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SPASA 2011 – Information for participants
Language
The official language in Brazil is Portuguese (or Brazilian Portuguese, which
can be a little bit different from Portuguese of Portugal), which is a Latin language
similar to Spanish. All the activities of the SPASA 2011 will be in English, due to its
international characteristic. Be prepared to deal with non-English speakers on buses,
restaurants, etc, however, it is a common characteristic of Brazilians to try to help
foreigners as much as possible, even in a big city as Sao Paulo.
Sao Paulo City
Latitude -23° 32' 51'' / Longitude -46° 38' 10''
Sao Paulo is the capital of the Sao Paulo state, one of the wealthiest cities in
Brazil (the 10th GDP in the world, ranked between Philadelphia and Washington DC).
It is not the national capital, which is Brasilia.
It is also one of the oldest cities in the country, being founded as a Jesuit
mission on January 25, 1554. It has today around 11 million inhabitants, but is fused
with other cities on a region called “Grande Sao Paulo”, with around 20 million people.
No vaccines, such as Yellow Fever, are necessary in the Sao Paulo state. Of
course, normal vaccines such as tetanus are advised for any outdoor activities, such as
the cave park visit. People who will travel for other states during their trip to Brazil
should look for more information about the vaccines needed. Going to Amazonia does
require Yellow Fever vaccination 10 days prior the trip.
We advise that you get an international health insurance covering your time in
Brazil, to avoid any problems.
Currency
The Brazilian currency, called Real (plural Reais), is symbolized as R$. One
Real is equivalent, at the present moment, to USD 0.54. You can exchange US Dollars,
Euros, Pounds to Reais at most banks and Exchange offices, but less used currencies
may be difficult to exchange. Foreign currencies are not commonly accepted on the
commerce, but credit cards are widely used (mainly VISA or MasterCard).
Measure system, driving, etc
In Brazil it is used the metric system, not the imperial one. Driving is made by
the right, driver on the left, standard way (non-British). Most international driver
licenses are accepted for driving a rented car, but be aware that traffic in Sao Paulo can
be REALLY busy, especially on rush hours or on the event of raining. Take special care
on crossing the streets, making sure the cars have fully stopped.
There are many rental car companies in Sao Paulo, Localiza is just a suggestion:
http://www.localiza.com/reservas/Default.aspx
Electric equipment
The voltage in Sao Paulo is 110V, 60Hz. In some places you’ll also find 220V
outlets, but they are not the standard.
The power outlet standard is in the middle of a transition, so, unfortunately,
you’ll find mixed options. The new national standard is called IEC 60906-1, similar to
the European one, as below:
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The older ones are:
Type B Electrical Outlet
Type C Electrical Outlet
Type A Electrical Outlet
We recommend getting an international power plug adapter and avoid any
problems of running out of batteries:
Communication
Emergency numbers:
Police 190
Fire 193
Ambulance 192
The cell phone network in Brazil uses TDMA, CDMA and GSM 2, 3 or 4G,
with varying coverture in Sao Paulo. You can expect to get decent signal on most places
(forget cell phone signal during the field trip to PETAR…). The biggest cell phone
operators are VIVO, TIM, Claro and Oi. If needed, you can get a GSM chip for about
R$15 on newsstands or at cell phone stores.
The country code in Brazil is 55 and Sao Paulo area code is 11.
To call collect within Sao Paulo phones you can dial:
9090 Phone Number (without any country or area code)
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If you need to call to a number outside the 11 area code, you have to include also
the operator code (here we’ll use Embratel, 21):
9021 Area Code Phone Number
Non-collect calls for numbers within Sao Paulo are made directly, just dial the
number. If you need to call to a different area code, use the operator code (again, we’re
using here Embratel):
021 Area Code Phone Number
To call outside Brazil, you can use public phones with cards or the hotel phones
(the hotel will charge you for that, of course), by dialing:
0021 Country Code Area Code Phone Number
Embratel has a service to provide easy calls for international destinations on
your language. A list with the numbers to be dialed for each country is available at the
end of these instructions.
