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[QUOTE=Albert Punter]Don't blame the britons or the brazilians, in my experience it is quite normal that airway companies offices at airport are only open at time of their flights, not only in this country but in many airports around the world.
Have you tried to make changes through their website ?

As far as printed ticket, do you really need this ?
It is years already I don't travel with a printed ticket.[/QUOTE]

Thanks...but neither in far east Russia I had the need of printed ticket and I tried their website immediately, but it wrote I have to go to travel agency, I do not know why.

If you never been to Recife, its another spot to go to in Brasil.
Check out the bamboo bar.
Lots of GDP's, beach & weather is great.
They have a disco where some GDP's go for the night.

See photos & video from the website.
You can see a few GDP's, hotel, & area
A nice place to get away from Rio, if you want to see another side of Brazil.

[url]http://www.bamboobar.net/index_en.htm[/url]

[QUOTE=Madd Love]If you never been to Recife, its another spot to go to in Brasil.
Check out the bamboo bar.
Lots of GDP's, beach & weather is great.
They have a disco where some GDP's go for the night.

See photos & video from the website.
You can see a few GDP's, hotel, & area
A nice place to get away from Rio, if you want to see another side of Brazil.

[url]http://www.bamboobar.net/index_en.htm[/url][/QUOTE]

I am not sure why ML is pushing Bamboo, but it is not exactly what ML is saying it is.

Bamboo is a bar/restaurant with a small disco in the basement. There is no stripping or anything like that. Simply GDPs who hang out and will go with a guy if he wants to for the right price. It is located near a busy square but there is little foot traffic along the street it is on. It is owned by a German guy.

The area in which it is located is undergoing regentrification. Several nearby hotels have been torn down in recent years and new expensive condos are going up in their places. Another bar called Chakatak, which is across the street from Bamboo, is the last building standing out of 4 or 5 on the block. There used to be lots of GDPs hanging out on the beach and the square (Praca de Boa Viagem) but the loss of the hotels has meant the loss of sex tourists so the GDPs are moving to other pastures. Bamboo and Chakatak are no longer choice places to monger.

Sometime last year, there was a killing at Bamboo. A co-owner (or manager) stabbed a biligerent patron. (That is the story I heard.) Patronize it at your own risk.

[QUOTE=George90]I am not sure why ML is pushing Bamboo, but it is not exactly what ML is saying it is.

Bamboo is a bar/restaurant with a small disco in the basement. There is no stripping or anything like that. Simply GDPs who hang out and will go with a guy if he wants to for the right price. It is located near a busy square but there is little foot traffic along the street it is on. It is owned by a German guy.

The area in which it is located is undergoing regentrification. Several nearby hotels have been torn down in recent years and new expensive condos are going up in their places. Another bar called Chakatak, which is across the street from Bamboo, is the last building standing out of 4 or 5 on the block. There used to be lots of GDPs hanging out on the beach and the square (Praca de Boa Viagem) but the loss of the hotels has meant the loss of sex tourists so the GDPs are moving to other pastures. Bamboo and Chakatak are no longer choice places to monger.

Sometime last year, there was a killing at Bamboo. A co-owner (or manager) stabbed a biligerent patron. (That is the story I heard.) Patronize it at your own risk.[/QUOTE]


Points above well taken,

I was just offering information for different side of Brazil.
I personally think Rio & Sao Paulo are more dangerous than Recife.
Crime is much higher there on a comparison level.

Each to his own.

And I would recommend going to the Bamboo bar in Recife, for a different side of Brazil, as far as women, people, and location.

Last year it was reported that Recife was the most dangerous city in Brazil.
"While Rio de Janeiro's bloody drug war makes international headlines, this balmy city of 1.5 million has a homicide rate of 90.9 per 100,000 — more than twice as deadly as Rio, according to the Latin American Technological Network's Map of Violence." Maybe things have gotten better.

[url]http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/04/25/america/LA-FEA-GEN-Brazil-Killings-in-Recife.php[/url]

[quote=madd love]points above well taken,

i was just offering information for different side of brazil.
[b]i personally think rio & sao paulo are more dangerous than recife.
crime is much higher there on a comparison level.[/b]

each to his own.

and i would recommend going to the bamboo bar in recife, for a different side of brazil, as far as women, people, and location.[/quote]

exactly what chingon says!!!

in 2007, recife was the murder capital of brazil. i did not hear that things changed much in 2008. i know people in recife. the deal is that the tourist areas close to the beaches are well patroled by police and the 'riffraff' are kept well at bay. but the interior parts of recife, far from the beaches, are described as an almost lawless area. muggings, [url=http://isgprohibitedwords.info?CodeWord=CodeWord124][CodeWord124][/url], and murders take place without much police investigation. i am told that part of it is the doing of wannabee drug dealers and nascient gangs. it is not quite as bad as the favelas of rio in absolute numbers, but on a per capita basis, the violent crime rate is the tops in brazil.

[quote=george90]exactly what chingon says!!!

in 2007, recife was the murder capital of brazil. i did not hear that things changed much in 2008. i know people in recife. the deal is that the tourist areas close to the beaches are well patroled by police and the 'riffraff' are kept well at bay. but the interior parts of recife, far from the beaches, are described as an almost lawless area. muggings, [url=http://isgprohibitedwords.info?CodeWord=CodeWord124][CodeWord124][/url], and murders take place without much police investigation. i am told that part of it is the doing of wannabee drug dealers and nascient gangs. it is not quite as bad as the favelas of rio in absolute numbers, but on a per capita basis, the violent crime rate is the tops in brazil.[/quote]


i am not saying you are wrong about high crime in recife, but rio has the leading crime rate. & if a monger can monger in rio, a monger can go to recife.




the state of rio de janeiro despite a 4% decrease in the number of violent deaths kept its title as murder champion followed by pernambuco state in the brazilian northeast.

