2004 Rio de Janeiro Reports

[Sperto]

Vila Mimosa,

Don´t judge the girls at VM without giving the place a good inspection. For certain there are many women that don´t look appealing. But there are also many women that looks better than the average Help-standard.

Some works at Copacabana as well and others prefer to just work at VM for safety reasons. They find Copacabana dangerous. A goodlooking girl at VM can have up to 20 customers per day. This gives her at least 400 reais.

Personally I find many of the VM girls to be much more honest, reliable and goodhearted than the Helpgirls.

Vila Mimosa rules

[Rio D]

Spidy, I would never use the term "black crack ho". I was quoting from the post of Chuponalgas' from 1-22-04. Whatever I placed in quotation marks was something he said. And I agree that the term is derogatory, that's why I needed to set him straight. I wish you had responded to his post back when he wrote it.

And I know that the VM girls are usually no different from the Help girls. That's one of the things I said in my post. Read more carefully before you respond.

[Spidy]

Rio D, your use of "black crack ho's" is very derogatory. I travelled too many places in North, Central and South America as well as Europe (and Asia) and I've seen my fair share of "white trailer trash crack ho's" and "white druged up ho's".

Euff said. "Ho's" come in all shape, sizes and 'color'.

Rio D, BTW I know for a fact some of the garotas you maybe getting "jiggy" with/dating in Copa or Help, work in Vila M. as well. These garatos find work were ever they can. So don't be fooled into thinking the girls in Help are any different than the girls at Vila M.

Ciao
Spidy

[Langer]

Rio D, wrote

"It's time for the guys in this forum to wake up to the fact that the same girl might work at Vila M. one week, Help the next week, and then a terma the week after that (if she's light-skinned enough)."

So true, I know a girl she works HELP and Vila M. She looks for and gets 300 Reals from American guys in Help and when she works Vila M 50 Reals inc Anal

Why? Well she only goes to HELP when she has a couple of friends with her for security. Also I think ¨the courtship game¨ gets to the less cynical girls. Sometimes if a girls has a baby she won´t want to work the late hours.

Thanks Rio D for a good post

Snooky (another good post)

The idea of giving the girls a gift is a great idea. The girls are always impressed. I like the Victoria Secret thong panties idea!

A gift that keeps on giving ;-)

Langer

[DogDays]

{ Thanks Rio D you said enough l,m not saying too much } Ain,t nothing wrong or dangerous about going to Vila Mimosa.l always go there when in Rio and l,m gonna continue going there.Copa is just as dangerous or even worse than Vila Mimosa.Rio D no need to explain to Mongers, either they should stick to help or the termas and leave Vila to us locals so the price will stay the same.Vila Mimosa girls ain,t different from Terma or help girls.Some are even better looking and honest than most Help hoes .Vila Mimosa is not for every one and no one is pulling any Monger hands to go there.Stay in copa where you have help and some termas and leave Vila Mimosa to the Locals like myself and stop bashing it.

[Rio D]

'Chuponalgas' comment on Vila Mimosa (1-22-4) was a gross exaggeration. I don't really care if anyone goes there or not; I'm only correcting this false description for the sake of accuracy.

Here are the facts: first, the women of Vila Mimosa are not "black crack ho's" - the racial makeup of the women and customers is about the same as what you find throughout Rio. There are some older women, and several overweight ones, but you will also see many young, healthy-looking, non-drug-taking females there. And it's not full of "stoned gangbangers". Most of the patrons are regular Brazilians, mostly young men. Occasionally you even see groups of off-duty office workers, in shirt and tie, out for a night of decadence.

The buildings and street are decrepit and dirty, but the hygiene of the girls is basically the same as on Avenida Atlantica. Maybe better. VM women are more strict about condom use than the Help or terma girls.
The women who work at a place like Vila Mimosa are not always dogs who can't score on Ave Atlantica. Some are fine enough to turn heads at Help or Meia Pataca. An attractive girl might work at VM because she wants the protection of working in a brothel - she doesn't have the nerve to approach strange foreign men and go off with them to apartments or hotels. Or she can't handle the late hours, or the courtship game they play on the Avenue.

