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[Mr Enternational]

I have a friend who is begging me to send her some Hair Weaves so she can sell them in her salon in Caxias. What is the cheapest way to mail them to her? I am nervous that it might cost more money to send them to Brazil than it is to buy the hair. LOL.

And besides that, what about the import duty?

[Bravo]

I have a friend who is begging me to send her some Hair Weaves so she can sell them in her salon in Caxias. What is the cheapest way to mail them to her? I am nervous that it might cost more money to send them to Brazil than it is to buy the hair. LOL.

[SouthernGunner]

Fellow mongers,

I have lived vicariously through your reports for years, never thinking I would get a chance to practice our craft in Brazil. Now I have a very slim window of opportunity as I am visiting Rio and Sao Paulo in Aug 15. Unfortunately our dollar has tanked big time so I am looking to make the most of my visit with both limited Funds and Time (yes far from ideal.) Does anyone know of Monger friendly Tour Guides in Rio that can show me the sights including a trip into VM?

Cheers

Hi Andeze,

I'm about to arrive at Sao Paulo by the 16 of Aug. As a fellow monger, perhaps it would be great to hang out and discover the local punters scene.

PM me if you are interested.

[SouthernGunner]

Fellow mongers,

I have lived vicariously through your reports for years, never thinking I would get a chance to practice our craft in Brazil. Now I have a very slim window of opportunity as I am visiting Rio and Sao Paulo in Aug 15. Unfortunately our dollar has tanked big time so I am looking to make the most of my visit with both limited Funds and Time (yes far from ideal.) Does anyone know of Monger friendly Tour Guides in Rio that can show me the sights including a trip into VM?

Cheers

Dear Andeze,

I am just on the same boat as you. I will arrive at Sampa by the 16th of Aug. As a gringo, perhaps we needed some local intel to help us out. PM me if you would like to.

Chill out together at Sampa.

Cheers

[Andeze]

Fellow mongers,

I have lived vicariously through your reports for years, never thinking I would get a chance to practice our craft in Brazil. Now I have a very slim window of opportunity as I am visiting Rio and Sao Paulo in Aug 15. Unfortunately our dollar has tanked big time so I am looking to make the most of my visit with both limited Funds and Time (yes far from ideal.) Does anyone know of Monger friendly Tour Guides in Rio that can show me the sights including a trip into VM?

Cheers

[Escort4Us]

I thought the same, but lots of people I know are using it. Uber screens their drivers and has logs of who is driving the cars, etc. Taxis are less safe, theoretically.

Again, I had the same theory but I see a ton of people using it and swearing they believe it's safer than getting into a taxi where you really have no idea if the driver is a real driver.

I've had female friends jacked by taxi drivers, so who knows.

Use at your own risk, I suppose.

In my two years using Uber, I have logged 403 trips. I was surprised, but that's what Uber's anniversary Email to me said.

I have used them all over the Globe, and have felt immensely more secure in them than a Taxi, mostly because I -always-. -anywhere-. Had someone speaking English.

Your location is tracked via GPS in real time, and even the Uber app has a panic button feature IIRC.

I will use local taxis, but only with a local. Or with a local's specific guidance.

[Sperto]

Entrance Visas in Brazil. Updated on June 25,2015.

http://www.portalconsular.mre.gov.br...25.06.2015.pdf

[Eric Cartman]

A friend in Rio the other day had her cellphone stolen while she was sitting waiting for a bus. She noticed guys on motorcycles surveying the area before another guy knocked the cellphone out of her hand, picked it up and ran off with it. Other friends tell me there is hardly any work and people are getting more and more desperate.

Can think of no easier way for a bandit to rob someone, especially a tourist, than to have them voluntarily get into his car. Uber fare - 40 Reais. Passenger's cash, phone, let's make a visit to an ATM and BTW, how much are those credit cards and your passport worth to you?

I thought the same, but lots of people I know are using it. Uber screens their drivers and has logs of who is driving the cars, etc. Taxis are less safe, theoretically.

Again, I had the same theory but I see a ton of people using it and swearing they believe it's safer than getting into a taxi where you really have no idea if the driver is a real driver.

I've had female friends jacked by taxi drivers, so who knows.

Use at your own risk, I suppose.

[Matt Topper]

Fellow mongers,

I am in urgent need of your help. My partner in crime and I have booked my trip to Rio for October however, our usual girl friendly apartment (RioApartmentRentals.com) looks like it may have gone out of business (no replies to multiple emails or phone calls). I have tried numerous legit websites and all apartment owners so far are saying no to visitors as they don't want their apartments to be used for sex tourism (party poopers!

Do any of you have any recommendations for apartments to stay in the Copa area?

Many thanks in advance.

MT

[Exec Talent]

Uber also works pretty well now.

A friend in Rio the other day had her cellphone stolen while she was sitting waiting for a bus. She noticed guys on motorcycles surveying the area before another guy knocked the cellphone out of her hand, picked it up and ran off with it. Other friends tell me there is hardly any work and people are getting more and more desperate.

Can think of no easier way for a bandit to rob someone, especially a tourist, than to have them voluntarily get into his car. Uber fare - 40 Reais. Passenger's cash, phone, let's make a visit to an ATM and BTW, how much are those credit cards and your passport worth to you?

[Eric Cartman]

Recommend the free app for "EASY TAXI" in Rio to hail cabs. Works very well especially if you are traveling in Barra / Recreio / Jacarepagua areas where it is difficult to get cabs on the street.

Uber also works pretty well now.

[Java Man]

I saw their press conference today but I didn't hear any mention about relaxing Visa requirements at all unless I missed it or they just didn't mention it, anybody know better?

It was a little vague. Not a lot of coverage about it. "They also agreed to take steps so that Americans and Brazilians can travel between the two countries without visas, and to allow Brazilians to apply for expedited "Global Entry" clearance when visiting the United States in early 2016."

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/...0PA25620150630

[Rio Bob]

I'm not sure if links are allowed here but you can Google and see that Us Pres. To Meet with Brazilian Pres. June 30th and killing the Visa is part of the talks and part of the reason is to increase Olympic / US visitors.

I saw their press conference today but I didn't hear any mention about relaxing Visa requirements at all unless I missed it or they just didn't mention it, anybody know better?

[Java Man]

The next time I'm in Rio, I think I might want to check out a concert. Can anybody recommend a good site where I can go online and see who's going to be playing around town before I get down there, and that will allow me to purchase and download my ticket online?

Found these sites to purchase tix online. You'll have to register and will need a CPF to buy. http://premier.ticketsforfun.com.br/.

http://www.ingresso.com/rio-de-janeiro/home/show

https://ticketbrasil.com.br/uf/rj/ BTW, I've never used them. Best of Luck.

[The Cane]

The next time I'm in Rio, I think I might want to check out a concert. Can anybody recommend a good site where I can go online and see who's going to be playing around town before I get down there, and that will allow me to purchase and download my ticket online? It doesn't matter to me if the site is in English or Portuguese. I'll be able to navigate my way around either way. What I'm looking for is something like this site for events in Mexico: http://www.dondehayferia.com/. I don't need anything that covers the whole country like the Mexican site does since I'm really primarily interested in Rio. If anybody has any good sites you can refer me to, that would be greatly appreciated.