The new frames web site has lost much of its most helpful travel info but still retains tremendous local data.
In Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo,
Porto Alegre and Belo Horizonte the current is 110/120 volts, 60 cycles, AC. In Salvador
and Manaus, it is 127 volts. In Recife, Brasília it's 220 volts. Most hotels assist w\
transformers but it is helpful to bring plug converters
World Wide Phone Guide by Kropla Brazil country code is (55) with a
growing number of City Codes Sao Paulo-
(11) Rio-(21) Salvador- (71) Recife (81)...Your hotel is likely to have the standard US
RJ-11 phone plug for your modem World Time Zone Map
Rio's time zone is 3 hours behind
Greenwich time (England) and 2 hours ahead of New York (Eastern Standard) Clocks fall back
one hour from October through FebruaryTelevision
Signal is the European PAL (USA uses NTSC)
?http://www.livingabroad.com/globe/countries/braz.html Brazil by The Globe Trotter
Introduction, Documentation, Doing
Business, Tipping, Transportation, HolidaysBrazil by the Lonely Planet
Facts at a Glance inc.\ History,
Economy, Culture, Events, Money & Costs, When to Go, Off the Beaten Track, Recommended Reading
On Doing Business in Brazil by Maria-Brazil
On Dressing, First name basis, Social
element, Punctuality, & cafezinhosOfficial Tourist Authority
Tourist Authorities
List of 50 official Offices in Brazil
inc./ fax#'s & contact.Tourism Offices Worldwide
Brazilian help in planning your trip is
problematic. Minimum resources are given to USA tourist promotion and then there's the
annoying Visa requirement. Add some extra time to your airport
time calculation for paying the airport tax of R$6 to R$24. Brazil Air Pass
The special multiple leg package
airline fare available only for foreigners visiting Brazil issued by the airline flying
you in and used with VARIG, VASP or TRANSBRASIL. For example you could use the pass
to add the two great natural wonders of Brazil: the North's Amazon rain forest or the
South's Iguaçu Falls Welcome to Rio from RIOTUR
Try the Air Services, Five Official Tourism Organizations
and Professional Travel
Associations pages| Uniglobe using System One CRS | |
| Travelocity using Sabre CRS | Expedia by Microsoft |
Based in Rio de Janeiro Comprehensive
booking services for Hotels, transfers IN/OUT & tours in all major Brazilian cities.
Member Embratur FAX:(5521) 240 - 8268 Magicline Travel Tech
Offering several adventure tours Phone
: 55 21 507-0949 / Fax : 55 21 233-3661List of Brazil Tourist Agencies Companies by BrazilInfo
As of January 1998 there were 77
listing w\ no e-mail or linksTradeTours.com
Located in Sao Paolo, Wide selection of
hotels and packages at special rates Many packages to Brazil & So. America
inc.\ Carnaval in San Francisco USA, TOLLFREE: 888-229-8687 FAX: 415-986-3029 CA. License
#1007270-10BR Online Travel
Specializing in travel to Brazil w\
many Tour Packages inc.\ Carnaval in Rio, Miami based. The first and still the best travel
agency web site for BrazilExcellence in Travel Inc.
Offers an Afro-Brazilian Tour to
Salvador & Rio departing from JFK and Wash. DCGrandeur Explorer
Highlighting the best of Brazil &
Argentina, depart Miami, New York or Los Angeles(IICD) Institute for International Cooperation & Development
Offers solidarity work, community
development projects and travel programs to Brazil and other countries U.S. citizens need to get a 90-day
visa in advance obtainable from a consulate or through a passport/visa service. Minors
(under 18) may need special documents Customs, Duty Free & VAT
For returning U.S. Citizens. Travel Tips & Publications
U.S. State Dept. Index of
Publications. Home
Page Applying for your U.S. Passport BR Online Visa Service
An option if you need to handle this
requirement by mail, Tourist visa requirements are waived for the following countries
(not USA)American Passport Service & more Passport
LinksExpediting service out of Boston
with guarantee for fast turnaroundYou can check for warnings by calling
(202) 647-5225 from a touch-tone phone orusing the fax back system dial (202) 647-3000 and follow the prompts.
"Street crime is a problem in
Brazil"... Expensive cameras and jewelry should be worn
discreetly. Purses and wallets can attract attention. Paranoia should be avoided.
