Peixe Urbano – Brazil’s Answer For Groupon-like Daily Deals


“Peixe Urbano” – Brazil’s Answer To Online Daily Deals

Peixe Urbano, a Rio-based Groupon clone, is doing very nicely indeed by tailoring its service precisely to a brazilian audience and offering daily deals to brazil’s nearly 70 million Internet users.

Brazil has its own version of Groupon, but Peixe Urbano (which means “urban fish” in portuguese) came onto the scene afterwords, and has done much better in the brazilian market for deal-of-the-day websites (in portuguese, the concept is referred to as “compra coletiva.”) In many markets, Groupon is a solid number two player at best, as is the case in Brazil. So even though Peixe Urbano is just a groupon clone, it has been much more successful…

When it comes to the overall revenue obtained by each side, PeixeUrbano has mananged to grow 5.87% when compared to the previous month and raised R$67,031,631 (USD38,878,345.98) in the three largest Brazilian markets alone. Groupon, on the other hand, lost 0.62% in overall revenue in August and raised R$16,641,145 (USD9,651,864.1) in the same markets.

Why Has Peixe Urbano Had More Success in The Brazilian Market Than Groupon?

Why is Peixe Urbano doing better than Groupon in Brazil? One theory is that Peixe Urbano is targeting the types of deals that will hook in the Brazilian market. For example, Peixe Urbano does a lots of happy hour deals, things that target a more spontaneous crowd. Brazilians tend to favor spontaneous activities as opposed to discounts or gift cards that expire after 6 months or a year, so Peixe Urbano’s deals are typically more time-sensitive. Also, Brazilians tend to be less excited about sharing coupons and sales with their friends, so Peixe Urbano is positioning itself as a site to discover cool hidden gems in your city, with the added bonus of saving some money in the process. Peixe Urbano’s slogan is “peixe urbano – exploring your city.”

Peixe Urbano…

peixe urbano

…Vs. Groupon Brazil

Also, it probably didn’t help that when Groupon first launched in Brazil (originally called “Clube Urbano”), its tactics were deceitful. The site was loaded with fake deals, according to TechCrunch, who confirmed that Groupon was advertising deals for venues and locations that didn’t really exist. Shady marketing, Groupon.

groupon brazil - groupon.com.br

So if you are traveling to brazil in search of good deals, Peixe Urbano might worth checkingout.

JetBlue Partners With TAM To Go Deeper into Brazil…


JetBlue, Partnered With Tam, Will Fly To 45 Cities Across Brazil

This partnership will connect travelers to Brazil via New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport and Orlando International Airport.

From Forbes

“JetBlue Airways, the 6th largest passenger carrier in the U.S. based on revenue passenger miles, recently announced an interline partnership with TAM Airlines, the largest airline in Brazil under which it will be able to connect its travelers to 45 cities across Brazil and other international destinations covered by TAM in South America.”

“…JetBlue customers will be able to purchase a single e-ticket itinerary, combining flights on both carriers’ networks giving them the ease of one-stop ticketing and baggage check-in along with an enhanced flying experience through TAM’s modern airplanes and high quality services.

News: Google Street View Takes Its Camera to the Amazon


Google Street View Heads to the Amazon, Enables Virtual River Excursions

Get ready to explore of one of the world’s most-remote regions with just a click of your mouse. No bug spray necessary.

Google is sending its street view camera around the Amazon River basin by boat and bike. It announced on its blog:

We’ll pedal the Street View trike along the narrow dirt paths of the Amazon villages and maneuver it up close to where civilization meets the rainforest. We’ll also mount it onto a boat to take photographs as the boat floats down the river. The tripod — which is the same system we use to capture imagery of business interiors — will also be used to give you a sense of what it’s like to live and work in places such as an Amazonian community center and school.

Let’s just start by saying that this is amazing. The Amazon is a place few will visit in their lifetimes. Of course Street View (or should it be renamed River View?) isn’t the same as being there. But what it may lack in quality it makes up for in quantity — the many millions of people who, right from their own homes, will be able to explore one of the most remote places on earth. That alone is cool, albeit in a way different than the experience of actually being there. (And the Amazon is just one example: Google Street View is opening up many of the coolest places on earth for people to see from home. You can easily spend hours “walking” around European capitals or huge swaths of Japan.)

