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FWIW, I have not lived at the grand hyatt barra but I live close by:

- Pesquira (spelling is wrong) is a top fish spot nearby on praia the reserva. Very white, very whites only, very expenlsive, girls from top termas love to go there to get their pics there as it is a status thing, and of course you are paying.

- I don't like this area (posto 7 - 9) as it is even more whites only than posto 6.

- it is safe.

- the uber residence in the area is novo leblon where the lawyer at conservative church groups live.

- you can find some social commentary on this on porto dos fundos channel on youtube, google barra.

[QUOTE=Bearsi;2850012]Have you or anyone else stayed at the grand hyatt in barra that's right on the beach?

I'm flying in early from SP to Rio in OCT and going to book one night there so I can just drop the bags off and start enjoying rio. Booking an airbnb for the rest of the trip.

Does anyone know if it's GF friendly or not? Grand hyatt is usually pretty flexible but I will be staying with a buddy and I have it booked for two people. Sometimes they just charge 150 BRL to let them stay at least in SP but idk in barra. If anything I can get a love motel room for 150 BRL in rio but if I can have a girl over for an hour or two that would be ideal as it's in a suite.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=MadMax9336;2853023]

BTW. Can any one suggest how to look for chica friendly Airbnb. I have booked 2 bedroom apartment near Copacabana ($800 CAD) though they did not specifically mentioned about guest policy but no party, no smoking policy. Not sure if this means. No entry for chicas?

[/QUOTE]A Garota friendly AirBnB in Rio. Copacabana would be very useful. Anyone have a lead on one?

Of course, the issue is Security, a lot of places just don't let guests in.

[QUOTE=Explorer8939;2853802]A Garota friendly AirBnB in Rio. Copacabana would be very useful. Anyone have a lead on one?

Of course, the issue is Security, a lot of places just don't let guests in.[/QUOTE]Before you book just ask the host if you can have any visitors during your stay. Just say you have friends in the area that will come by to visit for a few hours but not stay overnight.

Copa hosts know the drill and will be cool as long as you don't throw a party in the room or trash / smoke the room up.

[QUOTE=Vagabundo1;2853685]FWIW, I have not lived at the grand hyatt barra but I live close by:

- Pesquira (spelling is wrong) is a top fish spot nearby on praia the reserva. Very white, very whites only, very expenlsive, girls from top termas love to go there to get their pics there as it is a status thing, and of course you are paying.

- I don't like this area (posto 7 - 9) as it is even more whites only than posto 6.

- it is safe.

- the uber residence in the area is novo leblon where the lawyer at conservative church groups live.

- you can find some social commentary on this on porto dos fundos channel on youtube, google barra.[/QUOTE]Looks like a nice resort for sure. The plan is get a SP girl to come with me to Rio, take her here for the first day then go to Buzio for 2 days and send her back home. As a new born carioca, I've seen the affect rio does to SP girls and it's so worth it.

I'll post my experience once I finish my trip and see how it goes.

At Vagabundo,

I ain't white and don't like the whites only vibe I pick up on in Leblon. Is Barra really like that north of posto 3?

Got a trip coming up and was planning on staying in Barra on an upcoming trip (probably posto 3-6 area). Pesqueiro was on my radar to take a regular girl of mine to splurge. Also wanted to stay in Barra for some solitude and beach relaxing.

If I've got to deal with a bunch of snooty glares it's not worth it.

[QUOTE=Vagabundo1;2853685]FWIW, I have not lived at the grand hyatt barra but I live close by:

- Pesquira (spelling is wrong) is a top fish spot nearby on praia the reserva. Very white, very whites only, very expenlsive, girls from top termas love to go there to get their pics there as it is a status thing, and of course you are paying.

- I don't like this area (posto 7 - 9) as it is even more whites only than posto 6.

- it is safe.

- the uber residence in the area is novo leblon where the lawyer at conservative church groups live.

- you can find some social commentary on this on porto dos fundos channel on youtube, google barra.[/QUOTE]

Was out late on Sao Paulo, finished a session, thought find place to eat when I get off subway. Walking on sidewalk, Looked at my phone 11 pm loading Google Maps when SP bicycle bandit full speed snatched my phone. Has all my pics and Sim card. They didn't grab my satchel or wallet cards or assault me thank god but this sucks.

Using my hobby burner phone without a SIM connected to hotel wi-fi.

Suggestions on brand of SIM to throw in here for a few days.

[QUOTE=CenTexCrash;2854301]Was out late on Sao Paulo, finished a session, thought find place to eat when I get off subway. Walking on sidewalk, Looked at my phone 11 pm loading Google Maps when SP bicycle bandit full speed snatched my phone. Has all my pics and Sim card. They didn't grab my satchel or wallet cards or assault me thank god but this sucks.

Using my hobby burner phone without a SIM connected to hotel wi-fi.

Suggestions on brand of SIM to throw in here for a few days.[/QUOTE]I always recommend people to use a strap / lanyard connector to your phone. I use one for my phone. In SP and RJ I had a guy dash to my side and try to take my phone (republica in SP and Centro in RJ, both not safe places) and since I had my phone strapped to my wrist, the moment they felt that it wasn't going to come out my hand easily they just kept biking. They are not going to stop and fight you for it because they are cowards and don't want to throw hands with a 100% all american beef cake (I have a planet fitness membership so I'm basically the most strongest man in the western hemisphere chiseled by allah himself).

Also wear shorts or pants with zippers so you can put your cash / phone in there and no one is getting in those bad boys without giving you a BBBJ first.

