Sao Paulo Reports

[QUOTE=SoberHans69;2455322]Sao Paulo looks much better to me mongering wise, which is the main objective of my trip and decent food and Rio doesn't appeal to me that much as I'm not into beaches.

How many nights would you lot spend in Rio to see the tourist stuff before going to Sao Paulo for the rest of the trip?[/QUOTE]It always depends what you like to do. The recommendations below come with the caveat that you can easily find women in Rio. It is certainly not a pussy desert.

If your goal is to race in / race out, you could hit the two major sites Christ the Redeemer statue on Corcovado mountain and Sugarloaf mountain in two days / one night.

If you tack on more time, you can consider other options. You have to remember beach or no beach, Rio is a green city. It is cut into a mountainous rainforest. Sao Paulo is an urban jungle. I like to take the historic tram up into the hills of Santa Teresa and have lunch (or a before sunset dinner) with a view. It is a historic neighborhood with nice, older homes. You can checkout the nearby Selaron Steps that you see in the Snoop Dogg / Pharrell "Beautiful" video.

I also like to have breakfast / lunch at the Cafe Lage in the mansion courtyard of Parque Lage. It's also featured in the video. In fact, the video is a good warm-up for a Rio visit. There are many hot Cariocas in it. The video might also change your mind about the beach.

The city center does not have a lot of history left. There are some old churches. Many people go to the modern Rio Cathedral which is interesting. The Sambadrome attracts visitors even though there is not much to see without a parade.

Last but not least, on certain nights the Samba schools host parties. There's usually music, cheap drinks and dancing. You can flirt here with some Brazilian women. Unless you are under 45, I wouldn't flirt with the really young girls. You'll likely get more response from the more mature women. Rio women are jaded from tourists thinking they all want to jump in bed with the first foreigner they meet.

Lapa has a famous large street party on Friday nights that spills into the side streets and bars in the area. The center of the action starts at Arcos the Lapa. In fact depending on the season, the Rio street parties can be found around the city.

[QUOTE=WyattEarp;2455501]It always depends what you like to do. The recommendations below come with the caveat that you can easily find women in Rio. It is certainly not a pussy desert.

If your goal is to race in / race out, you could hit the two major sites Christ the Redeemer statue on Corcovado mountain and Sugarloaf mountain in two days / one night.

If you tack on more time, you can consider other options. You have to remember beach or no beach, Rio is a green city. It is cut into a mountainous rainforest. Sao Paulo is an urban jungle. I like to take the historic tram up into the hills of Santa Teresa and have lunch (or a before sunset dinner) with a view. It is a historic neighborhood with nice, older homes. You can checkout the nearby Selaron Steps that you see in the Snoop Dogg / Pharrell "Beautiful" video.

I also like to have breakfast / lunch at the Cafe Lage in the mansion courtyard of Parque Lage. It's also featured in the video. In fact, the video is a good warm-up for a Rio visit. There are many hot Cariocas in it. The video might also change your mind about the beach.

The city center does not have a lot of history left. There are some old churches. Many people go to the modern Rio Cathedral which is interesting. The Sambadrome attracts visitors even though there is not much to see without a parade..[/QUOTE]Wow thanks for the detailed reply, really appreciate it.

Might just book a flight into Rio and out of Sao Paulo and play it by ear. Hopefully tourists will be able to go sometime this year.

[QUOTE=Hobbying;2455192]There are many Mercure hotels, you probably got it confused with the one near Moema which is near the national airport CGH. Paulista is no where near both airports and I've stayed at that Mercure near Paulista which is nice and girl friendly. Actually all hotels are girl friendly.[/QUOTE]I've stayed at the Mercure Sao Paulo Moema hotel many times and the noise is not that big a deal and I am a somewhat light sleeper. My favored hotel in SP is the Bourbon Convention Ibirapuera which is a short walking distance from my favorite Moema clinicas. It has a decent gym and indoor pool. It is even closer to the airport but fortunately the windows in the rooms are sound proofed.

