Rio de Janeiro Reports

[FlowState985]

I did a little digging after reading the SocratesNY post. What he means is Sapphire banking account, not Chase Sapphire Preferred credit card. I have this card, and it doesn't do anything in terms of ATM fee refund. Just like most other credit cards it starts accruing interest right away and charges the cash advance fee too. The Sapphire banking account does indeed have this benefit, but requires a $75,000 deposit, otherwise it's $25 a month. Kind of defeats the purpose.

Schwab is the way to go.

Most of the upper tier checking account waive ATM fees if you have large amount of money with them. Wells Fargo has the same thing with their Premiere checking account and so does Morgan Stanley. Only bank I know that waive your ATM fees worldwide with no requirement, and doesn't charge you a monthly maintenance fee is CS.

[Shamester]

Are there fee free ATMs in Brazil? And what is the dalily transaction limite?

My suggestion is to open a Schwab checking account. The ATM card reimburses you for all international ATM fees.

[DonMedellin]

Are there fee free ATMs in Brazil? And what is the dalily transaction limite?

[Xpartan]

But I still have my eye on getting another Sapphire 60,000 pt sign up bonus. KKK. I am eligible to reapply for a new Sapphire card in 12 months (48 months after I canceled my old card). The refund on ATM withdrawal fees is a very nice feature, but does not Chase charge immediate interest on the cash withdrawal (advance)? After all this is not a checking account. You are in effect borrowing the money from Chase. And don't Chase Private Client accounts have a pretty high minimum balance to maintain?.

I did a little digging after reading the SocratesNY post. What he means is Sapphire banking account, not Chase Sapphire Preferred credit card. I have this card, and it doesn't do anything in terms of ATM fee refund. Just like most other credit cards it starts accruing interest right away and charges the cash advance fee too. The Sapphire banking account does indeed have this benefit, but requires a $75,000 deposit, otherwise it's $25 a month. Kind of defeats the purpose.

Schwab is the way to go.

[Axel Heyst]

Chase does refund ATM fees for Sapphire and Chase Private Client accounts. I've gotten ALL my ATM withdrawals in Brazil (SP and Rio) from my Chase accounts (100+ transactions) refunded in full. And a few of the fees were $50+ USD due to the ATM charging an ATM fee based on a % of the withdrawal amount.

I used to have a Sapphire Preferred Credit Card with 3% pts on dining and 2% pts on travel. What I really liked was the 60,000 pt sign up bonus which paid for $600 worth of nights at 5-star Bangkok & Jakarta Hotels at the time. But I canceled my card after I used all my points due to the $95/ year annual fee and the fact that I was just not using the card enough to justify the annual fee.

My everyday card of choice is the Capital One Venture Card with 2% pts on all purchases. That comes with an annual fee too, but the pts is simple to calculate and even simpler to use for reimbursements on any purchase. ANY PURCHASE.

But I still have my eye on getting another Sapphire 60,000 pt sign up bonus. KKK. I am eligible to reapply for a new Sapphire card in 12 months (48 months after I canceled my old card). The refund on ATM withdrawal fees is a very nice feature, but does not Chase charge immediate interest on the cash withdrawal (advance)? After all this is not a checking account. You are in effect borrowing the money from Chase. And don't Chase Private Client accounts have a pretty high minimum balance to maintain?

In any case, I think the Schwab Debit card with no annual fees and no minimum checking balance requirements is still numero uno for cash disbursements abroad. The big risk is losing the card somehow while on the road. My back up is to bring along $1000 to $2000 cash reserves plus my regular Wells Fargo Debit Card which will charge ATM fees, ect, ect. But I will only use the WF Debit Card in an emergency because no matter what happens I want to keep the party going when I am on the road.

[SocratesNY]

Chase does refund ATM fees for Sapphire and Chase Private Client accounts. I've gotten ALL my ATM withdrawals in Brazil (SP and Rio) from my Chase accounts (100+ transactions) refunded in full. And a few of the fees were $50+ USD due to the ATM charging an ATM fee based on a % of the withdrawal amount.

I also try to use Bradesco and Satander ATMs whenever possible.

[TravelJay]

Quick cap of my time here. I like the trash clubs in Centro and Vila Mimosa. A little background, I stayed here in Rio last year for 5 months straight, did the exact same thing as now, trash clubs Vila mimosa. I stayed with a Brazilian lady whose rent was only $200 USD a month (this is how and why I decided to stay 6 months last year, it was actually cheaper to stay with her than to go back to LA). I'm staying with her again this trip she cooks clean and doesn't mind me going out boning other women. In the now 5 months staying with her she never asked where I'm going or questioned me coming back to the apartment everyday at 1 am. Nice setup.

