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John of God Casa de Dom Inacio, Abadiania, BrazilPLANNING A TRIP Click Here To Return To Home Page How to plan a trip to see John of God for less than $400/£200 per person per week. This includes lodging, meals, taxis, and miscellaneous expenses. This does not include passport, airfare, and visa (if required).
LanguageEnglish is spoken by airline employees and English is spoken at several of the pousadas. You will meet other English speakers to help you with every other thing you may need. AirfareA travel agent that specializes in South America will generally have the best rates. Southwind Travel and Tour in Los Angeles 310-568-8426 There is a now a travel agency in Abadiania! World Tur Travel Translations are free, and money can be exchanged with no fee at the current daily rate!
Karlla speaks English and is happy to make all travel arrangements for
you including rescheduling at no charge. This is a much needed service in
Abadiania, eliminating the need to go to Annapolis if you need to reschedule
your departure date. You can even check with her from your home to see if there are any special
airfares that beat the prices that you have been quoted. Frequent Flyers and flying within Brazil There is political pressure against healers in Brazil. Because of this,
do not put "Casa de Dom Inacio" or "John of God" on your visa application.
Put "tourism" for your reason for coming. Under destination, put Abadiania and the name of one of the pousadas. Where
it asks for contact person/organization, put one of the pousadas and and
their phone number. A better thing to do, is to put the name and phone number of a hotel in
Brasilia. Brasilia is your final destination airport, and Goias is the state in
which you find the town of Abadiania. Increasing numbers of foreigners are traveling to Abadiānia, which is a tiny town not
on the usual tourist trail. This situation is starting to attract the attention
of Brazilian consulate officials, some of whom may not be in support of
spiritual healing work. So following the above guidelines simply bypasses
the whole issue and makes life simpler for everyone. 3 month or 5-year visa $130. If you do not take the visa application personally to
the Embassy, then there is an additional $10 fee; plus about $60 for a visa service.
If you think that you might make a second trip to the Casa de Dom Inacio, ask for a 5-year visa.
British visitors do not need visas. The following Embassy hours apply to the Los Angeles office. New applications
can be made between 9am and 1pm (may be an hour wait). You can pick it up
5 working days later between 3-5pm (No waiting to pick up). When you walk
into the office, take a number off the spindle at the first window so that
you will be in line to be called. Have everything ready before your number
is called. Take the following to the Embassy: 1. Application form filled out and signed. 2. One passport size picture---pasted to application. 3. Flight itinerary (the confirmation from your travel agent or airline),
stapled to back of the application.
A photocopy of a round trip ticket(s) or a letter signed by the travel agent
with confirmed round trip ticket(s). Itinerary is not acceptable unless showing
ticket number(s) and that the ticket is paid for. 4. Passport. 5. $130 Only US Postal Money Orders (do not remove the receipt from the
money order) , made out to "Brazilian Embassy". No cash, No personal or
company checks, No credit cards are accepted.
You must present all of the above items to the Embassy or they will not
accept your application. If you do not live close to the Embassy, use a visa/passport service. Because of rising rates at the pousadas and the declining value of the
US dollar vs the Brazilian Real, we are not including any estimates of the
overall cost of a trip to the Casa de Dom Inacio. When calculating costs, include: shared taxi to and from Brasilia, pousada/meals,
herbs for self and 2 pictures, 3 crystal baths per week, and water. The
current exchange rate as of June 15, 2008 is R1.61 per US dollar. You will need extra money for donations, gifts, etc. (There are many wonderful
crystals for sale at the Book Store, and all have been blessed by the Entity).
Bring cash and exchange it into the Brazilian Currency, Reals (he-als),
at the airport on arriving in Brazil. If you are unable to exchange money
at the airport, most purchases can be made in US dollars. If you have a serious medical condition, bring a credit card and/or extra
cash, and you should have travellers medical insurance in case you need to
be hospitalized. The nearest hospital, which is in Annapolis, is privately
owned and requires payment at time of service. Credit Cards To the best of our knowledge, no pousada accepts credit cards or
travellers
checks at this time. This may change in the future. Check with the pousada
if you make a reservation. Otherwise it is Cash Only.
There is no formal money exchange in Abadiania. (It has been noted that
one or two pousada owners will exchange money, but the rate is not that
great). The closest town is a half hour taxi ride. The best place to exchange
money is at the Sao Paulo or Brasilia airport. Goiania airport does not
have any money exchange. On a recent trip we travelled from Miami through Manaus (no money
exchange that I could see) to Brasilia. When we arrived at 7:15 am the money
exchange was closed and was not scheduled to open until 11:00 am. We found
that US currency was accepted by the taxi, pousada, and at the Casa. If
you exchanged $50 at Miami you could most likely get by without exchanging
any more money. But, be aware that things change frequently, and what is
accepted today may not be accepted tomorrow or next week. You can now exchange modest amounts of money at Worl Tur Travel in Abadiania,
which is located a few blocks from the Casa. |