I want to visit countries like Brazil, Peru, Columbia Mexico, India, Places in Africa, Thailand etc.. to help.?
Hello friends, I want to visit those countries above I know they are poor, but my Goal is to visit them to specifically put a smile on a childs face, even if its one child per country, I visited Mexico this year and it was for holiday purposes and had a great time on the beach and meeting local people and eating coconuts. I also made many Children smile just by giving them a hug and money not much either. But I want to at least visit 5 countries in this List and make those poor children smile because they have the most beautiful smile ever. I want to know friends what do you think? im 25 now and im not rich but this is a goal for me, I hope to make money and do good with it, what is your take on what im telling you? do you have any quotes and wisdom words to encourage me more? I love you thanks for the help God bless Vlad
Philosophy - 2 Answers
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Go to your doctor and get your "overseas" shots, against malaria, etc. things they may be immune to, and you are not. Hang on to your passport well, or someone may be coming back here in your place. Watch how you handle yourself with your hugs and money. You do not have any American Rights in foreign country's. <}:-})
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Consider the Peace Corps: http://www.peacecorps.gov/ Unless you are very rich it's hard to do the sort of thing you're talking about when acting solo. The Peace Corps might provide the sort of structure you need to fulfill your objectives.
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Thursday, July 14, 2011
A friend and I are planning to move to Brazil. Any info will help such as: What to expect,Jobs, and Money.?
A friend and I are planning to move to Brazil. Any info will help such as: What to expect,Jobs, and Money.?
Here is the Situation. Were both 25, white, and from Kentucky. We have no family there or connections. We want to live around or close to the beach if possible. I have no idea which city yet, Im sure that doesn't help. Were just trying to get some info and facts on the place as a country before we make any move. I know I should contact the US Embassy for info but figured I would try this out. How difficult is it to obtain a Visa to live there? As for work, Ive worked in Sales, Hotels, and Restaurants. Im sure jobs are hard to come by but isn't every place like that now? What are the people like? I hear a lot of bad things but there are some bad people in America as well. Any Info will help and thanks for your time to help me out.
Rio de Janeiro - 1 Answers
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You will not be able to live there, or even obtain a visa for work unless you are sponsored by someone, or have some significant cash. As for jobs, good luck. The local people have a hard enough time finding work, and you will be a foreigner who is unable to leagally work in their country. Also, language will be an issue unless you speak Portuguese. It is not like Mexico; you will not find a lot of english speakers, especially outside of the larger cities. You need to do some serious homework before you do this. Your best bet is to get a tourist visa first and visit.
Here is the Situation. Were both 25, white, and from Kentucky. We have no family there or connections. We want to live around or close to the beach if possible. I have no idea which city yet, Im sure that doesn't help. Were just trying to get some info and facts on the place as a country before we make any move. I know I should contact the US Embassy for info but figured I would try this out. How difficult is it to obtain a Visa to live there? As for work, Ive worked in Sales, Hotels, and Restaurants. Im sure jobs are hard to come by but isn't every place like that now? What are the people like? I hear a lot of bad things but there are some bad people in America as well. Any Info will help and thanks for your time to help me out.
Rio de Janeiro - 1 Answers
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You will not be able to live there, or even obtain a visa for work unless you are sponsored by someone, or have some significant cash. As for jobs, good luck. The local people have a hard enough time finding work, and you will be a foreigner who is unable to leagally work in their country. Also, language will be an issue unless you speak Portuguese. It is not like Mexico; you will not find a lot of english speakers, especially outside of the larger cities. You need to do some serious homework before you do this. Your best bet is to get a tourist visa first and visit.
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Have been considering moving to Brazil, but worried about crime, please advise?
Have been considering moving to Brazil, but worried about crime, please advise?