I like petite fit model type girls. I'm really into faces, I like a really pretty girl. Traditional model types. There's a girl name Livia that works at Onyx. That's my type. They have a website you can find there lineup. Session with her, very good soft feminine smiling chatty girl. I like her. I love watching her suck that meat. I love a pretty face sucking me. Onyx has a nice lineup. But I only session once (with the girl Livia). R200 1 hour. So like I said I like trash clubs I visit 210,116, and 13. Pretty much cycle through them clubs. Prices are at about R70-80 20-30 minute sessions. I only do 20 minute sessions. I'm the guy that searches for gold in trash spots. Found a girl I like at 210. Light skin curly hair sexy. Nice time with her. She also works at 13 (near dark room). 13 has nice talent. A really nice girl with her lip pierced again light skin curly hair. I'll go back for her tomorrow didn't feel like boning her today. Idk I don't like sessioning with a girl directly after another guy. I don't care if she had other clients before me that day hell 2-3-4 whatever but when I see her get chose by another dude I be thinking like "damn that coochie gta air out a little" before I go with her. Estranho andé? LOL.

Alright so 116 got a black girl with a nice ass booty in there right now. Boned her today (I usually bone 2-3 girls a day). Nice times. Inside the club area she told me she doesn't suck without a condom. I told her I love it and when we got to the room she changed her mind. Good coochie and mouth. Def work a visit. She got a damn near perfect body. And nice face. Cool chick. Tore her ass up. I like to fuck these girls good. Not just bend them over and crash out. Quick side note (actually very important side note) language. My first 5 months here I never tried to study the language. The lady I stay with speaks English so I never practiced. After I started to study Portuguese hard in June. 3-4 hours a day. Dude it's like night and day the service I get from them girls now this trip. You MUST talk to the girl a bit. You have to ask specifically the things you want from her. Everything should be discussed. My first trip here I barely would get blowjobs from the girls because I never interviewed or asked questions initially. I would just walk up and say "Quer um quarto comigo" want a room with me. And we would go. No I ask a lot of questions well not a lot just the shit I care about. "Chupa sem camise."

[OJeito]

Life is short. No one ever regrets getting laid as much as possible on your deathbed; they regret working too hard for goals that mean nothing, like conforming to some puritanical pussy prison protocols!

Wow! True words of wisdom!! This message should be printed as the initial passage of every Psychology 101 text book and every student shall be forced to recite it before he is allowed the look the professor in the eyes. Bravo!

[TravelGuy79]

I would really like to move to Rio in the next six months, I would be coming on a student visa and switching over to an investor Visa after a couple years. The problem I'm running into is that it seems like you have to have proof of employment and two Brazilian co-signers with the financial backing to cosign for you. I have enough assets to retire on and probably won't work for a year or two except for investment income. From what I'm reading it seems almost impossible to rent an apartment without cosigners and definitely without a job even if I have plenty of assets to pay my rent 100 times over. For those ex-pats living in Rio what did you do? There is the option of Airbnb but there's no way I'm doing that it's way overpriced for more than a few weeks stay. Any help on this is greatly appreciated.

[Xpartan]

Wow are you me? I did the same exact thing on Friday and Saturday so I guess I don't need to write a report anymore. Friday had some talent at 4 x 4 but not much, more than half the girls there are too old or look like they're been in the game too long or both. That left maybe 5 doable girls at most. I went with a nice Colombiana which defeats the purpose of coming all the way out here when I was just in Medellin. But she had good service even though she didn't have enough meat on her bones for my taste. She convinced me to go with the better room for 480 an hour (the basic room is 420 an hour but I have no idea what the difference is still) and I'm glad I did because it had a shower which was nice.

Went to Solarium after the futebol games on Saturday night and the talent was disappointing, especially after hearing all the good things about it on here and seeing the talent at 4 x 4 the last night. Less girls than 4 x4, maybe about 20 or 25, and only about maybe 2 or 3 were doable. Rest were too old or just not that attractive. Ended up with a darker Brazilian who had decent service, nothing amazing but nothing to complain about, and I just wasn't that into her, I should have been more patient but I was ready to leave and already paid for the room. Quick question, do you have to pay for a session when you arrive? I don't know why but for some reason it felt like you had to pay for a session beforehand when you enter but after I left I realized maybe I could have just paid for the entry fee and drinks. Also, there's an upcharge for using a credit card or discount for using cash however you want to see it. The nice thing about 4 x4 is the cash price and credit price were the exact same..

