Barra the Tijuca wins best spot due to the beach and safety
I just went for a swim at the beach today.
On balance, while I like Botafogo because I have many real friends there, Barra posto 6 (Transamerica) wins for me:
1. The beach is really nice, and safe. As a neighbor told me, this is the safest 'hood in Rio. It really is Bolsonaro country. I like the food in Botafogo, like Na Brasa Colombia, but they have a Na Brasa Colombia here in Barra at Olegario district / street, which is near the metro, which brings me to the next point.
2. There is a metro. Metro Jardim Oceanico is not as well known, but it is a metro, and there is therefore cheap and high speed travel to all of Rio, which most of we happy few mongers know well.
3. It appears from Instagram recon of my favorite girls that the beaches in Recreio is where the hottest young ladies go on their beach days. So, I would recommend some recce of the beaches out past Recreio.
Oh, yeah, for what it is worth, I did try to find some Truvada or Truvada generico at the local pharmacia, including Pacheco, where the first referred me to. However, I did not find any. They do have the oral self test kits for $80 reais, as has been discussed on this board earlier. The closest local hospital where there are free tests is Av Ayrton Senna 2000, near Barra Shopping. Be safe, let me know if you are in Rio.
[QUOTE=Vagabundo1;2513142]I think you are also tradeandtravel, so we have met off line.
But for the benefit of the thread, I will take a few sentences about Botafogo.
Botafogo. Jardim Botanica (where Solarium, the best Zona Sul Terma IMHO) - is a middle class neighborhood in Brazil, next to a favela (Santa Marta) in some places. The prime spots are on Rua Sao Clemente and Rua Bambina, west to the location of Solarium.
The key is using city buses, and of course, the metro.
I lived at Sao Clemente for 7 months in 2015-2016 and was maybe the happiest of all my 27 trips to Rio. Indeed, even though I have become a fan of Transamerica in Barra the Tijuca, I would move back to Botafogo, and probably will, when and if I find a good spot...[/QUOTE]
Sounds like a ripoff to me
[QUOTE=SoberHans69;2513561]I'm going to have to get one of these for my trip to Sao Paulo at the end of January.
The costs range is from 100-150 for a private test in person where I live and results with 24-48 hours.
My flight to Brazil is at night time too, at a time when the clinics will be closed, so will have to do the 24 hour results test two days before I go.
So basically I won't know if I'm actually going until 24 hours before I go. I suffer with bad anxiety and this is going to kill me haha.[/QUOTE]This is a quote in NYC. My friends from other cities tell me that free rapid tests are not available, BUT the paid tests are reasonable (I heard $30-50, nothing like the numbers you've mentioned). The result is also available within 24 hours.
[URL]https://www1.nyc.gov/site/doh/covid/covid-19-rapid-testing.page[/URL]
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You can now make an appointment for a free rapid COVID-19 virus test at the Health Department's COVID Express sites throughout the city. Test results are available within 24 hours or less of your visit. This means that most patients will receive their test results on the same day as their visit. All tests performed at these sites are PCR-based laboratory diagnostic tests, which are the most accurate type of test available. COVID-19 tests performed at COVID Express sites are free to all New Yorkers, regardless of immigration status.
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Sounds like a clusterfuck
The D. R tried the same thing and quickly dropped it. I have a trip already paid and booked starting Super Bowl Weekend and where I live it's impossible to do this nonsense. I'm guessing after a month they will drop this like a hit coal, anybody willing to bet?