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03-20-10 15:39 #1038
Posts: 4Safety advice
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03-20-10 11:25 #1037
Posts: 545I speak for myself and I'm sure others feel the same way
Do not worry about the peanut gallery. Your reports are as always informative and quite entertaining. Do not let some misguided lurkers deprive the rest of us of you sharing your knowledge and experiences. They definitely have added tremendous value to this forum as a true monger's resource tool. Just pay them no mind and trust me, they will just disappear.
Originally Posted by Christopherd
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03-19-10 20:15 #1036
Posts: 225Originally Posted by Brazil Specialist
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03-18-10 18:11 #1035
Posts: 421Originally Posted by Brazil Specialist
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03-18-10 17:10 #1034
Posts: 460Originally Posted by Zingadoon
Sure, a door man is an additional security. But most door men are not high security guards, and most cheaper buildings have so many people walking in and out that is it not hard to get past the door man.
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03-18-10 03:03 #1033
Posts: 202Com cerveja
Originally Posted by Zingadoon
Apartments in Rio nearly always have a doorman. How does the thief with the spare key get past the doorman? Maybe he knows him, maybe he is the gringo owner!
In ten years of renting apartments in Rio with numerous possibilities for spare keys and dodgy locals I have never had my apartment robbed. But I have had money stolen in hotels. There is a lot of misinformation about who to rent from on this site. My advice would be that if it is your first trip stay in a hotel and use the room safe for valuables. If you want to come back then check out some local rental agencies, see what is available and use your intuition to ascertain if the deal is good or not.
But above all remember the golden rule, in every game there is a fool, if you cannot see the fool then it's you!
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03-17-10 16:15 #1032
Posts: 2374Apartment Key Security
Practically every Brazilian you talk to. Except the one you're renting from. Will laugh and say, 'of course the keys have been copied. ' Try to rent direct from owner. Preferably a gringo owner if you're that nervous about it.
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03-17-10 14:23 #1031
Posts: 460Safety problem of copied apartment keys
Originally Posted by Omonochie
Actually, I myself had things stolen by the apartment rental agency, some of you guys used her, but she is now dead (alcoholic).
There probably are some door block wedges and door alarms (anyone care to post links?) out there that can help safety a little. But these only help you while you are inside the apartment. But I would rather be robbed while outside the apartment then getting tortured to surrender my pin numbers and wait with a gun toting drug addict watching me while his friend checks out the atm machines with my cards. Actually, even worse is if you have credit cards where you don't even know the pin number and you cannot give it out even under torture.
Sorry for scaring people, it is always good to prepare for the worst. I am not joking, this does happen, though not too frequently. I once rented a place to people with a number safe that nobody had the number too and people were scared shitless as they could not open the safe even under torture.
I myself, ever since I rent rooms (sorry for the spam, did not really mean to), put R$ 500 locks into my doors that have uncopyable keys, sort of like car keys. If a key gets lost, I put in a new lock. I don't like to compromise on safety, I am paranoid. Spent a few thousands on that already, for changing locks and keys.
Brazilian land lords are usually cheap. Cut corners on aircon, mattresses, internet, keys etc. Never seen anyone else use these keys. But the big locksmith store owner has the same lock on his apartment.
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03-17-10 13:41 #1030
Posts: 460Stopover in São Paulo?
Originally Posted by Manute Bol
I replied to voyager's post about the same girls charging different prices depending where they were. Help was a special high price space, like Barbarella. I explained that Help was very special in that the same girls were, and especially now ARE available for cheap cheap money elsewhere.
As I always said, you don't get what you pay for: Help girls usually were NOT high class model college middle class girls who actually can ask such prices from Brazilians. One girl I helped to get out of a R$ 20 place immediately got R$ 400 for one hour programs from Brazilians (through a luxury pimp, of course). But she was a college girl, ex business owner, blonde, tall, etc.
By the way, if some of you guys have too much money, I get always pestered by an agency that has TV, Playboy etc bunnies. Probably from R$ 500 to 5000 and more, and more interesting for Brazilians as you would not even know that the girl is famous.
The fact that Help has closed does not change the argument, neither does it change much about the fact that I did not go inside for 10 years.
But please, let us stop this. More useful discussions.
