Originally Posted by sugna

Hi, We bought in Brazil over 2 years ago and are very very happy with our investment. We bought a house about 45km North of Recife. We use it as a holiday home and eventually we want to spend at least 6 months a year there. We have found the local people to be very friendly and we have made good friends of them. We have found if you are good to them they will be good to you. Some English people we have met treat the locals like servants and that is not good. We believe in treating people as you would wish to be treated how says you all.