Manaus

[Sperto]

Landed in Manaus on a Saturday night, early Sunday morning (1am) on a holiday weekend, from a late night flight from Rio (4-5hrs)...

Impressive that the Manaus section is more alive than the Rio section. First Slutlovers great report and now Spidy's fabulous update. Thank you. I'll try to do an update in January.

Spidy, I guess it has been at least two years since you last visited Manaus? Things have changed, some for worse and some for better.

Remulos is not as wild as it was in the old days (when the strip-stage was where the pool tables are now). Then it was like in the bar in the movie From Dusk to Dawn. P*ssy everywhere, outrageuos tabledances where everything except penetration was allowed, fights and the guys ass-fingering the strippers on the strip stage. The last years it has became more neat. The VIP section is quite worthless as you'll be far away from the girls. I also noticed that the girls asked for more than usual, but what a girl ask for and what she accepts are two different things. In January the accepted price was R$40-50. They said 30 minutes but accepted a bit longer when I told them I didn't want any anal.

You mentioned a place 2-doors down from Remulos (down, meaning you're not talking about Aquarius which would be one door up). A new strip club, nice! Now there are 4 clubs on Rua Lobo D'Almada.

Emporio Pizza Bar and Plaza do Carangaju (Praça do Caranguejo) was news to me. Very interesting.

Thanks a lot, Spidy.

[Spidy]

landed in manaus on a saturday night, early sunday morning (1am) on a holiday weekend, from a late night flight from rio (4-5hrs). took the bus from the airport at 1:30am for r$1 (yes $1 real, really) and headed to the cheap motels on rua jose paranagua, just above the praca policia de militar park area.

so the first surprise was finding out several of the once cheap motels, now wanted r$100 per day (wtf) , compared to r$25-35 in previous years. i quickly moved on to some of the other motels a few blocks away and after about 1/2 hour of walking around the area, i finally find a good cheap sex motel (motel fromoses) for r$35 / day. despite the fact some of nicer / favourite motels had raised there daily fee to r$100, in the following days, i found out that there were more than enough motels with reasonable prices in the area.

remulos (rua lobo d'almada. 233, couple of blocks from teatro de amazonas).
-opens: 7pm to 4-5am (or until empty).
-entrance / drinks: r$10 entrada, r$3 beer, r$5-7 fake smirnoff and r$2 water.
-gdp #1: r$ 40-50/2-songs (private box cabins to the right of the pool tables)
-gdp #2: r$ 60-70/30min. +r$15 room (upstairs motel rooms, big clean rooms with ac and jacuzzi)
-gdp #3: r$100+/1hr +r$15 room (upstairs motel rooms, big clean rooms with ac and jacuzzi)
-table dance #1: r$30/2-songs (1 or more guys groping)
-table dance #2: r$20/2-songs (just 1 guy groping)

so (sunday morning 2. 45am upon arrival) without showering, i drop my bags off at the motel and head out to remulos with baited breath. great its still packed and still lots of action. so i take a look-a-around and get a feel for the place and once again it seems to have changed for the worst imho. there now have an american style vip section (it's the elevated section, just as you come in the door) and is obviously geared towards the japanese business men and rich tourists. the place is rundown (not that it wasn't before, but more so now) and the overall jungle charm has gone imho, in replacement of an american style type strip club with increased pricing.

so what does all the increased pricing get you? well i'm not really sure! remulos looks crappier than before. the headline strippers are ok at best and imo are no better than the pros that work and dance on stage there on a regular basis. the pros and semi-pros seem to give more attitude than service and what's with this '½ hr service' bullshit (more on this in a minute). the abundance of bad attitude semi-pro freelancers and lack of good semi-pro freelancers was a disappointing and when you did find one, their quotes (for ½ hr. 1hr and tln) were ridiculous. the onslaught of endless table dances you would see are gone, since many brasileiros can't afford them (at r$30 pop) and the groping level has dropped off to a bare minimum.

