Rio de Janeiro Reports

Just got back from about a week in Rio. Quick trip report for you guys.

AIRFARE.

American, around $700 RT from the US. No problems, flights were full but customs / immigration was quicker and easier than ever. Last time I went you had to have a visa so it's nice to not have to do that anymore.

ACCOMMODATION.

We stayed a week at a penthouse on Copa with a big hot tub, off Rua Bolivar (Posto 5). I've stayed there before and it's pricey but worth it. A bit more worn down than last time I stayed. Franky at RiosFinest has been a good contact over the years and I'm glad to bring my business to him. Absolutely no issues with girls, porter was supposed to check IDs and stuff but really didn't when we got in after hours. (Kind of wish he would have but whatever.). Ended up being like $200 a night for a 3 BR. If you need the contact information let me know. (This was way more expensive than $200 a night the first time I stayed there.).

We had a super late flight the last day so moved next door to the Pestana Atlntica so we could shower and stuff. Totally girl friendly but the room was old and the bed sucked. Glad we didn't stay there for the whole time.

GIRLS.

We got in on a Friday. I was with my two friends, one a guy and one a girl. Both are open minded. Went to Mabs and saw nothing first night. Honestly Mabs was a waste of time all the times I went there.

Then went to Dolce Vita. Good selection there on Friday. My buddy found a girl then I found a girl with a friend. He ended up taking his first girl and my girl's friend (against my advice). They said they wanted 300 R each, which was fine. When we got back to the room, his first girl said she wanted $100 and gave him attitude. He ended up giving it to her. I went with my girl and he went with his $100 girl and my girl's friend. The next morning we found the first girl stole some money from my friend, as well as my sunglasses and cologne. Not a big deal, but the lesson here is: Two of them is almost never twice as good and certainly not worth twice the money. And two girls that don't know each other is just a waste of time. It was his first time in Rio, so a valuable lesson learned. My girl was hot and did everything I wanted, and I got her number but she went with some guy to Switzerland a few days later.

I took 3 shots on Photoacomphantes (informed by GParena) and 2 went well and one not great. (Had to give one cab money and send her home.).

The gem I found was Laura from Fortaleza. She was tall, skinny, and I think very beautiful. And she let me do whatever I wanted, including facials and beijos negros. And she wanted 200 R. Always followed up on WhatsApp. I ended up seeing her 3 times. I wish I could take her home with me. I am attaching her pic (which she took in my room so it's real). PM me for her number. She's a very nice girl.

I took my male buddy to 4 x4 one night and it was his first time in a place like this. We got there after 11 on a Tuesday and I thought the pickings were slim, but he thought it was the greatest thing ever. Bought him a session, he is now a friend for life.

Interesting that 4 x4 now allows the option of wearing a robe or not. I kind of prefer the robe requirement but apparently they're making it an option because some people are uncomfortable with robes. Okay, fine.

Attaching the 4 x4 price list for inquiring minds. Also you can text them on WhatsApp at +55 21 96564-4440 and they'll answer your questions. I met the lady who runs it and she was kind to us. (Also helped me locate my lost cell phone.).

While I was at 4 x4 I inquired about bringing my GF there the next day. I knew they didn't allow girls before, but I was surprised to see they welcomed her. We were supposed to go Wednesday to meet Vagabundo but she was tired and wanted to hang at the hot tub so sadly I missed meeting him and others. We went back the next day and the door guy said she could go in the Whiskeria but not upstairs to the termas. I showed him my text with the lady, he confirmed, and no problem. My GF couldn't wear a robe, but she could go in. They sent over a bi girl and they hit it off and went for a session (without me). Not sure how true this is but she said that she was told that they had been equipping certain rooms for women and everyone clapped when she went to the room because she was the first to do so. (Take this with a grain of salt because she knows no porto.).

My buddy went with a new girl with braces who was apparently fantastic. He extended his session from 30 to 90 minutes. Apparently just nonstop great BBBJ. I went with a half Japanese girl who was cool and good at what she does. Two thumbs up for 4 x4. My session, my gfs session, many drinks, filet mignon ended up being 1100 R or so. Good deal.