Originally Posted by Manute Bol
If you just walk out in São Paulo, say good bye to your luggage that goes to Rio. And there might be other contractual agreements preventing you from stopping early and getting out.
* Try a 3 way flight
your city to Sao Paulo
leave Sao Paulo Rio open and buy
Rio to your city.
* More likely you have to buy
your city to Sao Paulo return ticket
and get 2 separate one way flights from Sao Paulo to Rio
Should be ok, fairly cheap and easy and ok to buy on the spot except on rare extremely important holliday dates
but you will have trouble with customs, checkin, and luggage allowance
for example you might have to be in Sao Paulo 3-4 hours before the departure of your return flight, and re-check your baggage, etc ...........
Brazil only gives 23 kg luggage allowance, but if you prove direct international connection you should be ok. On the other leg where you did a stopover, be prepared to pay extra for luggage.
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03-16-10 05:08 #1029
Posts: 135Originally Posted by Brazil Specialist
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03-15-10 23:08 #1028
Posts: 460Help girls now go for R$ 25 -80
Your theory is quite correct.
I have met once met a girl at Vila Mimosa that worked at Centaurus the week before. That was one of the rare occasions that I actually did a girl in VM.
I did one ex-Barbarella girl for R$ 80 for 40 minutes in a downtown massage place. Saw several ex Help girls for R$ 20, 25, 50 in various places. Some Help girls always worked during daytime for R$ 20-50 a shot to have a regular secure income and then charged 100-300 at night.
Note I am talking about the pretty young girls, 18-22. Older girls, fat girls, ugly hags, they probably are there too.
Finally I personally accompanied 3 pretty girls this month who were moving between R$ 200-400 for 1 hour Balcony programs and R$ 60 cheap terma programs. One of them had worked for R$ 20 only 2 months ago (I committed the sin to open her eyes and show her she could do better, now she goes for 200-400 instead, and also has standing job offers at several top termas)
I also watched how these poor girls settle for R$ 80 termas who offer overnight stay instead of staying at a R$ 300 termas, because they don't have a place to go at 2am when the terma closes.
Now for myself, for the reasons you explain, I have not set foot in Help for 10 years. And I live 3 blocks from Help. I prefer to do the girls at the cheap places, for fixed price, cheaper then the Help entrance fee.
Originally Posted by Voyajer1
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03-15-10 16:52 #1027
Posts: 460Studying economics?
Originally Posted by Chris Long
If you actually want to do something useful, find out which ones are good.
Usually all the federal and state Universities are considered quality, if they are not on strike and if you don't go to a Campus where you get robbed (Fundão near the Airport)
UERJ, UFF, URFJ
Really good is FGV, fundação Getulio Vargas, I think they are world class.
There might be more, I am not an expert, just writing from memories.
how close do you want to be to ***** houses? they are everywhere. Downtown especially. Tijuca, etc .........
If you are good enough in looks and game and age, you might land some fellow students ........
Or go to exotic cities like Porto Velho to study, it is said that they have no ***** houses because regular girls are so easy ..........
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03-15-10 16:41 #1026
Posts: 460driving Rio-Porto Alegre?
Originally Posted by Jon32
It is possible, but there are lots of pitfalls.
Crazy drivers. are you used to this?
corrupt police trying to gauge you! Can you deal with them?
Dangerous places, if you turn into the wrong favela in Rio you can get machinegunned. Really happens. I think a foreign GPS system actually led them into the war zone. A US GPS system is not programmed to avoid war zones in Brazil.
You need local knowledge and Brazilian sense of what is dangerous .......
And of course bad roads with occasional crazy dangers (a manhole in the middle of a puddle, because someone stole the lid to sell it for scrap iron)
It can be done, and it is not totally crazy. But be aware of the dangers.
I would say from Sao Paulo South things get a lot safer and more civilized. A different world.
maybe you start in Curitiba? At least in Sao Paulo and go South immediately. But best you start South of Sao Paulo.
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03-14-10 22:50 #1025
Posts: 369Anyone know if it's ok/safe to drive from Rio and head south all the way to Porto Alegre? Want to hit up some cities on the way as well. But if it's crazy I won't do it. Thanks guys.
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03-14-10 17:19 #1024
Posts: 23Who wants a beer?
Hey people got to Rio yesterday who wants a beer. I will be across from the help on the beach with budweiser butts shirt on lets get some drinks.