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[QUOTE=Sperto;1869070]A construction that cost R$45.[/QUOTE]
Sorry, R$45 million...

Staying at Sheraton Barra, can anyone recommend go escort.

[QUOTE=Sperto;1869070]I bike a lot when I'm in Rio. I was looking forward to use the new Ciclovia Tim Maia, na avenida Niemeyer. A construction that cost R$45. The bike lane has great scenery and some parts of the bike lane is constructed just hanging over the cliffs. Yesterday 50 m of the bike lane collapsed down to the cliffs and into the ocean. Two people died. I can't say that I'm surprised. Hopefully the heads of some engineers will roll.
[URL]http://oglobo.globo.com/rio/desabamento-de-ciclovia-recem-inaugurada-deixa-ao-menos-dois-mortos-19139109[/URL][/QUOTE]I had been looking forward to this path myself whether for biking or walking as I often walk to the Sheraton.

I have seen several YouTube videos of this bike path and this particular one when I saw it I questioned how sturdy it would be and apparently it wasn't very secure, too bad.

[URL]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3gmZZzEjwk[/URL]

[QUOTE=Sperto;1869070]Two people died.[/QUOTE]
Correction. They are looking for 3 more victims. Brazilian construction engineers can't be very skilled. Some of you might remember the collapsed high-rise buildings on Av Treze de Maío in 2012 and the marquis of Hotel Canadá that broke and killed 2 people in 2007.

[QUOTE=Cheema;1869256]Staying at Sheraton Barra, can anyone recommend go escort.[/QUOTE]
Yes, I have a couple of phone numbers to highly recommended escorts in Barra. All 20 years old girls with huge natural tits who happily take it in the fiofó (second hole) and who also does BBBJCIM. Wait, you're a 32 poster, very well-traveled, who only asks for information and never shares any information. No cookie for you.
However, you could go to to the boca de fumo in Vidigal and ask for one of the primas. God, how I hate lurkers. Don't you understand to keep the forum alive you have to share information, not only take.

[QUOTE=Sperto;1869349]Yes, I have a couple of phone numbers to highly recommended escorts in Barra. All 20 years old girls with huge natural tits who happily take it in the fiof (second hole) and who also does BBBJCIM. Wait, you're a 32 poster, very well-traveled, who only asks for information and never shares any information. No cookie for you.
However, you could go to to the boca de fumo in Vidigal and ask for one of the primas. God, how I hate lurkers. Don't you understand to keep the forum alive you have to share information, not only take.[/QUOTE]Wise words Sperto!

[QUOTE=Sperto;1869349]Yes, I have a couple of phone numbers to highly recommended escorts in Barra. All 20 years old girls with huge natural tits who happily take it in the fiof (second hole) and who also does BBBJCIM. Wait, you're a 32 poster, very well-traveled, who only asks for information and never shares any information. No cookie for you.
However, you could go to to the boca de fumo in Vidigal and ask for one of the primas. God, how I hate lurkers. Don't you understand to keep the forum alive you have to share information, not only take.[/QUOTE]Wise words Sperto! Down with the sonegadores!

[QUOTE=Sperto;1869349]Yes, I have a couple of phone numbers to highly recommended escorts in Barra. All 20 years old girls with huge natural tits who happily take it in the fiof (second hole) and who also does BBBJCIM. Wait, you're a 32 poster, very well-traveled, who only asks for information and never shares any information. No cookie for you.
However, you could go to to the boca de fumo in Vidigal and ask for one of the primas. God, how I hate lurkers. Don't you understand to keep the forum alive you have to share information, not only take.[/QUOTE]I have shared information where I have traveled, please read my posts, I will write Sao Paulo post after completing my Brazil trip.

[QUOTE=Sperto;1869070]I bike a lot when I'm in Rio. I was looking forward to use the new Ciclovia Tim Maia, na avenida Niemeyer. A construction that cost R$45. The bike lane has great scenery and some parts of the bike lane is constructed just hanging over the cliffs. Yesterday 50 m of the bike lane collapsed down to the cliffs and into the ocean. Two people died. I can't say that I'm surprised. Hopefully the heads of some engineers will roll.
[URL]http://oglobo.globo.com/rio/desabamento-de-ciclovia-recem-inaugurada-deixa-ao-menos-dois-mortos-19139109[/URL][/QUOTE]SO the government reports that a huge wave was the cause of the collapse. An architect friend of mine who just arrived to the US from a ten day stay in Rio, and a frequent Rio traveler, told me he actually to that bike path about 5 or 6 times during this past trip. He calls bullshit on the wave theory. He said his hunch is that bad planning took place. He found out from a Carioca friend that this particular portion of the path which collapsed, has supports which were based in a specific area which was a former spot of something that was built over 100 years ago. The soil / gravel / ground, etc. , was not sturdy.