I have been thinking about a couple of things. One is just buying up property (beachfront land) in Brazil (Natal area) and the other is maybe moving to Brazil. If I moved to Brazil I would have to live in either Rio or Sao Paolo as that is where the work is for me (most likely Rio). I currently live in China where violent crime is almost non-existent and I quite enjoy this. I do want to move though and Brazil is one of the few places that is up and coming and I can make good money and property prices are coming up etc. It's just the crime. Should I be so worried about it? What is your experience?
Other - Brazil - 7 Answers
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Singapore would be the safest.
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You should take risk! Whole life is full of risks, you are not a coward and you shouldnt worry about that. There are millions of people out there, and most of the Brazilians quite nice people
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Brazil is definitely an emerging country with a good economy. There is crime everywhere. You need to get a realtor to help you find a location that is safe. The poorer areas are less safe. Put yourself in a nice district and take care you don't get lost. I like China too. Very little crime. Jobs on cruise ships would be a good experience just to travel and see the world. I met someone on a cruise who was so excited because after six months he was cruising to Europe. The cruise companies give you time to explore and get to know many places.
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Why Brazil? They certainly don't need nor want you over there? Why not to stay in your own country, that's the place where you should always be?
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I've never been mugged, and i'm brazilian. I think it's a matter of luck, protection, location, fate lol idk .-.
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I live in Brazil 17 years. but I live in central-western' Brazil. The city of Natal is very beautiful and has a lot of crime. The cities of Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro is really very dangerous. Come to Brazil, but will live in medium-sized cities.
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Why would you buy property in Natal & then move to Rio? Have you looked at a map of Brasil or are you day dreaming?
I have been thinking about a couple of things. One is just buying up property (beachfront land) in Brazil (Natal area) and the other is maybe moving to Brazil. If I moved to Brazil I would have to live in either Rio or Sao Paolo as that is where the work is for me (most likely Rio). I currently live in China where violent crime is almost non-existent and I quite enjoy this. I do want to move though and Brazil is one of the few places that is up and coming and I can make good money and property prices are coming up etc. It's just the crime. Should I be so worried about it? What is your experience?
Other - Brazil - 7 Answers
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Singapore would be the safest.
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You should take risk! Whole life is full of risks, you are not a coward and you shouldnt worry about that. There are millions of people out there, and most of the Brazilians quite nice people
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Brazil is definitely an emerging country with a good economy. There is crime everywhere. You need to get a realtor to help you find a location that is safe. The poorer areas are less safe. Put yourself in a nice district and take care you don't get lost. I like China too. Very little crime. Jobs on cruise ships would be a good experience just to travel and see the world. I met someone on a cruise who was so excited because after six months he was cruising to Europe. The cruise companies give you time to explore and get to know many places.
4 :
Why Brazil? They certainly don't need nor want you over there? Why not to stay in your own country, that's the place where you should always be?
5 :
I've never been mugged, and i'm brazilian. I think it's a matter of luck, protection, location, fate lol idk .-.
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I live in Brazil 17 years. but I live in central-western' Brazil. The city of Natal is very beautiful and has a lot of crime. The cities of Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro is really very dangerous. Come to Brazil, but will live in medium-sized cities.
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Why would you buy property in Natal & then move to Rio? Have you looked at a map of Brasil or are you day dreaming?
Friday, July 1, 2011
I saw on TV where Brazil uses only sugar cane for its fuel . . . .?
I saw on TV where Brazil uses only sugar cane for its fuel . . . .?
Why can't we pay a country (Say. .. Mexico for example) to grow and process sugarcane for us. Then we could give them their own way to make money and jobs and we coould lessen our dependance of foreign oil. ? On the program, they said that compared to Corn, it would be a cleaner burning fuel, cheaper to grow and process. . .. Any Thoughts?
Alternative Fuel Vehicles - 10 Answers
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yap maybe they could used that as a substitute but MAYBE its not ENVIRONMENTAL FRIENDLY.....it might cause global warming...
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I know!!! What's up with that?!?!?!
