Gauguin Club and 21 Question
I visited Gauguin Club, and the best way to describe it is "Scandallo Lite. " The vibe felt familiar right away. In fact, I recognized and knew a couple of the security guys and two waiters who used to work at Scandallo, which made the place feel comfortable from the start.
I tried to make the early bird entry, but missed it by about 15 minutes — I walked in around 9:15 PM. Still worth it. Right away the atmosphere hits you: the garotas dressed in elegant evening dresses, moving around the club, great eye candy and a slightly more polished feel than Casarao.
First stop was the bar. Nice, they actually stock 18-year and 21+-year whiskey, Good start to the night.
The layout is solid: multiple floors, easy to move around, and a few quieter areas to talk. The rooms upstairs are are $200, which is pretty reasonable and reinforces the whole Scandallo-like feeling a similar environment but more affordable from when scandallo was are $800 brl and under are $1000 brl (dating myself with those prices kkk).
I never actually asked garota price. Instead I simply offered are $800 to go upstairs, paid the are $200 room fee, and used my credit card for the garota payment. For anyone wondering: InfinitePay, MercadoLibre Pay PagSeguro / PagBank all these worked with my US credit cards without any issues. Just remember the name used in card transaction and take a screenshot or have the garota send on wassap.
One interesting thing about the night: every interaction turned into a reverse interview. Two attractive garotas would sit down, start chatting in Portuguese, and once they realized I could respond in brasilian porto the energy completely bumped up to next level. Suddenly it was 21 questions.
They asked about everything:
• travel.
• living in Brazil.
• music, other boates.
• food.
• clothes.
• relationships.
• what I thought about Brazilian culture.
The conversations actually flowed naturally. Speaking Portuguese definitely helps not just for the conversation, but also for setting expectations clearly before going upstairs.
Overall impression: Gauguin is a comfortable, affordable version of my favorite Scandallo, with a familiar crowd and staff, good drinks, and plenty of friendly garotas willing to talk.
Afterwards around 1 am I bounced over to the value mart at Casarão to grab a late-night two garotas duo session. Two sexy blonde loiras, short 5'2 GND with natural boobs & bundas from MG.
A excellent solid night.
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Check the box on the bottom to indicate you have a credit card from abroad
[QUOTE=ZofoMofo;3055088]but when it asked me to sign up for a "premium" or "elite" membership the app and website never linked to the subscription menu or let me sign up. I wonder if this has something to do with my Google store account being linked to a USA Bank account? Or is it some other technical problem.
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Any advice on the site you could provide, technical or otherwise, would be appreciated.[/QUOTE]It takes credit card. This is from the app. You have a us card, so you need to check the box on the bottom to indicate you have a credit card from abroad. Web site is the same. I don't think they accept Google Pay if that was what you were asking. I think they are a US based company.
You probably are hindered by the Portuguese. There is a always a link that you can sigh up without discount from within their site. They used to give away 7 days promotion for R79 all the time 3 years ago. Check your email and you should see some promotional emails with longer terms.
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