When in doubt take a taxi.Safety Recommendations by SiteBR
"Some women may find that
Brazilian men are very unsubtle in the street." www.travlang.com
The best way to polish and sound out
your travel Portuguese. Over 60 languages supported with fast downloading sound files now!
English to Portuguese dictionary
You may wish to bring these ten pages
with you.Spoken & Body Language
"Generally people stand a lot
closer than in many cultures"Body Language by Maria Brazil (PHOTOS)
Only the Italians rival the Brazilians
in their use of gestures North, Northeast, Central West, South
East, and South each w\ their own mapcity.net/country/brazil/maps
The general lack of web maps for Brazil
is illustrated by this leading resourcePathfinder.com/Travel/Maps/SouthAmericaIndex
Uses the same set of Magellan
maps as city.net (only 6 total for all Brazil)YAHOO.ca/Regional/Countries/Brazil/Maps
Brazil Zoom Map by Lonely Planet
Oops doesn't actually zoom yet 24 hrs ATM's for MasterCard/Cirrus™ can be found at Banco Itau and Citibank,
VISA/Plus™ can be
found at BANCO BRADESCO. Visa has a new product called TravelMoney for ATMs
which works like a phone card and is accepted at 380,000 ATMs in 114 countriesAs of January 20, 1998 1 Brazilian Real (R$) = 0.89 US Dollar while $1 US = (R$)1.12
Universal Currency Converter by xexon
multi directional for 49 currencies
(says when). Expedia Currency Converter by Microsoft
Articles and information from over 150
global justice organizations. Go to By Country and enter BrazilNet Estado
Sao Paulo is the world's 4th largest
City and this paper has an English sectionwww.brazzil.com
Lively monthly publication available
for only $3/year subscription in USBoards.Excite.com/Travel/Brazil
Excite is the web's #1 guide to travel
and they use the same FORUM system as carnaval.comCarnaval.com/FORUM/Travel
Please contribute your insight to this
site. Check out what's new or make some news of your own in our Rio de Janeiro
FORUM or Salvador,
Bahia FORUMBrazzil.com/FORUM
Brazzil.com is an important resource
which is also available on CD NEWSGROUPS
brasil.geral
Unmoderated general discussion group.
news:rec.music.brazilian
All about Brazilian Music
soc.culture.brazil
Talking about the people and country of
Brazil.
Links to more Brazil Newsgroups
thanks to joenord@onramp.net
Manaus Links by Sergio Koreisha
Urban hub of the Amazon and base for
beginning excursions to the jungle or jungle lodges. Don't miss the 660 seat Teatro
Amazonas dedicated in 1896Drifting Down the Amazon from CliqTravel | PHOTOS |
"Landing in Iquitos, the Peruvian
port at the upper end of the navigable Amazon" by Walter & Cheri GlaserAmazonas by Dave Nehrkorn
"Our journey began on the
"Harpy Eagle", a three-deck river vessel, chartered from Amazonia
Expeditions"The Wings of the Butterfly a story told by the Amazon's Tukuna tribe
"The lord of monkeys was not a
monkey at all. He was a jaguar!"?http://www.unipack.co.jp/e/iguacu/event.html? Iguacu Falls Sightseeing Info by unipack | PHOTO|
The world's biggest, most spectacular
falls where Paraguay, Argentina and Brazil meet. Considered one of the planet's
great power spots and also the home of Itaipu the world's largest hydropower plant
surpassing even Egypt's Aswan DamPantanal by ams.com.br
Ecotourism
is typically conducted in small friendly groups. The interaction with nature can
take many forms inc.\ high adventure.. The accommodations often put you in closer contact
with nature. Brazilnature.com (Dutch, French, Japanese, Italian, Spanish TOO)
Wonderful new site by group trying to stay
ahead of the more commercial offeringsThe B.E.S.T. //The Quest
Ecotourism & Adventure. Office
located in Niterói - RJ phone: (55-21) 709-1461 and 609-8320 - right in front of
the State Park of Serra da TiriricaHuge resource library Destination Brazil
By lonely planet. A concise 11 pages
from their recommended 690 page "travel survival kit" (last update Jan. '96). An Introduction to Brazil
By interknowledge, plus links to
intros for Rio, Recife & Sao Paolo.Varig presents BRAZIL
Plenty of facts for travel planners
The Wonders of Brazil
By Walter Morales. Besides history,
has lots of links plus descriptions of the many regions of Brazil. Brazil
By Dr. Carlos A. Bertulani. Five
pages of facts and much tourist info as well. World's most miscengated people Distribution of Population People Growth Brazil's #1 search engine with
yahoo style hand entered tree system of links
These huge lists demonstrating Brazil's enthusiastic embrace of the world wide web and
why you need us to help make sense of the world wild waitBrazilian Magazines | Radio Stations | Carnaval | Turismo
Exploration.net/brazil ?http://www.exploration.net/brazil?