When 4 x4 termas closes the Whiskeria downstairs is still open. We went downstairs and my friend noticed a girl he liked. Struck a deal for 400 R back to Copa and they left. She stayed several hours and treated him well. I think next time I come I'll spend more time at 4 x4.

OTHER

We went in August (Winter) and it was a little colder than I'the prefer. We got lucky on the sun and rain. It only rained our last two days there. When it rains, might as well make it a termas day. Of course, this being my friends' first trip, we did all the tourist stuff during the day. I won't bore you with that, except to say that the Museu de Amanha is just okay and that a sunset sail in Guanabara Bay is totally worth it. Churrascaria Palace is better than Carretao. I miss Porcao. Drinks at Princess Copacabana (or whatever we are calling it now) are very good, especially if you like stuff you can't order most other places, like Old Fashioneds.

I started going to Rio in 2007-2008 during Help days. Things have changed, and honestly it's less fun than when you could pull from Help / Barbarella. But it's still one of the best destinations I can think of, especially now. When I started going, the exchange rate was 2. 5:1 or so with the USD. Now it's double that. Things are *so* cheap, from food to drinks to tours to girls. If you're thinking about going to Rio, do it! I will likely be back at the end of the year.

Hope this helps!

[QUOTE=Bearsi;2592640]It says you can change your google play store country one time a year so I'll do it on my 2nd phone and see if it works which helps the notion of bringing a 2nd phone.[/QUOTE]Or you can create another account and switch between them when needed.

Must Read on Rio / Brazil colorism / security. AAR on raid that killed 27.

[URL]https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2021/08/12/rio-de-janeiro-asks-why-its-cops-kill-so-many-black-people[/URL]

The image is very good. It should be used as an "overlay" on your map of Rio, especially the rio metro map.

The reason that JimmyBoy is such a good monger, and a good wingman if you can get him, is that he is brilliant in the basics. He chooses to live at Hotel Atlantico Tower, which is dead center of the metro map. He uses the metro, and the city buses. From there, he can: 1) walk to all the centro prives, which is the dividing line of north and south (though not technically, as the economist map divides zona norte differently, including centro in zona norte; I always use North of Av Vargas as Zona Norte); 2) take the metro to zona sul beaches; 3) take the metro to tijuca prives, ie massagemtijuca, annesmassagem.

The map and the story from [URL]economist.com[/URL] rehashes what we discussed a few months back, ie, the jacarazinho (sp) police raid.

At dawn on May 6th residents of Jacarezinho, a favela in Rio de Janeiro, woke to the sound of police helicopters and gunfire. Ten hours later, 28 people were dead, nearly all of them black men. Mariana de Paula, a 27-year-old accountant and activist who lives on the morro ("hill", as steep favelas like Jacarezinho are called), told her boss that it was too dangerous to travel to the office. Her boss, who is white, suggested she use a ride-hailing app. "She didn't get it," says Ms de Paula, who is black. The shooting sounded like popcorn. The victims included one police officer, shot by drug traffickers, and 27 residents killed by the police. Some were unarmed. It was the deadliest police raid in the state's history.

When the shooting stopped, Ms de Paula began her commute down alleyways that zigzag to the bottom of the morro, through a tunnel from Rio's poor Zona Norte to the rich Zona Sul, and finally to Barra the Tijuca, a beachside strip that is 72% white. In mostly white neighbourhoods in Rio flats can cost 2,000 reais ($400) per square foot. Their inhabitants blame poverty and corruption for the violence that plagues the city. But a growing chorus from Ms de Paula's Rio, the mostly black peripheries and favelas, suggests there is more to it than that.

Black Brazilians are increasingly arguing not only that the police are too trigger-happy but also that their violence is sometimes racially motivated. In 2019 Brazilian cops killed 6,357 people. In the state of Rio they killed 1,814: nearly twice as many people as cops killed in the United States, which has a population 19 times as large. Eight out of ten Brazilians killed by police are negros, a grouping that combines the official racial categories of preto, "black", and pardo, "brown" or "mixed". (Throughout this article, "black" refers to the unofficial category of negros.) Police killings tripled between 2013 and 2020 and now represent around a third of all homicides in some states.

