The crowd will leave, but they will stay.
[QUOTE=Stratone]Probably drive the price of poooosaaay outta sight too! [/QUOTE]eah, but after the Olympics there will be a surplus and new golden age of cheap buceta. If the Real stays tolerable.
Imagine all the garotas who will come from the countryside to Rio for quick Reais, then find themselves immersed in the GdP life$tyle. Then the Olympics crowd leaves and they find themselves in competition. I seriously doubt that they'll leave town after the Olympics, to go back to Hicktown, BR and become housewives. Imagine being Hefner for a day, then willingly walking away. Isn't going to happen.
Around the World in 80 Lays – Bottom Line
ET, thanks for starting a discussion of the book. I'll be honest, though. I was a little hurt by your "objective" review. For the sake of balance, here's a differing opinion from a reader at Amazon.com:
"The book is an effervescent account of 'regular Joes' partying like rock stars.... The closest parallel I can think of is Neal Strauss's 'The Game,' another book that indelibly captured a subculture of dedicated hedonists. The difference is that the men in 'Around the World in 80 Lays' 'seduce' (if you can call it that) with money....
"Diamond weaves fascinating historical facts into the book without sounding like the History Channel. For example, he writes about a huge statue of a prostitute in Germany meant to commemorate a medieval religious conference where 1,500 courtesans were on hand to 'serve the secular needs of the attendees.' He also shares juicy tidbits about the Nazis (and later the communists) using hookers as bait to get foreign diplomats to spill secrets during 'pillow talk.'
"Why should rock stars have all the fun? Diamond shows that even regular guys can 'live the dream,' if they're willing to pay a little for it."
[The full review's at [url]http://www.amazon.com/Around-World-80-Lays-Adventures/product-reviews/1602392870/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1[/url] ]
The author Rio Joe has cleverly noted that any publicity is good publicity.
So good, so true !
Actually, he was very smart to use ISG to be able to write a book, even if he neither travelled so much. On the opposite, I hate liers and think I am gonna to read something he just copied from here, it really pissed me off even if I paid the book 0,10 euro.
But again he was smart and brave too, cause if I will write a book, I will never copy....I guess if there is some copyright here in ISG and if he should ask before to copy or not ?!
Great ET that reported it all, at least I know a book I will never buy LOL
How to book or view forthcoming events in Rio
If need be you can translate this site through google laungage tools as in Portuguese. It is online booking tool for up and coming events, concerts, nightclubs, theatre etc etc in Rio
It is problematic to actually book online but you can see whats going on and gives you the shops selling the tickets, i normally go to the one in Rio Sul (Loja Banco de Areia)
Its amazing how many events actually happen in Rio and international stars and acts that pass through Rio undetected whilst im in town. There has been several events ive missed that i would have went to whilst in Rio had i researched up and coming lists.
[url]http://www.ingressocerto.com/Produtos_Secoes.asp?SecP=1&SecS=1[/url]
keeping track of Brazillian football results & fixtures
This is site i use if your into football or wish to catch a game at Maracana.
Theres several but i like this one as easy to navigate through the divisions and league tables.
Looks like the season finishes on Dec 6th.
But i believe they have some carioca team football tournament in January which is played at Maracana, i havent made it yet the details are a bit hazy maybe someone else knows more about it ?
[url]http://www.soccerway.com/national/brazil/serie-a/2009/regular-season/matches/[/url]