It's time for the guys in this forum to wake up to the fact that the same girl might work at Vila M. one week, Help the next week, and then a terma the week after that (if she's light-skinned enough).

Here are the actual hazards. When you're inside VM you're all right, but getting in and out of VM is the real danger. The area surrounding it is rough. A few taxi drivers won't go there. And some of those that wait there for customers are the criminal, ripoff-type taxi drivers. You need to have a friend with you, if only to insure that the taxi driver won't try any bullshit when he drives you away. Best way is to find a Brazilian guy that you can trust and have him accompany you, buying him a couple of rounds with the garotas as payment.

In general you have to be skeptical when a WSG poster gives an extremely negative or positive rating of a particular place. I've been reading this website for years, and I when visit a place talked about in the WSG it is often different than what is described. Basically you have to see it yourself.
By the way, Vila is spelled with one 'L'.

[Snooky]

This is my second trip to Brazil and definitely not the last. My first trip was in September 2003 when I was given a free timeshare/resort for a week in Fortaleza and stayed in Rio on the front end and the back end of the trip. Fortaleza was a bust, nice beaches but too hot, right on the equator and the girls were not to my liking plus got screwed over by a rental car company. The Rio part was fantastic and I had to go back for a second helping 1/13 through 1/21.

I took the United direct flight from DC to Rio which isn’t exactly a direct flight when you have to sit in the Sao Paulo airport for 3 hours before continuing on to Rio. The fingerprinting and pictures only added 10 minutes onto the immigration experience. When I arrived on Tuesday they were using ink on the finger prints when my running buddy showed up on Thursday they were using biometric scanners on the fingerprints so it’s even faster now.

My report is pretty graphic as I like to relive the events in full detail. If you aren’t into it then please just skip this post and save any comments about it for someone who cares what you think. Also, when I’m talking money I’m always expressing it in Reals unless I specifically put in USD after the amount.

Day one Tuesday:

Arrived into Rio about 1:30, in my apartment by 2:30, shit, showered and shaved and was on the prowl by 3:30. Decided to grab a bite to eat at my favorite churrascaria by the kilo place called the Sigueira Grill on Sigueira Compos and Atlantica.. Now for dessert I decided to go to L’uomo (1 hour, $130 for the girl, $70 for the room, $30 entrance + drinks). Get in there and there are about 30 women and about 10 guys in the place. I talk to a few girls and settle on this blond with braces (I’ve got this thing for chicks with braces, don’t know why) her name was Elis who speaks pretty good English (a lot better than my Portuguese) but not the hottest thing in the place but I enjoyed her company and the 30 minute make out session. We discuss what will happen in the suite (1 hour), no holes barred and will do a BBBJTC/CIM. She goes off to secure the room and powder her nose and whatever they do for that 10-15 minutes that they leave you there. While she’s gone this guy comes over and said that I lucked out that the girl I was with is one of the most talented in the place except guys just can’t seem to get past the braces. We go back to the suite and she is all over me. I take a few pictures first and then I get an incredible BBBJTC/CIM&S and this is in the 1st 10 minutes.

I shower and regroup and still have another 45 minutes left on the clock. She goes back to work and I’m raring and ready to go again this she puts a condom on me and she hops on cowgirl style. This girl has the tightest pussy I’ve ever been in and it took all my will not to cop another nut (I had to think of Mimi on the Drew Carrey Show to keep from getting off just then) she’s riding me for a couple minutes and then reverses it to where her back and ass are facing me and riding me grabbing my ankles and after another minute she then then flies off me into the corner of the bed with her legs twitching and her whole body jerking. She had an orgasm like I had never seen before and takes about a 5 minute break of cuddling and her yabbering in Portuguese about something before we can continue. I’m no stud by any means, I just think this girl really gets off during sex. She gets on all fours and we do it like that and I get off again. Never got to that third hole but I still have 8 days in Rio. We shower together and order a couple of bottles of water and hang out and talk until our time is up. I go back to my kilo place eat and go back to the apartment for a good nights rest.

