Manaus

[QUOTE=Forest]Sperto: if you are worried about candiru, you should consider wearing a condom when having swimming naked or having sex in the Amazon![/QUOTE]To be extra safe, Sperto might perhaps outfit himself with a buttplug as well, just in case.

Another yearly update on Manaus. Not that a lot has changed since last year.

PRO SCENE ~~~~~~~~~~

* REMULOS:
The most fun strip club in Brazil.
Rua Lobo D'Almada, 233 .Two blocks from teatro Amazonas.
Opens 18-19. Closes late.
Entrance=R$ 7 or 10, depending on attractions.
Girl=R$ 40-50/30 min, R$ 70-90/60 min
Note 1: the girls might ask for more, but all of them accepts R$ 50/30 minutes. Just takes a short negotiation.
Note 2: The "house-girls"/dancers don't ask for payment before. Some of the freelancers might ask for it. Pay afterwards or you might get a bad service.
Room=R$ 15 (big clean rooms with AC and jacuzzi)
Beer=R$ 3
Tabledance=R$ 10
About 40 girls working, including freelancers.
Quality=at least 35% doable, some stunners.
Note 3: Another small decline in quality of the girls compared to last year.
Note 4: You also have the option of Sala Vip, R$ 30. You go to a quickie-room behind the strip stage and can stay for a period of during 2 songs (about 10 min). After 10 minutes one of the security guys will open the door.
[url]http://www.remulos.com.br/[/url]

* AQUARIUS, BLUE STAR and another new club next to Remulos (I can't recall the name, something with "ROOM"). This year I didn't bother to enter these places but they propably continue very much the same way as last year.
- AQUARIUS, strip club.
Next door to Remulos. Run down interior.
Opens 18-19. Entrance=R$ 4
Girl=R$ 40/30 min, R$ 60/60 min
Room=R$ 10 (quite clean rooms with AC)
About 10-15 girls working, including freelancers.
Quality=usually only a few doable girls.
- BLUE STAR, strip-club:
An afternoon club. A bit rough interior.
Rua Lobo D'Almada. One block below Remulos on the other side.
Open 13-21.
Entrance=R$ 2
Girl=R$ 40/30 min, R$ 60/60 min
Room=R$ 10 (quite clean rooms with AC)
About 20 girls working, including freelancers.
Quality=usually a few nice girls.

* CENTRO CLUBS, LOW END:
- Close to the port, next to the Banco do Brasil there are two side-treets with lots of bars and strip-clubs. Located behind the bus stop (look for the sign "Hotel Central"). Some of these places are for daytime action.
- On the first street you´ll find 4 strip clubs:
# Natureza: Small place. The strippers comes down to the stage through the roof on a pole.
# Mistura Fina: Big place. Tabledances.
# Big House: Big place.
# Aquarella´s Bar: Big place. Tabledances.
None of them charge a entrance fee.
- On the second street you´ll find ho-bars.
# Bar Anaconda
# Bar Holanda
# Bar do Junior
# Diplomata Drinks Bar
# Novo Mania
- All of these places on these two streets are very sleazy lowend places. They can be quite fun.
- About 90% of the girls are not doable.
- R$ 20-30/ 30 min, R$ 7-10/room

* STREETWALKERS:
A few streetwalkers in centro. Sometimes they hang out at restaurant Mitoso down at Praca do Indio in Centro or inside the port-building at the bar-area.

NON-PRO SCENE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
* Manaus continues to be fantastic for non-pro action. Picking up girls is extremely easy here. The nightlife is great.

* Club list continues very much the same as last year.
# Monday:
-Balneario do Cia (Companhia)
# Tuesday:
Nothing special.
# Wednesday:
- Forró da Cida.
# Thursday:
- Ladeira do Forró
# Friday:
- Central do Forró (the top floor in Hotel Bellevue in centro, go early, closes at midnight)
- Bragaca
- Celeiro Country
- Asa
- Calçadâo
# Saturday:
- Companhia do forró
- Planeta Talisma
- Cabanas
- Casa da Mamae (ex Arrastâo, ex Símbola)
- Legiao 300
# Sunday:
- Xote de Menina
- Crocodilo

* Notes on the clubs above:
- The clubs above are forró clubs.
- The people visiting the clubs differs a bit. Some clubs have a lot of vagabundos/povão and less nice girls. Others holds a higher standard on the people coming there.
- Entrances about R$ 10. Beer R$ 2,5-3.
- Most of them are either located in Tarumã, Cidade Nova or Ponta Negra.
- If you want to save some money you can take a bus going to the club.
Cidade Nova: bus 300 or 640, Ponta Negra: bus 120
- Taxi: depends on the location. About R$ 15-30 if you do some bargain.

