Rio de Janeiro Reports

[Vagabundo1]

Monday. Casa 15 Noemie Bilas, 4 x 4, Rio Branco 21/ Club 21, Perola Negra.

Monday, Vagabundo headed downtown from Transamerica on the 15 h30 bus, which of course is free, and a nice big luxury bus, with a ISG wingman. For those who are in Transamerica, Vagabundo also helps out with logistics like tests in Portuguese etc, and other things like loaner stun flashlights, for we few, we happy few, if we decide to go out and buddy up.

So we hit Rio Branco to get some computer gear at RB156, then Vagabundo found a regular, callsign Noemie Bilas, at Casa 15. Vagabundo had already banged homegirl at the love shack, so he was not too thirsty, but still, good to get that BBFS with a negra for 80 r for the half hour plus 50 r tip.

Then Vagabundo headed over to 4 x 4, 150 meters away. The talent was good as always. Vagabundo got numbers. Wingman did not pull the trigger.

We headed over to Rio Branco 21, Club 21. We were early. Only a few girls, but two super hot negras, young, no kids, spinners, and better than or at least as good as the talent over at the more expensive 4 x 4. Also within a block of 4 x 4 and 65.

We then walked over to Club Mix Bar where there is a swing night on Tuesdays, sometimes or perhaps often with real porn stars, and a live interactive show, basically a swing party. Cover depends on whether you reserve in advance and whether you bring a girl and other particulars. Also easy walk from the aforementioned Club 21.

Wingman wanted to check out 116, so we did. Lots of good talent. Even for a winter night. Vagabundo having shot two loads, did not do anything, and neither did wingman. We headed over to the luxury bus final pickup at 20 h20. Saving the $50 reais fare to and fro Centro adds up to some fucking at the prives and certainly at VM, so it's worth it to catch the bus, which is worth it anyway as it is a luxury bus and a great hack for the wide divide between rich and poor in Rio, Brazil. Happiness is relative, especially in the things that money can buy.

So we chilled at Transamerica, and are now heading out to Perola Negra.

[Pahllus Maximus]

As you can see from the forex rates the real is fairly stable, allowing for a major hike in FED rates that drove it down. Nevertheless, Brazil offers many quality companies such as Petrobas and JBS with fundamentally strong, diversified business and great yield and have pricing power. The play these days is currency swaps and good companies with strong business and pricing power. The bigger companies can often offer a low cost collar that is less than yield, leading to some neat plays in currency and some well thought out derivatives. Surprisingly, the mythical brains trust on wall street does not even have the math to track their position in real time, and we all saw in 2009 (and what will soon happen) their stunning lack of insight. These guys run much of the US financial system as well as a bunch of ideologues dressed up as economists fooling around with monetary policy rather than good social policy. Naturally it regularly blows up. Behind the Fed pillars and flags are career butt lickers mostly without brains or a spine. Just wait for Freddie / Fannie Mac to implode, having bought all this paper (risk) at record low interest and future increased, unhedged funding costs and/or defaults about to scream. The banks are merely retail mortgage brokers, they stopped lending from their balance sheet decades ago. It's pretty much the same as 2006.

Who will buy all this hyped up, unproductive real estate? The millennials with student debt working three gig economy jobs? It's a Ponzi scheme, and that's the truth. The last 30 years will not be like the next. Incomes, that pay the coupons, have collapsed. The systemic risks are huge.

There is nothing wrong with investing in developing countries, yes, there could be a coup and nationalization, but not all places in South America and Africa are the same risk. The USA has many risks and parochialism that many don't take into account with assets there, such as divorce, seizure by the state under various excuses and the ever present risk of legal extortion by lawyers making up bullshit for quick payday. The USA has major internal decay, insane levels of debt predicated on the notion the USD cannot be toppled as trade settlement currency. Just ask Iran, Russia, China and India about their future near term plans and dependency on the USD. Ross Perot correctly called that in 1991, and he was a genuine, educated and successful entrepreneur able to act against personal self interest for longer term national goals and a robust supply chain. We all see how COVID treated all the low inventory / complex supply chain management consultant boys theories. When the nostalgic rose tinted glasses are removed, Brazil looks pretty good and has untapped potential, educated population, resources and a growing manufacturing economy.

