Rio de Janeiro Reports

[Bearsi]

lets just go to sleep.

We wake up late afternoon. We both feel exhausted and so we stay in and order something from rappi to be delivered to us. It's nothing special, just some cheap steaks with rice and beans. As we eat in silence I reminisce of our last meeting in SP in November.

SAUDADE DE SAMPA.

It is November and I wake up in Sao Paulo. The night before I was in Scandallo celebrating with three other trusted forum members I can call true friends. The clock strikes midnight and we celebrate as I share a birthday with one of my fellow brother in arms. A bottle of tequila is ordered and we take shots in the middle of the dance room of scandallo. This is my first time tasting liquor. I end up taking 8 shots one after another. I am in a different continent, in the biggest city on that patch of land, in the biggest and best club in that city with friends I made just two months ago who flew out to celebrate this moment in time. Life is good. Just the week before I was in a head on car accident that I somehow walked away from mostly unscathed while my beloved steed was crushed and totaled, he did his job and I will live for the both of us. Our celebration attracts attention and my fellow birthday boy finds himself a piece he likes. She happens to have a sister who also joins in the fun. The bottle goes empty and our spirits high! The sister starts talking with me as we begin to explain why we are celebrating. It seems they are ready to take each of us out for the night to commemorate our birthdays. Funny enough the night before at Cafe Photo, My brother and I took two girls out who were friends that came down from campinas the same day. Seems we share the same taste in women as we do birthdays. As a birthday gift I talk with the girls and ask if they would do a dupla with my friend and sure enough it's on the table. So I arrange it and pay for the other sister to go with her sister and treat my brother to the ever so elusive sister threesome. They looked so similar that they could have been twins to be honest! Harley was waiting for me in the morning and my brother's girl cancelled on him at the last minute and I would not stand for this so I did the next best thing so he too can have a tale to tell. Only in scandallo. What a night.

I wake up the next morning in my hotel room, surprisingly without a hangover. I get ready for harley and she arrives at 10 am. I surprise her with a big ass teddy bear, flowers, chocolates and some photo prints from our last trip. She melts and we immediately pick off where we left off. We head off to asturias and we get the biggest room they have. It's super nice with a heated pool and a retractable roof. The bedroom is decent but the mirror set up could be better. We play some music over the bluetooth speakers and start having fun. I recently got on PrEP (this is what most experienced members use to avoid STDs, look it up and use it on your next trip) so this time around we end up doing BBFS. I feel like a roman senator as I sit on the edge of the pool with the waterfall crashing into it as my Germanic pet services me as I drink from a glass of wine with the classical fresco art on the wall. We have a blast in the pool and eventually a song starts playing that my lover begins to sing along to. I pick her up and spin her around gently as we dance to this melody she sweetly sings to me. With the sun hitting the stain glass roof, my view is a heavenly one. We drink, smoke and fuck for the next 5 hours. My fellow brothers in arms had arranged for us to go to SEEN which apparently is one of most difficult bar / restaurants to get in because it's always packed and you have to reserve at least one week ahead of time. Luckily one of them has connections and we are able to score a table. So we order some pizza from the front desk to sober up and off we go. We arrive and wait a bit to get seated and views are great! Food is awesome and we order some champagne. We all toast the night and our luck. The two non birthday brothers congratulates us as they head off to find their adventures at the boates. Birthday bro and I split the check and our girls are ready to dance. Harley suggests SUTTON a nice rooftop club. Also very difficult to get into but we try our luck and get in with no issues! Finally a club that plays american music and not just brazilian funk. We drink and dance the night away as I throw harley all around the dance floor. Another couple notices our energy and the girl begins to make out with harley and ask if we're down to swap. These brazilians kkkk. We decline and dance for the next 4 hours. We end up leaving with the sunrise at 5 am. We didn't end up using all of our included drinking cover so we haul a big bag of drinks to our hotel. We stumble to our hotel at 6 am and grab a shower and some shower sex. We don't sleep until 7 am. 21 hours of pure non stop fun. I wake up at noon to pack up and get ready for my flight. She wakes up at 4 pm and we're back at it. One last ride before my flight. We share our goodbyes and promise to meet up again on her birthday. What a adventure that will be I think.

