2 short trips in June and August
Thanks for all the replies with sound advice and good info. I wouldn't have dreamed of splitting up my 4 days / 3 nights trip to Brazil in August between SP and RJ if was my first time in Brazil. However, I'll be doing a 3 day, 2 nights trip to SP in June with my boys and we'll hit up a few boates (definitely Scandallo) and clinicas (the big ones in Moena).
This second trip in August is more of a visit to RJ, but making sure I have one night at Scandallo as well. My flights will be arriving to and departing from GRU (I had a great deal on RT business class seats for $500 durimg a flash sale) Like SinfullyKorean, my trip to RJ has to be nested in the middle of flights from / to GRU from the US. Unlike him, I don't have the luxury of staying for almost 2 weeks in Brazil.
With the advice and insight provided, I will probably arrive into GRU on Thursday morning, then hop on a flight to SDU. I will have 3 days and 2 nights to check out RJ termas, prives and maybe outcalls, then fly out Sat afternoon from SDU to CGH and have fun in Scandallo at night and maybe hit up a clinica on Sunday before flying home in the evening from GRU.
As the domestic airports are so much closer to the hotels I'll be staying at (Copacabana and Paulista Av.) than the international airports (GRU / GIG) I should also save some travel time, which is key due to my tight itinerary.
Hopefully, my two short trips in June and August will give me a sense of which city I prefer more for future trips, as I have two more trips planned for the fall and winter!