How to get from the airport to the hotel
All the international flights will arrive at the São Paulo International Airport
(GRU), which is located at Guarulhos, 28 km east of the city center. The organization of
SPASA will not be able to provide the transportation from the airport to the hotel,
which should be done by the participants. Domestic flights will arrive either in
Guarulhos or Congonhas (CGH), which is located on the south part of the city.
The main options to reach Sao Paulo are taxis or the Airport Bus Service. Public
buses are also available, but are not advised for those who don't know the area and carry
heavy luggage. The airport is not served by rail. There are a number of bars, restaurants
and shops at the airport, including two currency exchange bureaux and ATMs. There is
duty free shopping before customs for arrivals.
• Airport Bus Service (http://www.airportservice.com.br):
The Airport Bus Service will get you to or from Guarulhos in comfortable buses
for around R$30.00. Drop offs are in the downtown area, Avenida Paulista, Tietê or
Barra Funda bus terminals and a few other locations. You won't have a problem spotting
the bus because it's a red and blue painted coach with "Airport Bus" written in huge
letters.
Tickets for the shuttle can be purchased when you leave the arrivals area. On the
lower level of each side of the Guarulhos Airport terminal is an EMTU bus office. It is
next to the rental car offices and is well signed. Buses run from the Arrivals level, some
from Terminal 1 and some from Terminal 2, opposite to their respective bus offices. It
is only a 3-minute walk between the 2 terminals. Beside each bus there is a sign
showing the destination and departure time.
Travel time to and from Guarulhos varies according to the traffic, but to the
Paulista area is roughly 45-60 minutes. You will need to get Line 1 Paulista/Augusta
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Hotels Circuit. The hotel Caesar Business Paulista is located at Av. Paulista, very close
to the Consolacao subway station. Bellow, the time table for this line:
(From Airport to Paulista)
(From Paulista to Airport)
Payment: Cash or card for the bus tickets, at the airport. Buy tickets from the
office at the Guarulhos Airport. For the return journey, tickets are available from the
driver, and should be paid in cash. You can ask at the hotel counter for information on
the time tables as well, to get your bus back to the airport.
The driver will probably ask you where exactly you are going, and he probably
won’t understand much English (chances are he may understand if you speak Spanish
but you have to speak very slowly). So you might want to write the name of the hotel
(“Caesar Business Paulista”) or “Metrô Consolação” or “Paulista x Augusta” on a piece
of paper to show him when you embark or to show the full address of the hotel in page
5 of this manual
• Taxi:
Taxis are available outside the terminals; visitors are advised to take the prepaid
taxis, they are usually a little more expensive but give peace of mind. At Guarulhos,
fares are prepaid at a kiosk just outside the arrival area; usually cost around R$100, and
vary depending on the destination and time of the day.
You can also book an executive taxi transfer online. This service will probably
be more expensive compared to other options. The website is
http://www.saopauloairporttransfers.com/
Getting Around São Paulo
São Paulo’s subway system, the Metrô, is integrated with a metropolitan rail
network (CPTM), but the system, while safe, is limited. São Paulo’s surface bus
network is more extensive, including several express lanes. Cars can be rented at the
airport or in town, but you should be prepared for busy traffic, especially in rush hours.
Metrô website: http://www.metro.sp.gov.br/ingles/index.asp.
The subway ticket costs R$2.90 and the bus ticket R$3.00. You can take any bus
and pay for your ticket inside it, but be aware that R$20.00 is a limiting value for the
change. You should board by the front door and pay to the conductor in the middle of
the bus (not to the driver). You can also buy a transportation card (called “Bilhete
Único”) in a subway station which is valid for both buses and subway and there will be
a waiver when you use both within a certain period.
As most big cities, crime can be a serious issue in São Paulo. Be especially
careful in the downtown area at night and on weekends. Watch out for pickpockets on
buses or on the street and do not carry exposed expensive electronics, such as cameras
or notebooks. Being discrete is normally the best way of acting.
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Near Paulista Avenue there are lots of policemen, so it is generally a safe place
to go out, even during the evening.