Day two, Wednesday

Get up eat breakfast and go to Sugarloaf mountain back by noon. Take a walk on Copacabana beach to check out the sites and get some pics of the fine garotas in thongs. Stop at every third beach stand get a drink and go oooh as the girls walk by.

It’s about 4:00 and I decide that it’s been way too long since I had any pussy so I head over to Monte Carlo (40 minute cabini, total with drinks about $200). I get in and shower and head to the boite there are about 15 girls in there and only about 4-5 guys. This really fugly garota walks up and starts yapping to me and I use all the gringo excuses to get rid of her, no falla Portuguese, not now, I’m just looking, you know the drill…. Then this girl comes over and saves me (her name was Lucinda or something like that), very beautiful face and smile, a little on the thick side but definitely not fat and with the traditional Brazilian butt . She speaks really good English with a sexy whispery voice to boot and to top it off she;s a darker dead ringer for my secretary. She takes me over to another boite on the other side of the building, we make out, talk and discuss what will happen in the suite (1 hour) again no holes barred but no CIM but I can do it on her face but not in mouth. We go back to the suite, she lets me take a few pictures and then she starts undressing me. Gives me an ok BBBJ (nothing to write home about). We get down to business, another fairly tight one all positions and then we switch to the bunda (her idea to switch) and she’s really getting into it and with each stroke it she is getting more and more into it. If you are into loud sex then she’s your girl, screaming and slapping her own ass. I can’t hold back and pull out and do my best Peter North impersonation all over her beautiful face. We shower, rest and I just can’t regroup to do another round. We order a coupel of waters and wait for our time to be up. Very sweet girl.

I eat dinner and go back to my apartment for a nap. I’m staying around the corner from the Balcony bar and head over there after my 5 hour nap  Have a few cervejas and watch the action from my front row table. I see a very pretty light skinned blonde garota (with braces), I smile at her and she comes over, she speaks very little English but we are able to communicate. I keep a pen on me at all times and this helps in negotiations. We agree on R$140 back at my apartment plus taxi for all night. I never intend to have them all night as I don’t really like to have people I don’t know in my room when I’m sleeping but I never know what my stamina will be either . This girl, her name is Tatiana very nice body, excellent BBBJ, backdoor not available and had to use her condom or no condom as she is allergic to the lubed ones. . Luckily I had a bottle of astroglide to lube the inside of the non-lubed condom or I might have had to bareback it. . Another tight one, must be something in the water or they teach muscle control in the schools here. Finished with a BBBJTC/CIM. We fell asleep and she left about 4:30 when I took her back to Balcony bar. I stayed for a beer and she hooked up with someone else while I was there at the bar. Good for her, she gave me a little kiss as she was heading out with her new date. I went back to sleep.

Day three Thursday:

Got up about noon, had lunch at the place next door to my apartment and waited for my running buddy to show up. I try to get in touch with a couple of guys that I had met through this and other boards but actually haven’t physically met them yet but we are playing phone tag at this point. Running Buddie’s flight was to arrive at 1:00 and he showed up about 3:00. He got settled into the apartment and we went to eat, bought a cell phone and stuff and then on to L’uomo.

We got there about 7:00 and the place was pretty full lots of girls and a little more guys than I like but hey, this is Rio. My girl from day one was off that night, I was hoping to trip the light fantastico again with her but I still have a week left. At L’uomo they do strip shows in the boite. Much better than in the US as you can see them strip and then take them back to a suite and screw’em. Anyways one girl came out in a schoolgirl costume and did an excellent dance, great body, pretty face and firm natural D-cups and guess what? She had braces (her name was Stephanie). As soon as her dance was done I gave her the signal to come over and we talked ands made out for a little while and made arrangements for a room. Room wasn’t going to be available for 40 minutes so we made out for another 40 minutes until the room was ready. (Note to self: A lot of guys there is not always a bad thing if you get to have foreplay for an hour).