The USA is not a safe haven, either with debt or property laws that is totally undermined by a plethora of hidden / indirect transaction costs. Nor has it been a haven for decades. If that were the case then all the offshore manufacturing, wealth management, medical, sex and lifestyle tourism and so on would not be the major and ever growing force that is. Just look at the exponential growth in Chinese IP and know how per capita.

Brazil is fine. It's people are mostly hard working, practical, and lack the mad, puritanical religious bullshit, being more rationally focused on roof over head and food on table rather than who is sleeping with who. Yeah, currencies fluctuate. I was up a few months ago, now I am back or even down a bit. So what? I'm betting against the USD. And like all quality assets and commodities, it is going up in absolute value against this stuff called money that is thoroughly debased and volatile. Compared to the true risk of other stores of wealth, it's fine.

You cannot take money with you. Everyday is a fluid risk, it's part of the fabric of life. One day will be my last, and yours too. Embrace life. My biggest improvement was to stop comparing social and monetary status. I have everything I need and more than enough to live as a thoughtful playboy, though I draw the line at bullshit like fancy watches, cars, first class airfares and other crap. Converting cash at a sustainable rate for here and now living pleasure and joy for myself, friends and family is the smart play. Hoarding and imagining an imaginary safe haven or future is the fool in the trade.

[Vagabundo1]

Where to stay in Rio or anywhere.

The question of where to stay in Rio comes up often. The answer is simply: 1) pick the best top escort site (barravipsrio.com.br, or maybe riosexsite.com), 2) then ask all the girls where they prefer to meet at their own location, 3), then stay there. Right now, it appears to be out near Condominium Novo Leblon, in Barra. Close enough might be a place in Recreio, which is cheaper.

Posto 2 in Barra, ie, Classico Beach Club is pretty much tier 1 IMHO. Living there would be optimal.

You basically want a place where you, as a client of a Swiss Private Banker, can be compensated for your loyalty by the best hookers in the population.

Please do not disseminate this outside of the Government of Switzerland.

[Vagabundo1]

Did you look into getting a loan to buy the house in Brazil or did you pay cash?

Vagabundo prefers to bring as little capital onshore to Brazil as possible. He prefers to keep it somewhere in the Swiss Alps, all cyber accessible.

Mr Enternational is right on several fronts, and I still crack up at his Thai (insert farang here) meet the WG family. It's not really about sex. That takes you only a small way. A vagina is not a brain nor has language skills. For that you need a sentient person you can communicate with and have stuff in common for the other 95% of the time. Many, if not most of the girls don't have much on sale outside of selling their bodies, and I'd say that applies to many mongers who only have a wallet. The drunk cheap charlies of Thailand are an embarrassment. So many lonely and lost souls, and after they get "nutted out" , they think "what's the point" and are jaded out, meaning discover how empty they are without distractions. It is possible to find a lovely, smart and good person who happens to be a WG.

Possible but not probable. Same with "normal" females.

It's just that many WG have issues of poverty, abuse, drugs, pimps and / or obstacles and/or laziness at school or skilling up that puts them behind the eight ball more than normal girls. Parental income and commitment to education and setting good role models will make or break a child. Though I'm not a woman, getting fucked 5-10 times a day must be pretty numbing and hardens them up. Yet holding hands with some 20 year old is also fun, but it's just situational and pretending, so enjoy it, but know it will not last and don't try to control or possess it.

[The Cane]

A fat and growing net wealth, a group I talk to every day or two, and total freedom to travel is what works for me.

And a plus 1,000 percent to that!

[Pahllus Maximus]

Mr Enternational is right on several fronts, and I still crack up at his Thai (insert farang here) meet the WG family. It's not really about sex. That takes you only a small way. A vagina is not a brain nor has language skills. For that you need a sentient person you can communicate with and have stuff in common for the other 95% of the time. Many, if not most of the girls don't have much on sale outside of selling their bodies, and I'd say that applies to many mongers who only have a wallet. The drunk cheap charlies of Thailand are an embarrassment. So many lonely and lost souls, and after they get "nutted out" , they think "what's the point" and are jaded out, meaning discover how empty they are without distractions. It is possible to find a lovely, smart and good person who happens to be a WG.

Possible but not probable. Same with "normal" females.

It's just that many WG have issues of poverty, abuse, drugs, pimps and / or obstacles and/or laziness at school or skilling up that puts them behind the eight ball more than normal girls. Parental income and commitment to education and setting good role models will make or break a child. Though I'm not a woman, getting fucked 5-10 times a day must be pretty numbing and hardens them up. Yet holding hands with some 20 year old is also fun, but it's just situational and pretending, so enjoy it, but know it will not last and don't try to control or possess it.