The trannies that walk along cocoa carvana streets at night will always swarm you and try to feel you up and dig their man hands down your shorts for some dead presidents and all they'll get is the muscly thighs of an American patriot.

My iphone set up is a bit more heavy duty then the example pics because I built my own system that works with a specific case and wrist strap system that I put together myself but anything will really work as long as it can take some pull resistance and not snap.

[QUOTE=CenTexCrash;2854301]... Walking on sidewalk, Looked at my phone 11 pm loading Google Maps when SP bicycle bandit full speed snatched my phone. ....[/QUOTE]They made a video to warn people this. I warned about this several times here. They will try to grab something from you even when you have nothing. I was lucky because I didn't use phone cover so it was slippery and dropped to the ground. I wasn't thinking that bicycle could come up to the sidewalk and was texting.

I say whites only as an economic not legal observation around Pesqueiro and praia do reserva.

Of course all colors are allowed, but in practice, there are very few negra or mulatta faces.

I was there with a mulatta, and my money is good so it was no problem.

Professionals study logistics. The city buses do not go on that strand of beach. The patricinhas and patricios like this exclusivity. I do not.

The brown and black cariocas are generally going to take a bus unless they are with you to pay for uber, a luxury, and even uber takes fore-eeever at pesquiro.

It's just the vibe, and it is not for me, but it is for some people.

Leblon rich areas like dias ferreira not to mention olegario maciel has black faces too, but they tend to be richer or profile as successful actresses, better dressed, not wearing vasco the gama.

[QUOTE=FlappyGilmore0;2854289]At Vagabundo,
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I ain't white and don't like the whites only vibe I pick up on in Leblon. Is Barra really like that north of posto 3?

Got a trip coming up and was planning on staying in Barra on an upcoming trip (probably posto 3-6 area). Pesqueiro was on my radar to take a regular girl of mine to splurge. Also wanted to stay in Barra for some solitude and beach relaxing.

If I've got to deal with a bunch of snooty glares it's not worth it.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=Nounce;2851882]Bearsi, I personally won't even consider someone still carry a student loan at your age. I don't know anyone after working a few years still owe student loan. If the student qualification is good, he or she can easily have a choice of the school he or she wants to go to with at least 50% scholarship. It the student does not choose to study a degree that can make money to pay off the loan, that decision making is questionable.

The female lawyer in my post. She went to a private college that gave her scholarship. While studying at school, she was making 6 K+ a month during summer internship. She won't own too much if she owed anything at all. Her brother is the same, but he chose to study a useless major. Then he saw his girlfriend and other people who studying computer science getting good job offers so he decided to take out a student loan to get a master degree in CS. He got a job offer one year before graduation. He did so because he knew he can pay off the loan easily by then. The irony is that he initially entered a prestige university to study CS to begin with but he switched major. I was also debt free when I graduated.

I know my regular family and friend circle is not the norm but you certainly can aim higher to avoid some financial issues[/QUOTE]I am aiming for a girl with smarts and skills and mentality that will not only make her life better but also her partner's but those kind of girls get scooped up fast and also have a long line of guys out the door as well so easier said than done.

It's like a girl trying to find one of the forum members to settle down and not mess around.

Sounds simple but rather difficult.

[QUOTE=Bearsi;2855362]I am aiming for a girl with smarts and skills and mentality that will not only make her life better but also her partner's but those kind of girls get scooped up fast and also have a long line of guys out the door as well so easier said than done.[/QUOTE]Not at all. I have plenty of exes and friends with university degrees that fit this bill that have been single for years.

[QUOTE=MrEnternational;2855491]Not at all. I have plenty of exes and friends with university degrees that fit this bill that have been single for years.[/QUOTE]Ah yes.

I know who you are talking about.

It's usually high maintenance girls that look down on any man making less than her but if a guy makes more money than her she still wants total control and not be looked down on even though she would. These girls are so far up their own world that they don't understand men don't care how much money a girl makes.

Also there are the girls who don't want a BF or husband and like being alone.

More power to them.

Thought I'd circle back, FWIW, to the fav Brazilian iconic songs and "Mas Que Nada" convo, just for a brief second, [i]to include[/i], the unforgettable version by the trio called, [b]Nossa[/b], due in part to their very sexy dance music video rendition.

[b]Nossa - Mas Que Nada: [/b][URL]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9p7ToiJ5Q9o[/URL] (Filmed in Portugal, but definitely has some Salvador, Bahia vibes)

IMHO they are three (3) hotties, that represent (to a certain degree) the type of Brazilian women (although French) that you come to think about when dancing and listening to this iconic song.

Definitely for me, the black girl is certainly the hottest of the three and totally representative of hot black Brazilian women...NOSSA!

Viva Brazil!

[QUOTE=Bearsi;2855546]I know who you are talking about.

It's usually high maintenance girls that look down on any man making less than her but if a guy makes more money than her she still wants total control and not be looked down on even though she would. These girls are so far up their own world that they don't understand men don't care how much money a girl makes.

Also there are the girls who don't want a BF or husband and like being alone.

More power to them.[/QUOTE]No the people I am talking about are normal down to earth women.

[QUOTE=Bearsi;2854140]Looks like a nice resort for sure. The plan is get a SP girl to come with me to Rio, take her here for the first day then go to Buzio for 2 days and send her back home. As a new born carioca, I've seen the affect rio does to SP girls and it's so worth it.

I'll post my experience once I finish my trip and see how it goes.[/QUOTE]The problem remains with Security. The host has little or no control over them.