We get back to the suite for an hour. I take a few pics after promising that they won’t be on the internet (no faces that is). She gives a decent BBBJ, sex was good, nice and tight in all positions. Finished with a BBBJTC/CIM and spit. Showered, she tried to get another BBBJTC out of me but was able to do so before the phone rang to let us know the time was up.

My running buddy and I meet up again in the boite and decide to go back to the apartment and hang out at the Balcony bar. Nothing too exciting happening there and the girls available were so-so. So we turned in for the night.

Day Four Friday:

There’s a banging on my door and it’s my running buddy. He has been going through his research papers and found a printout from this escort service CIAPLUS and they have early day specials. 2 hours for $130 if you get the girl before 2:00. He decides I’m going to be the guinea pig and to pick one out. I do and we order one up. They don’t show faces only bodies so it’s hard to tell if you are really getting who you think you are getting. Anyways this girl comes over, great body, perfect c-cups. Her name is Gissel, we sit around and talk for awhile (on my 2hours) and running buddy decides this isn’t that bad of a deal and asks her to order him up one while she’s there. Her friend comes over and she’s not exactly as expected but he takes her anyways.

I take mine back to the room, incredible body but her breath was rancid like she had been eating shit sandwiches all day. I give her a piece of gum and hope it goes away. She would only allow me to take a pic of her boobs and no face shot. No problem, boobs were her best asset anyways. BBBJ wasn’t too good. Missionary was terrible as her face was right in mine and the gum didn’t do the trick. Looks like it’ll be doggie. We go at it for about 10 minutes and it is a no go. That breath is permeating the air in the room. I make an excuse that I’ve had too much sexo since I’ve been there and have no more juice. We get dressed and she showers I don’t want to be anywhere near that breath. New rule of thumb is to do a breath check before paying. We wait for running buddy to get done. Send them packing and compare notes. He definitely got the better end of that deal.

We go and eat a late lunch and decide to check out this new place called La sorenta or something like that. It is a couple of blocks away from Centaurus and supposedly a nice new terma. We get there at 10 and they are closed, they were supposed to be open until midnight. We head back to the Help area and grab a bite to eat and wait to go into Help around 11:30 (this is my 2nd trip to Rio and I’ve never been into Help) we go to get into Help and I find out they have a dress code no shorts and guess what I’m wearing. Stupid friggin rule, they are letting in guys with baggy ass jeans that hang half way down their ass with boxers showing and a basketball jersey over a beat-up T-shirt I can’t get in with a nice pair of dockers shorts and a polo shirt.. We head back to our apartment to change and pass the Balcony and the talent pool there is way up so we decide to hang there instead. We can’t get any action for the prices we want to pay so we hang it up and crash for the night. Still playing phone tag with the other board members all day.

Day Five Saturday:

We get up and putz around the apartment until noon and go grab a bite to eat. Around 2:00 we call that La sorenta place to see if they are open and after bitching at them about being closed we try them again. We get there and the place is a dive $30 entry we pay. They do have lockers but they are the ones in gym class about 2X2 square no problem it locks. The shower room has separate doors but there is nothing separating you from the next swinging dick taking a shower 3 feet away from you, We walk in the boite and it is small with about room for two people to stand at the bar and enough seating for maybe a dozen people, there are five girls total and we are told there will be more showing up. They spent all their money on sound and lighting for the boite with a smoke blower and all. I get latched onto by the old fat garota as usual and running buddy gets the two garotas that body’s are ok but their faces are a wreck. There are two young ones but they preferred to stand and dance in front of the mirror than help save us from these creatures. I hit the restroom upstairs where the cabinis are and they are 5 foot tall cubicles that I can see over and are pretty flimsy, not much to my liking We wait around for half an hour and nothing new shows up so I give running buddy the let’s get the fuck out of here signal and we are off.