Part of the explanation lies in history. Brazil was the last country in the Americas to outlaw slavery. Though former slaves did not suffer formal segregation of the kind imposed by South Africa or the American South, poverty and laws criminalising vagrancy and African religions had a similar effect. Rio "civilised and modernised itself by expelling second-class citizens to the morros", writes Zuenir Ventura in "Cidade Partida" (Divided City, 1994).

Black people too poor to live elsewhere built shantytowns (see map). Their residents became cheap labour for factories in Zona Norte and white families in Zona Sul. Today black Brazilians are 56% of Brazil's population but 70% of the poor. Unemployment is 17% for blacks versus 12% for whites. White Brazilians earn almost twice as much as black ones do.

Great report, sorry I missed you. I was waiting for a pernoite from Ana Foxxx which unsurprisingly, she flaked on (50% flake rate for dates should be expected). I would be interested to know where you contracted for the sunset sail?

As I have said here and elsewhere on ISG, blackfemdom and femdom are winning themes in the global sex / porn market. Let's designate your female friend either callsign Kamala, Ivanka, or Melania, according to preference. And a report from HER on her session at 4 x 4 would be priceless!

Best.

[QUOTE=SmokersRule;2592818]I won't bore you with that, except to say that the Museu de Amanha is just okay and that a sunset sail in Guanabara Bay is totally worth it. [/QUOTE]

Vagabundo's Gear List.

Further to the sandals, which are winners, I would say this about gear:

1. Shop at decathlon.

Freeway Center, Av. Das Americas, 2000 - Barra the Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro. RJ, 22640-101.

[URL]https://www.decathlon.com.br/[/URL]

It is a global brand, with stores in rich world locations like San Francisco. The French are culturally neutral. Even Brazilians who hate gringos like the French, because the French are libertines, the monger of mongers. The gear thus does not scream out " I am a gringo, rob me". It could have been gear you bought in Brazil, and you could be Brazilian, if of course, you don't open your mouth and talk.

2. Do wear a vasco covid mask, and or vasco shirt. Pick one up at metro uruguiana.

3. Do wear bombeiro gear, like the lifeguard cap that a new ISG walkon friend bought the other day (I guess we met at 4 x 4, and I added him to our local whatsapp group). I am not talking about wearing " full bombeiro" from head to toe. I am saying wear a piece of bombeiro local gear, like the pants, and the lifeguard (guardia do piscina) cap AND a vasco mask. That says, " I am a off guard civil bombeiro or at least a lifeguard therefore do not fuck with me because the people who legally carry guns are licensed by the same regulator as me" (the pool lifeguard at your pool, has to do 50 meters in 50 seconds and pass a test after a 2 month course on lifesaving techniques).

4. Buy grey preferably, or black, molle / velcro packs for your travel gear, from either decathlon or from 5. 11 tactical. Khaki packs will get inspected on bus trips because they scream out military. Have a Texas velcro patch because god bless fucking Texas (and Switzerland). We need need need a good honky tonk night at some of the better clubs to attract more cowboys, gauchos. Call it a lifetime aspiration.

[URL]https://www.511tactical.com/rush-moab-10.html[/URL]

In double tap (any monger who brings me one of these, vagabundo will gladly pay in local dinheiro and give you a few days of guided tour of the best of Rio's sex venues). The Moab10 sling bag is by far the single best bag for Rio mongering in my experience, limited though it is. I guess I could get amazon to deliver it. I just need to get off my ass and do it.

[URL]https://www.511tactical.com/rush-moab-6.html[/URL]

The Moab10 is a close second. OK, practical tip. Both of those bags have a CC pocket. That pocket works great for your cell phone, and may even save it from theft. In fact, there are TWO CC pockets -- the CC pocket which is designed for a pistol, but would work for a cell, weed, a knife, or any other item; and a water reservoir pocket, which actually works great for a small 11 inch laptop like the old Macbook Air 11 (which memo to apple, apple should make again, but I digress).