Hotel
Registration for the event and opening ceremony will start at 5:00pm on
Dec 11, at the auditorium of Caesar Business Hotel (map)
Av. Paulista, 2181 / Phone: (5511) 21841600
The hotel has parking space, but it is charged. We advise to use the Metro (Estação
Consolação).
All participants and lecturers will be hosted at the Caesar Business Hotel, with
all expenses covered, including breakfast, but not including room service, drinks at the
bar or any other meals, as well as phone calls and other services the hotel offers, which
should be paid separately, by each guest. Participants will be lodged in double rooms,
with other participants. We anticipate that an international credit card will probably be
asked on the registration, to ensure these possible costs. If you have any problems with
this, look for someone from the organization.
IVAN LIMA, from the local organizing committee will stay at the hotel during
the week, and you should look for him for any problem or information.
All rooms are covered with WiFi internet access. Additional information on how
to access the hotel network should be asked on the check-in.
Check-in time is at 2pm (14:00) and check-out is at 12pm (12:00). If you arrive
earlier than this, go to the counter, ask for a place to leave your luggage and enjoy your
time walking around Paulista Avenue. There is a close by Museum called MASP, which
opens at 11am from Tuesday to Sunday, and many restaurants, coffee-shops, book
stores, movie theaters, etc.
The participant’s reservations start on Dec 10 and end on Dec 18, when we’ll
leave for the field trip. We’ll stay at the hotel for one additional night on Dec 20, when
we return from the field trip, so that everyone has the proper time to pack for the return
flights (or extended vacations in Brazil).
Caesar Business – Sao Paulo – Paulista
Av. Paulista, 2181
Sao Paulo – SP 01310-300
Brazil
Phone: +551121841600
Fax: +551121841633
Website: http://www.caesarbusiness.com/pt/br-sao-paulo/hotel-sao-paulopaulista
The hotel is located in Paulista Ave, which is one of the business centers of Sao
Paulo. It represents well the mixture of people you can find in the city, from everywhere
and with all sorts of occupations, such as executives, artists and street sellers. Of course,
this can be quite messy sometimes, but it is a good representation of what Sao Paulo
truly is. You can walk around the area, for instance, through Rua Augusta. If you go
towards the city center (orange arrow on the map below) you’ll find cult movie theaters
and a region more frequented by artists and alternative people. Going on the opposite
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direction (blue arrow) will take you through a region called Jardins, which is more
expensive. It will cross a street called Oscar Freire, which was elected one of the eight
most luxurious streets in the world. This street and its surroundings, like streets
Haddock Lobo, Bela Cintra and Lorena have a concentration of the most expensive
restaurants, stores and boutiques in the world, such as Christian Dior, Louis Vuitton,
Salvatore Ferragamo, Bulgari, Cartier, Giorgio Armani, Armani, Versace, Carlos Miele,
NK Store, Marc Jacobs and BO.BÔ.
How to get from the hotel to the school venue
Most of the activities of the School will take place at the Universidade de Sao
Paulo (USP), Physics Institute, auditorium Abrahão de Moraes. The only exceptions
will be the opening ceremony (at the hotel auditorium on Dec 11 at 5pm), the visit to
research facilities on Wednesday, Dec 14, and the field trip on Dec 18, on which dates
the buses will depart from the hotel to the different destinations, dropping you off again
at the end of the activities at the same location.
The organization of the event will provide two rented buses during the School.
They will leave early in the morning from very close to the hotel, and drop you off at
the same location on the evening. The bus company is called “Vale do Tietê” and a
picture of the bus is below, so that you can easily spot it. A member of the local
organizing committee (Ivan Lima) will be at the hotel assisting you to get to the correct
place.
Bus that will make the shuttle hotel – university
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Hotel – USP: depart at 8:00, from the corner of Av. Paulista and Rua Padre João
Manuel (as marked on the picture below). Please, be at the hotel lobby at
7:50am, since we’ll need to organize the boarding in groups.
USP – Hotel: depart at 7:30pm, after the focus group.
Hotel (green) and bus pick-up/drop-off (red) locations.
