a Traveler's Health Declaration (DSV) and proof of a negative COVID-19 test, either an RT-PCR test performed within 72 hours of boarding or an antigen test performed within 24 hours of boarding.

https://br.usembassy.gov/travel-advi...december-2021/

[Nordico]

https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/equili...ampaign=comptw

Google translation of some parts of the article:

"After Anvisa (National Health Surveillance Agency) informed this Monday (13) that it would require a vaccination certificate at airports and land borders, the decision was partially fulfilled at the Guarulhos International Airport, in Greater Sao Paulo.

Although most passengers had to present the document, some still managed to enter the country this Tuesday (14) without showing it.

In Guarulhos, passengers reported disorganization in the area of arrivals and immigration. On the other hand, it was said that there were more attendants than usual to verify the documentation required from travelers.

They also stated that it was not clear when the documentation should be presented. While some showed proof only to the airline on boarding, others had to present it to the Brazilian authorities when they arrived in the country".

[Combo]

I don't really want to get too political here because I strongly believe that if somebody does not want to get vaxed that is his or her own business, you have to be out of your mind to travel to travel a foreign country and mix it up with local girls in bars and bordellos, if you have not been vaxed 2 or 3 times or had Covid in the past and thus built up a natural immunity. It just ain't going to be a fun trip if you don't have proof of vaccination and it might turn into a disaster if you catch the virus.

I agree about not forcing people to get taxed. And I agree that for a monger, it really makes a lot of sense to get the vaccine. Having sex with multiple women (who themselves have sex with multiple guys) is risky behavior for contracting many things, among them Covid. And getting sick while traveling sucks.

[Vagabundo1]

Good report.

Ivy at belprazer is good. She used to be at 4 x4.

Domestic flights in Brazil can be hell if you have a connection and leaves from the shitty airport Santos Dumont. I arrived in Rio at Wednesday night. On Thursday morning I went to Santos Dumont at 7 AM. I had a flight to Fortaleza at 9. 20 AM, with connection in Salvador. I printed my boarding cards and baggage label, and went to baggage drop. Two people attending all Latam customers. It took more than an hour to drop my bag. Then I hade to wait in line 30 minutes at the security check. It tuned out that the plane to Salvador had technical problems so they had to change plane. The delay was more than 30 minutes. This resulted that I wouldn't be able to catch my connection in Salvador. They told me to retrieve my bag, desembarcar and go to Latam check in. They would put me on a direct flight from Galeao to Fortaleza at 2 PM. It took more than an hour to retrieve my bag.

I went to Latam check in. Waited an hour to get attended. Meanwhile there were many furious customers. Some throw heavy objects on the staff. It turned out that the promised direct flight from Galeao was a false promise. There were plenty of passengers that couldn't go to Fortaleza. Latam encountered place for 1 passenger on an Azul flight that evening. They gave it to me. OK, I would travel at 6 PM. Rio to Recife and then a connection to Fortaleza.

Latam gave me two "vale the comida", 30 and 40 reais. There were a list to which restaurants the vale was valid. It turned out that all the restaurants on the 30 reais vale closed years ago. I did find a caf that did except the vale. No big deal, but still good. I had time to kill and went to Centro and picked up TIM chips in a kiosk on Avenida Rio Branco, 12 reais. It couldn't be more easy to activate them. Done in no time.

[Sperto]

Domestic flights in Brazil can be hell if you have a connection and leaves from the shitty airport Santos Dumont. I arrived in Rio at Wednesday night. On Thursday morning I went to Santos Dumont at 7 AM. I had a flight to Fortaleza at 9. 20 AM, with connection in Salvador. I printed my boarding cards and baggage label, and went to baggage drop. Two people attending all Latam customers. It took more than an hour to drop my bag. Then I hade to wait in line 30 minutes at the security check. It tuned out that the plane to Salvador had technical problems so they had to change plane. The delay was more than 30 minutes. This resulted that I wouldn't be able to catch my connection in Salvador. They told me to retrieve my bag, desembarcar and go to Latam check in. They would put me on a direct flight from Galeao to Fortaleza at 2 PM. It took more than an hour to retrieve my bag.