[URL]https://www.511tactical.com/rush24-2-0-backpack.html[/URL]

In the double tap, dark navy color. Not khaki. (vagabundo has been inspected on a bus trip to buzios because he had a khaki bag).

[URL]https://www.511tactical.com/apex-pant.html[/URL]

The apex pant is the alpha uniform pant. However, it is not local manufactured so locals will know you are wearing a gringo made pant. You can with any work find the locally made police pant. You don't want to wear police gear as 50% of the population will want to cut your nuts off. You do want to wear bombeiro civil (civil fireman) pants, because it says: 1) you are official, and the official police will protect you 2) the criminals respect you too because you are just maintenance when you walk around the buildings. All this gear is grey. In SP the cops wear grey, and the recognition rules are different. But the 5. 11 gear is top shelf.

The apex pant also has: a CC pocket for flex cuffs, just in case. Zip ties are endlessly useful. A CC pocket for a handcuff key. Ditto.

5. cloths.

ABC pant. Anti Ball Crushing. 'nuff said. Dressy, designed for yoga. If you only pack one pant, this is the best one.

[URL]https://shop.lululemon.com/c/men-pants/_/N-7ubZ1z0xss9?icid=cdp-cdp:mens-casual-pants;3;collectionjson;cdp:mens-abc-clothes;elevatedexperience[/URL]

All your cloths could and probably should be lulu gear -- metal vent polo shirts, the girls like to sleep in this, if its good enough for their tits pernoite, it's good enough for me; the pacebreaker shorts with the CC pocket.

You can find dress shirts, which are made in such a way as you could wear them as rashguard swim shirts. They are so nice that criminals back in the rich world stole them from Vagabundo.

Stuff it all in a 5. 11 tactical (use the tier system to stack packs together) ,or even better decathlon pack.

6. Extra credit. Home Depot.

Everywhere you go, you see gringo brands like Stanley. Nothing says don't fuck like me like a man who has a drill and other powertools with rechargeable batteries, except maybe a Swiss Naval Infantry corporal with a 7. 5 mm x 55 assault rifle, and it would be hard to get the SIG rifle into Brazil, unless you swam in after taking a little rubber boat to the 12 mile limit. A man who carries a street legal spear gun also says, "don't fuck with me" and you can find dive shops on rua alfandega (where 502 is). Go up and get your James bond on. In those shops you will find people who will carry and maybe sell you firearms, which are pretty much the same as spear guns. You can also find hatchets, and if you are so inclined to be ready to defend yourself, you could practice throwing those. You can find taser / flashlights on a tactico shop on rua gomes freire -- 367 to be exact.

But to my point, Home Depot gear is recommended for extended stay mongers, and in these endemic times, any trip could turn into an extended say. I recommend Ryobi rechargeable power tools, first and foremost the mini speaker. But, that said, all the Home Depot gear is top shelf. From the cloths to the knives (the Milwaukee duct knife is the best combat dagger you ever need, and at $20 is very affordable; the SOG SEAL Strike is a top shelf folding knife, and any monger who brings Vagabundo one again, will be rewarded with several days of combat sex patrolling).

I would even recommend the Home Depot sold packs for the career maintenance guy. Gringo brands are all over Rio, so you could still be a local even if you carry Stanly packs. Carhart jeans, pants, shirts, are so universal that French porn stars wear them. And the great majority of poor cariocas are in fact honest, working people who are somehow employed in the status of Rio de Janeiro as a working port -- huge containers ship dot the horizon off the beaches from copa to barra, every few kilometers, all day, every day. The Brazilian military academies of at least 2 services are all along the harbor from 1 distrito naval to urca (the military academy).

7. Patagonia.

The capilene line of mid weight kayaking shirts is solid. Vagabundo wears one bought almost 30 years ago for kayaking on lake lugano enroute to battle with the evil Italians who run brothels in their decrepit, corrupt country, the bastards!

Ideally, your gear should be 40 pound pack, 10 pound carry on. Over 18 months vagabundo's stuff has grown to higher amounts of weight. That said, walking with a pack is both a cardio and a weight work out.