My friend is trying to confirm this piece of information from people in the engineering / architecture field in Rio de Janeiro. Unbelievable! From what I read in the Guardian, it costs over 12 million USA Dollars to build that crap. Wonderful idea, poor execution to make it happen. Oylmpic Supervisor steps down, crap in the bay, Zika, new structures falling apart, presidential impeachment, etc. Geez, and I thought the loss to Germany in the World Cups was embarassing, but his takes the cake.

[QUOTE=Mangera;1869424]Olympic Supervisor steps down, crap in the bay, Zika, new structures falling apart, presidential impeachment, etc. Geez, and I thought the loss to Germany in the World Cups was embarrassing, but his takes the cake.[/QUOTE]Complete and total embarrassment for this country! They never should have been awarded the Olympic Games and barely pulled off the World Cup! Like India with the Commonwealth Games, Brazil wanted to show the world that they have "arrived" to the big time. Hahahahaha! And we saw how well that worked out for India right? What a joke if only it wasn't so sad! And don't forget the people who died working on "Pharaoh's" stadiums either! The fraud and the corruption. Why, if they didn't have the baddest tutes on the planet, then I just don't know!

[QUOTE=Mangera;1869424]SO the government reports that a huge wave was the cause of the collapse. An architect friend of mine who just arrived to the US from a ten day stay in Rio, and a frequent Rio traveler, told me he actually to that bike path about 5 or 6 times during this past trip. He calls bullshit on the wave theory. He said his hunch is that bad planning took place. He found out from a Carioca friend that this particular portion of the path which collapsed, has supports which were based in a specific area which was a former spot of something that was built over 100 years ago. The soil / gravel / ground, etc. , was not sturdy.

My friend is trying to confirm this piece of information from people in the engineering / architecture field in Rio de Janeiro. Unbelievable! From what I read in the Guardian, it costs over 12 million USA Dollars to build that crap. Wonderful idea, poor execution to make it happen. Oylmpic Supervisor steps down, crap in the bay, Zika, new structures falling apart, presidential impeachment, etc. Geez, and I thought the loss to Germany in the World Cups was embarassing, but his takes the cake.[/QUOTE]Building an unsafe unsupported structure on eroding ground is genius. Just like the bridge that collapsed which leads to the Sao Paolo stadium. Shabby work. Brazil needs an overhaul from the top to the bottom.

The problem wasn't the ground. The problem was that the bike lane wasn't secured enough to the columns. The wave lifted the bike lane so it fell down.

[URL]http://g1.globo.com/rio-de-janeiro/noticia/2016/04/parte-da-ciclovia-desaba-em-sao-conrado-zona-sul-do-rio.html[/URL]

[QUOTE=Sperto;1869570]The problem wasn't the ground. The problem was that the bike lane wasn't secured enough to the columns. The wave lifted the bike lane so it fell down.

[URL]http://g1.globo.com/rio-de-janeiro/noticia/2016/04/parte-da-ciclovia-desaba-em-sao-conrado-zona-sul-do-rio.html[/URL][/QUOTE]Gotcha-and how surprising Rio trying to blame it on the waves-probably to avoid the inevitable lawsuits that should rain in. What a run Rio is on.

[QUOTE=Cheema;1869256]Staying at Sheraton Barra, can anyone recommend go escort.[/QUOTE]Barra?! Why you staying in Barra?? Am surprised you didn't ask where to stay while in Rio. (You DO have a pattern of only asking.) :(

[QUOTE=Sperto;1869349]Wait, you're a 32 poster, very well-traveled, who only asks for information and never shares any information. No cookie for you.
Don't you understand to keep the forum alive you have to share information, not only take.[/QUOTE]Withhold the milk too. :eek:

[QUOTE=Cheema;1869394]I have shared information where I have traveled, please read my posts.[/QUOTE]I DID read your posts. Out of the 33 posts, only three shared Info: one on Sofia, and two on Bucharest. Two other ones referenced the first Bucharest post. Where are the reports on the German FKK, Morocco, Medellin, Kiev, and Chisinau trips? Here on the Rio thread we'll call you out on stuff like that. Happy travels to you. (A bit of insomnia tonight, I had nutin better to do.) :)

[QUOTE=Mangera;1869424]Geez, and I thought the loss to Germany in the World Cups was embarassing, but his takes the cake.[/QUOTE]Nah! Wait for the fiasco that will be the Olympics.

[QUOTE=FuckAfMedDig;1869453]Brazil needs an overhaul from the top to the bottom.[/QUOTE]Come on, Man! This is Brazil!! The problem is systematic. It would require the politicians to vote against their own self interests.

[URL]http://www.wsj.com/articles/brazils-giant-problem-1461359723[/URL]