If you, by any chance, need to take public transportation between the hotel and
school venue, take the following directions:
1) From hotel: Metrô + Bus (probably the fastest way to get to USP, but can
be crowded on rush hours)
• Get the Metrô on the Consolação Station, in Paulista Ave. (in front of the
hotel) or Paulista Station in Consolação Ave. (close to hotel Formule 1).
You’ll need to buy a single ticket or a card (Bilhete Único), filling it with
credit. You’ll have to pay in cash for that. Each ride costs R$2.90.
• Get the yellow line, either in Consolação or Paulista Stations, direction
Butantã. Drop-off at the Butantã station (end station).
• Walk to the bus terminal behind the station and get the bus 8012/10
Cidade Universitaria – Metrô Butanta. If you used a card at the Metrô
you can also use it at the bus, paying a reduced fare. The Metrô’s single
ticket is not valid on the buses and you’ll have pay for the ride.
• Drop-off the bus in front of the Instituto de Física (Physics Institute), in
Rua do Matao. It is a 10-minute ride from the subway station. You can
ask for assistance for the bus driver (unlikely to understand English, but
you can print and show the name) or to some of the passengers to get
down at the right stop. A picture of the drop-off stop is marked on the
map below. From there, walk to the auditorium Abrahão de Moraes,
which is located behind the library of the Instituto de Fisica (Physics
Institute). There will be indications for SPASA on the way.
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You can use an alternative suggested by Google through this link, but expect to
have heavier traffic, since it uses bus instead of the Metrô.
2) From USP: Metrô + Bus
• Walk to the bus stop marked on the map below, on Av. Prof. Almeida
Prado. It is just before the round-about (point A is the Physics Institute).
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• Get the bus 702U-10, direction Term. Pd. D. Pedro or bus 8012/10
Cidade Universitaria – Metrô Butanta.
• Drop-off just before the Butantã Metrô Station, on Av. Vital Brasil as
showed on the map below. Most of the passengers will probably drop-off
there as well. If you got the bus 8012/10, it will stop inside the terminal.
• Get the Metrô on the Butantã Station heading to “Luz” and drop-off at
the Paulista Station, going out through Consolação Station for Hotel
Caesar Business or Paulista Station for Hotel Formule 1.
The Google directions are listed on this link. You can get a direct bus to Paulista
Ave. by following Google directions through this link, but expect heavy traffic on rush
hours. We advise to use the Metrô option.
You can access the Metrô web site for further information at the following
address: http://www.metro.sp.gov.br/ingles/index.asp
São Paulo weather
It is summer in Sao Paulo on December! Average temperatures should be
around 18oC to 26oC (64 to 79F). But be prepared for facing lower temperatures (around
12-15oC) as well as higher ones (~30oC). It is also rainy season is São Paulo. Rains are
usually concentrated at the end of the afternoon and are strong but quick. If you can,
bring or buy here an umbrella, raincoat or poncho, it can useful.
You can find São Paulo’s weather forecast on http://www.accuweather.com/enus/br/sao-paulo/sao-paulo/quick-look.aspx?cityid=45881.
Smoking Policy
It is not allowed to smoke in any public closed spaces in the state of Sao Paulo.
It includes airports, malls, buses, restaurants, pubs… It also includes partially closed
spaces, for example, if a place is only covered by a roof or tent.
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Just next to the auditorium where the school is going to take place, there will be
two tents where we will have our coffee-breaks. In view of the law of the state of Sao
Paulo, smoking will not be allowed under the tents. We kindly ask anyone who would
like to smoke to go to the parking lot just next to the auditorium.
Internet
Internet access will be free on the hotel; further details should be asked to the
hotel staff on the check-in.
On the auditorium there will also be available a WiFi network, probably called
USPNET. The login is: aam and the password is aud2011
For the focus group activity, you’ll be able to use the facilities on the library of
the Astronomy Institute, just in front of the Physics Institute. A WiFi connection will
also be available, with access to most of the scientific journals. Further details for this
connection will be provided later.
Meals
Breakfast will be served at the hotel. We’ll have coffee-breaks and lunches taken
care by the organization of SPASA at USP, and, those who requested special meals will
get individual packs or will have a variety available on the buffets. Just look for
someone from the organization during the event if you have any doubt.