"The Internet has blossomed with
travel information that now extends throughout 50
thousand web sites world wide. To meet the demand, hundreds of directories were
created to categorize this information properly. But still, there were too many
places to look and too much information to sort through. Exploration.net unifies
Internet travel information into a single master guide so that now those hidden
'gold mines' of information can be revealed to everyone. "
Editor's Note: We agree and to these assumptions we add that you are best served your best of the rest traveler's insights through the filter of cultural hubs of influence we call Carnival cities. Also while we like the ambition, this attempt suffers from too many broken links and too little editorial insight.
Weather Report from City.net/brazil
Click above to check how weather
compares among the 8 cities below or click below go directly to their City link
list.
| Belo Horizonte | Brasília | Florianópolis | Manaus |
| Porto Alegre | Recife | Rio de Janeiro | São Paulo |
Meu Brazil
By Sergio Koreisha. The web's largest
non search engine collection of Brazil links.
Brazilian Business Connection
Best organized for advancing web
commerce.
Brazil: Resources by Nerd World Media
Good descriptions and regular
additions
Web Central Brasil
Good site to watch for coming
attractions.
Brazilian Festivals by
Tropicalnet.com
By month and city
Hyde's Travel Agent Resource CenterThe more the industry changes the more
it stays the same. A guide to web power. Association of Special Fares Agents
Links to Travel Agencies around the
world specializing in discount ratesOffering a wide range of economic
information to aid business and professional activities carried in Brazil and
Mercosur which also appears in their weekly print editionStanford University & Brazil by sfgate
Home to the USA's largest library on
Brazil and engaged in many intellectual & cultural exchanges Brazil's journey
to the 1994 World cup Championship began with boisterous crowds at Stanford Stadium and
now will be a site for the
'99 Women's World Cup Free Trade Area of Americas (SPANISH , FRENCH TOO) | OFFICIAL | alca@sice.oas.org
Maintained by the Tripartite Committee
on behalf of the goal of integrating the economies of the Western Hemisphere into a single
free trade arrangement. The three Committee members are the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the Organization of American States (OAS) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin
America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) on behalf of the member governments of the countries
participating in the Free Trade Area of the Americas.Information on Mercosul by Brazilian Embassy in London
A free trade zone made up of Argentina,
Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay with contributions by London School of Economics on its
relations to the European UnionFinancial Times survey on Bahia Brazil -6/6/96
18 well written chapters by different
authors "Solving social problems cannot be done in a populist way, it has to be
long-term, through things like investing in education. It all takes a long time to show
through,' says Marco Maciel, the Brazilian vice-president.Fly Dirtcheap
Guidebook to flying as an
air courierBANKS & FINANCE
BradescoNet Internet Banking (SPANISH TOO)
Brazil's first Internet Banking System
Customers can obtain on-line account information, transfer sums and pay bills, as well as
requesting checkbooks and any document copies required. There's also 1,900 branches
and 15,000 ATM units in Brazil. LANGUAGE
101Language.com
Books, tapes, CD's, kid's
lessons, video plus many languages supported MALL
Internet-mall/Travel Agencies
World's largest mall's
travel agent listingsMAPS
Omni Resources/Brazil
Over a hundred maps for
Brazil alone w\ 1000's to choose fromPAGERS
Motorola Pagers in Brazil
SOFTWARE
Biz Travel Tools
Plug guide, (inc. modems!)
plug guide, conversion tables for clothing, measures, & timeTELEPHONE
Action Cellular Rent-a-Phone
Available in over 200
countries on daily to monthly basis 