BUZIOS.

Our last day in Arraial was just a stay in day. We just sat by the balcony and pool area. Night rolled over and we just quietly spent the night away getting ready for tomorrow. I decided to keep moving forward to buzios as I honestly really wanted to see what the hype was about as many forum members have praised this place. I already traveled 3. 5 hrs and it would be a shame to get so close and not reach my destination. The next morning we get picked up by the girl who runs the ondaarraial business to take us to our airbnb in buzios and then go horseback riding on the beach. Really interesting girl as she speaks english, spanish and porto. We end up talking about many things since I haven't spoken english in so many days. The weather gets bad and so we end up just dropping off our bags and getting a bite to eat at a nearby cafe. The airbnb was something else. It had a bar with a huge pool overlooking the beach below and a hot tub on the second floor next to our room. It was like a ibiza villa. We lounge around the huge estate and settle in and drink up the views. Night comes and we head off the a circus that's in town. VIP seats are 35 BRL so we get front row seats. We get pulled in some acts and she's loving it. We get some snacks during the intermission which I later learned was a mistake. The show is over and the night goes well. She laments how she used to be an actress at local theater productions and used to do some circus performances. Brought back lots of memories. We head off to praia do canto where there are many shops and restaurants. It's a pretty upscale place with lots of argentine people speaking spanish and english. We grab a bite before heading back home. Harley gets another stomach ache from the circus food. Shame but what could I do.

The next morning I get up to enjoy some breakfast while harley is still recovering. I head downstairs and meet another american. We chat and talk about work life and how unreliable some girls can be. His brazilian friend joins us and we all take some shots of expensive whiskey at 10 am in a high rise pool overlooking praia the ferradura. They rented a buggy and invite me to go on a boat ride since the brazilian owns a boat renting company. I grab my stuff and tell harley I'll be back late and off I go. We ride around the town like we've been friends for 2 decades and not only for 2 hours kkkkk. Other brazilians and argentines pass by us in their colorful buggys, 4 x4's and ATVS with funk music and laughter blaring from their rides. It truly is a beach town getaway. We stop by a local street market to get some fresh juices and food, delicious. Next stop is the ferradura beach to get some laps in and burn those calories. It's full of upper class brazilians and argentines families so super safe and no funny business. We head off the pier and hop on our boat. As luck would have it, it's the same boat I was supposed to rent out for harley and I for the 14th. We ride off in search of land and honey. We end up at praia joao fernandinho. We anchor near the beach and have our food delivered to us by paddle board. Not too long ago I thought I would have another uneventful day yet here I was partying with some new friends drinking, eating and enjoying life as one should be. I fly my drone and grab some nice shots of this great moment. We cruise along the coast as we all talk about what lies ahead of us in the future. How funny life can work sometimes and all those little things that led us here. We all toast our new friendship and speed back to land. I rush back home trying to keep this high going and meet harley after being away for 8 hours. I tell her everything and she's glad I had a nice time. The american mentioned a great restaurant nearby and we set sail. Our waiter seats us and I order in english and get the biggest steak they had. She orders in porto and gets the octopus. Our waiter takes our menu and tells us it will be ready soon in spanish. Truly a great city for expats. It's our last night so we share a couple of stories and laughter like we did back in sampa. We head back to our villa and at this point I had a few shots of whiskey, a bunch of sodas, juices, steaks, beef and some other stuff in between that my stomach was hurting but the show must go on. Even with my gluttonous appetite I perform at top level as always. The vigor of youth. Sometimes I forget I'm the american and she's the brazilian as she really resembles margot robbie. She made a tiktok account and posted a few harley quinn videos of herself and 65 K other people also thinks she's the brazilian harley quinn as well. You know what they say about the crazy ones.

