Thanks for the advices guys. Since I was born and raised in Brasil, I am used to the third world country culture a bit and I have been to Asia on vacation a couple of times. As far as taking my girlfriend with me, no need to do that as she lives there already so she will help me with the transition as well. That might be good and bad
I will definately get more info on the culture as I am not 100% familiar with it and the more someone knows about it, the better that person will be. If you guys have anything else to say, please let me know. I'll keep in touch and let you guys know how it goes.
thank you,
varigflier