I went to Latam check in. Waited an hour to get attended. Meanwhile there were many furious customers. Some throw heavy objects on the staff. It turned out that the promised direct flight from Galeao was a false promise. There were plenty of passengers that couldn't go to Fortaleza. Latam encountered place for 1 passenger on an Azul flight that evening. They gave it to me. OK, I would travel at 6 PM. Rio to Recife and then a connection to Fortaleza.

Latam gave me two "vale the comida", 30 and 40 reais. There were a list to which restaurants the vale was valid. It turned out that all the restaurants on the 30 reais vale closed years ago. I did find a café that did except the vale. No big deal, but still good. I had time to kill and went to Centro and picked up TIM chips in a kiosk on Avenida Rio Branco, 12 reais. It couldn't be more easy to activate them. Done in no time.

I needed some fun so I went to Belprazer. No favourite of mine but it was close by. I chose Eduarda. Absolutely beautiful face and lovely eyes. The tia greeted me and told Eduarda to give me special treatment as I was a VIP. Eduardas tits turned out to be medium sized silicon tits, which I don't like. Her ass was a horse ass, good enough but I prefer pony ass. The session was good with multiple positions and finished with 2 BBBJCIM. 140 reais / one hour.

Then I went back to Santos Dumont and had a free dinner. I checked in at Azul. They tried to charge me 140 reais for my luggage but changed their mind. The flight left in time and I was looking forward to arrive in Fortaleza that night. After a bit more than an hour a passenger got sick. The pilot decided to land quickly in Vitoria. Medics arrived and left with a sick lady. This meant a delay so when we arrived in Recife my connection to Fortaleza had left. After two hours Azul brought the passengers that lost their connections to a nice hotel in Boa Viagem, for free of course. They sent up a delicious dinner to my room. Afterwards I went to check out the neighborhood. At 1. 30 AM there were only homeless people and crackudos out. This morning I continued with an Azul glight to Fortaleza. I arrived 20 hours later than I had planned. Normally I always buy direct flights in Brazil when it's possible. However, I never had problems with connections before. This time I had major problems twice in a day.

BTW, when I bought this ticket Rio to Fortaleza the Latam site had problems. It turned out I received my ticket and receipt without never been charged. Flight tickets for free is always nice.

Now I'm in a small beach town south of Fortaleza. I'll go out and see if I find some girls that don't fall in the category "football heads without necks."

[Mr Enternational]

Mr. E, with all due respect (and I mean it), your last statement is false. It's irresponsible and dangerous to spread disinformation on life-and-death matters, no matter how you personally feel about it. Vaccines train your body to develop immunity to a virus. That's a definition of what vaccines do.

If you mean that immunity will wane with time passing, that's true, and this is why we need boosters.

Okay. Maybe I should have said you do not get guaranteed or permanent immunity. If you did then vaccinated people would not have to continue to wear masks and they could just run up into the lions' den and party with no hope of contracting the disease as it seemed Axel was alluding to.

[Xpartan]

Maybe you can have natural immunity without taking the vaccine. I have done more times than I can count, since this thing started, just what you said I would have to be out of my mind to do and nothing. Fit as a fiddle. Matter of fact I am just getting back from Brazil this morning and leaving my doctor's appointment for a regular check-up. I must be doing something right. By the way, you do not get any immunity by being vaccinated.

Mr. E, with all due respect (and I mean it), your last statement is false. It's irresponsible and dangerous to spread disinformation on life-and-death matters, no matter how you personally feel about it. Vaccines train your body to develop immunity to a virus. That's a definition of what vaccines do.

