After reading all the exciting reports, and been staying at home for more than half a year, finally decided to take on a September brazil trip.
I have been to thailand a couple times, this is my first time to brazil.
Non-sex related stuff, if thailand is a 10, brazil is a 3.
1, do not take money from atm in shopping malls in brazil, they charge 12% wholesale fee, no idea what is the fee about. Go to a brazil bank and use their atm machine
2, do not try to get a local sim card, it took me 5 hours in a big tim store in a shoppibg mall in sao paulo and 3 in person visits, first time, it will be activated in one hour, second day, we will activate your sim in 24 hours, third time, something is wrong with your credit card, it will take around 72 hours to fix. What the fuck, i told them do not bother to fix it.
3, in thailand, I barely feel language barrier, while in brazil, this is a issue everyday from restaurants to shopping. Brazil is not a tourist country, they do not know how to handle foreigners, be prepared
4, food in brazil is just so so, missing thai food