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prostitution is not legal.. and who know if the girls are clean ? we hope yes.
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WTF???
Prostitution IS
COMPLETELY legal in Brazil, for the whores and for the customers. Just the owners of the houses can have problems sometimes! I think I don't have to say that it is NOT legal have sex with under-18 prostitutes.
And if the girls are clean or not, it depends on how much you are paying. Cheap and poor whores usually aren't.
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how are the hostels to stay in?
how is crime rates?
how much USD$ do you think one would need to have a 2 week holiday there?
how is the night life? is it nice and clam, safe, or a bit hectkit, fights etc etc?
are there still untouched parts of RIO, i.e the real brazil, were tourists dont go, is that bit safe?
Don't know about hostels, but probably they are not good nor clean enough. Good news is that there are some very acceptable hotels with good prices.
Crime rates depends on where are you going to stay. Rio, São Paulo, Salvador, Recife and Fortaleza are dangerous. The south is not that dangerous, but you must be carefull in the big cities (Florianópolis, Porto Alegre, Joinville, Pelotas, Caxias do Sul, etc). In southern interior, crime rates are similar to europe.
with 1-2K dollars you can spend 2 good weeks around here.
night life is VERY good in almost all Brazil. There are some fights sometimes, but if you don't look for troubles, troubles won't look for you. But if you are one of those guys who looks for problems, who use drugs, who try to pick up other guys' girlfriends, etc., troubles might find you.
In Rio, those untouched spots are dangerous for tourists. Today I saw a report of some tourists who went to a poor neighborhood to buy drugs and the CAB DRIVER called the cops (corrupt cops) to exploit them (they wanted 5K dollars to not arrest them). But the tourists did the right thing: denounce to police and the cops got arrested. lol.
As you see, Brazil is not a perfect country, but it is quite civilizate. If you take some care, you will sure have some good time around here.
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Sorry bad english. Me not american.