1. No, you don't have to do the programma at 4 x 4 or any other terma. Most dudes come there are for drinks and ass-grabbing.

2. Chase debit cards never failed me in Brazil when I used them years ago, but I've never heard of them refunding ATM fees. Are you sure about that? The only cards I use abroad nowadays is Schwab and Aspiration, but Aspiration more like a spare because they charge 1%.

[MSanchez]

I bad about getting reports done so thought I would do a quick 2 min drill. Landed Friday too tired from 20 hours of travel to hit the prive's so went into 4 x4 guns loaded. Arrived at 7:30 and place was pretty full only a couple seats available, but guys and girls move in and out so was fine. I thought selection was pretty good, some of the tiny nymph things I like, some with more curves, silicon, non-silicon, basically something for everyone. Sessioned twice and closed the place down, think we were the last 2 out the door about 1 am. Both girls were winners, no complaints, though neither was up for the ass, but should have tried negotiating before committing.

Saturday just relaxed around copa, made solarium around 7:45, place was also pretty full, but possible to find a seat in a few minutes. I didn't like the selection as much. First I think I was getting bit pickier after one night in but also just not as much to my taste. However it was definitely still not a problem to find something. Had good 3-4 targets I debated over before finally committing. Used just a regular room and those beds are really quiet small, its a bit like reliving your university years and screwing on a single bed against a wall. I had spoiled myself and the girls by taking the supreme / superior rooms at 4 x4 (think they are 480 brl). Headed back to copa to catch the american football game and decided I was up for any more chit chat and called it.

Wow are you me? I did the same exact thing on Friday and Saturday so I guess I don't need to write a report anymore. Friday had some talent at 4 x 4 but not much, more than half the girls there are too old or look like they're been in the game too long or both. That left maybe 5 doable girls at most. I went with a nice Colombiana which defeats the purpose of coming all the way out here when I was just in Medellin. But she had good service even though she didn't have enough meat on her bones for my taste. She convinced me to go with the better room for 480 an hour (the basic room is 420 an hour but I have no idea what the difference is still) and I'm glad I did because it had a shower which was nice.

Went to Solarium after the futebol games on Saturday night and the talent was disappointing, especially after hearing all the good things about it on here and seeing the talent at 4 x 4 the last night. Less girls than 4 x4, maybe about 20 or 25, and only about maybe 2 or 3 were doable. Rest were too old or just not that attractive. Ended up with a darker Brazilian who had decent service, nothing amazing but nothing to complain about, and I just wasn't that into her, I should have been more patient but I was ready to leave and already paid for the room. Quick question, do you have to pay for a session when you arrive? I don't know why but for some reason it felt like you had to pay for a session beforehand when you enter but after I left I realized maybe I could have just paid for the entry fee and drinks. Also, there's an upcharge for using a credit card or discount for using cash however you want to see it. The nice thing about 4 x4 is the cash price and credit price were the exact same.

Speaking of price, it was funny there was some black gringo at 4 x4 talking with the manager at the front desk really pushing hard to get a discount on a bottle. Normally the bottle was 370 brl but that guy just kept pestering the only English speaking front desk guy to give him a discount for some reason. He was finally able to get it down to 300 so I guess everything is negotiable out here. I don't know, just seeing that kind of left a bad taste in my mouth but maybe that's just me.

One other quick question: does anyone use a chase debit card out here? The only ATM's that work for me are Bradesco and Santander, and for some reason my ATM fees don't get refunded by them. I've tried Itau and Banco do Brazil but I can't even get money from those atms at all. Just wondering if anyone has better luck at any other banks out here.

[Nounce]

Went to 4 x4 around 10 PM. Maybe about 20 girls, not many customers, all the reserve tables were occupied but that was about it. There maybe 3 or 4 other customers. I guess the A team was not working that night so I left after an expensive drink if cover (60) is added. LOL This is my favorite place but not tonight.

I headed toward the other side. Had a hot dog for 10 BRL.

Is that place right before the secret terma new? I went in, climbed up the wooden stairs and there were two girls with customers.