NOTES ON THE MANAUS GIRLS ******************************
- In Manaus you'll see a lot of ugly fat girls, but also many stunners. The girls are either very ugly or very hot. Not many beautiful girls over 28 years. Maybe there is only 10% stunners, but these stunners tends to be just breath-taking.
- Be very cautious of the girls ages or you might get yourself into serious trouble.
- In Manaus there are many girls that just live for partying and having sex. Don't come here expecting to find a serious relationship. As a gringo it's very easy to get laid.
- Dating Manaus girls is a pain in the ass, as they always arrives very late.

Thanks Sperto. Completely agree with you. Had the pleasure of visiting Remulus a couple of months ago, based on your reviews, and it is really worth it. Just a tip, try to arrive around 9 PM, a ton of girls and not a lot of guests yet. Makes for an even better selection!

Later on, some of the free-lancers become sloshed with alcohol, personally I find that annoying.

Had one girl spend the night with me at my hotel for 200 R, a real stunner. At the club, paid 50R for the 30 minute pop.

H .... I will reach Manaus for business. I will get one free week or more for resting and fucking. I like very much rainforest and every girls there but reading posts here I am surprised by fucking price. I know Manaus is a touristic town and its cost of living is high. I like a girl friend experience for one week. I don't know if there is a different and cheaper town in the brazilian raiforest but with easy preys. Otherwise I will spent one week at Rio de Janeiro but with great regret.

I too was surprised at the cost of the women in Manaus.

In Iquitos, Peru, the women much less expensive.

Had dinner at Bufalo a Churrascaria BBQ restaurant on a Wednesday evening. It was very good. Took a short cab ride over to Remulos. There were several girls on the street but I went straight in. A couple of bouncers at the door but no cover charge, it was about 8:00. Huge place. 2 bar areas. Kind of warehouse like. R$3 Skol beers, R$5 Heineken. It seemed like 1 to 1 guys to girls. All shapes and sizes so if you can't find a lady to your taste you're not trying. The music was so loud it made the conversation difficult with the few words I do know. After 30 minutes a few girls started making offers. Standard R$50 for 30 minutes. A beauty in a red mini-skirt grabbed my horn, worked it for a while, and lead me upstairs. Covered service. Un-rushed 30 minutes. I left lighter.

Joe

I stayed at the Holiday Inn. R$20 taxi to get to Remolus. The hotel is new, clean, decent restaurant, and has good internet service. There is a mall next door which was useless to me. A new brew pub Felice behind the mall. Lots of attractive girls.

Joe

This is a great summary of what is available in Manaus, especially the "free" option. However, as I have a girlfriend here in Manaus (who has a job), I am always lookig for a discrete daytime activity that does not tke me where the street girls are or near Remulos.

Do you know of any massage places? The taxi drivers swear they exist, but never come up with a location.

[QUOTE=Sperto]Another yearly update on Manaus. Not that a lot has changed since last year.

PRO SCENE ~~~~~~~~~~

* REMULOS:
The most fun strip club in Brazil.
Rua Lobo D'Almada, 233 .Two blocks from teatro Amazonas.
Opens 18-19. Closes late.
Entrance=R$ 7 or 10, depending on attractions.
Girl=R$ 40-50/30 min, R$ 70-90/60 min
Note 1: the girls might ask for more, but all of them accepts R$ 50/30 minutes. Just takes a short negotiation.
Note 2: The "house-girls"/dancers don't ask for payment before. Some of the freelancers might ask for it. Pay afterwards or you might get a bad service.
Room=R$ 15 (big clean rooms with AC and jacuzzi)
Beer=R$ 3
Tabledance=R$ 10
About 40 girls working, including freelancers.
Quality=at least 35% doable, some stunners.
Note 3: Another small decline in quality of the girls compared to last year.
Note 4: You also have the option of Sala Vip, R$ 30. You go to a quickie-room behind the strip stage and can stay for a period of during 2 songs (about 10 min). After 10 minutes one of the security guys will open the door.
[url]http://www.remulos.com.br/[/url]

* AQUARIUS, BLUE STAR and another new club next to Remulos (I can't recall the name, something with "ROOM"). This year I didn't bother to enter these places but they propably continue very much the same way as last year.
- AQUARIUS, strip club.
Next door to Remulos. Run down interior.
Opens 18-19. Entrance=R$ 4
Girl=R$ 40/30 min, R$ 60/60 min
Room=R$ 10 (quite clean rooms with AC)
About 10-15 girls working, including freelancers.
Quality=usually only a few doable girls.
- BLUE STAR, strip-club:
An afternoon club. A bit rough interior.
Rua Lobo D'Almada. One block below Remulos on the other side.
Open 13-21.
Entrance=R$ 2
Girl=R$ 40/30 min, R$ 60/60 min
Room=R$ 10 (quite clean rooms with AC)
About 20 girls working, including freelancers.
Quality=usually a few nice girls.

