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06-24-21 09:29 #24122
Posts: 44Rio
Hi gents,
My second Brazil visit almost there, booked accommodation for all July but tickets not yet as still have things to sort out at home.
Was wondering how is situation in Rio with restrictions.
Last time almost everything worked more less normal, apart from nightclubs.
Luckily Rio is anal then SP regarding Covid drama.
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06-24-21 06:19 #24121
Posts: 459Originally Posted by Xpartan [View Original Post]
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06-24-21 06:07 #24120
Posts: 2026Read, Read, Then Read Some More
Originally Posted by TiaVoyage25 [View Original Post]
Originally Posted by PahllusMaximus [View Original Post]
Originally Posted by TravelGuy79 [View Original Post]
2. Below on this very page, another member mentions Portobay, which is located in Copa and guest-friendly. I had researched that hotel before and believe it is guest-friendly, too.
Originally Posted by TravelGuy79 [View Original Post]
2. Most prives and arguably the best termas 4 x4 are in Centro, but getting between Copa and Centro is very easy by metro, bus, or Uber.
3. You seriously need to read A LOT to find the best termas and prives, then ask questions here or PM. Everything you want to know has been reported in Rio forums time and again.
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06-24-21 04:27 #24119
Posts: 1160Hotel Novatel RJ Porto Atlantico, Santo Cristo area (Centro?)
Originally Posted by QuackUp [View Original Post]
I do remember this hotel (and think I checked it out once, out of curiosity) on my long walks / strolls back and forth, to and from Praca Maua, while staying with friends at a Santo Cristo condo complex at the bottom of favela Providencia.
It seems like a nice enough hotel, but not exactly a "centro" hotel, I would consider recommending to newbies necessarily, just because of its slightly "out-of-central" location. Although, as you've mentioned, taking the VLT does make it easier to get to.
This old sea docking area is part of the gentrification that has taken place over the last several years and is nice enough and fairly quiet area, if albeit somewhat sparse and numbered with lots of empty seaport warehouses. Utopia Aquario (aquarium), is a nice touch to the area and for tourists so I hear, as oddly enough, I still haven't been inside.
Kudos to you for sharing your stay in this area. Please add more, if there are some other honorable and notably places worthy of attention.
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06-24-21 04:00 #24118
Posts: 10Originally Posted by QuackUp [View Original Post]
Thank you very much for your recent posts; they're exactly what a newbie like me is looking for.
I found this site a couple of weeks ago and have been pouring over it. Planning my first international mongering trip with a couple of buddies (hopefully in September of this year). I've never travelled internationally, but have local mongering experience. My buddies are the opposite (traveled a lot but little mongering exp).
I first planned on Cartagena, then Costa Rica, and now I think I've settled on Rio De Janeiro. Rio De Janeiro doesn't seem to have any political unrest or a major COVID problem, but I'm still not 100% this will be a good first trip. Any opinions on this are greatly appreciated.
I'm thinking we fly into SDU, possibly stay at Porto Bay in Copacabana, then hit mainly the 4 x4 and 65 for night spots initially. I like to see Christ the Redeemer and beaches during the day. Eat at Apaia and get some good steaks.
Just wanted to extend my thanks to all the reports. I couldn't imagine planning an international trip without this site!
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06-24-21 03:42 #24117
Posts: 28Help a new guy out visiting Rio for the first time in November
Right before Covid hit hard I made my first trip to Thailand fell in love but with Covid I've given up going back for at least another year. And based on those trip reports I picked Rio de Janeiro as my next stop. I can't wait to go and I'm hoping some of you experts can give me a little advice. I emailed several hotels that say they don't allow you to bring girls back right now because of Covid so I'm looking at staying at an Airbnb instead every host I have emailed and said it's not a problem bringing a girl back but as security and apartments going to give me a hard time anyways? I understand having a girl overnight is not as common as it is in Thailand but I really enjoy that and going to give that a shot here. Also I was thinking of staying in Copacabana since it's the most centrally located it appears and plenty of Termas around there. Do you recommend that's a good place for a first time visitor or would I be better off staying in another spot. I saw that 4 x 4 and other places of interest are located in Cernto would that be a better place to stay? Also since I really am not going to know my way around at all at first is Uber the best way? I've heard it's relatively cheap for most rides? One last question by foot I'm walking around where I find other termas and prives. And what is the difference between the different places. Sorry for the newbie questions I'm still getting familiar with the different lingo. Thanks so much for any of you guys that can help me.