the overall impression and attitude i got from most of the girls was, to get customers in and out as quickly as possible, while squeeze as much money out of you, in as shorter time as possible. this was mainly due to the fact many of the girls only wanted to perform the '½ hr service' (for r$60-70) and would only do cbj. so what this (in a sense) forces you to do (for those of us that like to take some quality time with a gdp) , is to pay for the 1hr service. i say that, because in years past it was r$50-60 for 1 hr, with bbbj as the standard.

so long story short, i spent probably about 5 or 7 nights at remulos and never took a girl and i never had a table dance. well that a first for me! remulos is one of the great reasons i make the lengthy trip to manaus and it was very, very disappointing for me this trip. so to borrow a line from a friend, 'same set-up but the attitude of the girls has taken a 180 – from sweet to mercenary'

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well all you paloma lovers, will be happy to hear, she was there and looking pretty good, but had that air of snottiness about her. you know, nice to look at but the sex would be pretty sterile and very clinical. i checked out of curiosity and the answer was 'cbj only'. not too mention i did she her being escorted to work by her boyfriend (who left after a big juicy kiss) , right outside of remulos one night, so i guess gfe type sex was way-out-the-question. pity i didn't get to session with that ass & tits back in her early days at remulos.

2-doors down from remulos (10pm till 6am)
free entrada, r$5 garrafa beer, r$3 coke. well i leave remulos (on my 1st night there) around 5am, head to this other bar about 2-doors down from remulos, have a few beers, make friends with a drinking buddy for an hour and try chatting with a few of the low-end riff-raff of girls that parade though the bar looking to score a beer or some quick bucks with a client. so at about 6:30am and a few beers later, i spot a nice spinner in tight black shorts and an alter-top, looking cute and just as wasted as i was. anyway, she was just what the doctor ordered at 7:00am in the morning. she took orders well and performed nicely for r$50/2hr plus r$10 for a nearby motel on rua lobo d'almada.

forro / club venues
in general it's always great idea to grab a beer and chill outside the entrance for a few minutes and see what type of crowd and girls are going in to the club. lots of vendors selling beer and perhaps the odd girl or two looking for someone to pay their way-in. if you don't like what you see you can always head back to remulos.

mondays
•balneario the cia (1st time: r$40/$40 by taxi, entrada r$10)
•balneario the cia (2nd time: r$2. 40 by bus #640 cidade novo about 45min, get off at terminal #4, walk down the hill for 1 min and it is on your left-hand side, entrada r$10).

the action was hot, hot, hot. nice crop of young girls here every monday and for a moment made my feel rather very old. just for a moment though. but i got to say the "sweet girls" at the forros are just incredible. almost makes the journey worth while. almost!

my date (a non-pro waitress, on my first trip here) told me that there's a lot of young / **** kids that get in and that there are a lot of young gay couples also. which was evident when my non-pro date's sister showed up with guy partner. good mix of a mostly young crowd, with the older crowd dancing in another dance area below the first upper stage.

i did have lots of fun watching the great forro dance, but unfortunately i did not score. but there were opportunities, had i tried a little harder. lots of jail bait so be careful when pursuing your prey. if you don't want to pay the r$25-30 (by moto-taxi) or the r$35-45 (by taxi) , just keep partying, have a few more beers and wait till about 5 o'clock for the buses to begin running again, walk back up the hill and take the bus at the terminal. not sure, but i often see the #640 running during the night, so it may run 24/7. although it can get packed with the early morning workers, which can be kinda funny with everyone pushing and shoving to get a seat, every man, woman (pregnant or otherwise) and child for themselves.

tuesdays
• emporio pizza bar (r$20 / r20 by taxi, r$2. 40 by bus #640 or #300, just past manaus shopping, about 2 or 3km and a few blocks from cida drink forro, entrada r$10).

apparently, now on tuesday nights emporio pizza bar (like very close to cia do drink forro club, like a few blocks away) is now good forro dance spot on tues. sorry did get a chance to go and check it out.

