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Post by gracieplusthree on Apr 2, 2016 15:58:20 GMT
Will take any tips and advice and pass it along to her. They have friends who live there and will spend some time with them,but I'm assuming some of the time they will be on their own as well. DD btw speaks decent portugese and is pretty fluent in Spanish(not sure how much that will help but tossing it in there anyway) so she should be able to communicate well, but this is both of their first time going out of the country so any tips advice etc appreciated... They have plans to go to Iguazu falls, perhaps into Argentina and/or Paraguay
Yes they know to stay out of the favelas..
So link me up to the travel vests or purses, money belts etc that are good so I can pass them along. Not sure they've put much thought into things like that so the tips on that other thread were very interesting to me and I will be passing some info from that along--such as have copies of the passports which had never crossed my mind(though she may know that already)..
Thanks!!
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Post by ntsf on Apr 2, 2016 16:15:30 GMT
check out magellan's, travelsmith..they have sales. and lots of travel stuff. something to carry passport and credit cards..small and able to wear under shirt. check out what shots they may need.
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Post by Belle on Apr 2, 2016 16:27:43 GMT
My dad and his wife live in Brazil about 8 months out of the year. He is married to a Brazilian woman and the first thing she will tell you about Portuguese vs. Spanish is that they are as similar as English and German.  That is awesome that your DD speaks Portuguese - I would assume that many tourists do not.
My dad and his wife live about 3 hours outside of Rio. When they go for walks on the beach they do not take cell phones or cameras with them because they might get stolen. My dad had his wallet stolen on the bus several years ago and the big hassle of that was getting new ID. Definitely take copies of passports, driver's license and credit cards.
It would probably be a good idea for them to split up all cash and credit cards evenly between the two of them. If one gets robbed and they were the one carrying all the cash..... Even when my stepmom travelled 20 or 30 years ago, she would divide her cash between her son, son's friend that was traveling with them and herself just in case one of them was robbed.
Ricksteves.com and REI are my favorite stores for travel gear like money belts. There are helicopter tours at Iguazu falls, if your kids are interested in that. |
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Post by melodyesch on Apr 2, 2016 16:35:42 GMT
My DH loves his Scottevest. It's www.scottevest.com. He has a lightweight vest that he wears when we go someplace hot and then a jacket with zip off sleeves that he wears in normal to cold weather. One of the peas recommended it and it had 9 million inside pockets. He has carried our passports, credit cards, ipads and his phone with no problem. Loves it. And I agree with Belle up above. Take 2 different credit cards and 2 different ATM cards and split them between the two of them so that one person has a credit and debit card and the other has a different set. That way, if one person is robbed you still have the ability to make charges and get out cash. We do this for all trips. If they are checking luggage, divide up his/hers clothes between the two bags instead of a his bag and a hers bag. And divide up tops/bottoms and underwear between the bags. That way if one bag goes astray, each person will at least have some clothes to wear and won't have to rush to replace items or have to wait it out until the other bag catches up. Take paper copies of reservation confirmations and whatnot so that you can always access them if you have no phone service or if your phone goes missing or runs out of battery. Hope they have a great time! I recommend the travel forums at both Fodors and REI for advice, both on the specific areas they are going and for basic travel advice. |
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Post by Eddie-n-Harley on Apr 2, 2016 18:45:35 GMT
I think Brazil was ground zero for the current Zika outbreak.
They'll probably want to take precautions against mosquitoes anyhow, but (not knowing their ages) they will want to be especially vigilant if they are planning on trying to conceive anytime soon.
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Post by melissa on Apr 3, 2016 5:04:30 GMT
I was going to say effective contraception and mosquito spray.
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Post by Spongemom Scrappants on Apr 3, 2016 12:06:48 GMT
When I was in Caracas, Venezuela a number of years ago, I was warned to not take good jewelry. A taxi driver even cautioned me to tuck a necklace inside my shirt once. I explained that it was not valuable. He said he was warning me because of the potential injury it could cause if ripped off my neck.
That said, I have traveled places that are considered dangerous and never (knock on wood) had anything significant happen. Life can be dangerous anywhere. You simply take appropriate precautions for the area you are going to.
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