The lunches will be served on the restaurant of the Physics Institute, and
everyone will be able to serve from a buffet (salads, pasta, etc), a grill with a variety of
meats, and also have a drink from the fridge.
Dinners will not be provided by the organization, but the region around the hotel
has all types of restaurants, in a variety of price ranges. The small shopping mall on the
corner of Paulista Ave. and Rua Augusta, called Center 3, has a good food court, with a
Starbucks and other coffee-shops on the street and lower levels. The malls in Sao Paulo
stay open up to 10pm but some restaurants in the street can stay open until later.
Tap water is safe and fine for consuming in Sao Paulo, but most people will
prefer to use water fountains or getting bottled mineral water, to avoid any taste or smell
of chloride that is added on the water treatment.
There is no general concern with food poisoning in Sao Paulo, however, as
you’ll be in a tropical country, it is advised that all the fresh food you buy at
supermarkets or shops to be thoroughly washed and, if possible, to be left in a chloride
solution for disinfection. All the prepared food at restaurants has passed through this
process and will be safe, of course.
Going out
Sao Paulo can provide a rich cultural experience, with museums, all sorts of
restaurants, bars, theaters, shops, dancing, music, etc. Very close to the hotel there are
plenty of going out experiences on walking distances, take a look at several online
guides for the options, or just go to Google Maps and check out the region for our
interest:
http://www.fodors.com/world/south-america/brazil/sao-paulo/
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/brazil/sao-paulo
http://wikitravel.org/en/S%C3%A3o_Paulo
http://www.baladacerta.com.br/default.asp?mnu=SP
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USP
Registration for the event and opening ceremony will start at 5:00pm on
Dec 11, at the auditorium of Caesar Business Hotel (map)
Av. Paulista, 2181 / Phone: (5511) 21841600
The hotel has parking space, but it is charged. We advise to use the Metro (Estação
Consolação).
All lectures of SPASA will be given on the Abrahão de Moraes auditorium, at
the Physics Institute of the Universidade de Sao Paulo - USP. A map of the campus is
available at the end of this booklet. You should look for the tower of the nuclear
accelerator (Pelletron) of the institute; the auditorium is between that and the Tokomak
facility.
Pelletron tower, close to the auditorium
During your stay at the university, please use your badge at all times. It will be
used to identigy you at the restaurant and to allow your entrance on the institutes, such
as to the focus group activity on the library.
If you are interested on our university, please check its international website for
further information:
http://www.ccint.usp.br/en/
If you have a particular institute, laboratory or professor you’d like to visit
during the School, just let us know so that we can arrange the logistics for that,
according to availability, of course. Probably we will have a free afternoon that can be
used for this.
And take your time to study the funding opportunities in Brazil, especially by
the FAPESP funding agency (the major sponsor of our event):
http://www.fapesp.br/en/
http://www.fapesp.br/week/
Program
The final program is still not available, but it will be put online before the
School. We anticipate a few important dates:
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Dec 10: arrival at the hotel for most participants, free day in Sao Paulo.
Dec 11 at 5pm: opening ceremony at the auditorium of Caesar Business Paulista
Hotel, with cocktail.
Dec 14: visit to research laboratory in Campinas, 1.5h from Sao Paulo.
Dec 18: leaving for field trip to PETAR at 10am
Dec 20: return from PETAR at around 8pm, staying at Caesar Business for one
additional night.
Dec 21: return flights for most of the participants.
Focus Group
Objective: to write, present and chose the 3 best scientific research projects in
astrobiology.
For this activity, the participants will be divided in smaller, interdisciplinary
groups, and we’d like that you use this opportunity to train group working, organization
and leadership. This division will be arbitrary, made by the organization, but you’ll be
free to rearrange yourselves, keeping the number of people in each group. Please, we
ask that you try not to make group with just your friends, since this is an activity to also
train working with different people, even those that are starting on the field, or that do
not speak English very well.
