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Title: On my way to Brazil in July
Post by: HappyIdiot on May 24, 2001, 04:00:00 AM
Hi everyone,

Just a quick update on things.  

I will be travelling to Brazil in July for 3 weeks to meet a woman that I have been corresponding with since March.

The main advice I can offer from my experience so far, is be very aware of when things are moving from momentum vs decision making.  I would suggest putting the stall to any momentum and only move ahead if you decide to.

For the people that like numbers..
30 addresses producing 6 responses.
Of the 6, 3 were too difficult to communicate with, and we faded after the first week or so. 1 was a decent communicator, but no sense of interest, faded after about 3 weeks.  1 was (I'm not sure who invented this phrase, but seems very apt) a chicken head, I recieved all sorts of bizzare email attachments, and some wierd game playing correspondence, before I stopped replying after stating I was no longer interested.  She continued to send the wierd letters and attachments for another 2 weeks, stopped for 2 weeks, then sent me a couple computer viruses (which I caught prior to opening, of course).  No further correspondence.  The other response, which I am going to see in July, we email nearly everyday and talk on the phone every 2 weeks.



Title: Re: On my way to Brazil in July
Post by: Gerald on May 28, 2001, 04:00:00 AM
... in response to On my way to Brazil in July, posted by HappyIdiot on May 24, 2001

What website did you accessed to obtain the addresses.

Thanks!



Title: http://www.latineuro.com/ n/t
Post by: HappyIdiot on May 28, 2001, 04:00:00 AM
... in response to Re: On my way to Brazil in July, posted by Gerald on May 28, 2001

n/t


Title: Re: http://www.latineuro.com/ n/t
Post by: Gerald on May 28, 2001, 04:00:00 AM
... in response to http://www.latineuro.com/    n/t, posted by HappyIdiot on May 28, 2001

Did you contact through email or postal mail.

Gerald



Title: Contact methods
Post by: HappyIdiot on May 29, 2001, 04:00:00 AM
... in response to Re: http://www.latineuro.com/    n/t, posted by Gerald on May 28, 2001

I contacted the company, via their website.

I contacted the people that I corresponded with by letter initially, even if they had a telephone or email listed.  I think letter is more personal.



Title: Re: On my way to Brazil in July
Post by: pack on May 24, 2001, 04:00:00 AM
... in response to On my way to Brazil in July, posted by HappyIdiot on May 24, 2001

thanks happy , i am also planning for a trip to brazil , i think maybe august ? after recieving advice from several men on this board who recommended letter writing i sent 10 letters to colombia and 25 to brazil. so far i have recieved 2 responses from colombia and 4 from brazil, so far they all seem to be nice ladies and i am in regular corrospondence with all 6.what city are you going to in brazil? thanks for the comments.


Title: Rio in August?
Post by: Ralph on May 24, 2001, 04:00:00 AM
... in response to Re: On my way to Brazil in July, posted by pack on May 24, 2001

I'll be there first week of August. It will be wintertime, so kind of dead, but if you are going to meet someone, you should have a great time! Enjoy!!


Title: Re: Rio in August?
Post by: pack on May 25, 2001, 04:00:00 AM
... in response to Rio in August?, posted by Ralph on May 24, 2001

hi ralph, yea thats the only thing that has me taking second thoughts about august, everyone has been telling me to go down in december or january.i may just go to colombia this summer and hold off on brazil until dec. really havent made any confirmed plans yet. just lurking ,asking questions at this point.you must have someone there to go in august? what city do you go to?


Title: Rio on business
Post by: Ralph on May 25, 2001, 04:00:00 AM
... in response to Re: Rio in August?, posted by pack on May 25, 2001

I'm going to Rio on business. Big Broadcasters show. It was held in Sao Paulo last year. Then in September, I have a similar event in Buenos Aires.

If you are going down to meet women you have been corresponding with, you will still have a great time. Sao Paulo, has some great nightlife as well.

There is a Churrascaria called Barbacoa, that is Phenomenal, in Rio try Porcao.



Title: Re: Rio on business
Post by: pack on May 25, 2001, 04:00:00 AM
... in response to Rio on business, posted by Ralph on May 25, 2001

thanks for the info. so even though its their winter and the beaches are quiet there is still action and things to do? i will be meeting some of these girls i have been corrosponding with but i also want to freelance it a little .


Title: Re: Re: Rio on business
Post by: Ralph on May 25, 2001, 04:00:00 AM
... in response to Re: Rio on business, posted by pack on May 25, 2001

Sure. In Sao Paulo, there are no beaches, unless you drive about an hour, Sao Paulo has some great night clubs and restaurants.There was also a HUGE Music festival last August out in the country.