We decide to go to Solarium. Good quality looking garotas there well anything was better than the last place. I pick out this hot looking blonde her name was Fabiana with incredibly muscular legs and said this had to be a good ride. I ask her if she takes everything and she reaches under my robe and measures me up and says no anal that’s fine with, I always check on the availability but only go there less than half of the time just on my list of things to bring up. I buy her a drink and of course she goes for the Red Bull $13 + $5 for vodka which she shares with her sister (a younger version of her, better body but the face has some acne) and then she asks for another and I say lets get a room (stop the bleeding and get a nut). We get back to the room for a 40 minute session and I take a couple of no face pictures. I look down at her pussy and she’s got a clit about the size of the last knuckle on your pinky sticking straight out. I reach down and grab it and rub it between my fingers and she melts on to the bed moaning. God I love these women, they don’t hold anything back she gets off in about 30 seconds and regroups to get down to business. She gave a decent BBBJ, the whole time I was fighting with her to play with that clit but she was playing with it more than me. We get the condom on and go for the regular sex and I enter her and she must not have paid attention in the muscle control classes because it was pretty loose down there compared to all the other girls I had been with. She could tell I was losing interest and asked me if I wanted the back door even though she had said no earlier. So I went there, the whole time she had hand down there playing with herself. She finished with a BBBJTC but pulled off at the last second and let it go on her cheek. Within 10 seconds of my completion the phone rings telling her that our time was up. I checked my watch and we were only in there for 28 minutes. I think they have cameras in the rooms and when they see you finish they call to clear the room. Same thing happened to my friend as soon as he copped his nut the phone rang.

We meet up in the boite and run into this guy that we had seen in every terma we went to. He ends up leaving with us and we head out to get something to eat near the help area. I have plans the next day to go with a friend of mine who married a Brazilian chick he met in the states and was there for his honeymoon. No, she’s not P4P girl, she comes from a very well off family, get your mind out of the gutter. I go back to the apartment to get a good nights rest.

Day Six Sunday:

This is the boring part, no sex today. My friend, his wife, brother-inlaw and sister-in-law pick me up at my apartment and we head off to the hippie fair in Ipanema. Nice crafts show and I picked up some pretty cool souvenirs and a wood carving of a café in Rio which will be prominently displayed in my basement. We had lunch at the Garota de Ipanema (Girl from Ipanema) restaurant where the songwriters composed that song about this girl walked by everyday. Good food and Caipirinhas and conversation. Also was told I could get the same apartment that I was paying $80USD a night for about $800 a month from someone local. Good info to know for my next long trip to Rio and the brother-in-law has already e-mailed me with a couple of addresses. He will probably sublet one or two for rent in the high season but won’t be nearly as outrageous as what they are getting now. Just enough to cover their rent and make a few bucks.

Went to Fridays in the New York mall in Barra to watch the playoff games and spent the night at his in-laws house, a nice large five bedroom spread on the mountain overlooking the city of Barra. Great views.

Day Seven Monday:

Got a guided tour of all the local beaches where not too many gringos go, mainly surfing beaches. We went to this gem store in Barra, huge place that sold everything at about 1/10th the price of the exact same thing that H. Stern sells. You name it they have it. Hundreds of Amethyst geodes in all different sizes some 6 foot tall and over 300 kilos.
Then back to the apartment.

I can’t get in touch with running buddy so I head off to L’uomo. I finally ran into one of the guys I was playing phone tag with all week there. Great guy and a long time Rio visitor who knows everyone in most of the termas and bars. I hooked up with my blonde with braces again. Had another great session with her and gave her a pair of Victoria Secret thong panties as a gift and boy was she appreciative. Went back to the boite and although she could’ve gotten another guy she decided to hang with me until I left. I finally left and got in touch with running buddy who was doing all the termas in centro with the guy we met at Solarium, which is why I couldn’t get in touch with him.