[url]http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/7285/54/[/url]

rio state, which includes the city of rio de janeiro and outlying areas, is the country's deadliest, with a homicide rate in 2005 of about 62 for every 100,000 residents. the murder rate in the united states was 5.6 per 100,000 people that year.

[url]http://people.eku.edu/davisb/geo100/riocrime.html[/url]



geographically, as one might expect, the fear of street crimes is highest in the two mega-cities, rio de janeiro and são paulo and also the northeastern city of recife.

[url]http://www.zonalatina.com/zldata194.htm[/url]


[url]http://www.coha.org/new_press_releases/new_press_releases_2004/04.31_brazil%20prison%20riot.htm[/url]

[url]http://www.boston.com/news/world/latinamerica/articles/2006/09/25/brazil_murder_rate_similar_to_war_zone_data_shows/[/url]

[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/crime_in_brazil[/url]

[QUOTE=Madd Love]I am not saying you are wrong about high crime in Recife, but Rio has the leading crime rate. & if a monger can monger in Rio, a monger can go to Recife.




The state of Rio de Janeiro despite a 4% decrease in the number of violent deaths kept its title as murder champion followed by Pernambuco state in the Brazilian northeast.

[url]http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/7285/54/[/url]

Rio state, which includes the city of Rio de Janeiro and outlying areas, is the country's deadliest, with a homicide rate in 2005 of about 62 for every 100,000 residents. The murder rate in the United States was 5.6 per 100,000 people that year.

[url]http://people.eku.edu/davisb/Geo100/riocrime.html[/url]



Geographically, as one might expect, the fear of street crimes is highest in the two mega-cities, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo and also the northeastern city of Recife.

[url]http://www.zonalatina.com/Zldata194.htm[/url]


[url]http://www.coha.org/NEW_PRESS_RELEASES/New_Press_Releases_2004/04.31_Brazil%20Prison%20Riot.htm[/url]

[url]http://www.boston.com/news/world/latinamerica/articles/2006/09/25/brazil_murder_rate_similar_to_war_zone_data_shows/[/url]

[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_in_Brazil[/url][/QUOTE]ML only the wikipedia that you sited is current. Everything else is from 2001 to 2007.

[QUOTE=Chingon]ML only the wikipedia that you sited is current. Everything else is from 2001 to 2007.[/QUOTE]


Why are you worried about others, that might want to know about Recife?

[QUOTE=Madd Love]Why are you worried about others, that might want to know about Recife?[/QUOTE]To quote Alfred E. Neuman, "What me, worry?" (insert gap tooth smile here)
You site old sources in support of your position. Going to Recife, works for you. COOL! But stating that it is safer than Copa, in spite of current reports to the contrary, I find that misleading, IMHO. I clear remember OGlobo reporting last year, that Recife was more dangerous then Rio, based on statistics from the previous year. Unknown yet, if Rio will be #1 again this year. Rio's criminals are doing there best to regain that title. (You see all the latest crime reports?) :D

A better question ML, is why are YOU misleading mongers?

Men,


I live in the Washington DC area and I have noticed that a lot of "ladies" that I use to know in Brazil have been moving to the area. I know that a couple married guys in the area lately. It is pretty cool, I was in the Mall today and ran into a good friend of mine from Brazil that I "know" in the Biblical sense. She told me about 4 other girls that live in the Area. I am going to get together with them next week. I will try and find my old pictures of the ladies and post them.

Brazil is the gift that keeps on giving!

[QUOTE=Hulk]Most of the Copacabana beachfront restaurants are pretty bad. The only one that I've found to be consistently good is Don Camilo's. It's the only place in Rio that I've found that has good fried calamari. Granted, this is not the most refined seafood around, but sometimes I just get a craving for it and this is the place to go for for fried calamari in Rio. All the other dishes I've tried at Don Camilo's have also been well prepared.[/QUOTE]


Don Camilo was always my favorite restaurant, great food, great atmosphere and a professional staff that I knew very well. Inside they had strolling music at night, very romantic, I always brought my dates here.

This last time in Rio I was with a very nice girl, we went to Za Za Bistro in Ipanema. Upstairs is a very romantic setting if this is what you need. You take your shoes off, sit on the floor with big pillows, candles all over the place, Asian fusion food which was very good. This place was a hit, put my girl in the right mood, I recommend it for a date.

I also went to a place called Praia Vermelha in Flamengo, it is a restaurant basically on the Military grounds and overlooks Sugar Loaf. They have live music going on, it is right on the beach and with that view of Sugar Loaf provides another romantic setting if this is what you're looking for. Food is good, I saw no tourists there except me, I recommend it for a date.

[QUOTE=Watchman4400]Men,


I live in the Washington DC area and I have noticed that a lot of "ladies" that I use to know in Brazil have been moving to the area. I know that a couple married guys in the area lately. It is pretty cool, I was in the Mall today and ran into a good friend of mine from Brazil that I "know" in the Biblical sense. She told me about 4 other girls that live in the Area. I am going to get together with them next week. I will try and find my old pictures of the ladies and post them.

Brazil is the gift that keeps on giving![/QUOTE]

You should see the large amount of MP/Help girls in Chicago!!! I am sure they blow the population in DC right out of the water!!

[QUOTE=Sangue Bon]Don Camilo was always my favorite restaurant[/QUOTE]
On my list too - haven´t tried it recently.

btw is there a forum that discusses sex? ;) ;)

[QUOTE=Christopherd]
btw is there a forum that discusses sex? ;) ;)[/QUOTE]

There used to be a section called Rio De Janeiro reports but seems like it's morphed into a Rio Restaurant review section. Everybody must be getting old, sounds like they rather eat than screw.