Title: What is a Churrascaria? n/t
Post by: HappyIdiot on May 25, 2001, 04:00:00 AM
... in response to Rio on business, posted by Ralph on May 25, 2001

n/t


Title: Churrascaria
Post by: Ralph on May 25, 2001, 04:00:00 AM
... in response to What is a Churrascaria?  n/t, posted by HappyIdiot on May 25, 2001

Also sometimes called Rodizio, is a Brazilian Barbecue.
They cook between 10-15 types of meat on skewers. Then they come to your table one skewer at a time, and carve off, as much as you would like.

It is basically an endless parade of MEAT! Once you have sampled all the different types, you let them know what you like the best, and they will keep bringing you as much as you can eat.

Most major cities, in the states have at least one. Heck, I passed three on one major road in Houston. If ya like meat, you have to try it at least once. If you are a vegetarian. . . . . . . .skip it;-)



Title: Ralph, that sounds really good! n/t
Post by: HappyIdiot on May 25, 2001, 04:00:00 AM
... in response to Churrascaria, posted by Ralph on May 25, 2001

n/t


Title: What city?...
Post by: HappyIdiot on May 24, 2001, 04:00:00 AM
... in response to Re: On my way to Brazil in July, posted by pack on May 24, 2001

I'm going to Belém, which is at the mouth of the Amazon, in the northern part of Brazil.

Sounds like things are going well for you.  Do you mind if I ask, are you corresponding by email or letter?



Title: Re: What city?...
Post by: pack on May 24, 2001, 04:00:00 AM
... in response to What city?..., posted by HappyIdiot on May 24, 2001

hi happy, wow i better get out my map and look for that one Belem , im not familiar with it at all. i just recently bought a map of brazil at wide worlds of maps store. most the girls im corrosponding with in brazil are in sau paulo and one in rio . at present i am corrosponding both email and snailmail.all the girls have a computer except one and she uses a friends to email me. i have never been to brazil before so im really looking forward to the trip.how about you have you been there before? one big problem i speak cero portuguese. so far i have been lucky all these girls speak english , one girl even speaks 5 languages.


Title: Nearly zero portuguese here too.
Post by: HappyIdiot on May 25, 2001, 04:00:00 AM
... in response to Re: What city?..., posted by pack on May 24, 2001

I found that the Insight Guide to Brazil is a very good read.  It is written by the people that do the Discovery Channel, and they carry it in Barnes and Noble.  I did pick up a language course for Brazilian style Portugese, by Living Language, but I haven't made much progress on it, because of time constraints.


Title: Re: Nearly zero portuguese here too.
Post by: pack on May 25, 2001, 04:00:00 AM
... in response to Nearly zero portuguese here too., posted by HappyIdiot on May 25, 2001

happy you have been there before , right? i assume there are translators around? how much do they charge?


Title: I'm not sure about the costs. Maybe someone else will know.
Post by: HappyIdiot on May 25, 2001, 04:00:00 AM
... in response to Re: Nearly zero portuguese here too., posted by pack on May 25, 2001

I'm not sure about the costs, as I had not planned on hiring a tranlator.  Her english is quite good judging on phone conversations, and if things suddenly take a turn for the worse, I will probably do eco tourist stuff, which is available in the area.

I would also rather have the stress/difficulty of the language barrier with her now, to see how the reality sinks in with her about intercultural relationships.

I haven't been to Brazil before, so it will be a new experience for me.



Title: They understand Spanish pretty well
Post by: Ralph on May 25, 2001, 04:00:00 AM
... in response to I'm not sure about the costs.  Maybe som..., posted by HappyIdiot on May 25, 2001

I found that they understand you if you speak Spanish, but I had trouble understanding Portugese. Portugese is sort of like Spanish, with a french accent.

Any words that start with R are pronounced with an H sound. They would be calling me  "halph" and fast is "hapido" rather than Rapido etc.

In Sao Paulo, you will not find very many cab drivers that speak ANY english. In Rio there are some. In fact I had one guy drive me a round ALL day, spoke pretty good english and charged $35! That was from maybe 2:00 in the aftrenoon, till 5:00 in the morning! Driving and translations included!



Title: Re: I'm not sure about the costs. Maybe someone else will know.
Post by: Houndog on May 25, 2001, 04:00:00 AM
... in response to I'm not sure about the costs.  Maybe som..., posted by HappyIdiot on May 25, 2001

***I would also rather have the stress/difficulty of the language barrier with her now, to see how the reality sinks in with her about intercultural relationships.***

IMO that's a very prudent line of reasoning. No matter how we try to help them, once they get here, it's SOOOOO HUGE, that THEY need real ability to soften 'their' transition.

Regards, HD