2004 General Reports

[Robert Palli]

What kind do I need to buy? Can I find it at Radio Shack or Best Buy or Circuit City? Also, can I find them in Brazil if needed? Let me know.

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[Snooky]

Brazil uses the same power as we do although the outlets vary from apartment to apartment and hotel to hotel so a plug adapter is a must.

BTW, there is a great place that serves american breakfast (with grits and pancakes), kind of pricey for Rio but the food is excellent and so are the people who run the place. They have a wireless network set up that you can use for R$5 an hour. The place is called Sweet New York and it's just 2 blocks off the beach off of Miguel Lemos.

[Mack Dad]

i am traveling from the usa to brazil and bringing my laptop. do i need a power converter, transformer, or plug adaptor? i think they are all the same in the north america but am not sure and could not find out on a yahoo search. please reply or msg me. thanks guys.

i appreciate ur help.

robert

you might want to go to wal-mart and pickup at the luggage section. american tourister sells a power adapter kit with all the conversation plugs for less then 20 bucks. brazil is strange because you will see a plug and assume its 220v but it may be 127v. also finding a polarized 110 plug is a challenge. be always prepared on adapters. if you are looking for internet you will be better off going to the internet cafe they are common in major cities. some allow laptop hook up others don't so it’s a matter of talking to the attendant when you go in. now wireless internet is not as common i have done some war driving in rio and sao paulo and have found fewer hot spots in rio. the four airports sdu, gig in rio and cgh, gru in sao paulo have access. now in sao paulo on the bus route from gru to cgh airports i have hit over 40 hotspots and some allowed to log in. another back up plan as amazing as is aol has dial in number down there. aol brazil has recently expanded and has opened numerous dial in cites you never knew existed. you will need an adapter for dial in. modular jacks are not common place and need a 4 prong adapter. you can pick one down there easily. last but the most expensive is if you have nextel you can use your cellular phone to dial in. it’s slow like it is here in the us. nextel has service in brazil and allows you to direct connect back to states.

when i was down there on business customs wanted to confirep001e my laptop. the agent told me that i didn’t declare it. i told him that i was down there on business and that computer was company property and was needed for the job. after standing my ground with him he let me have it back. it seems he wanted a donation and thought i was just some dumb american who would get scared. not that i am advising you to give hell to customs but know your rights.

in all enjoy your trip.

if you have any questions pm me.

[Robert Palli]

I am traveling from the USA to Brazil and bringing my laptop. Do I need a power converter, transformer, or plug adaptor? I think they are all the same in the north america but am not sure and could not find out on a yahoo search. Please reply or msg me. Thanks guys.

I appreciate ur help.

Robert

[FlaRoamer]

I will be in Rio from January 28 to February 11. Anyone else going to be there? I am staying in an apartment at Copacabana & Miguel Lemos. This will be my first trip to Rio and I am really looking forward to it. Can't wait to get there and meet the women!

[Robert Palli]

I am coming in jan 7th in the mornin.

Guys wanna join me monger for real this time...haha

I will be in Rio on Jan 7-jan 14. I am staying in the Ipanmea Inn. Should be girlfriendly and a lot of fun.

Let me know msg me email me reply anything.

Robert

[Dick for Brains]

I have a complete set of these language CDs which I used before my last trip to Brazil. They were extremely helpful, and recommend them highly to anyone heading down. If anyone has some other language Pimsleur comprehensive CDs that they would like to trade, please PM me.

DfB

[CaptainNemo]

I think that termas girls are much safer than Help girls, club girls or escorts. At least, termas gilrs have to regularly do pussy inspection and HIV tests. There are no control on Help, clubs or escorts.


However, termas girls fuck more guys.

[Panman]

"An acquaintance of mine got busted by his wife and a P.I. for his mongering activities recently. The P.I. not only followed him down to South America, and stayed at his same hotel, but had copies of all his recent emails. Be on your guard, and keep your spyware detection software up to date."

LoL, sucks to be him, should know better if you're married.

[MoonDog]

An acquaintance of mine got busted by his wife and a P.I. for his mongering activities recently. The P.I. not only followed him down to South America, and stayed at his same hotel, but had copies of all his recent emails. Be on your guard, and keep your spyware detection software up to date.

Moondog

[Snooky]

For HIV from a BJ not much for the giver or the receiver. Now STD's are a different story. You can get STD's even with a condom.

I've seen posts on this forum about the ratio of the garotas who have HIV and diseases...any statistics about the rate of HIV (or relative degree of occurrence) contraction for their customers. I had only sex with condom. What is the contraction likelyhood for HIV from having a garota perform BJ without condom???