* CENTRO CLUBS, LOW END:
- Close to the port, next to the Banco do Brasil there are two side-treets with lots of bars and strip-clubs. Located behind the bus stop (look for the sign "Hotel Central"). Some of these places are for daytime action.
- On the first street you´ll find 4 strip clubs:
# Natureza: Small place. The strippers comes down to the stage through the roof on a pole.
# Mistura Fina: Big place. Tabledances.
# Big House: Big place.
# Aquarella´s Bar: Big place. Tabledances.
None of them charge a entrance fee.
- On the second street you´ll find ho-bars.
# Bar Anaconda
# Bar Holanda
# Bar do Junior
# Diplomata Drinks Bar
# Novo Mania
- All of these places on these two streets are very sleazy lowend places. They can be quite fun.
- About 90% of the girls are not doable.
- R$ 20-30/ 30 min, R$ 7-10/room

* STREETWALKERS:
A few streetwalkers in centro. Sometimes they hang out at restaurant Mitoso down at Praca do Indio in Centro or inside the port-building at the bar-area.

NON-PRO SCENE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
* Manaus continues to be fantastic for non-pro action. Picking up girls is extremely easy here. The nightlife is great.

* Club list continues very much the same as last year.
# Monday:
-Balneario do Cia (Companhia)
# Tuesday:
Nothing special.
# Wednesday:
- Forró da Cida.
# Thursday:
- Ladeira do Forró
# Friday:
- Central do Forró (the top floor in Hotel Bellevue in centro, go early, closes at midnight)
- Bragaca
- Celeiro Country
- Asa
- Calçadâo
# Saturday:
- Companhia do forró
- Planeta Talisma
- Cabanas
- Casa da Mamae (ex Arrastâo, ex Símbola)
- Legiao 300
# Sunday:
- Xote de Menina
- Crocodilo

* Notes on the clubs above:
- The clubs above are forró clubs.
- The people visiting the clubs differs a bit. Some clubs have a lot of vagabundos/povão and less nice girls. Others holds a higher standard on the people coming there.
- Entrances about R$ 10. Beer R$ 2,5-3.
- Most of them are either located in Tarumã, Cidade Nova or Ponta Negra.
- If you want to save some money you can take a bus going to the club.
Cidade Nova: bus 300 or 640, Ponta Negra: bus 120
- Taxi: depends on the location. About R$ 15-30 if you do some bargain.

NOTES ON THE MANAUS GIRLS ******************************
- In Manaus you'll see a lot of ugly fat girls, but also many stunners. The girls are either very ugly or very hot. Not many beautiful girls over 28 years. Maybe there is only 10% stunners, but these stunners tends to be just breath-taking.
- Be very cautious of the girls ages or you might get yourself into serious trouble.
- In Manaus there are many girls that just live for partying and having sex. Don't come here expecting to find a serious relationship. As a gringo it's very easy to get laid.
- Dating Manaus girls is a pain in the ass, as they always arrives very late.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=Forest]Do you know of any massage places? The taxi drivers swear they exist, but never come up with a location.[/QUOTE]
Sorry, I know of none.
Check out the classificados in the local paper.

Sperto, since you're the person to ask to when it comes to MAO as I'm thinking of going there very soon. I'd like to know where would a good area in town to stay and :
- get a furnished apartment for short term (say 1-2 weeks) (if not a furnished apart, then a mid range gf friendly hotel would be ok.
- proximity to clubs as I'd be focusing more into the non pros/night life than the pros as I'm young and speak fluent Portuguese.
- a lively day environment would be prefered for daytime approaches.

What would you suggest?

Thanks a bunch.

Valeu.

[QUOTE=Sprite13]Sperto, since you're the person to ask to when it comes to MAO as I'm thinking of going there very soon. I'd like to know where would a good area in town to stay and :
- get a furnished apartment for short term (say 1-2 weeks) (if not a furnished apart, then a mid range gf friendly hotel would be ok.
- proximity to clubs as I'd be focusing more into the non pros/night life than the pros as I'm young and speak fluent Portuguese.
- a lively day environment would be prefered for daytime approaches.

What would you suggest?

Thanks a bunch.