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06-24-21 03:14 #24116
Posts: 1087Some Other Facts
Originally Posted by TheCane [View Original Post]
The Cheap Charlies will have you think hookers are the big problem because they charge for their time. They're no different from lawyers, bankers, plumbers and waitresses. There's the door if you can't pay.
The Threads of Distinction just got less distinct. Maybe if it continues management can change the name to: Threads of Distinction When Bottom Fishing.
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06-24-21 03:04 #24115
Posts: 1160Oxtail and meat on a stick...sign me up!
Originally Posted by QuackUp [View Original Post]
Originally Posted by QuackUp [View Original Post]
Nice report.
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06-24-21 01:39 #24114
Posts: 2027Originally Posted by Spidy [View Original Post]
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06-24-21 01:20 #24113
Posts: 541Cabo Frio and / or Buzios
Has anyone taken a girl from Rio to either these places? I like the idea of a "mini-relationship" beach tour, swimming, food and a girl who knows tastes, like wake up BJ and coffee in bed. If she does good, hard massage as well, life would be perfect! Naturally I will cruise Rios termas and clinicas like a fiend for the first few days. Barra seems to be a nicer Rio, and as one of esteemed colleagues mentions, there is the yellow house.
I must say: anyone punching the clock stateside for some old hag they wake up everyday and commute to work is a fool. Long live blue sky, good food, hot women, all holes open, DFK and a certain elan. We live only once. Imagine the indignity of some canned speech in a suburban Mc Funeral pretend chapel of how the fool followed the norms of sex prison USA and worked like a serf for employment at will with his passive partner, Uncle Sam, taking a huge chunk to piss away. That is madness.
Not long before I can go: 18 months since Thailand, man, the deprivation has been awful, the whole COVID greyness seeping through our souls whereas prior to 2020, luscious girls in Vienna, side stop in Thailand, and maybe soon I can go NYC to Rio, Rio across Atlantic to Europe (opening skiing and surfing arbitrage), then via Macau and back to USA. Or screw USA and invest in rich countries and live in cheap and enjoyable countries.
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06-23-21 23:26 #24112
Posts: 2026Originally Posted by WyattEarp [View Original Post]
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06-23-21 23:21 #24111
Posts: 1160Swinging
Originally Posted by Vagabundo1 [View Original Post]
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06-23-21 22:16 #24110
Posts: 6491Interesting
Originally Posted by Vagabundo1 [View Original Post]
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06-23-21 20:53 #24109
Posts: 2293Swing
Who has taken a hooker to a swing club.
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06-23-21 20:43 #24108
Posts: 532Hotels
Porto Bay Hotel Copacabana. Pros. Location, clean, and according to the bell guy, guess friendly. Cons. Didn't see any.
Prodigy Hotel Santo Dumont. Pros. Location if you like exploring centro. Vlt can get you to the prives in about 2 minutes. About 5 minutes to the termas. Cons. There cleaning schedule. I usually go for a prive run so I leave around 10:00. After have lunch so I'm back at the hotel around 13:00. Find out the room hasn't been cleaned. I like to rest before I head out later to the termas but now I have to wait for the cleaning crew to come by. This hotel is not guess friendly. You can register one guess and that's pretty much it.
Hotel Novatel RJ Porto Atlantico, Pros. Newer modern hotel. Vlt stop right in front of hotel. Best shower I had in Rio. Cons. Location, it's on the other side of centro past Aqua Rio. There are no restaurants or markets close by. Swimming pool area was very small with no direct sunlight. With all that, this was my favorite hotel on this trip. I was on the 11th floor with a view of the bay which was so relaxing. My date also loved this hotel. Pretty isolated but I guess that means more privacy for you. I didn't ask if this hotel was guess friendly but when my date came over I met her in the lobby and headed straight to the elevators with no problem.