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fiogf49gjkf0d ROAD ==== BE CAREFUL WHEN DRIVING IN LARGE CITIES AS TRAFFIC IS HEAVY AND FAST MOVING. TAKE PARTICULAR CARE AT INTER- SECTIONS AS TRAFFIC MAY EMERGE UNEXPECTEDLY. TRAFFIC DRIVES ON THE RIGHT. SPEED LIMITS - MAXIMUM 80KPH AND 50KPH IN TOWNS AND CITIES. CAR RENTAL - CARS MAY BE HIRED AT THE AIRPORTS AS MOST INTERNATIONAL CAR HIRE FIRMS HAVE OFFICES THERE. TAXI - IDENTIFIED BY RED NUMBER PLATES & ARE METERED. LONG DISTANCE BUSES - THESE BUSES LINK RIO WITH DISTANT CITIES, SUCH AS REAFE. THEY ARE SOMETIMES EQUIPPED AS SLEEPERS AND ARE ALWAYS AIR CONDITIONED. THERE ARE REGULAR BUSES TO SAO PAULO. WHEN TRAVELLING IN THE NORTH, BE PREPARED, BRING SOME WATER, FOOD AND BLANKETS AS THE COMFORT IS VERY LOW. --------------------------------------------------------- RAIL ==== THIS SECTION IS BEING UPDATED. THERE ARE MANY TRAIN SERVICES OPERATING IN BRASIL. --------------------------------------------------------- AIR === THERE ARE REGULAR INTERNAL FLIGHTS COVERING ALL PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. THE THREE NATIONAL CARRIERS - VARIG, VASP AND TRANSBRASIL ARE AMADEUS PARTICIPANTS. SIX REGIONAL CARRIERS COVER THE SMALLER CITIES : RIO-SUL, TAM, BRASIL CENTRAL, TABA, NORDESTE AND PANTANAL THE FIRST THREE PARTICIPATE IN AMADEUS. THE DOWNTOWN AIRPORTS OF THE TWO MAJOR CITIES, RIO DE JANEIRO (SDU), AND SAO PAULO (CGH), ARE LINKED BY A SHUTTLE SERVICE, OFFERING B737-300 FLIGHTS EVERY HALF AN HOUR. SIMILAR SHUTTLE SERVICES EXIST FROM RIO DE JANEIRO AND SAO PAULO TO BELO HORIZONTE AND BRASILIA.
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