wednesdays
• crocodile (entrada r$15, old timers night for couples and singles)
• cida drink forro (r$20 / r20 by taxi, r$2. 40 by bus #640 or #300, just past manaus shopping, about 2 or 3km, entrada r$10, garrafa beer r$5)

cida drink forro, isn't that big compared to other forro clubs and is one of the smallest ones i found. suprisingly not that packed and had an older party crowd of dancers. not sure if it's true, but i did hear that this was one of the worst clubs for fighting. i saw lots of security so i wouldn't worry too much.

i actually had a great time at this club both times i went and was able to practise my forro dancing with some of the older women that didn't mind be embarrassed with a novice. just the large bottles of beer here (r$5, no cans of beer) so if you're drinking beer alone, it's a good idea to share.

1st up is a 40+ something loira spinner with blonde hair and an ok body for her age, but no ass. i buy her and her friend a bottle of beer and get to work. it works, as she takes the bait and hardly notices my forro dance moves are crap. long story short, we have a few more beers, few more laughs and a few more dances. then i initially leave the club with her (and her friend) in her car. but when we stopped for more beer on the way to the hotel, she for whatever reason starts french kissing this guy in a car, that pulls up next to us. well 2min. later she returns to our car and begins to hug me and try to kiss me. so at this point, i cut my losses, push her of me get out the car and flag-down the next taxi, back to cida drink forro. i not one for sloppy seconds and she wasn't that hot to begin with.

next up (back at cida drink forro) is a rather slightly over sized indio chick (with a decent body) , probably in her early 40's with a way better ass. once again a buy her a bottle of beer and once again it works. i practice my forro dancing little, a few laughs and its closing time (about 5am). we head to a near by motel (which was crap and not worth the r$25 / hr) and had some pretty good sex, as far as freebie sex goes, with an elder woman.

thursdays
• ladeira do forro [located down a hill from the entrance] (r$15 / r$15 by taxi, r$2. 40 by bus #670, entrada r$10, beer r$3. 50, fake smironoff r$5). good mix of young and old. good size club. lots of very nice girls and women.

friday
• companiha do forro. this was one of the better forros that i used to love to go to, but unfortunately it has switched to friday from saturday, so i missed going.

saturday
• planeta talisma. i can confirm, but was told it still open on saturdays.
• camao de mamae. is closed for good, i found this out the hard way, on saturday night, as i was stranded for an 45min, almost ¾ of the way to ponta negra and had a hell of a time flagging down a taxi.

sunday
• crocodilo (entrada r$15). in pass years the crocodilo crowd has for the most part, has been a young crowd on sundays and it was no different this time either. so i would arrive about 10:30-11:00pm and grab a beer and sit outside the entrance for about 1 hour, to checkout the action going in. both sunday nights, i saw some nice young girls enter, but the guys outnumbered the girls probably 3 to 1.

ponta negra and bar laranaga.
well after finding out camao de mamae forro club was closed for good, i was stranded ¾ of the way to ponta negra, on a saturday night that went from bad to worse. but that's another story.

anyway i ended up in ponta negra (finally after about 45min. of trying to flag down a cab) late on saturday night. where arrived to witness the big nothing. just families enjoying an evening out with their loved ones. bar laranaga is close for good / remodelling. that night i saw nothing that would indicate there was gdp action. i did see lots of plans for future construction and building going on in ponta negra.

plaza do carangaju
meet up with pingwing (from another forum) on a wednesday and went to a popular spot, plaza do carangaju. it is an outdoor restaurant area, with several restaurants making up this large dining area. this was my 1st time here and i had a fairly good time hanging out and admiring some of the non-pro possibilities. i was told it's a very popular non-pro scene and has lots of potential for picking up non-pros, on the weekends. although it can get very crowed and packed on the weekends. food and drink prices are fair and relatively inexpensive.

centro low-end bars and strip clubs

- close to the port and the bus terminal, next to the banco do brasil there are two side-streets with lots of bars and strip-clubs. located behind the bus stop (look for the sign "hotel central"). some of these places are for daytime action.