The next morning we both get up and get breakfast. I introduce my new friends to harley and over breakfast we find out we're all headed back to Rio so we decide to get a private SUV and head back together in the afternoon. I love it when a plan comes together. As a photographer it was only a matter of time until my skills were exploited and I end up taking photos for my new friends around the villa. For my trouble, my new brazilian friend gifts me a tourmaline gem necklace. This country and the people here are TOP, as they say kkkk. Since the villa is 3 minutes away from the beach, harley and I go to the beach and enjoy one last memory together. We buy some food and drinks and get a small row boat and enjoy the buzio scenery one last time.

We arrive to rio after a 3 HR drive and grab a quick bite. After some quick research, harley gets the next bus back to SP and I head back home to return once again to the place that always lives up to it's name. Cidade Maravilhosa.

EPILOGUE.

Did the trip go exactly as I planned? No. Did I still have a good time? Surprisingly yes.

It's weird in a way. When I don't plan things somehow it works out for me. When I do plan, it falls apart.

The first trip with harley to rio was a very last minute suggestion. We booked our flights at 2 am and arrived in rio at 9 am and spent the next week in paradise.

This trip we had schedule 3 weeks in advance and well you know how it goes.

I'm reminded by a line from a book my english teacher would lament from time to time.

"we go back in space because we can't go back in time".

We go back in physical space. It's why we go to the old homes we used to live in, highschools, colleges or that old bedroom we spent our youths in. We can't go back to those days but we can go back to those spots and get just that closer to those times.

So as I stood in copacabana beach on a Monday night with the sand between my toes and the waves crashing all around me, I remember that Friday night I spent with a wild redhead branca I just met a week ago at that exact same spot. We had just come back from lapa and were in high spirits. She fell from her lime scooter and got a nasty cut and bruise on her shoulder and she could care less. We were dancing to the samba music playing from one of the stands nearby and were laughing on how badly spoke in each other's native language. We were just two people that forgot the pitfalls of life for a brief moment and basked in it. In that moment disconnected from this timeline we're forever dancing and laughing the night away because the sun never comes up.

But in this one there are no happy ever afters, there is only the morning after. When we have to go back home, back to work and back to reality.

Life's a ***** and then you die. People always think it's a negative line but it's just a fact. No matter what you do or who you are, you'll always fall victim to the pitfalls of life. You'll get sick and injured. You'll try to attempt something and fail. You will slowly look around you and see all the people you love get older and older until they don't.

But in between those falls we can fill our lives with the pursuit of happiness. Take risks and chase that rush. And that's what I did. It may not have gone exactly as planned but theres a story to tell now and no story started with "well I did the math, calculated the odds and decided to not take risks. ".

There was some loss of monetary value but in it's stead a time was captured that I can keep forever after everything else goes away.

Maybe I'm wrong tho.

Because we all know money is finite and our time is infinite after all.

[Ptgbac]

In my opinion no, only if you are scared of your own shadow.

It's too far away from the action and only has one 'terma'.

Transamerica not worth it?

[Ptgbac]

Just finished a month in Rio. This is my second visit to Brazil. I spent one week in Centro and the remaining time in Copa. I visited the following establishments:

Termas: 4 x 4, Solarium, Monte Carlo.

Prive: Eden Spa.

Each visit to a terma winds up costing $200 - 300. More value in the prives, however the girls are more attractive in the termas.

Food is mediocre here. Steaks are always overcooked, unless you go to a churrascaria where they know what they are doing.

Any of the decent hotels are expensive, close to $200 per night. Most are not girl friendly.

Had fun and enjoyed the sun and warm weather but will not be coming back for a third visit. Returning to Colombia where there is more value between the girls, hotels and food.

Hi. I have also a rio tryp scheduled, but I'm considering visiting Colombia, due to all recommendations. How can we exchange numbers?

[Xpartan]

How accurate is this? I am planning a trip in May. I hope I don't have to do the test before I fly.

https://www.reuters.com/world/americ...rs-2022-04-02/

It's accurate. But when in doubt, it's better to go to the source: https://www.in.gov.br/en/web/dou/-/p...2022-390351794.

Another good source of info is a USA Embassy. https://br.usembassy.gov/covid-19-information/.

[Playboy2021]

Just finished a month in Rio. This is my second visit to Brazil. I spent one week in Centro and the remaining time in Copa. I visited the following establishments:

Termas: 4 x 4, Solarium, Monte Carlo.

