Sao Paulo Reports

[SamaRiding]

While conversing with the girl that I spent the weekend with from Scandello, the subject matter turned to a weekend trip from So Paulo. She doesn't have a driver license but will get one by January. So I was thinking heading to a nice weekend type getaway from SP. She is going to look into a few places and I will too. Wondering if anyone on this thread has any suggestions for something approx 2-3 hours away by car?

Thanks.

A Scandallo girl wanted me to take her to this beach place. Looks nice but wrong girl, so I didn't go.

Looks like a few hours away.

http://www.booking.com/Share-GFz4pp

DPNY Beach Hotel & spa.

+55 12 3xxxx000.

https://goo.gl/maps/gn8NrvXoK64gHC279

[Nebulousity]

While conversing with the girl that I spent the weekend with from Scandello, the subject matter turned to a weekend trip from So Paulo. She doesn't have a driver license but will get one by January. So I was thinking heading to a nice weekend type getaway from SP. She is going to look into a few places and I will too. Wondering if anyone on this thread has any suggestions for something approx 2-3 hours away by car?

Thanks.

The small and upscale beach town of Juquehy is a little over 2 hours drive from So Paulo and is popular with the So Paulo upper income folks.

[Anaggie]

While conversing with the girl that I spent the weekend with from Scandello, the subject matter turned to a weekend trip from São Paulo. She doesn't have a driver license but will get one by January. So I was thinking heading to a nice weekend type getaway from SP. She is going to look into a few places and I will too. Wondering if anyone on this thread has any suggestions for something approx 2-3 hours away by car?

Thanks.

[HotelAl]

Great info, thanks for sharing!

Hit Scandollo last night, and as Rovnak assured me, it was open but with a scaled down staff due to the holiday.

I arrived earlier to avoid the additional entrada fee.

I wasn't pressed for time and wanted to ease in to things a bit. I usually like to cap visits with a trip to Scandallo. I like the variety and the interaction.

I was having dinner in the restaurant and a beautiful mornena got my attention. We had a pleasant enough conversation. She was hot (9 at least). Had it been my last night in town, I probably would have tried to lock her in, but I was content to take it slow. She asked if she could sit with me, and I knew it would have been difficult for me to break away from her. I told her I just arrived, would eat, and then would take things from there. I regretted letting her leave later in the evening. It didn't take long before she was seated with some other patrons. Later I saw her take the elevator with them, and I assume she left with them because I never saw her again and I was there for a while. Oh well. We now that looks are no guarantee for service but she was in the top echelon last night.

Once I ate, I made a few loops. I spoke to one loira who had a great athletic build. She said she was a trainer. She was ok, but didn't really interest me. She also said she didn't drink and remember another poster saying they consider that a red flag. She quoted 1,000 and I told her that was too much and we eventually parted ways.

Another branca caught my attention. She had natural body and was heavy up top. She looked a bit unassuming. We chatted and went to the bar in the restaurant to get better acquainted. She seemed fun. She quoted 1,000. I told her the most I ever paid at Scandallo was 600. Among other things we ended up talking about my previous experiences at Scandallo and strip clubs in america. I asked her DOs and DONTs and we closed the deal at 600.

Fast forward past the usual logistics and the session was non stop action. I had to ask her to calm down at the start. She had a preference for a rougher experience and when I eventually finished she squeezed me in and didn't let me pull out. I was covered. After that I collapsed on her stomach and we both laid in silence for about 4 minutes.

When I went to close out for the room she asked if she could get an extra 280. Her service was GREAT. But I told her a deal was a deal, but that we could connect again. She was touchy feely to try to get me to part with an extra gift. I offered to buy her a drink. She accepted that and dropped the issue.

Anyway, I told her I might take another girl. She asked me if I liked red heads and pointed out her friend to me. The girl was nice looking, but I wasn't quite sure. I asked her rate and she told me her price was 850. I told her I would think about it.

I chatted up few more ladies, but eventually called it a night. I was very content with the one session.

I'll hit some clinicas and GPS and will report back.

[MixedSalad07]

Planning first Sampa trip post COVID.

Will hit Scandallo and maybe some Twitter GPS. Will report back field reports.

Stay safe.

Hit Scandollo last night, and as Rovnak assured me, it was open but with a scaled down staff due to the holiday.

I arrived earlier to avoid the additional entrada fee.

I wasn't pressed for time and wanted to ease in to things a bit. I usually like to cap visits with a trip to Scandallo. I like the variety and the interaction.