- on the first street you'll find 4 strip clubs:
# natureza: small place. the strippers comes down to the stage through the roof on a pole.
# mistura fina: big place. tabledances.
# big house: big place.
# aquarella's bar: big place. tabledances.

none of them charge a entrance fee. on the second street you'll find ho-bars.
# bar anaconda, # bar holanda, # bar do junior, # diplomata drinks bar, # novo mania.
- all of these places on these two streets are very sleazy lowend places. they can be quite fun.
- about 90% of the girls are not doable.
- r$ 20-30/30 min, r$ 7-10 / room

the low-end centro comments by sperto, still hold true as of november 2010, just add at a moderate 5-10% for drinks and r$10-20 for the gdps. i did find a few nuggets in some of the upstairs bars with strip tease shows, table dancers and small cabins to fuck in for r$40-50 for 30min. however, it really pissed me off, when they (management) were asking r$15 extra for 30min. in some piece of shit box (12ft x 5ft) , with a cum soaked sofa and no towels or showers. a few times, i found it was just too fucking hot to go fuck in these sweat boxes.

streetwalkers

praca de policia militar and area. this was another big, big disappointment for me. the sws are gone, the vendors / buskers are gone and the great small outdoor drinking bars are gone. this used to be a wonderful place to sit, chat, eat, drink and admire some of the local girls in the evenings and was a good place to pick-up semi-pros in the bars and sws at night. all gone!

praca de saudade. this was the same theme at this park (located across from the rio negro athletico building). it was a great place in the evenings with several mom-and-pop type tent restaurants. singles, couples, families would sit, drink and grab a bit to eat or watch a novella or the school girls that happen to pass by. all gone or relegated to the back streets to do business.

praca the matriz. sws during the day till 10pm at night when the gates close, gather in praca the matriz (with the igreja de catedral matriz, av. 7th setembro and av eduardo ribeiro, across from the bus terminal). this is a fairely large park area and is monitored by a few policemen (i guess for **** minors and disputes that may occur) , but all very peaceful as everyone carries on with their business in their presence, without any problems. although it was a decent place to sit, have a drink and watch the action. these sws are typically 3s and 4s.

however, i must admit both the praca de policia militar and praca de saudade areas do look very impressive. they have done a great job in cleaning and beautifying the areas, so i give them (the prefeituras) credit for that. but they loose points by removing a lot of the cultural, artistic and creative aspects of what makes up a lively city. yes your parks are lovely and clean, but they feel so dead and a lack of spirit when walking though them.

other areas. didn't see any sws around the treatro de amazonas at all. the only other sws, were some rep001tered around and behind the bus terminal, bank do brasil and the low-end centro bar areas. these sws are typically 2s and 3s.

as with other cities this trip (fortaleza, belem, rio) , there seem to be a big lack of sws. i guess the prefeituras are cleaning house. with the exception being the sws transvestites, which i found to be growing in numbers, especially those hanging around rua lobo d'almada and near remulos.

summary
so overall i did not enjoy manaus as much this time around, just due to the huge absence of jungle semi-pro lovelies i have adored over the past years. i also missed the "lively" park areas i use to hang out at, for a few hours and enjoy the "girly" scenery. so it was a long way to come for such disappointment, so i'll wait and see what develops here in manaus, before making a comeback.

[Sperto]

Very nice and entertaining reports. Keep them coming.

To keep down the costs for taxis you can take the bus going to the clubs. It's not as bad as it sounds. Usually there are a crowd of girls on the bus going to the same club as you.

Clubs in Cidade Nova: bus 300 or 640.

Clubs in Ponta Negra: bus 120.

When leaving the clubs, ignore all the taxis standing outside the club and take one that rolls by.

