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[QUOTE=Brazil Rio]Btw, I live in Tijuca, north zone, and yes, I still don't feel safe in Uruguaiana area.[/QUOTE]
O que e isso colega? You live in Tijuca but don't feel safe downtown? Wow dude.

[QUOTE=Brazil Rio]They both said that they couldn't go out with a "gringo" for less than are$300/night. Their goal is are$ 400 or more.



Btw, I live in Tijuca, north zone, and yes, I still don't feel safe in Uruguaiana area.[/QUOTE]


Sounds like they were running a game on you...............looking for a really uneducated mongerer!!

Was just shopping in the Uruguaiana area today, and had no issues. You must live in a plastic bubble!!!

[QUOTE=Brazil Rio]Well, about the prices, I was in balcony's with 2 pro girls (99% of the girls fount there are pro, only ask the price and be happy). About this issue: money.

They both said that they couldn't go out with a "gringo" for less than are$300/night. Their goal is are$ 400 or more.

Strange that most of the forigners that I know doesn't hink that these prices are so high. They use to compare with US (like vegas) prices. And say it is very cheap.

Guys, you are been robbed.

Btw, I live in Tijuca, north zone, and yes, I still don't feel safe in Uruguaiana area.[/QUOTE]Don't worry, as this estrangeiro thinks those prices are BULLSHIT and I refuse to overpay for these guttermuppet *****s.

[QUOTE=Brazilman]What was the currency before the real?

I would love to have gone in the 80's. If I only knew about that place when I was 18 to 25. Hell, even when I was 15! Could you imagine being a teenager back then and knowing about Rio. You could work after school and save up to go every summer for a month or 2.[/QUOTE]


When I first arrived in Rio 1980 the currency was called the Cruzeiro, inflation was rampant. You bought your money mostly on the black market, which was from any bell boy, jewelry store, taxi driver; they were selling Cruzeiros for Dollars. It got to be ridiculous that if you changed a few hundred dollars the amount of Cruzeiros you got back was huge, very bulky, could barely fit in your pocket. Then in the late 80's they changed the currency and called it Cruzados and just slashed a couple of zeros off the notes.

I was in my early 20's then, this was before aids, BBBJ and GFE was the norm so was bare back sex, never caught anything.

Money was never discussed beforehand with the GDP's, the next day when she left you gave her a small present as they called it.

I actually appreciate the young girls now more than then because then in my early 20's I was getting girls like this all over the world, so the girls in Rio were no big deal but don't get me wrong I was still hiting Rio about 7 times a year in addition to other major cities of the world.

[QUOTE=Sangue Bon]When I first arrived in Rio 1980 the currency was called the Cruzeiro, inflation was rampant. You bought your money mostly on the black market, which was from any bell boy, jewelry store, taxi driver; they were selling Cruzeiros for Dollars. It got to be ridiculous that if you changed a few hundred dollars the amount of Cruzeiros you got back was huge, very bulky, could barely fit in your pocket. Then in the late 80's they changed the currency and called it Cruzados and just slashed a couple of zeros off the notes[/QUOTE]
Wasn't there a "New Cruzeiro" in there somewhere? Or is that the same as the Cruzado?

[QUOTE=JohnnyBraz]Yeah sangue bon, we would all love to hear some stories about the 80's and 90's. In places to go, beach action, what restraunts the garotas used to hang in. Prices, GFE etc. What carnivals were like, revellion etc. Winters there.[/QUOTE]

In the 80's non pro places I frequented were:
Regines in the Meridien hotel, it was in the basement, high class disco.

In the Rio Othon Palace on the side entrance they had a place called
Crocodiles, this was another disco type place although small,

Then of course Help opened in 1984, still looks the same today. I went here the least then but I go there the most now.

There was a place in Ipanema called Hippopotamus that is now Barronetti, I went there all the time. All these places were all non pro all very difficult to score without any Portuguese, just like today.

After a night out in one of the above places if we didn't score then we would walk Ave. Atlantica from Mabs all the way down to Pigalle looking for something nice hanging out in one of the Cafes. This is where the girls were in every cafe.

I didn't go to Rio for 10 years but then I returned in 1997 and found the WSG on the internet. I found it very strange that Mea Pataca was a focal point where the girls hung out because back in the 80's it was just like any other cafe along the avenue, they all had girls.

During the 80's I was also going to Amsterdam , I remember with the exchange rate that a girl in Amsterdam was about $18 for a quickie, I remember the girls from Copa for TLN were less. Barbarellas was more of course and it was in a different location from where it is today. I remember how I found out about it, I was checking into the Lido motel with a girl I picked up on Copa and this guy was checking in ahead of me with this stunning modelesque blond, I asked him, where did you find something like that, he told me Barbarellas, nice but expensive, even then.

