You're in for a true Brazilian experience. Luckily this post office is close to General Osorio, which means plenty of transportation to get to and from (buses, cabs, metro). It is not air conditioned so be prepared for a long hot wait. There's an electronic kiosk off to the side where you can get a ticket to wait in the queue. There's three options to chose from on the machine: priority mail, standard mail and stamps etc (it's all in Portuguese). The lines are called by letter and number which pop up on the tv screen behind the counter and are shouted out when people don't come right away. They also indicate what number counter you should approach.
It took about an hour to mail a package, nearly 30 mins in line to get a box and then we were pushed out of line to fill out the address and waited in line again to mail it. (The lady only took one customer in between but things move at a snail's speed).
The prices for packages seemed quite reasonable. It cost R$15 for their largest box (25cm x 57cm x 36cm) and R$43 to mail 6.6kg to Santa Catarina. They said it would take 5-7 days to get there.
Be prepared to wait a while but that's what it takes to get things done around here. read more