[SlutLover]

monday night.

on monday night, i arrived early at balneario the companhia (i told the taxi driver balneario da cia but he just stared at me. little did i know that cia is simply the abbreviation for companhia!). at about 22. 00, the place seemed full off 13-15-year olds and i was wondering if i had gone to the right place or to a teenie disco. i then noticed that another stairway led to a second area where 1) i had some delightful huge portion of pirarucu with noodles, rice, farofa for r$10, and 2) there was a more mature clientele. i positioned myself at the bar and had a look around. after a while, a blonde stunner started talking to me. at first i thought she was **** but at closer inspection she turned out to be 26, with an 8-year-old daughter! we kept drinking beer and later joined her friends at a table on the first dancefloor. she was a bit reserved so i was wondering if she just wanted the free beer and / or was overcoming herself to get a "rich" bf (not that it was that expensive at 3 reais each, and i refused the request for a bottle of whiskey this time) , the kisses i got weren't all that passionate. at one point i was preparing myself to move on, and when a flowers seller came by i refused and said "vc no me quer de verdade" and was about to go when she physically held me back. from then on relations improved, and later i hunted down the guy with the roses (again, not that expensive at r$3 for one) and got her one while she was in the bathroom. she had more or less clearly stated her intention to stay with me that night when a freak incident happened: some girl went up to her with flying fists! i suspect it was the sister of her namorado or something like that, and that perhaps this was the reason why she hadn't wanted to kiss me openly and publicly. not entirely sober, in unfamiliar surroundings and just totally surprised i didn't act immediately. only when that girl came by a second time attacking her i moved between the two. my girl started to cry, complaining that i hadn't helped her ("nao me acudi") , was hitting the table with the rose to break it and refused to talk to me anymore. so, at almost 4 am, i was left to my own devices, even more annoying because a lot of girls had given me looks while i was with her. she had noticed this and had become more and more jealous, even though i was more or less "on my best behaviour"! .

i went back to that bar i had picked her up at (or rather, she had picked me up at) and found a girl there, again not that good-looking and about 30. she was an easy prey. i had changed hotels in the meantime (now, i was at hotel safari) and they flatly refused to let her in without documents! even worse than the st. paul in that respect. we went to a nearby motel, right next to teatro amazonas, where 2 hours cost a mere r$10 and condoms, apparently of reasonable quality, are r$1 each. she had told me she needed to be at work at 7:30 and needed 45 min to go there as she lived on the other side of the river, but when the time came she said she was tired and wanted to stay with me. that she was into me was an understatement, and her slightly inebriated state only contributed to this. i admonished her that she needed to go to work (i both felt a real responsibility for her and wanted to go home to my hotel to sleep alone) but she nearly raped me in response, calling the front desk for another two hours and another two condoms. at about 8 she woke up, came to her senses and told me she had a plane at 10 for work, which she was unable to make. furthermore, it turned out she was married, and that she had told her husband she was leaving the previous night when in fact, the plane was on monday! meaning that not only she had missed work and the plane she was supposed to catch but that she also had some explaining to do at home. i didn't envy her, but then it was her who had been extremely obstinate in refusing to go home. in the end, i paid her taxi fare (not cheap at 70 reais) and we went separate ways.

at that point, i was slightly frustrated - yes, 3 girls in 4 nights but not that great quality apart from night 1, and somehow i wasn't enjoying myself in the clubs themselves the way i had hoped to. many things going wrong, perhaps in part due to communication problems and lack of cultural understanding.

so on tuesday night i had a break. a quiet night in.

[SlutLover]

SUNDAY NIGHT.

Sunday night was a disappointment. I went out in the sort of peacock style that works well in places like London or Moscow (pinstripe hat, slim tie, jacket, crocodile-skin shoes to match the venue) but girls thought it weird and were giving me arrogant glances! Crocodilos was still more or less OK but I didn't get more out of it than a few dances, and when even that ugly fat 30-year old turned her head away when I was trying to kiss her, I decided that enough was enough - especially given the ridiculously bad 3:1 guy-to-girl ratio - and moved on to Xote de Menina. There, it was late, and people there seemed to like the outfit even less. Lesson learned: dress down, don't expect any fashion sense in Manaus. It may have two million inhabitants but in its essence, it is still a provincial jungle city. Seriously, I couldn't believe how unsuccessful I was, it must be a long time since I have been this ignored anywhere!

