Rio de Janeiro Reports

[Cool]

They had a full house 11 pm watching Rams beat down Cards. Talent was a mess. Looked like the LA CA stroll. Pure sausage fest. Quality was way down from 2 years ago. A lot of the patrons thought they were hard cause they were 4 deep and wearing cheap outfits. Tons of people on beach but I took a very short Uber ride for safety.

[SamaRiding]

So I wonder what are the doctor's criteria to determine that you are safe.

For better or worse, The CDC shorten its isolation period for COVID positive people to 5 days if you meet certain criteria. Here is the full guideline. You can travel on day 6 but recommended to wait until after 10 days. You will need a letter From a healthcare professional stating that your isolation period ended or you are safe to travel.

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019...uarantine.html

[Xpartan]

So I wonder what are the doctor's criteria to determine that you are safe.

Shouldn't be hard if a certain period has passed (10 days?) and you're showing no symptoms.

[Mr Enternational]

Symptoms don't matter, the reason this virus is so dangerous is that it starts spreading before symptoms even appear (or even if they never do).

CDC doesn't recommend testing for virus after the recovery because the virus' remnants can linger for weeks and even months. Instead, it recommends getting a letter from a doctor who can give you greenlight to travel home.

So I wonder what are the doctor's criteria to determine that you are safe.

[Xpartan]

Assume you test positive before you take your outbound flight back home, then you have to wait to travel until you get well. However, it seems like you can test positive for several months. How do you solve that? Do you need to get a medical certificate that shows that you have recovered and are OK to travel?

I tested negative last Monday in Rio, on the same day I traveled back home. On Friday I tested positive (totally asymptomatic). It made me wonder if I would have got stuck in Rio if I had tested positive earlier?

Yes, you would. Symptoms don't matter, the reason this virus is so dangerous is that it starts spreading before symptoms even appear (or even if they never do).

CDC doesn't recommend testing for virus after the recovery because the virus' remnants can linger for weeks and even months. Instead, it recommends getting a letter from a doctor who can give you greenlight to travel home.

If you have had a positive viral test on a sample taken during the past 90 days, and you have met the criteria to end isolation, you may travel instead with your positive viral test results and a signed letter from a licensed healthcare provider or a public health official that states you have been cleared for travel. The positive test result and letter together are referred to as “documentation of recovery.

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019...travelers.html

You'd need to check your country's specific requirements though.

[Vagabundo1]

So I paid 300 and had like 6 or 7 pops with Anne Amari.

Good girl.

Or as Shakespear said.

I do believe her, though I know she lies.

Parachuting in for a few weeks is one thing.

I had belladonna for two months. She stopped working. I was happy, but there was no end in sight to the expectations of me paying which I could do. I mean, she expected a laptop for Christmas which I never got her but she kept asking for even to the point I told her it was arriving this week, which she will never get now, on top of paying $2000 reais for Christmas gifts and food for like a family of 8, which was fun, and it's only $400 USD and I am making $100 k annually remotely from a stateside salary so it is nothing, but it was clear that it was always going to be more, like $30 k reais for a car, etc, etc..

[Vagabundo1]

Do you know the American Club of Rio that meets in the Marriot?

In recent years I have seen the super bowl in Mabs, the Marriott hotel bar and lord jims pub in Ipanema if it's still open.

[Rio Bob]

Just doing some prep work. Any suggestions where to watch in Zone Sul or Barra? It is Feb 13th. I have Airbnb off Rua Bolivar so know some bars around there wondered if there was anything 'better'?

S.

In recent years I have seen the super bowl in Mabs, the Marriott hotel bar and lord jims pub in Ipanema if it's still open.

[Explorer8939]

For happy Men in Rio, do you have some fresh news about Mabs? I will be in Rio Saturday (if my covid test negatif on Thursday.).

Thanks for your feed back.

I had dinner there the other night. Tasty food, 250 reales for 2 people.

There were 2 ladies looking for customers, not too appealing.

[Frenchieboy]

For happy Men in Rio, do you have some fresh news about Mabs? I will be in Rio Saturday (if my covid test negatif on Thursday.).

