Positive+or+negative+cultural+experciences+from+Brazil

This could be a positive or negative cultural experciences but local people will come up to you and try to tie a little ribbon on your wrist. It is a local folktale that if you make 3 wishes (one for each knot they tie) and wait for it to fall off your wrist, your wishes will come true. It’s okay to do this, but this is also how a lot of people can tell by looking at you that you are a tourist.

For the seasoned traveler - A lot of poverty. Especially in the big city of Sao Paulo. I stayed in a small town in the jungle. The people there weren’t too kean on strangers. I tried to meet and talk with them but never felt very welcome. It could be due to the fact that the area I was in was not geared toward tourism so the locals weren’t very used to seeing Gringos in their town. The jungle itself was beautiful. I learned a little Portugese before going, enough to almost get around. You should do the same. If you speak Spanish you can get by but the locals are even more impressed if you can speak Portugese.

The people are very friendly, the food is amazing and there are lots of wonderful places to visit. Just be careful where you go, some areas are not very safe, as any other place. Doing that you should be ok. Looking through articles on 43 places many people are saying that there is a lot of poverty that you have to get over to enjoy the beachers. A lot of people are saying that everyone is friendly but that you have to be carefull as there is a lot of stuff that could get you into trouble. I was also told to be carefull of what you eat off street vendors as they are not safe and you can get sericous ill from eating there food. But most people lovet Brazil and they would all go back if they got the chance.