[SlutLover]

SATURDAY NIGHT.

Having started late already, the first place I went to (Companhia do forró) appeared to be closed, so he recommended a place called Maloka as the nearest alternative. By the time we arrived there it must have been 2 am, and most of the girls appeared to be already taken. A bit discouraged, I found no better pastime than drinking a caipirinha after the other, and must have been quite drunk by the end of the night, talking to any random girl that happened to be around the exit at closing time. As luck would have it, a 35-year old in sunglasses invited me into her taxi and we went to my place instead of hers! Not a great night out but a reasonably happy ending. She wasn't top material but believe me, I was grateful at that point! Also, she recommended a friend of hers as a Portuguese teacher.

[SlutLover]

FRIDAY NIGHT.

After a 40-hour trek by plane from the Ukraine (compounded by cancellations and late arrivals) a tired, but enthusiastic SlutLover arrived in Manaus on Friday night. 10 December and, for the standard R$49, took a taxi from the airport to St. Paul Aparthotel (in Centro) , which seemed to offer good value for money. More on this later.

After a rather quick journey from the airport, check-in, leaving my bags and a bit of ironing I was off to Bragaça for my first live forró experience; I had chosen it since they have a gallery on their website http://www.forrodobagaca.com.br Where I could check out the typical range of guests. I was standing around for a while, sipping a 3-reais Caipirinha (well, okay, three) and taking in the atmosphere, then went on the dancefloor when they put on a non-forró track that I could actually dance to without making a fool out of myself.

So along comes this guy and tells me his young (female) friend, equipped with a huge rack and an ass you could bounce a hand grenade off of, is interested in me as she likes my moves. So we dance, then the guy wants me to buy a bottle of Red Label and some Red Bulls for him, her and myself. This sent some alarm bells ringing but it all looked reasonably genuine on her part, so I agreed. He promptly shared the whiskey with two more friends. Presumably a status thing, rather expensive for me at 110 reais or 2-3 Remulos girls but it was my first night, so to hell with it, no bad emotions needed. We added some more Red Bull later. But when she turned her head away when I was trying to kiss her some drinks later, and the guy wanted me to buy food for him as well for good measure, I took her phone number, nonverbally expressed my annoyance and went off.

As I go past a few minutes later, the guy stops me and tells me to talk to his friend. She then walks off with me, leaving him behind. After this warning shot, she turned out to be a lot more amenable than previously. Eventually we went off, took a taxi, went to my hotel. Surprise! 100 reais please, Sir,"for your security" as the leaflet they handed me would explain it. The taxis there and back were 32 and 40 reais, respectively, so costs were spiralling out of control.

Anyway, what's a man to do, I agreed (in retrospect, I should have used a motel instead, but I wasn't really familiar with them back then and preferred not to take a chance). I was a bit too drunk and tired to be of much use at first and, after a bit of sleep, found her reluctant to continue proceedings. I was trying to muster my minimal Portuguese to ask her along the lines of "por que estás assim?" but tended to get ignored or an answer to the effect of "what do you mean?", which I was unable to address politely in that language. But after a very cheap, but decent meal at a nearby cafe (15 reais and we were full of food and Coke) , a walk to the Teatro Amazonas, my gentlemanly offer to buy her a cheap pair of sandals to save her ailing high-heeled feet and a somewhat more romantic approach, she granted access again on the condition that the light be switched off. That time a good time was had. And later, I found out that her earlier hesitation stemmed from her cage fighter boyfriend nicknamed "The Titan". The Titan and the 100 reais fee combined led to a decision to change my hotel at the earliest reasonable opportunity. She finally left sometime in the late afternoon after some strong hints. I needed to get some sleep before going out again! I set my mobile phone's alarm clock, unaware that the device had been set to vibration. As a result I overslept and woke up at 1 am, cursing my luck.