On the first day, the groups will have to come up with their group name, name of
the group members and a draft of the research idea. The groups will be able to work on
the library of the Astronomy Institute after the lectures of the afternoon, from 6:30 to
7:30pm. This time should be used to consult the library collection or to access scientific
journals, since you’ll have the university institutional access for that. Use the time
wisely, it is just one hour. At 7:30pm we’ll head to the hotel and you’ll be free to go out
for dinner and work on the project through night, as you have internet access on the
hotel rooms. Local beer or caipirinhas were demonstrated to, up to certain level,
increase the originality of the proposals. But be aware that the originality curve has just
one global maximum, followed by a steep decline.
During the following days, you’ll have the focus group time slot from 6:30 to
7:30pm at the library, and our lecturers and members of the SPASA organization will be
available to help the groups, giving hints on how to prepare a good scientific proposal
and ideas for the topics, or to pose new questions. There will be a free afternoon on Dec
14 that will also be available to work on the project.
Use this opportunity of having a close contact with the leading experts on the
field to know what they think of the future directions of astrobiology, what is worth to
invest on. Remember that the focus group aims not only to create a fake proposal, but
one that is scientifically interesting and feasible. Our ultimate goal is that you’ll develop
it further after the school, and even make it your own research projects.
The work will culminate on the presentation of the proposals on Saturday
afternoon, starting at 3:30pm. Each group will have approximately 15min to present
their idea on the best possible way. Remember, you’ll be judged by your peers, so
invest on the quality and impact of the presentation. You have to convey that the
science you’re proposing is worth investing time and money. Not all members of the
group have to present, that is entirely a group decision. You’ll also have to hand in a
written version of the project, with up to 5 pages. A printer will be available with the
organization for this.
Briefly, the proposal should contain:
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Group name and list of group members;
Title of the proposal;
Abstract – clearly stating the scientific question you will attack;
Development of the proposal, containing the methods to be used, technology
to be developed, etc;
5) Schedule for the completion of the proposal. You should create a project that
is feasible in 3 years;
6) Budget requested for the project, justified by the results it aims to produce;
7) Conclusion, with the potential impact of the project on its particular field and
to astrobiology as a whole.
Only the participants will vote, and you should judge the projects by originality,
scientific impact of the question stated, feasibility on the time frame of 3 years and
budget/results relation. More expensive projects require more impacting results, but
cheaper ones, with more specific objectives, should not be ignored, and are, in fact, the
majority of real grant proposals. In case of tie or any unexpected event, the organizing
committee will decide.
The 3 most voted proposals will be elected winners, and the group members
will receive, as a prize, the opportunity of publishing an extended version of the
work on the Astrobiology journal (Impact Factor of 2.362). The organization of
SPASA has agreed with the editors of the journal to dedicate a slot of the educational
papers section for the three proposals, passing through the normal peer-reviewing
process to ensure the quality of the articles. We believe that this will be a good
opportunity for those entering the field of astrobiology to get an indexed publication, so,
we ask all to dedicate to the focus group and to produce high quality proposals. The
winners will receive further instructions on the preparation of the manuscripts after the
school.
Poster
The posters should have a maximum size of 1.00 X 1.20m (width X height).
They will be presented in different days and further information on which day you
should put up your poster will be given on the beginning of the event.
Since the auditorium will being used for another event until one day before the
school, probably we won’t have the places to put up the poster on Monday, just on
Tuesday.
Field trip to Parque PETAR
Located in the south of São Paulo state, PETAR (Parque Estadual Turístico do
Alto Ribeira) has over 300 caves, dozens of waterfalls, trails, archeological sites, among
other attractions. PETAR houses the largest portion of preserved Mata Atlântica in
Brazil (forest that once covered a great portion of the Brazilian territory) and is
considered a patrimony of humanity, recognized by UNESCO.
We will leave to PETAR by bus on Dec 18 at 10am, from the hotel, arriving
there at around 3pm. We’ll have time for the lunch, a few talks about the region and
then we’ll visit a natural reserve on the evening.
In PETAR you will find thousands of birds, large mammals, and many species
of bromeliads, orchids, palm Juçara, besides a great amount of clean water streams and
rivers.