3 :
It all has to do with government backing to oil companies.You hear politicians talking about doing something to reduce our need for oil but at the same time the oil companies are giving them donations.It's a two sided coin.We know we should do something and our leaders talk about change but behind closed doors the government and big oil companies have other ideas.Now look at the auto industry they are big buddies with the oil companies.It's almost a no win situation.
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Go figure why all this corn got planted huh. Even still I don't know if you could realistically supply this country with ethanol(from cane) to replace fossil. Alot of people walk in Brazil for transport, Cane is grown in LA.
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It comes with a high price tag
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Biofuels "made in Brazil" are a MAJOR CONTRIBUTOR TO RAINFOREST DEFORESTATION !!! As your source of fuel is not produced in a sustainable way, it has negative consequences and doesn´t secure the future. AND WHY OH WHY ALWAYS THIS SOVIETIC PRODUCTIVIST VIEW ??? Cutting fuel consumption by 1/3 is just as good (even better) than producing 1/3 of green fuel (I am an Energy Engineer). Sweden produces around 4X the US GDP/unit of fossil fuel.
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Good suggestion, but I think that the whole idea behind winning ourselves of oil is to also win ourselves of of foreign dependence for energy.
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I think Japan will lead the way to alternative fuel vehicles . because unlike some car makers they are not in the pockets of the oil companies. Japan does not have any oil reserves in the country. So given 10 years or so other car firms are going to find themselves so technologically challenged in this market that they will have to fold and lock the gates for the last time. Then they can join the oil companies in the bankruptcy courts Ahhhhh..... What a shame. (NOT)
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Brazil uses both gasoline and ethanol as vehicle fuel, but actually less than 50% of their fuel consumption is ethanol. Ethanol makes economic sense in Brazil, because Brazil enjoys the unique combination of conditions -- tropical weather, lots of water, and lots of available land -- needed to make it work. Few other countries meet these criteria. Mexico is too dry. Most wet tropical places, like India or Southeast Asia, are too crowded to be able to devote sufficient land to ethanol production. Importing ethanol is unlikely to ever be a solution to the US energy problems. Producing ethanol domestically from corn is even less an answer, as corn based ethanol is far less economically viable than sugar derived ethanol. Even the Brazilians - who enjoy all the advantages - are not able to produce enough ethanol to supply even 50% of their fuel consumption - and that at a greater environmental cost than would ever be tolerated in the US. The present enthusiasm for ethanol in the US is due largely due to the 51 cents per gallon subsidy the government pays producers. Without the subsidies, corn based ethanol isn't economically viable. There is some encouraging research regarding ethanol produced from various grasses - fewer fertilizers and less water is required, and the net energy gain of the process is expected to be better than than of corn based ethanol (though still less favorable than sugar derived variety). Even so, technological hurdles remain, and there is not sufficient land available to produce enough ethanol to offset more than a modest fraction of our fuel consumption. As to alcohol being a cleaner fuel, this is only marginally true. Burning ethanol produces fewer unburned hydrocarbons and slightly less CO2 than burning gasoline, but more NOx - the precursor of smog. But if you factor in the environmental damage (water pollution, chemical fertilizers, etc) done by the production of ethanol, it isn't clear that burning ethanol is any more environmentally friendly than burning gasoline. Ethanol may ultimately become an important niche fuel in the US, but the economics just aren't there for it to satisfy a major portion of our energy needs, like in Brazil.
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What Nickel Johann and Dave said. Ethanol is NOT the answer. In Brazil, there are WAY fewer cars than in the U.S., only about 1/2 are ethanol.
Why can't we pay a country (Say. .. Mexico for example) to grow and process sugarcane for us. Then we could give them their own way to make money and jobs and we coould lessen our dependance of foreign oil. ? On the program, they said that compared to Corn, it would be a cleaner burning fuel, cheaper to grow and process. . .. Any Thoughts?
