What must be in your luggage?

After you finally chose a destination, bought tickets and booked a hotel, here comes next challenge - what should I take with me? How to fit my wardrobe in  23 kg limit?

We'll try to help you with a choice, giving tips about main things that must be in your luggage to feel comfortable in Brazil in all situations.

Range of things you'll take depends on a destination. On the one hand, Brazil is a tropical country, on the other hand, culture and lifestyle here are very diverse, depending on a region.

If you're traveling to the coast, first of all, put few bottles of sunscreen, cause sun here in summer is very strong. Of corse, you can buy it here; local shops have a lot of options, but international brands in Brazil are much more expensive (around 50% more expensive then in Europe and USA), and we have doubts that as soon a`s your plane lands first thing you'll do is to buy a sunscreen. 

Another thing you'll use here as often as sunscreen is flip flops. Brazilians who live on the coast during summer use it everywhere: to go shopping, in University and even at work! So, feel free using it whenever you want; give your feet an opportunity to have rest from shoes and sneakers. Locals usually have 3-4 pairs in their wardrobe; here you can see various shops specializing in decoration of flip flops. What I recommend you is to take 1 pair from home to survive on the beach during 1st days, and then buy Havaianas -one of the most popular flip flops producers. Havainas with Brazilian flag is a good souvenir to bring home. Besides Havaianas, another popular brand is Ipanema; most of Brazilians prefer 1st one, but both of them have a good quality and interesting design. 

After you put flip flops, next important thing is surf shorts; take few,  cause it's very useful. For example, in the city, like Rio de Janeiro, from one side there is an avenue with bars, shopping centers and business offices and from the other side there is a beach, and surf shorts, thanks to its specific fabric, dry fast and suitable to go shopping straight from the beach. Cities that have beaches in Brazil usually are famous with its beach fashion; people pay attention to new modern trends, so follow the news. This summer according fashion weeks in the list of trends you can find flower prints and bright colors.
Another important thing to know is that during summer it can rain a lot. It usually doesn't influence on temperature, which varies from 29-40 degrees, but it's barely possible to leave hotel without waterproof cloth, cause rain here is very strong, so a pair of crocs and umbrella might be useful!
Besides casual cloth, take something to go out. You will be surprised; noticing Havaianas and very simple cloth during the day, at night staying in queue to enter to the club, you'll see all modern trend from fashion week in one line. Brazilians pay a lot of  attention to a party look. Take sneakers or shoes, cause it's not allowed to use flip flops in a bar or night club, and some t-shirts made from light fabrics, like cotton, cause imagine, when its + 40  outdoor and a club is full of people; it's really hot, even with air-conditioned.

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Talking about colors, we recommend you to choose cloth with lights colors, like white, beige, yellow, mint, etc, and don't forget about bright accessorizes. Avoid to use dark cloth, cause black attracts sunlights.
The last but not the least tip if you are traveling to Sao Paulo or other city, that doesn't have access to the ocean coast, in addition to all tips, given above, we would like to mention that people in cities like Sao Paulo are much more formal in their way of dressing; take a pair of jeans and some shirts!