[Track Star]

I've seen posts on this forum about the ratio of the garotas who have HIV and diseases...any statistics about the rate of HIV (or relative degree of occurrence) contraction for their customers. I had only sex with condom. What is the contraction likelyhood for HIV from having a garota perform BJ without condom???

[Rastaman]

The Brazilian city of Salvador is this week hosting the first World Tourism Forum, and one of the main items on the agenda is how to combat the menace of child sex tourism. The BBC's Steve Kingstone reports from Recife, one of the centres of the Brazilian sex tourism industry.

The UN estimates that two million young people under the age of 18 are involved in prostitution.

Traditionally the trade has been associated with Asia. But in recent years, Brazil has become an increasingly popular destination.

There's a paradise quality to Recife on the country's north-east coast.

Not the paradise of desert islands and solitude but a more earthly variety, with vibrant beaches and beautiful people.

The latter is the attraction for a growing number of foreign tourists who come to Brazil looking for sex, and in many cases they are willing to pay for it.

There is a growing demand, mostly from Germans, Italians and other Europeans, says Sessie Prostrello of campaign group Mulia Vida.

They come here not for the culture and beaches, she says, but for sex, often with minors.

The age of consent in Brazil is 18, but many of those at work here are much younger.

As I drive along the main road a block back from the beach at 1am, it is lined with young women flagging down drivers for sex.

A car stops just up ahead of me. Some of these women are shockingly young - perhaps 12 or 13 years old.

Child sex has boomed in Brazil as Asia cracks down on sex tourism.

In a bar where foreign men meet Brazilians, I was approached by Paula who said she was 19 but seemed younger. She was with her mother.

Paula explained that she was looking for a man who could give her a better life in Europe. She said her two sisters were already in Germany.

Later, a Brazilian BBC colleague spoke to Paula's mother, who said Paula could come to my hotel that night - it was for me to name the price.

A mother prostituting her own daughter may seem shocking, but in the end it comes down to basic economics.

Brazil has a supply of young girls desperate to escape poverty, and the demand from foreign men is rising all the time.

Recife's secretary for tourism, Romeo Batista, says the long-term antidote to the sex trade lies in better social policies so that Brazilian girls have less need for foreign men and money.

But on the question of short-term solutions, he was somewhat defensive.

Look, sex is part of our life. It can be a very healthy part of our life. The question is the use of sex to attract tourism.

"Here they just happen to work in highly visible areas, and it's not just a question of getting them off the streets.

"You have to deter their clients, which is why we've installed cameras which also help reduce violence."

Campaigners say the rise of sex tourism in Brazil is partly a consequence of its relative decline elsewhere.

As the authorities have become stricter in east Asia, for example, some of the trade has shifted to Latin America.

But Brazil is also a victim of its own marketing.

In travel brochures the country is portrayed as a land of samba and sensuality. Posters often show half-naked women.

Brazil has become known for beautiful people and big parties
Sergio Folgill is the Brazilian president of this week's World Tourism Forum.

He says sex tourism is perhaps inevitable, but it is up to the authorities not to encourage it through marketing.

"Look, sex is part of our life. It can be a very healthy part of our life," he says.

"The question is the use of sex to attract tourism. When it tends to be an attraction for new tourists to come, here is where we have a problem."

Selling Brazil as a sexy country but without encouraging sex tourism is a delicate balance which has perhaps yet to be struck.

[Zidaho]

Sal Dali,

I read that suggestion about a year ago on one of the Herpes web sites. I should have prefaced the remark, I assure you, I use the words study and research in very loose terms. However, I just got a prescription filled yesterday for Valtrex, 15, 1000mg tablets were about $135.00!!! I asked the pharmacist to write the generic name down (I want to see about getting it from a pharmacy in Rio). I mentioned that it was my intention to use it as a body prophalactic to supress the contraction of herpes. He gave a brief explanation of herpes viral shedding HSV1 and HSV2 and the symptoms of each being similar and not as distinct as was once beleived. Pretty much a summary of what I have read on various web sites. Any way he just shrugged an OK, said I could bite off 250mg - 500mg a day while mongering. If nothing else the effort and expense will create a placebo effect. Ha, ha.

I have come to the conclusion that the media is basically stupid and lazy. My pharmacist gave me a flu mist treatment for $30.00 which took about one minute, and aparently covers practically the same spectrum as the flu shot. There is no shortage for the flu mist vaccination.

[Sal Dali]

Bacterial Infections:

Reported in various studies, performs like a body prophalactic against herpes virus. I started popping a Valtrex every other day or so while I was doing heavy mongering which includes DATY. .

This is not one of my areas of practice, but everything I've been taught and read does not support this. Please advised as to the location of these studies.

SD, MD