Went to secret terma, kind of empty, but more customers than girls. It still has best looking negras but all were occupied. I think the ordering procedure has changed. Now you need to go to the counter outside to buy a token to exchange for drink. One beer is 8 BRL.

210 was the same, more customers than girls. Also went by MV30, the same

Two of the three (02,03, 04) unnamed termas near the night time soup place maybe closed.

Not the same day, it seems darkroom removed the lowest cost 10 minutes option.

[Vagabundo1]

Darkroom, 116,4 x4 -- festa for Halloween, sports events like superbowl.

Darkroom, 116,4 x4.

Monday of a holiday week, Vagabundo took the 14 h20 bus to centro from Transamerica, thus saving $50 reais, which he promptly invested in some pussy.

He mongered over to Darkroom.com.br. He chose one of the usual suspects, and we fucked for 30 minutes, then she gave a good massage, then we sucked again, and started fucking but the front desk robbed our hero of 10 minutes, but he did not protest. I mean, 40 USD, what a deal. Cardio, massage. You can't beat the value with a stick, and given the economics of the Rich World, it is a fraction of a few basis points of what your financial accounts do in the markets when they are open. The venue is very nice, at Darkroom.com.br. There are open windows overlooking the mountains, facing West, the real Rio, overlooking the city hall at central. The cost there for an hour is $150 r.

Then Vagabundo mongered over to Starbucks, and found a bookstore with english books, shopped, and then having linked up via zap (whatsapp) with some ISG wingmen in town, he started over to 116 and 4 x4. At 116, the brown and black asses on offer were superb. Real wefuckblackgirls.com quality. They remember everything, and one of them came over and said she was a friend of Nicole, a preta magrinha, and we chatted, over the mr catra funk, about that preta magrinha, and she remembered me, and I told her to give my best to Nicole, whom I remember screaming out in ecstacy, "Te amo Nicole" down those halls in 116, which elicits laughter from the locals, and I want that negra pussy and ass again. She is such a tease.

Well, wingman was on the road, so Vagabundo patrolled over to 4 x4. First, he went to Club 21, which is at Rua Buenos Aires 21, where the entrada is 10 reais. There, a magrinha pretinha bundinha of Kira Noir quality was on offer. OK, I take a break here to teach you all the Portuguese you need. Eita! Poxa! Caralho! These are practically challend and password on carnival at the beach, as in, you say one of those words, and another Brazilian says the other word. Those words are also de facto comedy genius out of the mouth of a gringo, which I will always be if I live 500 years and get a Ph. The in portoguese. But laughter is good. It breaks the ice. When the hottest ass at Solarium or 116 shows you her asshole and pussy, you should scream out, Eita! Which also translates at that is great ass, I want to slide my peperoni into your anal passage.

I digress.

I linked up with wingman at 4 x4. The cover has been raised to 60 reais. The talent is top shelf, as always.

Oh, by the way DJ Vagabundo will gladly set up festas for halloween, or for superbowl like events. At 4 x4. At Mosaico. At Perola Negra. Just any two ISGers, let me know. Ferfuckssake, we can do a frigging Honkytonk night with Toby Keith if we have some paying customers, but the girls will likely prefer 50 cent. The Cowboy / Gaucho stuff would probably go over better in Perola Negra / Barra, where as the 50 cent stuff would go over better in centro at 4 x4 and 116, but let me know.

So Vagabundo followed his normal MO, which has been documented here well, so won't repeat.

It is good to hangout with quality wingmen.

Monger on fellas. Life is short. No one ever regrets getting laid as much as possible on your deathbed; they regret working too hard for goals that mean nothing, like conforming to some puritanical pussy prison protocols!

[The Cane]

2 of the greatest girls I ever been with were from Luomo. God I missed that place. Why it closed is beyond me.

What I heard at the time was that it was as simple as not being able to renew the lease with the landlord.

[TjBrazil]

Photos help. The first few are of my own "Ingrid" who worked at 4 X4 (I've seen some posts recently about an "Ingrid" at L'uomo). And speaking of L'uomo, that was my favorite termas to go to on Sundays. Had the best anal sex of my entire life there with "Natasha" in the second set of photos. Damn could those brancas fuck! Including take it in the ass both of them! Whew! Jerk material to this very day! Oh, was that TMI? Sorry hahaha!

2 of the greatest girls I ever been with were from Luomo. God I missed that place. Why it closed is beyond me.