Excellent work by Vagabundo and a question for all
I scanned the posts to avoid asking dumb stuff: but have a question:
What is the real world cost for a 40-60 year old no pre-existing conditions health insurance in Rio as opposed to SUS? Any price / age ranges data would be great, it is hard to imagine it could even close to the fucked up USA predatory system. Finally, I may get down to RIO next week, looks like via Panama is the fastest and I've found COPA to be a pretty good airline. I look forward to an Alcatraz like escape from USA sex prison and catch up with many of the esteemed folks here from some clothing free cultural exchanges with the local girls.
VM takeout to a hotel seems an excellent idea, teen BB, and for the more cautious, Emtricitabine / Tenofovir Disoproxil 200/300 MG PO qD and usual caveats on STD's.
Beach day and pernoite with Paris girls
Stargazer and I took our girls from Paris to the beach at Copa and for overnights.
I set a rate of 2000 reais per week for 3 or 4 pernoites. I paid for some food ($200 or so at Trattoria), Stargazer picked up alot of the tab at the beach, we split churrascuria at a nice place $300 for my half, and then I have my long legged morena clara over at the love shack after a few ubers for $100 or so, and some food, for another $100. She's 23, and looks like a young Melania. Stargazer's blond is like a young Ivanka. It's all covered at this point, but we need to go get some pharmaceuticals or tests or something, then it will be BBFS.
All is well.
Why I hate Copa and this BS
So, there are several reasons I hate copa:
1. The hotel Astoria palace refused to let me and my girl back up to the hotel rooftop bar pool after we left. The goddamn hookers had to go get cigarettes and smoke weed. Jesus H Christ. So we are walking around copa buying cigarettes one at time. No, that means I, Vagabundo, am paying some stupid price for single cigarettes because these are nicotine addicts.
2. So, then we have an expensive meal at trattoria.
3. The girls need each other because the other wingman can't speak Porto. So, between fucking, she is bored out of her skull. And they need each other to keep company.
4. At the beach every fucking scumball vendor comes up and hits on our women, and of course, we get raped on pricing.
5. All that second hand smoke. Smoking again irritates my lungs, and after a day of smoking I am coughing.
6. Red meat. Generally I don't eat it. Wingman thinks churrasco is a must, so, fine. $300 on a churrasco for me and my girl. Not the money so much as the heavy gut after all that red meat. Not good for fucking.
7. the rude hotel staff at astoria palace. I put them on blast. Avoid Astoria Palace. Shitty hotel. Transamerica is good. Hotel Atlantico Tower is good. F' this hotel, Astoria palace.
8. Condoms. My date, Melania, says we will be barebacking next week. Thank fucking god. I hate hate hate condoms. With all the rest (red meat, alcohol, cigarettes), this has been a sub optimal day for fucking as cardio training. It just sucks to have to fight all these terrible health practices.
Mab's closed? Holiday Season?
In researching for my Winter return to Rio I saw that on google Mab's was "temporarily closed" although as I write this it looks normal again.
Anyone know the straight dirt on that?
Follow up question: any one of my experienced homies care to do a brief rundown of the realities of mongering in Rio during the Christmas and New Years holiday season?
I already know it's going to be a rip off and girls will be gone before and after Christmas. The airbnb prices for New Year's week are just ridiculous. Straight Ridiculous. I'm imagining freelancers knock up prices as well as domestic and international tourists flock to Copa and Ipanema in large numbers.