I was having dinner in the restaurant and a beautiful mornena got my attention. We had a pleasant enough conversation. She was hot (9 at least). Had it been my last night in town, I probably would have tried to lock her in, but I was content to take it slow. She asked if she could sit with me, and I knew it would have been difficult for me to break away from her. I told her I just arrived, would eat, and then would take things from there. I regretted letting her leave later in the evening. It didn't take long before she was seated with some other patrons. Later I saw her take the elevator with them, and I assume she left with them because I never saw her again and I was there for a while. Oh well. We now that looks are no guarantee for service but she was in the top echelon last night.

Once I ate, I made a few loops. I spoke to one loira who had a great athletic build. She said she was a trainer. She was ok, but didn't really interest me. She also said she didn't drink and remember another poster saying they consider that a red flag. She quoted 1,000 and I told her that was too much and we eventually parted ways.

Another branca caught my attention. She had natural body and was heavy up top. She looked a bit unassuming. We chatted and went to the bar in the restaurant to get better acquainted. She seemed fun. She quoted 1,000. I told her the most I ever paid at Scandallo was 600. Among other things we ended up talking about my previous experiences at Scandallo and strip clubs in america. I asked her DOs and DONTs and we closed the deal at 600.

Fast forward past the usual logistics and the session was non stop action. I had to ask her to calm down at the start. She had a preference for a rougher experience and when I eventually finished she squeezed me in and didn't let me pull out. I was covered. After that I collapsed on her stomach and we both laid in silence for about 4 minutes.

When I went to close out for the room she asked if she could get an extra 280. Her service was GREAT. But I told her a deal was a deal, but that we could connect again. She was touchy feely to try to get me to part with an extra gift. I offered to buy her a drink. She accepted that and dropped the issue.

Anyway, I told her I might take another girl. She asked me if I liked red heads and pointed out her friend to me. The girl was nice looking, but I wasn't quite sure. I asked her rate and she told me her price was 850. I told her I would think about it.

I chatted up few more ladies, but eventually called it a night. I was very content with the one session.

I'll hit some clinicas and GPS and will report back.

[SamaRiding]

I always used ATMs in Bradesco bank locations and as for as I remember, they all charged R20 per transaction irrespective of withdrawal amount.

Is there any way to identify these free ATMs?

I am not sure if there is a way see on the outside. It's possible it also depends on your bank or card. I use this Bradesco branch in Moema. No fees for me.

Bradesco.

https://goo.gl/maps/GuhPdMKVk7SxhhKz6

[Sperto]

Regarding Bradesco ATMs. There are ATMs inside Bradesco banks that allows withdrawal of 2500 reais. Sometimes not all machines allows that amount so you have to try the next machine. I never seen a ATM inside a Bradesco bank that charges a fee.

There are ATMs called "24 horas" in pharmacies, supermarkets, gas stations etc. These machines usually charge a fee. These "24 horas" ATMs works for several banks and could probably be mistaken for being a Bradesco ATM.

[Lalabo]

There are two types of Bradesco ATMs. The single machines in a pharmacy or gas station. These will charge you a small fee 20 r and limit withdrawals to 1000-1200 r. The good Bradesco ATMs are in the bank branches. They don't charge a fee. The daily withdrawal limit at Bradesco is 2500 r. To withdrawal that much in one transaction, look for machines that dispense either 100 r or 200 r bills, not max 50 r. If the machine only allows you to withdraw 1250 r, you can repeat the transaction to get another 1250 r. The 2500 r daily limit is a Bradesco policy, not Your bank policy. My bank allows a very high withdrawal limit. If I max out at Bradesco, I can go to other bank like Santandar and get more money. You will need it if you go multiple days to Scandallo!

I always used ATMs in Bradesco bank locations and as for as I remember, they all charged R20 per transaction irrespective of withdrawal amount.

Is there any way to identify these free ATMs?

[EverythingBlue]

How many guys here have written "I'm fluent in Spanish but damn I can't understand anything in Brazil without Google tradutor" in the last year? I got news for you guys. You ain't "fluent" in Spanish if you can't understand a bit of Portuguese. It's hardly even qualifies as a separate language, and many consider the distinction to be at he level of dialect rather than language. I'm not saying Portuguese is not difficult, it can be. But it challenges my credulity to believe someone "truly" fluent in Spanish would be completely lost with Brazilian Portuguese which is easier than Portugal. I mean I never ever considered myself fluent in Spanish but just studying pimsleur Portuguese for a few weeks prior to visiting Brazil for first time in 2005, way before smart phone tradutor and I was immediately "conversational" and I am not even good with languages. So any self proclaimed "fluent" Spanish speaker should blow away my experience. Just saying.

