Visiting Natal

Hi Mirna,

On behalf of everybody here at Expat-blog, welcome on board. I hope that your participation here will be both enjoyable and informative. I'm sure you'll really love Brazil.

As a long-time Vancouver, BC resident it's nice to welcome folks from the Pacific Northwest to our midst. Take the time to read the postings with a sticky at the top of the first Brazil Forum page, they're packed with most of the information you need to know to make your vacation or expatriating here a success. In particular I recommend that you read my posting A Gringo's Survival Guide to Brazil it's one of the most informative.

Anything you need, just ask here on the forum we're all here to help.

Cheers,
William James Woodward, Expat-blog Experts Team

Hi, William!

Thank you for your response. The information on your post is simply fantastic! Parts of it are disconcerting, but I will remain cautiously optimistic.

Best,
-M

Don't let the problems of crime and violence worry you too much. If you take the kind of precautions that should be taken when you travel ANYWHERE you will probably never come close to having any problems.

I've been here for 13 years now, lived in 5 different states and in some pretty seedy areas.... I've never had any problems at all and never even stumbled across a major crime scene yet. Right now I live in what is called the "periferia" a lower working class neighborhood. Yes, there is crime here and I hear about it all the time, but I feel safer here than I ever did in São Paulo. It's quiet as a church mouse at night, nobody bothers anybody else here, I don't even lock my doors and there is a window open all the time for our cat.

Here in Brazil, if you don't flaunt what you've got you probably won't get robbed. If you don't do drugs and hang out with those who do, or criminal elements you'll never have any problems either. 80 percent of violent crimes here are "in-house" the drug traffickers taking care of business, cleaning house, settling scores.

Oi,   I am from Arizona USA, so I am use to heat!  But I do not like high humidity and mosquitos!  Please enlighten me as to the humidty for the 4 seasons!     I have been to Florianopolis 17 times!     THANKS!      DOUG