

Melissa Lindsay
@Melissa Lindsay
South African °µÍø½ûÇø in Brazil
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About me
South African
Lives in Av. Reboucas, Pinheiros, SP
Speaks English, French, Afrikaans (cause I had to at school)
Registration: 30 October 2013
Activity


Dangerous turning point for Brazil by James
http://negrobelchior.cartacapital.com.br/wp-content/uploads/negrobelchior/sites/2/2014/02/Negro-amarrado-a-poste.jpg Brazil has reached a very dangerous turning point. Fed up with at least a decade of hollow promises of legal reform by legislators ...

Jeez this bun fighting is enough. Moved back to SA to sort out family stuff. I am a white British and naturalised South African. Lived all over the world (7 countries in 40 odd years forget where I have visited). Come to South Africa, we have no ... Read More


FOOD AND DRINK IN BRAZIL - AVOIDING PROBLEMS by James
Food and Drink in Brazil – avoiding problems http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DM4awEcYL3I/S60V1tI_vZI/AAAAAAAAC9E/vlQq4zCGJrU/s1600/Feijoada+Mabu+fotografia+de+Naideron+Jr..jpg For those who have chosen to move here and especially for those who are ...

Of course you can melissa.lindsay1@gmail.com Read More


FOOD AND DRINK IN BRAZIL - AVOIDING PROBLEMS by James
Food and Drink in Brazil – avoiding problems http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DM4awEcYL3I/S60V1tI_vZI/AAAAAAAAC9E/vlQq4zCGJrU/s1600/Feijoada+Mabu+fotografia+de+Naideron+Jr..jpg For those who have chosen to move here and especially for those who are ...

Howzit Jessie I know how you feel about the tea situation. I am actually back in Jozi and will be coming back to SP in about 2 months time. Is there anything that you would like me to bring, like tea (rooibos), Oros, Provita's etc. Melissa Read More


Immigrations laws aren't a joke and they apply to everybody by James
http://www.paraiba.com.br/static/images/noticias/normal/1336586296688-deportado.jpgIt never ceases to amaze me the creative measures that people think up to try and evade immigrations laws, enter Brazil without the authorization required to do so, ...

I think I have been given a window of opportunity, via Pairs and Moscow. A friend of mine is getting married, in Russia. Could I apply at the Embassy/consulate in St. Petersburg, will be there for 2 weeks, but have to get a visa in France, for ... Read More


New Brit/South African in Sao Paulo by Melissa Lindsay
Would like to meet others, and get assistance on flatshare's.

One and half months, think I bought the rain with me. How long have you been here? Read More


Tourist visa and flight return date by merkah
I'm interested in getting a tourist visa for Brazil (from the US) that will have the initial 90 day limit. My ideal plans are to stay for approximately 168 days (continuous, one stay), assuming I can get the extension to cover this at the Federal ...

Thank you William You have almost answered a question I would have posted. I have now been back the GRU 3 times and waited over about 3 hours plus minus each time and got the names of people and phone no. (just rings). Nobody speaks English at ... Read More


world cup by cussias
Hi,how do i get tickets for next years world cup when i come to brazil?

Don´t bother, if it turns out like it did in South Africa, you will still be paying for it. In SA, especially Gauteng we are paying to use the N3, around Jozi. People lost alot of money thinking they would make - WRONG!! Read More


THE NOISIEST PLACE ON EARTH by James
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--e1uvesVAPI/UFHudhujBoI/AAAAAAAAAH0/LU8U7-scqJk/s400/FOTO+01+-SOM+ALTO+DEN%C3%9ANCIA.jpg If you are coming to (or already in) Brazil you had better have a pair of industrial strength earplugs; or be prepared to put up with ...

Try living in Cairo! The horns on their cars are attached to the ignition and the amount of traffic it is constant all night and day. Johannesburg is another on, with the constant, police, fire-engines and ambulances, then add the gun shots, ... Read More



So what if I overstay my Tourist Visa in Brazil anyway? by James
IÂ’ve gotten so many questions from people who have overstayed their Tourist Visa in Brazil or who are contemplating doing so and want to know what the potential consequences are that IÂ’ve lost count. So here goes with a description and hopefully it ...

Me neither, explain if someone can? I came in (well not exactly, was not stamped) on a British Passport, what will happen if I show my South African one? Read More


I really miss Halloween by James
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YH36nBLWv1Q/UDCF0e6zOqI/AAAAAAAAExM/5WbzjK_JIhw/s320/halloween-8.jpg Gosh! You really know you're in Brazil when not even the homepage of Google here has anything. B-O-R-I-N-G!!! I don't know, maybe it's just that I have a ...

I would love to, but you are a bit far if you are coming to SAO okay? Read More


I really miss Halloween by James
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YH36nBLWv1Q/UDCF0e6zOqI/AAAAAAAAExM/5WbzjK_JIhw/s320/halloween-8.jpg Gosh! You really know you're in Brazil when not even the homepage of Google here has anything. B-O-R-I-N-G!!! I don't know, maybe it's just that I have a ...

We Brits celebrate 'Guy Fawkes', collect money for the guy and burn him on a bonfire. 'Remember, Remember the 5th November, Gunpowder, Treason and Plot' etc. He was born in York, which is now a restaurant that is very good, just off Moorgate. Read More


New Brit/South African in Sao Paulo by Melissa Lindsay
Would like to meet others, and get assistance on flatshare's.

Hi, I have been in Brasil for 3 weeks, coming from the UK (Oxford). An old friend of 20 years (will admit that he is an ex boyfriend/fiance), that I left to go to work in Bahrain as, hate to say this as Cabin Crew with Gulf Air for 5 years, - what ... Read More

New Brit/South African in Sao Paulo
Would like to meet others, and get assistance on flatshare's. Read More