Prive: Eden Spa.

Each visit to a terma winds up costing $200 - 300. More value in the prives, however the girls are more attractive in the termas.

Food is mediocre here. Steaks are always overcooked, unless you go to a churrascaria where they know what they are doing.

Any of the decent hotels are expensive, close to $200 per night. Most are not girl friendly.

Had fun and enjoyed the sun and warm weather but will not be coming back for a third visit. Returning to Colombia where there is more value between the girls, hotels and food.

[Galenmarek]

I seen Gabi from NiterI is not working, too bad. She might be too big for some guys but just right for me. What I like about her she has no limits, and a huge ass. She give the best blowjobs, swallow every drop and can take on some monstrous twinkies in her ass. Going to miss her.

[Lakeside32]

It's been updated on the State Dept's advisory for Brasil. Funny how I would take 2 tests, just in case one didn't come back in time. CVS managed to lose a test once, so I guess human error is always there. But no more of that dumbs hit test taking.

[SoberHans69]

I have a one week trip planned for Rio at the end of April. Planning to say in Copa and I've been scrolling through the past 30-40 pages and have probably only seen one mention of Barra the Tijuca. Is there anything out there worth spending a day on? Only mention I saw was of a place called "Asha."

In my opinion no, only if you are scared of your own shadow.

It's too far away from the action and only has one 'terma'.

[Evx69]

I have a one week trip planned for Rio at the end of April. Planning to say in Copa and I've been scrolling through the past 30-40 pages and have probably only seen one mention of Barra the Tijuca. Is there anything out there worth spending a day on? Only mention I saw was of a place called "Asha."

[Mr Enternational]

but it's no sweat if all Brasil requires is proof of vax. I guess it's going to suck for the anti vaxxers; however.

Nope. Only sux for those that don't have a vaccine card.

[Lakeside32]

How accurate is this? I am planning a trip in May. I hope I don't have to do the test before I fly.

https://www.reuters.com/world/americ...rs-2022-04-02/

I fly in a couple of weeks and I haven't seen anything official as of yet. It would be nice because up till now all you had to do was just say you were uninsured and the tests were free back in the ole USA, I guess the funding ran out so I guess it will be an insurance copay or something, but it's no sweat if all Brasil requires is proof of vax. I guess it's going to suck for the anti vaxxers; however.

[Vagabundo1]

Thursday, Centro, Warning order.

Let's do a centro prive / terma run (massagemtijuca.com, Darkroom.com.br, 4x4class.com.br), and maybe mosaico. 12 h30, lets meet at the cinelandia Starbucks, 2nd floor. Confirm on Thursday morning.

Message senor nounce, senor Jimmyboy, or senor Michaelsamuel to be added to the list for this pussy patrol.

[Vagabundo1]

Vagabundo went to the pool today, where he hit the bags and swam and lifted a little, and met up with a few ISGers who had been to 4 x4 but were trying Transamerica in Barra. We added a few new folks to the local whatsapp group, and suggest they join Internationalsexguide. NL. I am still wifed up with homegirl who has stayed with me for 2 weeks.

[Pahllus Maximus]

Thanks Mr. E, as always astute.

Tips have the deliberate legal ambiguity: to whom do they beneficially belong, or what was intended by the giver ? To the individual server, a pool of servers, maybe kitchen staff, or even the employed owners ? Or as a risk transfer paid by end consumers ? Similar to wages theft and non-transparent pricing to snare the unwary.

I doubt any of the BR Uber drivers will be going to court to recover this gouging that they probably have diluted or never receive at all. Not surprised to hear about the decision, lawyers and the judiciary are ultimately footmen and butlers (who mistakenly think they are players) to the real power holders.

In the US the other day the appeals court upheld the decision of the workers versus Salt Bae. The service charge paid to a restaurant is not the same as a tip and goes to the restaurant, not the servers.

[FlowState985]

How accurate is this? I am planning a trip in May. I hope I don't have to do the test before I fly.

https://www.reuters.com/world/americ...rs-2022-04-02/