The Amazon isn’t the only part of Brazil getting Google’s street-view treatment. Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, and Belo Horizonte are all available for exploring, lest the rest of the world think that the Amazon is the entirety of the country.

Read More, Via The Atlantic…

Advice For Working in Brazil: Obtaining an Internship & Formatting Your Resume in Portuguese


Obtaining an Internship In Brazil & Making A Resume in Portuguese

In Brazilian Portuguese, an internship is called an estágio. Like in other countries, it’s an opportunity for students or young people to gain experience in a company, either unpaid or with a small stipend or salary. In Brazil, interns are called estagiários, and to participate in an internship is to estagiar. In Brazil, internships are competitive, but some also opt to do internships abroad. In some cases, applicants have to take an entry exam, like you would have to for a civil service job.

Fantástico News Video On The Importance of Internships

Here’s a recent news segment from Globo’s Fantástico program about estágios:

Video: How To Prepare Your Resume For Brazil (In Portuguese)

And here’s a video from VEJA magazine, giving advice about how to prepare a resume, called a CV or currículo.

 

…And Here’s Some More Useful Portuguese Vocabulary:

 

carta de apresentação – cover letter

currículo – resume, CV

How To Write Emails in Portuguese


How To Write Formal And Informal Emails In Brazilian Portuguese

Thanks to posts by Transparent :)… here are some suggestions for writing both formal and informal emails in Brazilian Portuguese:

gmail in portuguese

How To Write Formal Emails in Portuguese

For those who need to learn Portuguese for work, this will come in handy…

1. Salutation / Greeting

A formal salutation to use is “Prezado Senhor” or “Prezada Senhora”, depending on the gender (senhor is male, senhora is female). You can also use Senhores, if you’re writing to more than one person.

If you don’t know who the e-mail is going to, you could just say “Bom dia,” or “Boa tarde,” or “Boa noite,”

2. Body of the e-mail

Here are some key phrases you might need:

-Quero agradecer (I’d like to thank you…)

-Encaminho em anexo (I’m sending you an attachment)

-Solicito essa oportunidade (I’m seeking this opportunity)

-Venho enviar a documentação (I’m sending you the documentation)

3. Ending

The most common way to sign off a formal email is with “Atenciosamente” (sincerely). Here are some other ones you can use:

Sem mais, agradeço desde já,  (And with that, I thank you in advance)

Com meus cumprimentos, (Best regards)

Atentamente, Sinceramente (Sincerely)

So let’s look at a full example e-mail.

Prezado Senhor,

Somos uma empresa de representações em vendas e temos em nosso quadro funcional apenas vendedores altamente capacitados e profissionalizados.

Anexamos nesta oportunidade nosso portfolio para análise e manifestamos nossa intenção de representar sua empresa em municípios da região. Caso haja interesse por parte de sua empresa, nos colocamos à disposição para novos contatos.

Agradecemos a atenção.

Atenciosamente,

Sérgio Fernandes

How to Write Informal Emails in Portuguese

These are the types of messages you’d send to co-workers, friends, or acquaintances.

1. Salutation / Greeting

First, look at This Post on informal greetings in Portuguese. And also, Here is a list of words for informally addressing your friends in Portuguese.

You can use “Querido” or “Querida” for dear, if it’s a loved one or a friend. The simplest salutation is just Olá or more commonly Oi (hello, hi). For co-workers who you may not know well, you could use “Prezado colega…” or “Estimado colega…” (Dear colleague) and these would be more formal salutations.

2. Body of the E-mail

Some key phrases for the body of the email:

Tudo bem? or Tudo bom? (How’s it going?)

Como estão as coisas? (How are things?)

Tentei ligar para você (I tried to call you)

Queria saber se (I wanted to know if)

Bom final de semana! (Have a good weekend)

3. Ending

In an informal email, end by saying:

Um abraço (a hug)
Um beijo (a kiss)
Abraços (hugs)
Beijos (kisses)
Abs! (short for abraços) or Bjs! (short for beijos)
Até mais! (until later! / talk to you later!)

For co-workers and slightly more formal recipients, you can use:

Saudações (salutations)
Obrigado/a (thank you)
Aguardo sua resposta (I look forward to hearing from you)

Here’s an example of an informal email.

Oi Maria!

Tudo bem? Como estão as coisas em São Paulo? Aqui está fazendo muito calor, não aguento mais.

