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Expert: Ken Rapoza Cruz - 5/26/2010


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Hello Ken

I am Ashok from India and will be soon relocating to Salvador with my wife and 8 month old kid

We of course will be getting gated communities to stay, but just wanted to know about safety in places like camacari of lauro de freitas , what time is it not safe to travel, will we have issues when we go out in mornings of evenings and also what are the baby milk products available

Thanks

Ashok

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Sounds like you will be working for Ford, no? If you are making at least R$80,000 a year,then Salvador will be nice. And safe. Look for places as close to teh Ford plant as possible so you are not stuck in traffic if you have to take a car in daily. Or even a bus. It is safe, so long as you dont go to bad neighborhoods at night. Use your judgment. For babies, there will be excellent hospitals in the city and there will also be the standard soy and regular milk formulas, or even actual brast milk you can buy from hospitals.  

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Ken Rapoza Cruz

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I can help would be travelers find places to go, help them decide whether or not they should book tour packages in their home country or wait til they arrive in Brazil, and other relevant info about the country and its travel amenities. General questions about Brazil and living in Brazil.

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Ken Rapoza is a former contributing editor at International Living, a monthly magazine about travel and real estate. Rapoza has also given speeches about Brazil travel and real estate offerings at Int'l Living conferences in the US. He now covers Brazil for a major U.S. news agency in New York City. He lives in Sao Paulo.

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International Living, The Boston Globe, The Sun Sentinel, The Washington Times, The Wall Street Journal and many others.

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BA -- Antioch College
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