[QUOTE=Vagabundo1;2591157]I did think about buying a shorty websuit shirt at decathlon when I went there with stargazer the other day. The water temperatures are such that it would make it more comfortable. I will probably try double rash guards for a next step though. I try to keep my cloths to a minimum so, theoretically, I could take off on an hours notice.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=SmokersRule;2592818]I took my male buddy to 4 x4 one night and it was his first time in a place like this. We got there after 11 on a Tuesday and I thought the pickings were slim, but he thought it was the greatest thing ever. Bought him a session, he is now a friend for life.[/QUOTE]Thanks for the great report! Good details and color on the scene. It's always good when a member is willing to share contact info. As I have said before, these girls aren't waiting for us to come back and they likely need the business.

You seem like you already know this, but I will mention the best time to go to 4 x4 is between 5 pm and 7 pm. Termas 4 x 4 is a weekday, after work downtown scene. Many girls have already went home by 11 pm.

The downside of going is more dicks, but definitely more chicks. It's also more festive.

One thing I forgot. Might help Americans traveling to Brazil.

I got a covid test at Labs a+ in Copa near Arpoador. We went to one other location near Posto 5 but they didn't do testing there. The center near Arpoador does not do it on Tuesday but they do on Wednesday. (Not sure about other days.). Cost is 340 R and you get results the next day if you do the test by 11 am. There was one English speaking guy there. Ask for his help.

They never emailed me my results. Rather, you go into a patient portal on their website where you use the username and PW they give you on a sheet when you pay.

[QUOTE=SmokersRule;2592818] ... My GF couldn't wear a robe, but she could go in. They sent over a bi girl and they hit it off and went for a session (without me). Not sure how true this is but she said that she was told that they had been equipping certain rooms for women and everyone clapped when she went to the room because she was the first to do so. (Take this with a grain of salt because she knows no porto.) ...[/QUOTE]Ahhh! What a pity you didn't join them. But good to know they allow GFs, if prior arrangements are made.

[QUOTE=SmokersRule;2593001]One thing I forgot. Might help Americans traveling to Brazil.

I got a covid test at Labs a+ in Copa near Arpoador. We went to one other location near Posto 5 but they didn't do testing there. The center near Arpoador does not do it on Tuesday but they do on Wednesday. (Not sure about other days.). Cost is 340 R and you get results the next day if you do the test by 11 am. [/QUOTE]To be clear, which type of Covid test did you get? I am assuming it was PCR since it was so expensive and you had to wait. A PCR in the airport at Sao Paulo Guarulhos is no more than 250 and you do not have to wait 1 day. Actually, Americans do not need a PCR test. An antigen test is sufficient. You could have gotten that at Pacheco drug store for 118 I think and you only have to wait 10 minutes. I have posted this info on the forum before.

[QUOTE=MrEnternational;2593019]To be clear, which type of Covid test did you get? I am assuming it was PCR since it was so expensive and you had to wait.[/QUOTE]Thanks! Yes, it was PCR.

[QUOTE=MrEnternational;2593019]To be clear, which type of Covid test did you get? I am assuming it was PCR since it was so expensive and you had to wait. A PCR in the airport at Sao Paulo Guarulhos is no more than 250 and you do not have to wait 1 day. Actually, Americans do not need a PCR test. An antigen test is sufficient. You could have gotten that at Pacheco drug store for 118 I think and you only have to wait 10 minutes. I have posted this info on the forum before.[/QUOTE]Posts like this one that reduce the hassle of getting something done are invaluable. You guys who take the time to make these kind of posts help newbies and veterans alike. Much appreciated.

I went to VM and had a session in a casa where in all the time wasters were employed to rob me of my time and money, though I did get BBFSCIP, which is still a good deal with a 20 year old.

The lesson is simply to take Sperto's excellent advice, which Mr. E took when he sessioned at VM a few months back, and which I did take last weekend: go to the nearby Hotel Canario. The address is Rua ceara 221.

The link is here.

[URL]https://goo.gl/maps/ztcbdQZmYNtMAY2Z9[/URL]

I don't go to VM much anymore, but I did a few weeks ago when Stargazer first arrived maybe because it was a Sunday and nothing else is open. When I did, I found one of the "usual suspects" and we did go to Hotel Canario, which was 60 or 70 reais for a 3 hour period. I paid the girl 100 for 1+ solid hours of BBFSCIP twice.

