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[QUOTE=Bionicman]try to go on TIM Brazil website and maybe they list the service numbers to access various services incl voice mail
Antoher alternatie is going on the SIM icon or set up it might list the services.
Last chance is to scroll the phone book of the SIM and look for the voicemail[/QUOTE]
Voice mail is *100, if I remember correctly. *222# is to find out the remaining prepay balance. Also check your SIM card phonebook. It might list it as "Caixa postal".
[QUOTE=Stinky Squid]Voice mail is *100, if I remember correctly. *222# is to find out the remaining prepay balance. Also check your SIM card phonebook. It might list it as "Caixa postal".[/QUOTE]
Thanks I've found it in my address book under Caixa postal. I don't understand the recorded message, so don't know what number to press for which option she reads. If anyone knows that would be great.
[QUOTE=Koolkid]Thanks I've found it in my address book under Caixa postal. I don't understand the recorded message, so don't know what number to press for which option she reads. If anyone knows that would be great.[/QUOTE]
I've been there. If I heard the message, I could tell you. But I don't remember it now. Try the first option she gives you.
Hey, why don't you ask your Hotel concierge? I have found these guys very helpful. I had them help me with so many things, including understanding a voicemail from my GF's family, deciphering SMSs, etc. She was calling me from that help desk too and they were translating for us. I felt really safe in the hand of these people, they were very understanding and helpful. Give them a chance.
[QUOTE=Stinky Squid]......... I felt really safe in the hand of these people, they were very understanding and helpful. Give them a chance.[/QUOTE]
..and give them a tip too :)
Below Sui Generis mentioned a new website or a least to me regarding mongering in Brazil. I noticed Massari is very active on that site. He is a great guy and very helpful.
[QUOTE=Enricos]Below Sui Generis mentioned a new website or a least to me regarding mongering in Brazil. I noticed Massari is very active on that site. He is a great guy and very helpful.[/QUOTE]
There's some cool cats on this site. My buddy Altobomgosto is one of them. Famous posters are also there (like my friend Coobra, for instance) Two girls that I know are also behind this site : Bellaxxx and Deyse Loira.
Massari is an institution by himself. While I was with my buddy Altobomgosto in the Privê Redway, I met the organizer of the last FSD's GT , Eros Millenium. A very nice person. This is not a new site (I think that it's four or five years old) but GP Guia was working as a vortex or a maelstrom engulfing everything around it.
When I was celebrating ABG's birthday in the apt of two garotas (Agatha Lemos and Julia Guedes: both of thew are not active anymore: one is in Germany right now the other quitted because she's getting married) they showed pics of a FSD's GT where they participated. I saw the picture of several posters that are well know.
Hola Brazil Mongers. I am Zon. I have spent a ton of time in the DR and Colombia. Now that I FINALLY have gotten the gist of Spanish. I am thinking why not Portuguese! Seriously, I have spoken to a couple guys in the last week that advise me to at least check out Brazil before I sign a long term lease in Medellin Colombia. HELL THEY MIGHT BE RIGHT.
First a confession: I am only a border line monger. I prefer non-pros. (I know. I know. Maybe I just have not learned my lesson yet) I would like to get some recommendations on possible cities that satisfy the following criteria:
1- Nice place to fall in love with. I am sort of looking for a second home. 3. 6 months a year.
2. As good of currency exchange / cost of living factor that we can expect from the US Dollar
3. Women that are hot and fairly in play. That means that I have at least some chance of developing honest, "normal" relationships. In Colombia, the women (and men) lack authenticity. It takes much time to overcome the gringo bulls eye on your back.
4. What is the normal league? Again, in the DR, the fattest and ugliest and oldest guy in the world can be with Miss Universe and nobody sees the difference. In Colombia, as long as a guy keeps himself together, there is no real dating ceiling. A 50 year old can date a smoking 22 year old and nobody laughs behind your back. How does this figure in Brazil? Are there different standards in different regions?