Valeu.[/QUOTE]


Staying close to the nightlife/forró clubs might be difficult. Different clubs every evening, most of them in different outskirts of the town (Tarumã, Cidade Nova, Ponta Negra etc).
Centro will propably be your best option to stay at. Centro is also good for daytime hunting.

Apartments for short terms can be found in centro. Lots of hotels as well. When I choose to stay at a hotel in Manaus I actually choose a motel. I negotiate a good deal and can of course can bring as many ladies as I want to.

Thanks Sperto,

One more question:
In terms of vaccinations, what are the must to do before getting there? I did my yellow fever shot 5 years ago and I believe their good for 10 years. Also, is it really necessary to buy Malaria tablets called Malarone from outside of Brasil at high prices or can I just get something similar in Brasil?
What would you Sperto suggest as you are a regular in Manaus, how do you deal with that aspect of coming to the Amazon?

Much appreciated.

Cheers.

[QUOTE=Sprite13]Thanks Sperto,
One more question:
In terms of vaccinations, what are the must to do before getting there? I did my yellow fever shot 5 years ago and I believe their good for 10 years. Also, is it really necessary to buy Malaria tablets called Malarone from outside of Brasil at high prices or can I just get something similar in Brasil?
What would you Sperto suggest as you are a regular in Manaus, how do you deal with that aspect of coming to the Amazon?
Much appreciated.
Cheers.[/QUOTE]
I don't take any vaccinations or malaria tablets.

Even though Manaus lies in the middle of the Amazon you will hardly be bother with any mosquitos. I see less mosquitos in Manaus than I see in e.g Fortaleza. If you leave Manaus and head to the interior of Amazonas it might be different. Along Rio Negro the mosquitos ain't such a big problem as along Rio Solimões.

i went to manaus about 4 yrs ago. i had also planned on going on the amazon river and into the amazon jungle area, eventually ending up in santarem. about a month before my trip, i visited an international travel clinic, (located at a major university in my city,) and gave them my itinerary. i got: a booster tetanus shot, yellow fever, and hepatitis c vaccination. (i had a previous hep b vaccination.) was given malaria pills, which i was to take daily while on the trip. was also given a live oral typhoid vaccine, (special order by the pharmacy,) which i took three times over a 1 week period. (made me a lil nauseous at the end of the week.) cost was $350 at the time. peace of mind: priceless. :)

the doctor recommended i avoid buying food from street sellers, drink only from sealed containers, avoid salads, and only eat fruit which i peeled.

it was also recommended i buy a mosquito net treated with deet to sleep within at night. (you can buy these two separately in centro manaus markets.) regarding mosquito's, avoid being outside between 6p-7p, as that's when they come out. also take some repellent with deet with you.

i got bit, mostly by fire ants (i think) in my lower legs, so also take some treatment for the insect bites with you. whatever it was that was biting me, it seemed they liked the repellent, musta added seasoning and flavor to me. lol

to add to sperto post regarding mosquitos: the general rule is: if you see many locals hanging about in the area, it's safe. that also applies to piranhas and gators, should you decide to take a dip in the river. lol

i suggest you check with your doctor, as he knows your medical history before you self medicate.

also there are some posters here that will recommend you only need to take some vitamins to stay healthy and urge to to stay away from vaccinations and such. (to each his own.)

[QUOTE=Sperto]I don't take any vaccinations or malaria tablets.

Even though Manaus lies in the middle of the Amazon you will hardly be bother with any mosquitos. I see less mosquitos in Manaus than I see in e.g Fortaleza. If you leave Manaus and head to the interior of Amazonas it might be different. Along Rio Negro the mosquitos ain't such a big problem as along Rio Solimões.[/QUOTE]Spent the past week-and-a-half in Manaus and environs. In a country infamous for its tourist traps, Amazonia the most heinous of all. Four Season's pricing for what Brazilians pass off as 5-hostelry. Still, had to go and do it once and been putting it off forever. For Hotel, started with Tropical Manaus at Rio Negro Beach. A great old-style facility to relax away from downtown Manaus, which is: your typical ramshackled and rundown Brazilian city, but one full of all the charms we've come to know and love. Try the Port Manaus inside area (where Amazon Explorers travel agency is) early evening. Girls there will show you attention if you're remotely alive, young and drunk ones. Leaving the Tropical at night to stroll along the 'beach' promenade, we saw working girls sitting waiting for clients. Didn't partake. Then, it was on to riverboat and Jungle Lodge for a few days which is beyond the scope of this forum. Note: mosquitos not a factor. In fact, nothing exotic really at all. Five minutes into the jungle, you could be anywhere there's trees, tropical forest, and swamp water, and over-priced everything including necessities like water and cab-rides.