PRACTICAL INFORMATION - Brazil - page 427

exhibitions. The bestselling
weekly news magazines are
Època , Veja , and IstoÉ . On
weekends, in Rio de Janeiro
and São Paulo, the Veja (see
p152) edition includes a
separate magazine and listings
related to cultural events.
Foreign newspapers and
magazines can be purchased
in large cities, in the tourist
areas or business districts.
These are also available
at all major airports.
Newspapers and magazines
are most commonly sold at a
newsstand ( banca de jornal ).
Newsstands in Ipanema in Rio
and Praca de Republica in São
Paulo have a good range of
international newspapers.
Supermarkets and bookstores
also sell them, but often carry
a smaller selection.

The distinct blue and yellow colors of a post office in Rio de Janeiro

POST OFFICES INTERNET

The Brazilian postal service
is quite efficient. Post offices
( correios ) are open from 9am
to 5pm Monday to Friday.
Large shopping centers and
airports will have branches
with longer open-
ing hours, includ-
ing Saturdays.
Regular delivery
service within
Brazil takes
two to four
days and
overseas 6 to
12 days. For
guaranteed or regis-
tered delivery, the
correios offers the excellent
sedex (domestic Brazilian
express mail) service, which
functions like a courier
service. In larger cities,
there are also several
international couriers for
express overseas delivery.

Internet service is widely
available in Brazil and usually
quite cheap. If traveling with
a laptop, ask about the hotel's
in-room Internet access rates.
Cyber cafés are the cheapest
options for accessing the
Internet, and are usually found
in shopping centers, and large
bookstores. Some of the bigger
Internet cafés inlude FNAC
Centro Cultural and Icone
Espaço Cultural , in São Paulo,
and Livraria Letras e Expressões
and Cyber Copa Café , in Rio.

DIRECTORY
POST OFFICES
Av Nossa Senhor de Copacabana
540, Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro.
Map 3 D2, 3 E2. Tel [phone]
1448.
Rua Pamplona 1083, Jardim
Paulista, São Paulo. Map 4 F3.
Tel [phone] (in S ã o
Paulo), [phone]
(elsewhere in Brazil).

ADDRESSES

Post box

Most addresses are fairly
straightforward, giving the
street name first, followed
by the number. Landmark
buildings or houses in small
towns may be listed as s/n
( sem número or without
number). Other common
abbreviations in addresses
include lj or loja (shop), sl
or sobreloja (first floor or
mezzanine), and apt or
apartamento (apartment).

COURIER
DHL
Tel [phone]
(in São Paulo).
FedEx
Tel [phone] (in S ã o
Paulo), [phone]
(elsewhere in Brazil).

COURIER

For international courier
services, it is best to use an
international courier company
such as DHL or FedEx . Drop-
off points are mostly in Rio
de Janeiro and São Paulo,
and a few in other
cities, but wherever
available, both
companies will
schedule convenient
pick-ups and provide
all the documentation
required for an inter-
national delivery. Do
remember, delivery
from Brazil to the main
cities and towns in the
US or Europe normally
takes 48 hours.

INTERNET
Cyber Copa Café
Av Nossa Senhora de Copacabana
1077, Rio de Janeiro. Map 2 C4.
Tel [phone].
FNAC Centro Cultural
Av Pedroso de Morães 858,
São Paulo. Map 3 A3.
Tel [phone].
Icone Espaço Cultural
Rua Augusta 1415, São Paulo.
Map 4 F1. Tel [phone].
Livraria Letras e Expressões
Rua Visconde de Pirajá 276,
Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro.
Map 2 5A. Tel [phone].

NEWSPAPERS &
MAGAZINES

Brazil does not
have any English
language daily
newspapers or
magazines. The
main Brazilian dailies
are O Globo and the
Folha de São Paulo.
The Friday editions
include a cultural and
entertainment section
with detailed information
on shows, concerts,
plays, movies and

Local publications,
São Paulo