Sorry for the virgin questions Vets. I am just trying to get a fast readying. I will dig into the archive reports and start doing my reserach too.
[QUOTE=Iam Zon]
1- Nice place to fall in love with. I am sort of looking for a second home. 3. 6 months a year.
2. As good of currency exchange / cost of living factor that we can expect from the US Dollar
3. Women that are hot and fairly in play. That means that I have at least some chance of developing honest, "normal" relationships. In Colombia, the women (and men) lack authenticity. It takes much time to overcome the gringo bulls eye on your back.
4. What is the normal league? Again, in the DR, the fattest and ugliest and oldest guy in the world can be with Miss Universe and nobody sees the difference. In Colombia, as long as a guy keeps himself together, there is no real dating ceiling. A 50 year old can date a smoking 22 year old and nobody laughs behind your back. How does this figure in Brazil? Are there different standards in different regions?
Sorry for the virgin questions Vets. I am just trying to get a fast readying. I will dig into the archive reports and start doing my reserach too.[/QUOTE]
too long to answer typing. Send me a pm with your contact info and we can chat on the phone.
Depends a lot on your age, looks, game, .....
Fortaleza and Natal come into my mind. Manaus and Belem if you don't mind blander cities with more foreigner-friendly girls .......
I have 2 days left and I would like to buy some good quality cachaca
and the wooden utensils and shaker they use to make caipirinha.
In most bars I've been in, it seems to be some sort of wooden set that
they use. Can anyone point me in the right direction as to where I can buy
this so I can take it back with me.
Thanks
[QUOTE=Iam Zon]Hola Brazil Mongers. I am Zon. I have spent a ton of time in the DR and Colombia. Now that I FINALLY have gotten the gist of Spanish. I am thinking why not Portuguese! Seriously, I have spoken to a couple guys in the last week that advise me to at least check out Brazil before I sign a long term lease in Medellin Colombia. HELL THEY MIGHT BE RIGHT.
First a confession: I am only a border line monger. I prefer non-pros. (I know. I know. Maybe I just have not learned my lesson yet) I would like to get some recommendations on possible cities that satisfy the following criteria:
1- Nice place to fall in love with. I am sort of looking for a second home. 3. 6 months a year.
2. As good of currency exchange / cost of living factor that we can expect from the US Dollar
3. Women that are hot and fairly in play. That means that I have at least some chance of developing honest, "normal" relationships. In Colombia, the women (and men) lack authenticity. It takes much time to overcome the gringo bulls eye on your back.
4. What is the normal league? Again, in the DR, the fattest and ugliest and oldest guy in the world can be with Miss Universe and nobody sees the difference. In Colombia, as long as a guy keeps himself together, there is no real dating ceiling. A 50 year old can date a smoking 22 year old and nobody laughs behind your back. How does this figure in Brazil? Are there different standards in different regions?
Sorry for the virgin questions Vets. I am just trying to get a fast readying. I will dig into the archive reports and start doing my reserach too.[/QUOTE]Hey amigo, I'll chime in with my 2 cents for ya.
I've spent lots of time all over Colombia and the DR also, and have had many latina girlfriends, especially Colombianas.
Now for the past several years I've been hanging out in Brazil, predominately in Sao Paulo.
I have to admit, at first I was frustrated with the portuguese.
I speak spanish very well, and I remember thinking that I would just get by in Brazil using my spanish.
Well, I was wrong hahaha.
Of course you could just get by with spanish, but if you really want to communicate and mix it up and be cool, you have to learn the language, which luckily is similar in many ways to spanish but different enough to have to work at it a bit.
As far as the Brasileiras go, I absolutely love 'them! Both worlds, the pro and non-pro girls.
In general, I find the Brasileiras more genuine and open than the Colombiana.
Don't get me wrong, I dig the Colombianas, I've just found them a bit more difficult and superficial than the Brasileira.
I can't speak for all of Brazil, but in SP you can find all kinds of bars, night clubs, etc to meet all kinds of women.