Alternative Fuel Vehicles - 10 Answers
Random Answers, Critics, Comments, Opinions :
1 :
yap maybe they could used that as a substitute but MAYBE its not ENVIRONMENTAL FRIENDLY.....it might cause global warming...
2 :
I know!!! What's up with that?!?!?!
3 :
It all has to do with government backing to oil companies.You hear politicians talking about doing something to reduce our need for oil but at the same time the oil companies are giving them donations.It's a two sided coin.We know we should do something and our leaders talk about change but behind closed doors the government and big oil companies have other ideas.Now look at the auto industry they are big buddies with the oil companies.It's almost a no win situation.
4 :
Go figure why all this corn got planted huh. Even still I don't know if you could realistically supply this country with ethanol(from cane) to replace fossil. Alot of people walk in Brazil for transport, Cane is grown in LA.
5 :
It comes with a high price tag
6 :
Biofuels "made in Brazil" are a MAJOR CONTRIBUTOR TO RAINFOREST DEFORESTATION !!! As your source of fuel is not produced in a sustainable way, it has negative consequences and doesn´t secure the future. AND WHY OH WHY ALWAYS THIS SOVIETIC PRODUCTIVIST VIEW ??? Cutting fuel consumption by 1/3 is just as good (even better) than producing 1/3 of green fuel (I am an Energy Engineer). Sweden produces around 4X the US GDP/unit of fossil fuel.
7 :
Good suggestion, but I think that the whole idea behind winning ourselves of oil is to also win ourselves of of foreign dependence for energy.
8 :
I think Japan will lead the way to alternative fuel vehicles . because unlike some car makers they are not in the pockets of the oil companies. Japan does not have any oil reserves in the country. So given 10 years or so other car firms are going to find themselves so technologically challenged in this market that they will have to fold and lock the gates for the last time. Then they can join the oil companies in the bankruptcy courts Ahhhhh..... What a shame. (NOT)
9 :
Brazil uses both gasoline and ethanol as vehicle fuel, but actually less than 50% of their fuel consumption is ethanol. Ethanol makes economic sense in Brazil, because Brazil enjoys the unique combination of conditions -- tropical weather, lots of water, and lots of available land -- needed to make it work. Few other countries meet these criteria. Mexico is too dry. Most wet tropical places, like India or Southeast Asia, are too crowded to be able to devote sufficient land to ethanol production. Importing ethanol is unlikely to ever be a solution to the US energy problems. Producing ethanol domestically from corn is even less an answer, as corn based ethanol is far less economically viable than sugar derived ethanol. Even the Brazilians - who enjoy all the advantages - are not able to produce enough ethanol to supply even 50% of their fuel consumption - and that at a greater environmental cost than would ever be tolerated in the US. The present enthusiasm for ethanol in the US is due largely due to the 51 cents per gallon subsidy the government pays producers. Without the subsidies, corn based ethanol isn't economically viable. There is some encouraging research regarding ethanol produced from various grasses - fewer fertilizers and less water is required, and the net energy gain of the process is expected to be better than than of corn based ethanol (though still less favorable than sugar derived variety). Even so, technological hurdles remain, and there is not sufficient land available to produce enough ethanol to offset more than a modest fraction of our fuel consumption. As to alcohol being a cleaner fuel, this is only marginally true. Burning ethanol produces fewer unburned hydrocarbons and slightly less CO2 than burning gasoline, but more NOx - the precursor of smog. But if you factor in the environmental damage (water pollution, chemical fertilizers, etc) done by the production of ethanol, it isn't clear that burning ethanol is any more environmentally friendly than burning gasoline. Ethanol may ultimately become an important niche fuel in the US, but the economics just aren't there for it to satisfy a major portion of our energy needs, like in Brazil.
10 :
What Nickel Johann and Dave said. Ethanol is NOT the answer. In Brazil, there are WAY fewer cars than in the U.S., only about 1/2 are ethanol.
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