We met at the Sequeira Grill for dinner and we decided to check out Barberella’s. None of had been in there before but this is the place where all the hotties are. There is a $50 cover to get in ands that gives you two drinks (cokes or juices) not sure but I don’think they sell beer but you can buy bottles of liquor. We didn’t partake in the liquor part. We watched the strippers and there were probably 100 of the hottest looking girls in that place. I guess you negotiate a deal with the girl and then pay a $50 barfine for her to leave the bar and then you pay her what you negotiated. We got a couple of phone numbers and one from the hottest looking strippers in the place, excellent body and face like a china dill and she had braces too. We left, we didn’t want to pay the fine or the high prices. It was 2:00 now and we decided to crash.

Day Eight Tuesday:

Meet phone tag friend near Meia Pataca and get intro to about 6 other mongers from this and other boards. Running buddy and Solarium guy are there too. It turns out that today is some Brazilian All Saints day holiday and all termas except L’uomo are closed.

We head to L’uomo around 4:00 and the place is packed and I mean packed no place to sit, waiting for showers. I walk in and my blonde with braces runs over and kisses and hugs me showing me the thong I gave her yesterday. We sit down and although I wanted something different why pass up a definitely good thing. I say let’s get a room and she comes back and say that there is an hour wait, no problem we have an hour of foreplay. We watch the strip shows and her hand rarely leaves from beneath my robe. Go to the room and have another great session, this girl is a nonstop energizer bunny.

We leave and plan on me finally getting into Help to check it out. We all meet at Help just before midnight and I finally meet the dress code. This place is nutz, about 3:1 ratio women to men and all available. Prices were outrageous though, one guy was quoted $300USD for 2 hours and she wasn’t all that and she wouldn’t budge. Another that was pretty hot was at $500 and wouldn’t go down either. Phone tag friend said that prices go down as the night goes on. Lots of hot women there but I won’t pay those prices plus I’m already pretty phucked out by now after 8 days in Rio. We end up leaving at 1:30 with plans on hitting 4X4 for a last session before flying back home.

Day Nine Wednesday:

Woke up with stomach cramps in the middle of the night and had major squirts, must have eaten something bad. By noon I was feeling better but not sure about doing another session so I just relax, hangout at the beach until time to leave for the airport and go home. I would have like the trip to end on a better note but still had a great time.

Observations:

Packing: For 9 days, I came here with 8 pairs of slacks, 4 pairs of shorts 2 pairs of jeans, 7 dress shirts, 7 polo shirts, 3 tank tops, 4 t-shirts, 1 jacket and 2 bathing suits in the biggest Samsonite suitcase they make. I only wore the shorts and one pair of jeans (just to get into Help, they don’t allow shorts), a pair of slacks for the flight back and tank tops, t-shirts and polo shirts for the hole trip. Next time I can probably use my carryon suitcase and use the local cleaners if I run out. Always pack a small umbrella, a swiss army knife with all the tools and plenty of pens.

Money: I brought $2,300 USD cash with me, (apartment was prepaid). I did everything I wanted, ate and drank like a maniac. I bought gifts for 20 people and souvenirs for myself and still went home with over $1,000USD. Best exchange rates seem to be in the termas and Help. Most cambios were giving 2.75 and the termas were giving 2.8 and Help was giving 2.83 although none would cash more than $100USD at a shot.

Protection: Bring your own condoms and lube. The girls have condoms but they are very thick and most of the time too small.

Security: I had heard a lot about not wearing jewelry and stuff. I felt just as safe there as anywhere in the US. Just like at home be aware of your surroundings and don’t go anywhere that is considered dangerous like God City.

Gifts: I always bring gifts for the girls. My favorites are Victoria Secret thong panties, usually on sale for 5 for $20USD. They like them and then they look good posing for you. A little generosity goes a long way and they always remember you for it. My running buddy always brings gum, good icebreaker and may kill bad breath too.