Street Life by Randy Crawford (1979)

I play the streetlife, because there's no place I can go
Streetlife, it's the only life I know
Streetlife, and there's a thousand parts to play
Streetlife, until you play your life away

You let the people see just who you wanna be
And every night you shine just like a super star
That's how the life is played, a ten cent masquerade
You dress, you walk, you talk
You're who you think you are....

Anything valuable usually takes hard work, persistence and patience. Instant gratification is very costly. That includes the care and feeding of good friends. Keep a small group of good, trusted friends (not the BS facebook definition), trust defined as keeping secrets, lending money, being prepared to take you in at 3 am and generally go out of their way such as helping you build a house or boat. If you have 2-3, you have already won the lottery. These real social connections are the stuff of life. So too is rejecting the lies and brainwashing of social status anxiety and expensive baubles like cars, clothes. Laugh at them.

Like Mr Enternational I live well below my means, shop at Ross and Goodwill and have no qualms about it. A fat and growing net wealth, houses in 3 countries, a group I talk to every day or two, and total freedom to travel, great food and good mental and physical health is what works for me.

And yes USA is sex prison with a pretty fucked system ranging from shitty health care, puritanical BS, guns, corruption, greed, the highest incarceration rate in the developed world and idiotic culture wars over bullshit rather than "why have glovbalization that fucks my basic housing and income security" real conversation. Just the way the elites like it. Divide, distract, keep em dumb and busy to see what is in their rational long term self interest

[WyattEarp]

I read somewhere that a relationship / marriage is like chewing gum, its sweet and enjoyable at the beginning but in time the sweetness goes. I'm guessing that all the guys on ISG want the sweetness to continue forever so they keep buying new packs of gum. A guy who wants to continue chewing the same stick of gum will receive raised eyebrows from ISGers.

It's a hassle getting chewing gum off your shoe.

[Turgid]

People can absolutely develop feelings for each other. The reason why folks here get cynical is that they know it rarely works in the long run, especially if two people in question don't speak the same language......

I read somewhere that a relationship / marriage is like chewing gum, its sweet and enjoyable at the beginning but in time the sweetness goes. I'm guessing that all the guys on ISG want the sweetness to continue forever so they keep buying new packs of gum. A guy who wants to continue chewing the same stick of gum will receive raised eyebrows from ISGers.

[Mr Enternational]

Also, I can't be the only one who treasures the cheapness, simplicity and convenience of commercial sex in Brazil. I can tell them in no uncertain terms what I want, and 9 out of 10 cheerfully comply. To achieve a similar level of compliance with civilians it would take courting, patience, training and luck. In other words, time. And in my limited experience, courting civilians takes more money than any Brazilian GDP. I know you disagree, but again, that's my experience.

You know me like a book because I definitely disagree. If your only aim is to fuck someone then of course the GDP route serves best. But if you are also looking to meet people and establish friendships and relationships then civilian is what you want.

Most chicks I meet online. When you meet chicks online then show up, all the pieces usually fall right into place. 99% of the time there is minimal money spent if any money at all. Hell like I said sometimes you don't even have to spend on a hotel because you can stay with the chick. Many chicks have cars so no need for taxis. They can even pick you up at the airport. I always fill their car up with gas though. The chicks that do not have cars usually come to you on the metro so no need to pay for someone's expensive taxi. Maybe you go out to eat with them but you were going to eat anyway. Not sure what could be costing so much over paying a GDP unless you plan on taking trips with them or something.

[Xpartan]

I have not always spoken different languages and I have not always traveled a lot. But I have always been interested in normal women and have never thought to enter a serious relationship with a hooker. As a matter of fact, my motivation for learning different languages was so that I could talk to women. I do have a degree in French and Education so that has made things easier for me on the learning other languages front.

Kudos to you, seems like you are living a dream. Me? I can't travel more than I do. For reasons that have nothing to do with work or income, I'm stuck in the USA for the best part of the year. Furthermore, when I do travel, it often has nothing to do with mongering, I just go places I want to see. Some of my most memorable travel experiences have nothing to do with women. So there is that.