During that time I was very busy, I never spent New Year in Rio, mostly in places like Zermatt, Innsbruck etc They didn't have that 10 day minimum like Rio does to book a hotel plus they were good places too. Same with Carnaval, I have never been to Carnaval in Rio mostly because I didn't want to compete with drunks who were on their vacation of a lifetime.

[QUOTE=Lorenzo]Wasn't there a "New Cruzeiro" in there somewhere? Or is that the same as the Cruzado?[/QUOTE]

I sort of remember that, don't remember exactly but I think what they did was just take the old bills and scratch the trailing zeros off, but I could be wrong, it's been a long time.

[QUOTE=Abzsafado]Would you give any of those girls that you had in 2000 R$200 for a session now? Time fades us all, older men pay more, older women earn less. [/QUOTE]

You're right, back in the 80's when I was in my early 20's we never even discussed money but the best was that the girl you had the night before was usually waiting outside your hotel for you the next night. Sometimes there would be a crowd out there.

This doesn't happen anymore but then again Im not in my early 20's anymore. But I enjoy my times in Rio now even more than I did then.

I've been saving some banknotes since I first visited Brazil in 1991.
In the period 1991 until they introduced the Real in 1994 they used currencies called:
(- Cruzado)
- Novo Cruzado
- Cruzeiro
- Cruzeiro Real

Sometimes there were new bills written "Cruzeiro", but they often used the old bills "Novo Cruzado" with "Cruzeiro" stamped on it. 200 Novos Cruzados became 200 Cruzeiros. They also stamped "Cruzeiros" on the even older "Cruzado" bills. 10000 Cruzados became 10 Cruzeiros.

[QUOTE=Sperto]I've been saving some banknotes since I first visited Brazil in 1991.
In the period 1991 until they introduced the Real in 1994 they used currencies called:
(- Cruzado)
- Novo Cruzado
- Cruzeiro
- Cruzeiro Real

Sometimes there were new bills written "Cruzeiro", but they often used the old bills "Novo Cruzado" with "Cruzeiro" stamped on it. 200 Novos Cruzados became 200 Cruzeiros. They also stamped "Cruzeiros" on the even older "Cruzado" bills. 10000 Cruzados became 10 Cruzeiros.[/QUOTE]

I still have in one of my drawers a bundle of old cruzeiros. I don't remember the exact amount but I guess it's more than 70,000. It worths actually virtually nothing. I remember then (in the early to mid 80's) that we had always to carry huge bundle of money because cruzeiros worth nothing then. Prices were astronomical figures in thousand of cruzeiros.

Just rented it thought it was interesting take especially the female actress take on her about her character in the dvd extras interviews. Lots of insight for anyone that has never been to Brazil.

"British character actor Hugh Laurie stars in the improbable romantic comedy GIRL FROM RIO. Raymond (Laurie) is a bank clerk with a secret passion for samba. When he discovers his wife having an affair with his slimy boss, Raymond snaps and steals a hefty sum of cash from the bank, using it to fund a quick trip to Rio de Janeiro where he hopes to find Samba Monthly covergirl Orlinda (Brazilian model Vanessa Nunes). Upon his arrival, he falls in with scheming cab driver Paulo, who while agreeing to assist Raymond in his hunt, also has his eyes on the small fortune Raymond carries with him. While Raymond may be after one person in all of Rio, soon almost everyone in Rio is after him--or rather, what he carries with him."

[QUOTE=Hobbying]Just rented it thought it was interesting take especially the female actress take on her about her character in the dvd extras interviews. Lots of insight for anyone that has never been to Brazil.[/QUOTE]

Saw the movie a year ago. It was pretty funny. I enjoyed it. Why is it people steal money then want to return it?

What's up with having a star tatoo? Does it mean something or just a basic design? I see all these girls with them on their shoulders.

ryjer

[QUOTE=Ryjerrob]Saw the movie a year ago. It was pretty funny. I enjoyed it. Why is it people steal money then want to return it?[/QUOTE]He wanted to but didn't though.

The girl in the interview says how because of poverty and the nature around causes them to steal when they see the opportunity. So now I have a perspective whenever I'm Brazil and a gdp is trying to get the highest rate she can out of me.

I love getting into the airport and smelling the city. I can't take some of the bathrooms though. It's obvious there's no air circulation, but the stench of [url=http://isgprohibitedwords.info?CodeWord=CodeWord140][CodeWord140][/url] make me gag. Bleach...........................mofo!

ryjer