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The climate there is going to be humid and warm. For our visit to the caves, we
recommend you to take:
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Light clothes that can get wet and dirty, preferably made of fast drying
fabrics;
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Pants that can get wet, dirty and torn – you have to be wearing pants to
enter the caves, for your protection;
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Jacket and warmer clothing, for eventual weather changes;
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Light poncho or raincoat, we can have heavy and fast rain showers on the
trail;
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Bathing suit;
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2 pair of shoes (one that can get wet) and flip flops or any sandals. To
enter caves you have to wear tennis shoes;
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Small towel;
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Sunblock and lots of insect repellent;
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Sunglasses and hat;
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Small lantern (one that has a string to leave your hands free when
needed, better if it is a water resistant headlamp - red cave lamps are a good idea!);
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Plastic bag or water-resistant case for cameras;
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Water bottle, canteen or dromedary (can be a simple empty PET bottle).
There is drinking water available inside the park, just on the start of the trails;
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Trail snacks;
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Ashtray or small container for your ashes, if you smoke;
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Small backpack (you’ll have to leave it outside the caves).
If you are allergic to insect bites, we strongly recommend you to take your
antihistamine to our field trip and if you tend to suffer any severe reaction, please let the
organizers know of that.
The activities on the park will include light/medium walks on trails (at most of
5km), cave visiting in total darkness and closed spaces, swimming on waterfalls and
natural pools, and boia-cross. Of course, all activities are optional and should be
undertaken just if you feel comfortable with them. We’ll be guided by professionals,
and divided in groups of 8 or 16, for the visits to the caves.
Everyone will be lodged in a simple but fair lodge, called Pousada da Diva
(www.pousadadadiva.com.br), where we’ll have most of our meals. Lunch will be
provided on the restaurant inside the park on one day. There is WiFi internet on the
lodge, but the bandwidth is not very wide, and it can get really slow if everyone
connects at the same time. Cell phones won’t work there, but there are public phones
available.
The region is in a state park and a natural reserve. NO SAMPLES SHOULD
BE COLLECTED at any time. This is a big issue in Brazil nowadays and there are
strict laws concerning biopiracy. You can really go to jail by trying to leave the country
with any biological sample! And please, do not destroy or collect any geological
samples inside the caves, these are protected reserves and we have to take good care of
them for studies and other visitors. Please, do not smoke inside the caves and have a
special attention on the trails, to avoid fires. Do not through ashes on the floor or
bushes; bring a small container for that if you smoke. Do not bring and consume alcohol
inside the park, nor throw any litter. Take only pictures and have fun in contact with
nature!
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School coordinator
Prof. Dr. Jorge E. Horvath (foton@astro.iag.usp.br)
Scientific Organizing Committee
Prof. Dr. Jorge E. Horvath (foton@astro.iag.usp.br)
Prof. Dr. Amâncio Friaça (amancio@astro.iag.usp.br)
Prof. Dr. Cláudia A. S. Lage (lage@biof.ufrj.br)
Prof. Dr. Eduardo Janot Pacheco (janot@astro.iag.usp.br)
Prof. Dr. Lynn Rothschild (lynn.j.rothschild@nasa.gov)
Prof. Dr. Vivian H. Pellizari (vivianp@usp.br)
Local Organizing Committee
Prof. Dr. Roberto Costa (roberto@astro.iag.usp.br)
Prof. Dr. Ramachrisna Teixeira (teixeira@astro.iag.usp.br)
Prof. Dr. Laura Paulucci (laura.paulucci@ufabc.edu.br)
Dr. Douglas Galante (douglas@astro.iag.usp.br)
Dr. Fabio Rodrigues (farod@iq.usp.br)
Dr. Ivan Paulino-Lima (igplima@gmail.com)
Dr. Rubens Duarte (rubensduarte13@yahoo.com.br)
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Members of the Local Organizing Committee
Douglas Galante
Fabio Rodrigues
Ivan Paulino Lima
Laura Paulucci
Ramachrisna Teixeira
Roberto Costa
Rubens Duarte
In case of any emergency, you can call
Douglas Galante
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(55 11) 63838495
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9090 63838495
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