It kind of all depends on the casa, and the girl. The problem with all the casas is the tia, the manager, the gerentao, who is the jabba the hut which all the young princess leia working girls become, who have to get their % too.

And I hate smoking. The girls love to smoke because they would rather commit suicide because they have nothing really going. Give me a few of those Brazilian volleyball players from the Olympic games any day. I need to figure out how to source some of those athletes who have good health habits. But, of course, hookers are hookers because they have bad health habits, bad choices int life, criminal records, bad educations, shitty families, and all the rest. Which means that one would have to prospect at places like conventions, like sperto says, for non pros, or other good non pro venues.

I took the metro back after a cab ride to metro uruguiana. I will say that the non pros who are at Metro Jardim Oceanico are very appealing. This is basically the barra crowd of Olegario Maciel, the 72% white part of Rio.

Looking back on Tiavoyage's reports, those venues he noted as good non pro dance places in Barra and in Leblon are the prime places to be. But then, there is all that work to get into bed with the chick.

Monday I did one of the usual suspect prives.

The girl I did is attached. It was great. But, as you blokes are visual learners, feast your eyes from the rich world pussy prisons on that bundinha.

Tuesday, I did two other prive girls.

For less than 40 American dollars a day. Holy shit, batman, this is Valhalla.

Is VM "open" during the daytime? Meaning, is there a selection of garotas to be had? Is the selection better, worse or equal to the night crowd? I've only ever been at night, so I really don't know. Thanks in advance.

Paris Cafe. Melania - WOOHOO Vagabundo's first Terma girl in 2+ years.

So, today, well yesterday too, were great days.

I already posted about some of the prive girls I did.

I then went with stargazer to Paris Cafe in Barra, at 10 pm on a Tuesday.

Place was rocking! Lots of 8's or better.

Stargazer did an absolute 10, a blond. He did a dupla spent 900 on the sex and 260 on the drinks.

Vagabundo is a conservative cheap Charlie munger, but even Vagabundo snagged a morena clara with a Bunda boa, bundinha to die for, falsa magra (lean). He did her for a half hour (250), and bought her a drink or two (93 reais, plus the 30 entrada) so total damage was 343 for a half hour. Now, the sex was not great which again goes to why Vagabundo just gets numbers and gets them back, but the girl OMFG, like Melania Trump when she was 21, complete with no fucking brain because she was drunk. Drunk women, have an appeal all their own. Never gets old. We danced that carioca funk dance. I put my specially made Vagabundo hat on her and she loved it. We did get up to the room and she sat that nice ass on my face, she got nice and wet. I had fucked for 3 orgasms earlier today, so I was a little drained, and I forget my ED meds, so it took a minute to get it up, but I did, and I fucked her in missionary. I got nice and hard in missionary. I was saying romantic things like,"vc quer suruba'? " The sluts eyes lit up, and yes, she wants to have a dick in every hole. So, I took her third hole, slid it into her super appealing little asshole, and she kind of screamed and protested, took about an inch. I am not huge, but I am thick enough, and I do like my anal sex, and she didn't let in more than that, which was fine. I bent her over and finished in doggy style. She immediately said she had to go to the bathroom because clearly she was drunk. It was only a half hour and we were easily over 20 minutes. Mission accomplished. Cost per fuck calculation blown.

I will be swooping in on the hot little blond that stargazer nailed in a dupla. I am so evil. I respect no boundaries. Oh, wait, they are hookers. There are no boundaries. I mean, you can't commit crimes against them, but I mean, it's not like they are married women.

SUmmary: Paris Cafe is awesome. There was a real Venezuelan girl there, who I will be banging.

We went to Perola Negra after. The super tall blonde from minas who everyone has fucked is now a black haired 6.0 chica, I need to start defiling her. She was with some guy from Porto Allegre. It is Brasil. Everyone fucks everyone else.

Thank god. Fuck the puritans. Suck my libertine cock. But let me rest a little because that is three women in one day.