TO BE CONTINUED. NEXT EPISODE: SATURDAY NIGHT

[Sperto]

This is a quick comment. I'll write a full report soon. I'm still there.

Certainly a good place for non-pros (4 one-night stands in 7 nights out with three weeks' Portuguese, didn't try any day game though) but I find it expensive. Taxi there, well, a bit of negotiating is possible, taxi back, expensive for sure. 10-15 reais to get in, once there I find that people claim a God-given right for the gringo to pay the entire company's drinks (I try to gently resist, though). At the end of the night, I tend to find that 150-200 reais are gone. Add to this 100 reais for accommodation or food, and you get to 300. Fine if you are going for a week, but to stay longer term it's not the cheapest option. I do suspect, though, that with fluent Portuguese the place is a dream. I have a better success rate here than I had in Kiev with totally fluent Russian.

Am about to book a ticket to Porto Velho, with (from what I can see) R$35 air-conditioned hotel rooms and compact nightlife, and maybe on to Rio Branco.

It's good to hear that you're enjoying yourself. Manaus is a non-pro-heaven. It's a shame that the taxi-fares becomes very expensive when you go to all the clubs. Manaus girls are shameless when it comes to begging for free drinks. Unless there seems to be a p*ssy-guarantee I don't hand out any free drinks.

Porto Velho is worth a visit. Rio Branco isn't a beautiful city, but has a good nightlife. Very few gringos so you can expect to be a big attraction when you go out.

I'm looking forward to your reports.

[SlutLover]

Slutlover, how was Manaus? An update would be nice.

This is a quick comment. I'll write a full report soon. I'm still there.

Certainly a good place for non-pros (4 one-night stands in 7 nights out with three weeks' Portuguese, didn't try any day game though) but I find it expensive. Taxi there, well, a bit of negotiating is possible, taxi back, expensive for sure. 10-15 reais to get in, once there I find that people claim a God-given right for the gringo to pay the entire company's drinks (I try to gently resist, though). At the end of the night, I tend to find that 150-200 reais are gone. Add to this 100 reais for accommodation or food, and you get to 300. Fine if you are going for a week, but to stay longer term it's not the cheapest option. I do suspect, though, that with fluent Portuguese the place is a dream. I have a better success rate here than I had in Kiev with totally fluent Russian.

Am about to book a ticket to Porto Velho, with (from what I can see) R$35 air-conditioned hotel rooms and compact nightlife, and maybe on to Rio Branco.

[Sperto]

Mentioned in earlier posts. Is this hotel girl-friendly?

As always, your help is very much appreciated.

Slutlover, how was Manaus? An update would be nice.

[SlutLover]

Mentioned in earlier posts. Is this hotel girl-friendly?
As always, your help is very much appreciated.

[SlutLover]

http://www.tarifadetaxi.com/manaus

[Prosal]

I didn't say the poster should state if they are ugly. That would be slightly preposterous. All I'm saying is that the relative ease of scoring a non-pro must be put into context. A good-looking 20yo might say that scoring during Spring Break, Cancun is a piece of cake, whilst this may be absolutely untrue for a lot of other, older and/or less attractive tourists. It's just a fact of life.

Right on the money.

In Brasil as everywhere else, top-level girls want top-level guys.

I'd even say that it is even MORE true in Brasil than everywhere else, as brasilian women put a bigger emphasis on looks than Europeans, Russians or Asians.

[Sperto]

Sperto, I think you indicated in an earlier post that Manaus has daytime forró on the weekends. Where can I find those clubs? Your (excellent) yearly update doesn't seem to mention them.

There are clubs working daytime on weekends. Clubs with swimming-pools, restaurants, bars and live forró bands. I'm not updated on these clubs. Just ask a taxi-driver and he will take you a good club, or even better ask some girls which club they prefer.

Some clubs are no fun at all, just for families and older people.

[SlutLover]

Sperto, I think you indicated in an earlier post that Manaus has daytime forró on the weekends. Where can I find those clubs? Your (excellent) yearly update doesn't seem to mention them.