If you mean that immunity will wane with time passing, that's true, and this is why we need boosters. There is nothing unique about it (shingles, pneumonia, MMR, etc.).

https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/heal...u-need-to-know

https://www.webmd.com/vaccines/vaccine-booster-shots

[Nordico]

https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/equili...ampaign=comptw

The Municipal Health Department of Sao Paulo says it will be difficult to ensure that travelers without a vaccine against Covid-19 are actually quarantined. The capital of Sao Paulo, even so, intends to monitor these people to prevent them from circulating in the city. "But we go daily to the places chosen by these people to be isolated".

[Axel Heyst]

Maybe you can have natural immunity without taking the vaccine. I have done more times than I can count, since this thing started, just what you said I would have to be out of my mind to do and nothing. Fit as a fiddle. Matter of fact I am just getting back from Brazil this morning and leaving my doctor's appointment for a regular check-up. I must be doing something right. By the way, you do not get any immunity by being vaccinated.

Yeah, I am fine with natural immunity, but the governments of the world are now requiring proof of vaccination for entry, so it is going to get harder and harder to travel without said proof.

[The Cane]

By the way, you do not get any immunity by being vaccinated.

You're entitled to your own opinions, but we're all better off listening to expert immunologists who rely upon established medical science versus following your misguided opinions.

[Mr Enternational]

I don't really want to get too political here because I strongly believe that if somebody does not want to get vaxed that is his or her own business, you have to be out of your mind to travel to travel a foreign country and mix it up with local girls in bars and bordellos, if you have not been vaxed 2 or 3 times or had Covid in the past and thus built up a natural immunity.

Maybe you can have natural immunity without taking the vaccine. I have done more times than I can count, since this thing started, just what you said I would have to be out of my mind to do and nothing. Fit as a fiddle. Matter of fact I am just getting back from Brazil this morning and leaving my doctor's appointment for a regular check-up. I must be doing something right. By the way, you do not get any immunity by being vaccinated.

[Nordico]

https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/cotidi...ampaign=comptw

Google translation of the main parts of the article;.

"From next Saturday (11), new rules for the entry of travelers into Brazil will come into effect. Those who arrive on international flights and are not immunized against Covid-19 will have to present the disease test, carried out up to 72 hours before boarding, and comply with a five-day quarantine. At the land border, proof of vaccination or negative test will be required.

Under the new rule, the idea is that travelers on international flights continue filling out a form required by Anvisa, called DSV (Traveller's Health Declaration), before boarding.

In this document, they must indicate where they will spend the quarantine in Brazil, if they are not vaccinated, and make a commitment to cover the expenses during the isolation period. Whoever presents a certificate of immunization will be released from the isolation period.

If the traveler tests positive at the end of the quarantine period, he / she must continue in isolation, following Health rules.

In addition, inspectors at Brazilian airports must check the immunization certificates of those who claimed to have received the vaccine.

Failure to comply with health rules can lead to foreigners being deported. Brazilians, on the other hand, can respond to civil, administrative and criminal actions".

[Axel Heyst]

A short version of the article.

"The Jair Bolsonaro (PL) government decided to require a five-day quarantine for unvaccinated travelers entering Brazil. Under the new rule, whoever presents a certificate of immunization against Covid and a negative test can cross the border without going through the isolation period.

The change was announced this Tuesday (7) by ministers Ciro Nogueira (Casa Civil), Marcelo Queiroga (Health) and Bruno Bianco (General Attorney of the Union) and contradicts Bolsonaro's denial speech.

Unvaccinated travelers must be tested for Covid-19 on the fifth day of isolation. If the result is negative, they can circulate in Brazil.

There are still no details on how the quarantine of unvaccinated people will be organized and monitored. The representatives of the ministries must meet again on Wednesday (8) to finalize an ordinance with the new rules. The idea is to publish the text after the conversation, in the afternoon".

I don't really want to get too political here because I strongly believe that if somebody does not want to get vaxed that is his or her own business, you have to be out of your mind to travel to travel a foreign country and mix it up with local girls in bars and bordellos, if you have not been vaxed 2 or 3 times or had Covid in the past and thus built up a natural immunity. It just ain't going to be a fun trip if you don't have proof of vaccination and it might turn into a disaster if you catch the virus.