[QUOTE=Turgid;2455573]I've stayed at the Mercure Sao Paulo Moema hotel many times and the noise is not that big a deal and I am a somewhat light sleeper. My favored hotel in SP is the Bourbon Convention Ibirapuera which is a short walking distance from my favorite Moema clinicas. It has a decent gym and indoor pool. It is even closer to the airport but fortunately the windows in the rooms are sound proofed.[/QUOTE]Mercure Pinheiros is nice and literally two blocks from Bomboa. You can make the Scandallo pilgrimage by Uber but fuck it's nice to walk down the street and have a nice Boate just right there. High recommend.

[QUOTE=Hobbying;2455192]There are many Mercure hotels, you probably got it confused with the one near Moema which is near the national airport CGH. Paulista is no where near both airports and I've stayed at that Mercure near Paulista which is nice and girl friendly. Actually all hotels are girl friendly.[/QUOTE]Indeed I was confused, as I was talking about the Mercury in Moema, close to CGH. I guess on my next trip, I will try another hotel as I am a light sleeper.

[QUOTE=Steve9696;2455575]Mercure Pinheiros is nice and literally two blocks from Bomboa. You can make the Scandallo pilgrimage by Uber but fuck it's nice to walk down the street and have a nice Boate just right there. High recommend.[/QUOTE]Bomboa is relocating tba. [URL]https://bomboa.com.br/[/URL].

I wanted to know is there a place like Villa mimosa in São Paulo? It seems like we only talk about clubs.

[QUOTE=SavageGoat;2455786]I wanted to know is there a place like Villa mimosa in So Paulo? It seems like we only talk about clubs.[/QUOTE]Search scum SP on forums.

[QUOTE=SavageGoat;2455786]I wanted to know is there a place like Villa mimosa in So Paulo? It seems like we only talk about clubs.[/QUOTE]If you don't get a response, dig around a bit here. I think someone mentioned a building (s) that was the bargain basement mongering scene. If I remember, the member thought it was too skanky and so dearth of talent it wasn't worth the effort.

It sounded like a similar scene in Belo Horizonte. Some old buildings with a woman in each room banging out quickies. I hope I'm not mixing up SP with BH.

[QUOTE=SavageGoat;2455786]I wanted to know is there a place like Villa mimosa in So Paulo? It seems like we only talk about clubs.[/QUOTE]I don't remember if we're allowed to post non-English language websites, so Google Prive Rua carneiro the cunha, 400 - 93049-9686 and you will see a couple of Brazilian websites that will give you what you want. They're in Portuguese so you will probably need to use a translation app.

Self-isolated!

[QUOTE=Kcrl01;2456082]Self-isolated![/QUOTE]Nice! How did you meet her?

[QUOTE=JimmyBoy99;2456027]I don't remember if we're allowed to post non-English language websites, so Google Prive Rua carneiro the cunha, 400 - 93049-9686 and you will see a couple of Brazilian websites that will give you what you want. They're in Portuguese so you will probably need to use a translation app.[/QUOTE]Don't worry about posting links to non-English websites. As long as you make it clear and provide sensible metadata (a slightly more detailed description than the one above) all sources of information are welcome. Posting non-English text here is discouraged.

[QUOTE=Hobbying;2456132]Nice! How did you meet her?[/QUOTE]At Caribe two years ago.

[QUOTE=SoberHans69;2455322]Read through the past 100 pages and want to say thanks to everyone who posted, shame what happened to ABG, he seemed like a great guy.

My next trip is going to be either to Ghana or Brazil, whichever opens up first, I'm hoping Brazil but unfortunately things aren't looking good at the minute.

Sao Paulo looks much better to me mongering wise, which is the main objective of my trip and decent food and Rio doesn't appeal to me that much as I'm not into beaches.

How many nights would you lot spend in Rio to see the tourist stuff before going to Sao Paulo for the rest of the trip?

Also does anyone else offer a similar service to ABG?

Thanks in advance.[/QUOTE]Doesn't seem like anyone else does a similar tour service to what ABG did on here, which is a shame.

I wish I wasn't so bad at learning languages.

I plan on staying in Moema and visiting the clinicas and Casarao and similar priced Boates but Scandallo etc would be out of my budget.

Would you lot still go if you only learned the key Portuguese phrases?

Thanks.