Liguei para você ontem para ver se recebeu os documentos que enviei por Sedex. Já chegaram? Posso te passar o número de rastreamento se quiser. O pacote era para chegar na segunda-feira, por isso queria saber.

Aguardo sua resposta. Até mais!

Saudações,

João

Welcome To Brazil: A Brazilian’s Critique of The Issues Surrounding The Upcoming World Cup


Welcome To Brazil: A Brazilian’s Critique of The Issues Surrounding The Upcoming World Cup in Brazil

It’s not really news anymore that Brazil is setting an example for how to not organize a World Cup, with its endemic corruption, and both social and structural problems that could turn out to be really embarrassing when it comes time to host an event of this magnitude. One of the problems is that Brazilian society tends to get worried about these things only when they are on other country’s radar, or rather, the problems only exist if they get noticed.

So, just the other day I was thinking that I should write a post about all of the corruption that has been going on surrounding the World Cup, thinking that maybe it would help generate some discussion in blogs outside of Brazil, which might in turn help to awaken the Brazilian conscience…

…And then I saw this video. It was made by someone who obviously had a similar idea, but who in my opinion, really took it up a notch with the intensity. From the frightening description in the video, one would think that this guy was talking about the Post-Apocalypse, not about Brazil. Anyway, there are also a few points he got right…

Why, According To One Brazilian, Should Foreigners Boycott The 2014 World Cup in Brazil?

So, the video, “Boycott Brazil 2014 World Cup” is in Portuguese, but if you don’t understand Portuguese you can activate the shady subtitles which transmit the basic ideas that this guy is talking about….

If you had trouble understanding the video, these were some of the things that we learned:

  • The airports in Brazil are in bad shape. Your flight will get delayed, and there’s apparently no security, making it a perfect opportunity for terrorists.
  • You can’t count on the Brazilian police to help you, but you could be robbed anywhere.
  • Manholes could explode and kill you at any minute.
  • If you are a pedestrian in Brazil, you will almost surely be hit by a car.
  • If you are a woman, you might be raped if you choose to travel on the subway.
  • Stay away from Paulo Maluf, and really all Brazilian politicians as they are the real criminals in all of this.
  • Brazil is a country of filthy illiterates.
  • 92% of homicides in Brazil are unsolved. So if you are murdered in Brazil, your family might as well just pack up and go home, they’ll never find your killer.
If you have gotten lost in all of this, please know that I posted this video because a) i thought that it was funny, but also b) because if you are going to Brazil for the World Cup, you’ll see that these are all very common topics that come up in discussion when Brazilians are critiquing their own country (though not in such an extreme way – Brazilians really do love their country). Know also that Brazil is really truly a very nice place, apart from some issues, but doesn’t every country have its problems? Brazil is no different, and it is really not as bad or dangerous in Brazil as the creator of this video makes it out to be.

A Great Guide for Your Trip To The Amazon


A Great Guide for Your Trip To The Amazon

Thank You Brazil Travel Blog for posting this awesome list of suggestions for people’s itineraries in the Amazon!!! (I’ve just copied and pasted their wonderful article below)…

the sunset in Amazonas

1. General information

2. Information on destinations

We have five information cards for Amazon destinations:

We have written with quite some detail on two of those destinations:

2.1 Manaus

As well as the information card destination: Manaus, we prepared a map of Manaus, blogged on the wonderful Teatro Amazonas, perhaps the only unmissable sight in the city; went off the beaten track to eat at the peixaria do Jokka Loureiro fish restaurant in Manaus; visited the awesome Meeting of the Waters and the Janauary Ecological Park, near Manaus and became worried by a new threat in the shape of a gigantic bridge.

2.2 Alter do Chão

As well as the information card destination: Alter do Chão and the river Tapajós, on our favourite Amazon destination, we gave plenty of details on the trips around Alter do Chão.

3. Photos

All the photos you will see on this blog post as well as many more can be found at our Flickr albums:

The “Peaceful Favelas” Are Attracting More Tourists in Rio – Are Favela Tours Like A Human Zoo??


Increased Tourism In Rio’s “Pacified” Favelas: Encouraged by The Brazilian Government, But Is it Ultimately Fair to Inhabitants?

The traditional conception of a favela is being subverted in Rio. Every day, dozens of tourists are led through some of Rio’s most dangerous slums to witness the conditions of the favela.

