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Goa offers almost everything that a tourist would desire. Tropical beaches, easy going life, mouth watering cuisines, happening parties and much more. So, if you are looking for relaxation, fun and excitment, then Goa is a must on your travel itinerary.

Location : South West India

Best time to Travel: 1st October to 31st May. From June to September it’s peak Monsoon season. So, unless you enjoy the rains, you don’t want to be there.

Accomodation: Numerous options are available for tourists to stay in Goa. If you plan to stay for a month and more, you could rent out furnished Flats, Cottages, Bungalows. Price starts from aprox USD400 per month. If you are there for a shorter visit and looking for a resort or five star hotels, Goan coastline is dotted with them. Cost per night starts at aprox USD50 per night.

Electric connectors for travelers heading for Brazil

So, you are traveling to Brazil right? Before you bring and plug your gadgets, of course you need to know what types of electrical connectors you will find in the country, as well as the voltage.

Voltage

There are two types of voltage used in the country: 127V and 220V. Of course, you can plug your 110V equipment in 127V outlets without trouble (actually 127V is just a convention, most of the time the tension varies between 110V and 130V. So, if your country adopts the 110V convention, it falls in the same category as 127V. The same happens to the higher 220V voltage. 240V/250V gadgets will work on them without hassle), but beware that in some states you will find 220V. Plugging your 110V gadget in a 220V will make it blow up. The 110V and 220V outlet options vary per state, but usually hotels will offer both, even when it’s hard to find the other kind of outlet elsewhere in the town. For instance, in the towns in the state of Santa Catarina, you’re likely to find mostly 220V outlets, while in the state of Parana, home of Iguazu Falls, you’re likely to find mostly 110V outlets.

Most top notch hotels will have identifiers of voltage in the outlets. If there isn’t an identifier, you’re strongly advised to ask hotel personel about it.

Plugs

Some hotels will offer the most common european, japanese and american outlets, or at least offer adaptors. In the other hotels, most plugs you’ll find in Brazil are the European Type C (2 pins) ungrounded. Take care not to confuse it with type with French type E, also common in Germany, which is larger. You’ll also find the grounded version, but to a minor extent.

Other types of plugs you’ll find are the American NEMA 5-15 grounded:

Other types of plugs are harder to be found.

Useful links

• Electric plugs on Wikipedia (also source of the pictures)
• Brazilian destinations and travel information

A well developed city just next to Itaipu and the wonderful Iguazu Falls!

Foz do Iguacu, Brazil, is a city with a tremendous landscape. One of the largest waterfalls in the world, the Iguazu Falls, in the middle of the powerful Parana river, the one that gives name to the world’s 2nd largest hydrographic basin, lies just a few miles away from it.

The Iguazu Falls are located in the region known as The Three Borders, between the countries of Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina. The Falls lie just south of the Itaipu Powerplant, the largest dam in the world after the Three Gorges Dam in China. Such features make the city a wealthy and well developed place.

Facts:

• Population: 310,000 inhabitants
• Tourist acommodations: The Iguazu Falls are the 2nd largest tourist attraction in Brazil, just after Rio de Janeiro, so it’s easy to find good hotels and other well developed tourist facilities. You may also find acommodations in the neighborhooding cities of Puerto Iguazu, Argentina and Ciudad de Leste, Paraguay
• Places to visit: The Iguazu Falls, of course, and the Itaipu Dam
• Language: Portuguese. English barely spoken, basic portuguese classes are highly advisable. Accross the borders with Paraguay and Argentina, Spanish

Dangers:

• pickpocketers: the Three Borders region are known to have a somewhat high crime rate, particularly in Ciudad de Leste, Paraguay
• Crossing Ponte da Amizade (Friendship Bridge) can be a nuisance

Health:

• Yellow fever vaccine: tough not so common so far in the South, taking a yellow fever vaccine is advisable
• Health insurance highly recommended, public health care is poor

Miscellaneous:

• Car rental: somewhat expensive, a Toyota Corolla might cost some US$ 150/day. There is a Hertz agency in the International Airport
• Climate: winter begins in June, summer in december. Average temperature ranges from 14ºC (57F) in July to 26º (79F) in January. Lowest temperatures expected are 9ºC (48F) in July and 33ºC (91F) in January (see graph here), but they can get to extremes of -5ºC (23F) and 50ºC (122F). The summer is rainy and the winter is drier

Distances to other important cities:

• Curitiba - 650 km (400 mi)
• São Paulo - 1030km (640 mi)

Useful links:

• Electric plugs and outlets
• Wikipedia entry
• Skyscrapercity forum thread (portuguese)

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