From clubs that cater to the young, to the 20 somethings, to the frugal, to those that cater to 40 years and over to fancy schmancy.
It didn't seem like that in Colombia to me.
Yes, Colombia has it's share of clubs, but they all seemed to cater to either one, the dirt poor, or two, the rich sect with not much in between.
I find a wide variety in SP with a wide variety of girls to meet.
Also, in SP, unlike Rio, it's not a huge tourist destination, so you're not getting the "gringo bull's eye" on your back as much.
Not as many gringo tourists flow thru, and the city is huge and spread out, so a gringo can still be a rare sight and not just one of many tourists.
I dig that a lot.
I have seen more guys, my friends, meet and establish genuine relationships in Brazil than in Colombia.
Of course guys have had luck in Colombia, but I've seen many guys fall for las 'interesadas' (more interested in money than love) in Colombia.
Now you should obviously be careful for those types in Brazil too, however,
I've acquired, like many others here, a great sense and radar for reading that over the years, from experiences, and I find the interesadas more the norm in Colombia and the exception in Brazil (at least with non-pros in SP).
As far as age goes; well I've found it no different than in Colombia.
If you're an older guy, but have a young attitude, you'll have no problem meeting younger women.
If you're in shape, have a young look about you, speak portuguese, even better.
I'm in my late 40's, my girlfriend is 23, we get along fantastically and our relationship is easily accpeted by her family, friends and my brasileiro friends as well.
No big deal.
Have fun in Brasil, study some portuguese, you'll enjoy!
Boa sorte!
[QUOTE=Koolkid]I have 2 days left and I would like to buy some good quality cachaca
and the wooden utensils and shaker they use to make caipirinha.
In most bars I've been in, it seems to be some sort of wooden set that
they use. Can anyone point me in the right direction as to where I can buy
this so I can take it back with me.
Thanks[/QUOTE]
I don't know that you really need that as you can make an excellent one without special equipment. I have pestle which works nicely for instance. But a place to look might be the specialist spirits shop on Rua Carioca. They will probably know where if they don't have exactly what you are looking for. Also, a few doors along, is a sort of quasi-mystic coffee-shop cum bookshop. The old man who owns it is very knowledgeable about anything like that (though the younger sons seem to be jerks). Sorry it's not a definite, but only a few yards from the Metro so maybe worth a look.
[QUOTE=Koolkid]I have 2 days left and I would like to buy some good quality cachaca
and the wooden utensils and shaker they use to make caipirinha.
In most bars I've been in, it seems to be some sort of wooden set that
they use. Can anyone point me in the right direction as to where I can buy
this so I can take it back with me.
Thanks[/QUOTE]
Planeta Sonho, Av. N. Sra. De Copacabana 960, Copacabana map, tel 3208-3806/3208-3807.
Planeta Sonho, Av. N. Sra. De Copacabana 455, Copacabana map, tel 2549-5019/2255-5031.
Lidador, R. Vinicius de Moraes 120, Ipanema map, tel 2227-0593.
Lidador, R. Barato Ribeiro 505, Copacabana map, tel 2549-0091.
[QUOTE=Koolkid]I have 2 days left and I would like to buy some good quality cachaca
and the wooden utensils and shaker they use to make caipirinha.
In most bars I've been in, it seems to be some sort of wooden set that
they use. Can anyone point me in the right direction as to where I can buy
this so I can take it back with me.
Thanks[/QUOTE]
You can buy those at the feira noturna de artesãnatos on Ave Atlantica in front of the old Help location. You can get better quality at Tok & Stock in the building next to Sofitel Hotel. Better quality still, wait till you get home and buy it at any kitchen supply botique or from the internet.
I have a US california and international driver lic but I heard that international driver lic is no good in Brazil is this true, I like to rent a car at Sao paulo can I get a lic in Brazil.
Fast Eddie 48
Thanks for the replies regarding the cachaca. I will
pick up a cheap wooden pestil in Thailand when I get back, but will
go looking for the cachaca tomorrow.