I got this picture off of the website for "Rio Tour," one of the many favela tour agencies i found on google

In the wake of U.S. President Barack Obama’s recent visit to Rio de Janeiro, which included a tour through the notorious City of God slum, questions have been raised regarding the fate of Brazil’s hill-draped favelas. Brazilian and foreign officials have expressed concern related to the crime-infested favelas, especially in light of the upcoming Brazil-hosted 2014 FIFA World Cup and the 2016 Summer Olympic Games.

In an effort to calm international and domestic anxiety, municipal and federal forces are acting together to combat drug lords and rid favelas of potentially spoiling transgressors who could have a devastating impact on the country’s image. However, law enforcement agencies are not the only factions trying to bring about severely needed change. Favela tourism is also playing a role, with tourists acting alongside government officials to revise global attitudes toward these impoverished communities.

"Michael Jackson's Space" - Now a popular tourist attraction, this is the spot where Michael Jackson made a music video in the Rio favela "Morro Santa Maria"

Favela tour guide Vitor Lira Adão, 30, says that he was already bringing tourists on tours through the favelas before they were “pacified.” He is one of the monitors of Rio Top Tour, a project created a year ago by the state government in order to incentivize favela-dwellers to bring in tourism.

“Foreigners have always been curious, even though they are aware of how dangerous it used to be,” says Vitor, who says that he never had serious problems while giving tours, except for one time when he quickly had to hide from gunfire…

Read More, Via Folha…

And here is the video from that recent Folha article:

…And Below is another video of a Brazilian Favela tour from Current TV.

In this video, Current TV producer Dre Urhahn follows a group of tourists on a favela tour to examine whether they exploiting the communities or helping them…

And lastly,

Here’s a decent article that touches upon the discomforting nature of the concept of a tour through a human-filled ghetto: Globalization or Zoo-Like Exploitation? Slum Tours on the Rise

So, what’s Portuguese Blogger’s take on all of this? Well, gringos obviously have a natural curiosity for what third world poverty looks like in a country so fun and “cultural” as brazil, they also clearly get an adrenaline rush from the possibility of witnessing violence. So, all in all i’d say that these favela inhabitants could make a good business out of this, just as long as the potential for the tour to be dangerous still lingers, in order to preserve that element of brag-worthy excitement. But it is slightly bothersome to me that the government wants to turn the favelas into some sort of “reality” Disneyland, it does seem disturbingly like a zoo, but i guess we’ll see what happens by 2016…

Also, watch this music video….

obama's visit to the favela

What do you think?

Culture: Food & Dining: D.O.M (In Sao Paulo) Just Voted The Best Restaurant In Brazil (And 7th Best In The World)


D.O.M (In Sao Paulo) Just Voted The Best Restaurant In Brazil

Filé mignon de javali com polenta mole do restaurante D.O.M. Leia mais

Yum! javali (that’s a boar) filé mignon with polenta!!!

S. Pellagrino Just Voted D.O.M. in Sao Paulo the best restaurant in Brazil (…and number 7 in the world). I’ve been to this restaurant, the food is amazing, as it should be for the absurd amount of money we paid (in Portuguese we say: “paguei um absurdo”.) Was it worth it? Lets just say I would have been just as happy with a great home-cooked carne de panela, arroz e feijão, but that’s just me. If you have a dispensable income and a deep appreciation for gastronomical adventures, then it is definitely worth a visit because there are definitely some unique ingredients on the menu. Here’s a description of the restaurant:

“D.O.M has become a priority destination for all globe-hopping gastronomes, not that chef Alex Atala is resting on his laurels. Instead he scours the Amazon to pepper his with indigenous ingredients, from the staple manioc tuber and its tupuci juice to Amazonian herbs and the huge white-fleshed pirarucu fish to ensure his restaurant is unlike any other on the list. It was also voted the Acqua Panna Best Restaurant In South America.”

TV Globo’s Fantastico Reporting on Couch Surfing In Brazil


Couch Surfing In Brazil?