People: I met a lot of people while there locals and mongers. Everyone is really friendly and willing to help in any way possible. It’s like the old saying, treat people as you would like to be treated and you will rarely be disappointed.

[Langer]

Last night went to Sunset boite near Barbarellas, I would not recommend it, small dark and dingy, not a ripoff but no good looking girls there. Later I had a look into Holiday boite again not recommened.

Balcony look good however I did not stay. I have heard a few bad things about Balcony from Help girls I know, they say it is not safe for girls there and that last year 2 girls and a tourest were killed there in seperate incidents. Was going to go meet up with some other mongers in HELP but on the way there I met a girl I know and got sidetracked.

Langer

[Langer]

Just back from 4X4 termas (Centro) Went in had a sauna then when to look at the pole dancing girls. Then met a girl called lana, which she told me was anal backwards!! After about an hour chatting we went to a cabin for 40mins, Two shots. First, Great anal sex and then a BBBJ CIM. Top class, she has good english. Total price including drinks 174 REALS. Highly recommended. Go early (before 5) and you get a discount of the entry price about 40 REALS i.e anal bbbj drinks for 135 REALS :-))

There were lots of girls there about 50 or 60, another advantage of going early is that there are less guys there and you have a better pick.

Langer

[Langer]

DFWdude

US$150! Are you mad! Thats 400 Reals. I can get Girls from HELP all night for 200 Reals. In Luomo you can get two girls for 400 reals. The price inflation here is crazy. 3 years ago I was paying 100 reals in help now they are looking for 300 and you have to bargin to get 200. 100% inflation. Imagine if that happen to gas back home! Stop ruining the fun! If you have the money get two girls :-))

Langer

[Boozer]

Jak,

I think your logic makes sense and will probably work most of the time. I haven't pursued it as: 1) my very basic Portuguese skills make this difficult for me to negotiate, and 2) I'm usually not there long enough to set up the repeat visits.

At some of the agencies, the girls live in a building provided by the agency. I don't think it's an incall location, but if the girl goes out for 2 hrs she's expected back, so it's hard to extend the session directly. You have to arrange something when they are otherwise free.

[Thunderthrust]

DFW,

4x4 is located in the business district on a street called Rua Buenos Aires. Taxi journey takes about 10-15 mins depending on traffic and should cost you about 15 reals. Probably best not to mention to the driver that you are going to a termas because if you do he may well pretend that he doesn't know where to go and try and take you to another termas where he gets a commission.

[Junior]

DFWdude,

During my last trip to 4x4 a standard programme was about R150 or so.

The address is:
TERMAS 4 X 4
Rua Buenos Aires, 44
Centro District
Mon-Fri 2pm - 1AM

[DFWdude]

Fellow Mongers-
I am planning a trip to Rio next week, (I know last min). Where is 4X4 termas located. I have searched all over and cant find it. How much should cab ride be there from Copa? And are the services of the chica still running around $US150 or so ?????

[GrabInBuns]

I saw this on the Google News Alerts. There will be some great eye candy for this one!

Fatboy Slim Takes Boutique To Brazil.

Fatboy Slim will be relocating his annual Big Beach Boutique concert from its traditional home in Brighton to Brazil, when he’ll plays a free gig in Rio De Janeiro for an estimated half a million people.

While the first two Big Beach Boutique free concerts took place in Cook’s hometown of Brighton, this year the event will be staged at Flamengo Beach in Rio De Janeiro on Sunday March 7.

Fatboy Slim (a.k.a. Norman Cook) who recently DJed in Moscow on New Year’s Eve, will be playing in front of an estimated audience of between 200,000 and 500,000 people.

After details of the Rio show were confirmed, Fatboy commented, "It looks like I'm going to be getting sand in my record box again."

Also DJing on the bill will be Jon Carter, Brazilian DJs Marky and Patife (who were winners of the Carnival Samba School as you’ll obviously already know) with many more acts to be announced.

Ticket details will be announced soon.