In my recent experience, the first couple of days were rough and I couldn't understand a lot of things being said to me, as simple as they were once I started catching on days later. Some of the comments made by fluent Spanish speakers may have been made in the early days of their visits, and if they were only there say a weekend, chances are they never got a chance to improve and thus their statements remain that they cannot understand anything.

Me, even though I struggled at first, I made it a point to try speaking to Uber drivers, the receptionists at CLínicas, and the girls themselves without pulling my phone to use Google Translate, so I could learn. But I still had to do it from time to time if I really wanted to communicate something important.

In my case I was there 10 days, and by day 5 I didn't feel too bad and was able to get by fairly well. But don't get me wrong, the language is not so simple as it seems at first, it takes time. Just my 2 cents.

[Nounce]

2,000 BRL right?

Yes. 2000 BRL.

[SamaRiding]

2,000 BRL right?

There are two types of Bradesco ATMs. The single machines in a pharmacy or gas station. These will charge you a small fee 20 r and limit withdrawals to 1000-1200 r. The good Bradesco ATMs are in the bank branches. They don't charge a fee. The daily withdrawal limit at Bradesco is 2500 r. To withdrawal that much in one transaction, look for machines that dispense either 100 r or 200 r bills, not max 50 r. If the machine only allows you to withdraw 1250 r, you can repeat the transaction to get another 1250 r. The 2500 r daily limit is a Bradesco policy, not Your bank policy. My bank allows a very high withdrawal limit. If I max out at Bradesco, I can go to other bank like Santandar and get more money. You will need it if you go multiple days to Scandallo!

[Trojan22]

Thanks for the suggestion, I plan to try it.


That was my experience as well until the day you left. I went to an ATM and was able to pull 2000 in one transaction and it gave me 100 BRL bills with two choices of combination.

2,000 BRL right?

[Member #4732]

Although I agree with you that Portuguese and Spanish are quite similar, especially the written part, I traveled to Brazil with folks who were native Spanish speakers, one was Mexican and the other from Colombia. Well, they had all sorts of trouble with Portuguese. I suspect if they took the time to learn Portuguese, they would get it quickly.

"Portuguese and Spanish share an 89% lexical similarity, meaning that there are equivalent forms of words in both languages. "

See my reply to ET. I did not mean to imply there are not linguistic differences. I merely meant that a truly fluent Spanish speaker should be able to "communicate" fairly quickly one on one with a Brazilian who is dumbing down their Portuguese in order to communicate. I am not talking about giving presentations at business seminars, nor understanding 3rd party conversation between Brazilians. I am talking about basic get around town communication, not cross language fluency. Language is very overloaded, there is a lot of detail that is necessary to speak fluently which is unnecessary to communicate effectively one on one. You can get by with a lot of small errors and still be understood due to the redundancy.

My point was not that Portuguese is easy but that a lot of posters may be overstating their fluency in Spanish. Fluency is a very high standard, and claiming fluency as opposed to conversational skill is a huge leap. I don't doubt they are all conversational in Spanish. Maybe I am wrong and they are all fluent. If so my apologies to all. Like I said I would never say I am fluent in Spanish and yet I was able to "communicate" very effectively on my first trip to Brasil, probably sounding like a clown but still communicating sufficiently well that I never searched for girls that spoke English, as I preferred the challenge and fun of interaction with Portuguese only speakers. I did do the pimsleur course in preparation so credit to them perhaps.

Did not mean to offend anyone. Carry on.

[Lefeu]

How many guys here have written "I'm fluent in Spanish but damn I can't understand anything in Brazil without Google tradutor" in the last year? I got news for you guys. You ain't "fluent" in Spanish if you can't understand a bit of Portuguese...

Although I agree with you that Portuguese and Spanish are quite similar, especially the written part, I traveled to Brazil with folks who were native Spanish speakers, one was Mexican and the other from Colombia. Well, they had all sorts of trouble with Portuguese. I suspect if they took the time to learn Portuguese, they would get it quickly.

[Member #4732]

. So, as a polyglot, you are quite simply full o it.

Thank you. BTW, I am genuinely curious what else have I been wrong about in your opinion, that caused you to use the "again" ? I am sincerely curious as I do not recall having prior disagreements with you.