Special Report on Couch Surfing Featured On Fantastico

I recently heard about couch surfing for the first time from a friend, but when I saw a whole segment dedicated to this phenomenon recently on the Brazilian news program Fantastico (TV Globo), I wondered more about whether couch surfing will become a thing in Brazil. Unfortunately I couldn’t get the Fantastico video to embed in this post, so…

Here’s the link to the video clip from Fantastico, talking about Couch Surfing in Brazil :

Como Viajar o Mundo de Sofá em Sofá

And then, as I turned to google to do more research on this subject, I came across this funny article in Portuguese which talks about the pluses and minuses of staying in a Hostel vs. Couch Surfing and I thought that I would post it for you to practice reading Portuguese…

Albergues + Couchsurfing

Albergues:

Albergues existem no mundo inteiro, e são nada mais do que alojamentos onde várias pessoas dividem um mesmo quarto. É possível você reservar um quarto “privativo”, para duas pessoas em um albergue, mas a essência não é esta, e sim dividir um mesmo quarto (e banheiro) com 4, 6, 8, ou até 50 pessoas, dependendo do local. Não é maneiro?
E segundo, que o espírito de um albergue fará você, obrigatoriamente, conhecer gente de tudo quanto é tipo. Isso significa basicamente duas coisas: a primeira é que você deve levar um protetor de ouvido, já que sempre, mas sempre mesmo, haverá um mané para acordar as 5:30 da manhã e começar a arrumar sua mochila para partir para algum lugar, consequentemente acordando todo mundo. Essa perda de privacidade faz parte da essência de ficar em qualquer albergue, o que não significa que também haverá perda de conforto (embora, em alguns casos, vai haver sim).
Esta segunda característica eu gosto bem mais (óbvio).
Isso porque praticamente qualquer albergue que já visitei tem, geralmente no sub-solo, um bar ou restaurante onde os mochileiros do albergue resolvem se encontrar após um dia inteiro na cidade em que estão hospedados. Isso faz surgir um ambiente muito bacana, onde gente do mundo inteiro divide mesas (sem essa de uma mesa para 4 pessoas com 1 pessoa sentada apenas, aqui todo mundo divide lugares) e conversa e festa a noite inteira.
O assunto principal, não poderia ser diferente, são as viagens, e é comum você conhecer alguém e imediatamente no dia seguinte combinar de visitar algum castelo ou templo com aquela pessoa: é o espírito viajante puro, onde gente que viaja sozinho rapidamente faz amizades que parecem de anos com pessoas que conhecem há horas.
Os melhores sites para se pesquisar em qual albergue ficar são ohttp://www.hihostels.com (é uma rede de albergues mundial, com credibilidade. Mais ou menos como a rede de hotéis Ibis, tem no mundo inteiro) e ohttp://www.hostelworld.com. Basta procurar por cidade e país e pronto, você encontra uma lista com os albergues da cidade, quais os mais recomendados e o que tem neles (sim, a maioria tem café da manhã, internet, locker e máquina de lavar roupa).
Quanto ao preço, varia bastante. Na Europa, o comum é que eles custem de 15 a 30 euros por dia, mas em países mais baratos, como Argentina ou Índia, esse valor pode ser reduzido para até menos do que 5 dólares por dia. Basta pesquisar.
Por fim, você também pode viajar com os albergues já reservados. Embora não tão emocionante, você só precisa depositar através de cartão 5% do valor da diária, e depois chegar no local tranquilamente, com sua cama já reservada.
Os albergues abrigam há anos viajantes do mundo inteiro, e como eu disse, embora você perca em privacidade e até em conforto, acaba ganhando em cultura, ao realmente conhecer não só o local que está visitando, mas também como é a vida dos outros viajantes nos seus países.
Sobre o CouchSurfing:
O cara que inventou o Couchsurfing deveria ganhar um prêmio da ONU. É serio, um prêmio por promover a integração entre as pessoas. Porque se até o Ronaldo é embaixador deles, então esse cara, que criou uma ONG que permite a você viajar de graça por centenas de países, certamente merecia ainda mais um reconhecimento.
O Couchsurfing (http://www.couchsurfing.org) é um projeto surgido há alguns anos atrás que já conta com mais de 2 milhões de adeptos, a maioria deles mochileiros. Como você pode imaginar, esse é um projeto gratuito. Aliás, eu desconfio que qualquer coisa gratuita atraia mochileiros, o que inclui aqueles panfletos que você recebe na balada (podem servir como… lenço? diário?).