Also, I can't be the only one who treasures the cheapness, simplicity and convenience of commercial sex in Brazil. I can tell them in no uncertain terms what I want, and 9 out of 10 cheerfully comply. To achieve a similar level of compliance with civilians it would take courting, patience, training and luck. In other words, time. And in my limited experience, courting civilians takes more money than any Brazilian GDP. I know you disagree, but again, that's my experience.

I remember finding a woman on Par Perfeito (years ago. A civilian from Cabo Frio in her 30's. Stunning body for her age. Brought her to Buzios, spent a couple of blessed days together. I was quite smitten with her, actually. A week later (I'd been in the States by then), she hit me up for the money, LOL.

[Nounce]

Despite what someone might assume about me...

So you have choices based on your explanation. Do you choose her?

[The Cane]

Maybe you are thinking the American Dream is something that it is not. To me it is being able to get enough money to do what you want.

The goal ought to be to get to a point when you have enough money to do what you want when you want. For me, that's the real definition of freedom. Almost there!

[Vagabundo1]

The side, tangential point is the main point: living in rich world puritan pussy prison america sucks.

As for the girl, show me a beautiful girl, and I will show you a guy who is sick of fucking her.

If you can figure out the logistics of digital nomad, retirement living in Brazil cheaply but better, then that's the prize.

Despite what someone might assume about me, which I can completely understand, I'm in my early 40's I eat healthy and work out five days a week and in extremely good shape, I'm a salesman and I've slept with and dated a few of my coworkers and not uncommon for customers to ask me out or flirt. I've even dated a couple girls I've met at the gym so I'm actually very capable of interacting with other humans and dating attractive girls in my own country. I think part of the reason as I have a desire to live in a place like Mexico South America or Asians it's Much cheaper to live and in the US everybody is so materialistic in other countries people are happy with a lot less. I have worked my ass off too acquire the "" American Dream " to realize the American dream is not my dream now that I achieve that but anyways that's a little off topic. I'm not going to lie I have often question myself why I could fall for working girl, in Brazil I had success on the beach and on Tinder with girls who do not do that for work. Sometimes you just find a strong connection despite the situation I'm not saying that it's healthy I'm just saying that's how it is for me. Anyways despite how anybody feels about this topic on here I think it makes for an interesting discussion and see peoples viewpoints and experiences.

[Sperto]

I'm in my early 40's I eat healthy and work out five days a week and in extremely good shape, I'm a salesman

I don't mean to sound full of myself but I work out all the time I'm in really good shape and I'm a salesman

I'm 41 in great shape (not to sound like I'm full of my self but lets face it that matters sometimes)

Not once has she asked me for money and no I have not given any, except when we were together because she wasn't working and it's a lot less than she would get working.

I guess part of the reason why I was taking the seriouses because it 43 years old... I will give her credit that she's never asked me for any money I did give her about $1500 for the two weeks I was there just so she didn't have to worry about paying her bills because she wasn't at the club three or four nights a week working.

I think it makes for an interesting discussion and see peoples viewpoints and experiences.

You want viewpoints and experiences. Judging by what you write the girls must consider you to be (Brazilian expression) "A última coca-cola do deserto". You have fallen in love with a prostitute. You write she doesn't charge you, but there is really no need to as you pay her anyway. More than many Brazilian earns in a month.

Many first time visitors to Brazil get wild as they meet hot Brazilian GPS who give them better sex than they ever had in their life. These girls are smart and know how to make the gringos feel special. Soon they have a bunch of gringos sending them money on a regular basis.

I had a GP-friend who I used to meet for free sex. She used to work at Barbarella. She had three Americans sending her money and expensive presents (laptops, phones and even a dog) every month. She received so much money that she stopped working at Barbarella. Sometimes when we met at her apartment (the rent was payed by one of her boyfriends) she had to interrupt our sex to sweet-talk on of the boyfriends who called her.

[Mr Enternational]

I think part of the reason as I have a desire to live in a place like Mexico South America or Asians it's Much cheaper to live and in the US everybody is so materialistic in other countries people are happy with a lot less. I have worked my ass off too acquire the "" American Dream " to realize the American dream is not my dream

Maybe you are thinking the American Dream is something that it is not. To me it is being able to get enough money to do what you want. And if that want is living in another place then Dream achieved.

You are right about the materialism, but I think that is more of a young person's game anyway. At 50 I pretty much wear shorts from Goodwill, a t-shirt, and flip flops everyday. Versus when I was younger and had to have Polo everything. Overseas nobody looks at you crazy if you don't have a car. In most places in the USA you are kind of expected to have one.