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WAVES IN FLUIDS
WORKSHOP
May 31 -- June 2, 2006
São Paulo, Brazil
-- ARRIVAL DAY
The workshop begins May 31 in the morning. We suggest that you arrive in São Paulo May 30.
-- VISAS
You
may need a visa -- depending on your country of citizenship -- in order
to enter Brazil. Normally a simple tourist visa is OK for
participating in the workshop. You have to apply for it at the
nearest brazilian consulate.
- Citizens from most of the EU countries DO NOT NEED A VISA.
- Citizens from USA, Canada, Mexico, Australia, Japan and Russia DO NEED A VISA.
- Citizens from Mercosul and Chile DO NOT NEED A VISA.
-- FLIGHTS
Most
people come to Brazil either through São Paulo or through Rio de
Janeiro. If you come directly to São Paulo you will arrive at
the International airport ( São Paulo/Guarulhos -- GRU), where
you will go through immigration formalities. The airport is
connected to São Paulo by taxis and a shuttle service by buses.
If you visit Rio before and then come to
São Paulo, you may find it convenient to use the air shuttle
service connecting metropolitan airports from Rio ( Santos Dumont
Airport) and São Paulo ( Congonhas Airport).
-- MONEY
At
the airports and change offices ( in São Paulo you can
find them on Avenida Paulista, close to the workshop site). ATMs are
also available. Usually HSBC and " Banco do Brasil "
ATMs accept international cards.
At the present time (Feb '06), the brazilian Real is converted as follows:
1 US$ = 2.20 R$
1 Euro = 2.65 R$
1 GBP = 3.70 R$
100 JPY = 1.8 R$
but you may want to check at http://www.xe.com/ucc/ for updated informations.
-- TELEPHONE CALLS
To call home from the workshop site the easiest would be to use skype
from the computers of the Institute for Theoretical Physics. If
you are not skype-friendly or you have any difficulty in using it, you
can call from your hotel. There are also public
telephones on the streets . To use them you have to buy a telephone
card (cartão telefônico) at the newspaper stands. Not all
public telephones make international calls, however.
In case you need to contact home urgently, please talk to one of the organizers.
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