No Couchsurfing, você se registra de graça no site acima mencionado e, como num Orkut, se cadastra e faz todo o seu perfil, relatando suas experiências anteriores de viagens, quem é você e suas fotos. Esse perfil, obviamente, é focado no seu lado viajante, e te permite entrar no projeto.
Mas o que isso tem de bom?
Ora, é simples. Com uma simples pesquisa no couchsurfing (onde você escolhe o local dos perfis que quer pesquisar, a idade das pessoas, o sexo e tudo mais), você encontra pessoas em qualquer lugar do planeta dispostas a te oferecer um… sofá! Isso, couchsurfing significa “surfando no sofá”, e através dele você pode viajar pedindo para ficar nas casas das pessoas que estão nos lugares que você vai visitar (mais especificamente, pede se tem um sofá livre na casa dessa pessoa).
Chegando ao local na data combinada (digamos, em Nova Iorque no dia 15 de dezembro, para ficar na casa da Joanna, uma senhora de 56 anos), você contata aquela pessoa (através do site ou de outra maneira) e fica na casa dela! DE GRAÇA!
Isso mesmo, você pode viajar para os locais que quiser, e pedir para ficar na casa das pessoas QUE VIVEM NO LOCAL sem pagar nada!
A quantidade de dias varia (você combina através das mensagens que troca com essa pessoa no site), mas pode ser de 1 até a alguns meses (para os realmente malucos).
“Mas cáspita, eu tenho que hospedar essa pessoa que me hospedou na minha casa também?”
Não, você não tem essa obrigação. Se você quiser, e fizer uma grande amizade, por exemplo, você obviamente pode, mas não tem qualquer obrigação nisso. Existem pessoas que só recebem viajantes, e outras que só visitam a casa das outras pessoas (vai ser o meu caso).
Ok, mas o mundo não é cor de rosa, então vamos à segurança. Afinal, o Projeto Couchsurfing é 100% seguro? Posso ficar a vida inteira viajando sem gastar um real com hospedagem e não correr qualquer risco?
Não.
Ficar num hotel 5 estrelas também não é seguro. Convenhamos, você já deve ter ouvido alguns casos de tal seleção de não sei qual esporte que teve seus objetos furtados em um hotel 5 estrelas. Aconteceu com algumas seleções na Copa do Mundo da África do Sul, e pode acontecer com você.
No Couchsurfing não é diferente, e o projeto não é totalmente seguro, mas existem algumas dicas para tornar sua experiência mais segura.
– Verifique as indicações e certificações.
É neste ponto que o Couchsurfing beira a genialidade. Cada perfil de usuário do site conta com “comentários” de outros couchsurfers que já ficaram hospedadas com aquele pessoa, ou hospedaram. Os comentários (como os depoimentos do orkut, mas sem a possibilidade de não aceitar) dizem que a experiência com aquela pessoa foi positiva ou negativa. Leia esses comentários. E, claro, não fique em casas de pessoas que não foram recomendadas por outros viajantes.
Além disso, existem as certificações, ou seja, o site verifica através de carta se você realmente mora naquele local que está falando que mora. Ao ficar na casa de alguém certificado, você a certeza de que aquela pessoa realmente mora naquele local. Se algum dia acontecer de você chegar no local e a pessoa não morar no local que falava que morava, você pode deixar um comentário negativo no perfil dela, relatando isto. Eu nunca vi acontecer, mas existe a possibilidade.
– Chegue pela manhã.
Talvez a mais básica, simples e óbvia das dicas. Serve também para se achar hospedagem em albergues e hoteis baratos. Chegue pela manhã em uma cidade, ou no couchsurfer que vai lhe hospedar. Converse com ele, perceba se o local é seguro. E, se notar que ali não é exatamente um bom lugar para ficar, caia fora. Você ainda tem um dia inteiro para achar outro lugar para ficar, sem stress. Uma boa dica é ir na casa de quem vai lhe hospedar, mas já com uma folha impressa com endereços de albergue da cidade. Se não for ficar na casa dessa pessoa, você já tem em mãos diversos outros endereços de albergues para ficar. Aí, um ônibus ou taxi resolve.
– Mulheres Sozinhas:
Mulheres que viajam sozinhas devem tomar um cuidado especial. Conheço uma garota que viajou o mundo por quase um ano sozinha, por países “porreta”, e não teve qualquer problema com esse projeto.
Mas deve-se tomar alguns cuidados, como não pedir para ficar na casa de homens em alguns locais (desnecessário dizer qual risco você corre, não é). Isso é perigoso em especial em países onde mulheres são vistas como objetos, ou como submissas aos homens, como alguns países árabes e africanos. Evite. Não custa nada ficar hospedada com famílias, ou outras garotas. Você vai poder se divertir do mesmo jeito.