Thanks for your feed back.

[WyattEarp]

Its a numbers game like anything.

I am on my 3 d or 4th samba school. Only on my 2nd did I start asking for numbers. Now I get some responses. The girls obviously go into the skin biz. One of the girls at TDM 33/2106 is a former passissista that Chocolatehuntr knew from before, as he has been doing this samba game for 5+ years. Without a doubt, the best girls are passissistas, and going to the events is fun for its own sake. Its like a high school or college football game with just the cheerleading.

And you can always go get a pro in Rio.

As you said Senhor Vagabundo, "But a samba school is not a terma or place of prostitution. That is the key." And you Senhor Vagabundo also have language and cultural skills that many here do not.

It's not so easy to pick up girls at samba school practices (parties). If you have some basic Portuguese from a couple weeks of Pimsleur, these girls aren't like termas girls who are paid to listen to your bad Porto and find you interesting. As in any non-pro environment, youth, looks and game all go a long way to the cause. Standard wingman strategy is also in play. Two guys approach two girls kind of thinking. Two guys approach eight girls more problematic.

These girls are there with their friends to have fun. Many times, they have family there. Many girls who might be open elsewhere will be guarded if a foreigner makes an approach.

Best bet for "tourists" who know a bit of Portuguese is to go have fun and go with the flow. If you look like you are there primarily to hire girls, you might be asked to leave. I remember the member here who got thrown out of the Rio mall because he thought he could just approach girls en masse and ask them to go out with him.

Mangueira and Salgueiro have good practices / parties. They can go on very late into the night. Don't waste your money having a hotel concierge or tourist agency book you a guide and tickets. The guide basically picks you up, buys your tickets, guides you into the building and tells you to meet him at a certain point at a certain time to leave. Hire an Uber and know exactly where to be dropped off. While the samba schools are in rough neighborhoods, for practice nights there will be crowds and a line of vendors selling all sorts of stuff outside the samba school building. It's also been said the drug lords finance the samba schools. They keep a lid on the local hoodlums. They aren't interested in anything happening to tourists who show up for the samba school. The inside of a samba school practice itself is a very safe environment. The people could not be nicer.

[Nordico]

Assume you test positive before you take your outbound flight back home, then you have to wait to travel until you get well. However, it seems like you can test positive for several months. How do you solve that? Do you need to get a medical certificate that shows that you have recovered and are OK to travel?

I tested negative last Monday in Rio, on the same day I traveled back home. On Friday I tested positive (totally asymptomatic). It made me wonder if I would have got stuck in Rio if I had tested positive earlier?

You can check each country's rules on https://www.traveldoc.aero/.

As an example this is the requirement for the Netherlands.

[Speedman]

Hi All,

Landed in Rio today and just looking for a recently updated range of what to expect for entry and sessions at our usual favourite termas locations in Rio. If I missed a recent pepper during my research in the forum please just add the link in a reply. Obrigado.

[Vagabundo1]

How much did you pay her that week?

The girl from SP I took to rio was extremely jealous if I talked or had any girl in my phone. Not in a, I'll fuck up your shit type of way but like a GF type of way. She didn't talk or try to see other guys (she lost a lot of potential clients) while we were together so there was some mutual respect, so I didn't mind.

The carioca girls I met in January and even in September were really cool. I asked a few of them where to take this SP girl for good food and views and were really helpful and supportive.

They were from termas and boates (Centaraus, Monte Carlo and Casablanca) They were the type of girls that guys constantly flight out to europe or around Brazil so they knew the game and played along.

Some bonus from meeting top terma girls as they don't feel the need to be threatened or insecure since they have their own adventures unlike SW and cheaper girls that want to play games and might rob your stuff if you invite them over because they don't have anything better to do..

[StickShifter69]

Just doing some prep work. Any suggestions where to watch in Zone Sul or Barra? It is Feb 13th. I have Airbnb off Rua Bolivar so know some bars around there wondered if there was anything 'better'?

S.