Rio de Janeiro Reports

[QUOTE=AcesOnTheRiver;2813227]Lot of people pointing out the business class travel part. I agree business class is the way to go no question- I fly to Europe all the time for work (75% of the time in business) and man is it amazing. HOWEVER (the other 25% of the time), can we not pretend a lot of the times it's just insanely ridiculous and that the price is laughable? No way my company would allow it LOL- I've seen $8,000-10,000 flights to Europe in business, especially in the summer.

Back to Brazil- My ticket from NyC to Houston to Rio was $1300 on United (booked about 2-3 months in advance). When. I checked business it was $9,500 round trip LOL. When I checked two days before my flight, it was $8000 to upgrade seats, ONE WAY LOL. Sometimes airline pricing has no logic. Even the points upgrade was ridiculous. I find the best option is to ask at the gate, and sometimes you'll get lucky and they'll do it for $1000 one way (done this plenty of times to europe and India- Pre-Covid, and saved couple K each time). Business class pricing can be a nasty game.[/QUOTE]I agree, the prices are laughable to some of the destinations in business class. What is even weirder is that if you shift your trip by a day forward or back, the prices are nearly 50% cheaper which makes little to no sense. When I fly in two weeks to SP, I will ask the gate agent about the price to upgrade my seats. I've always heard that tickets in general are cheaper at the airport compared to online or with an agent over the phone.

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I've flown 1st class & Business class and Economy (cattle) class so I know the difference. My overall issue is with the price disparity between economy class and business class, it's hard for me to justify the cost. The delta between airfares can fund my accommodations + on the ground activities!! I just can't seem to justify the cost. :([/QUOTE]This also makes sense and I will never judge anyone for how they want to spend their money when traveling. I know A LOT of people who don't mind traveling economy and that is cool with me. But I will share that most of the people who can tolerate economy for long flights have smaller frames, can sleep the entire flight, or zen out and not be concerned about their accommodations.

[QUOTE=Xpartan;2813251]Premium Economy is another option, but truth be told, it's much closer to economy than to business.[/QUOTE]It really depends on the airline. On some carriers paying for premium economy is not worth it, while on others it absolutely is, like with EVA Air:

[URL]https://www.cntraveler.com/story/eva-air-premium-economy-review[/URL]

[QUOTE=TheCane;2813350]It really depends on the airline. On some carriers paying for premium economy is not worth it, while on others it absolutely is, like with EVA Air:

[URL]https://www.cntraveler.com/story/eva-air-premium-economy-review[/URL][/QUOTE]Thanks for the link.

My PE experience is very limited (only American and Cathay Pacific). But EVA is an exceptional airline on its own. I rode them in business, and it's a cut above Cathay Pacific business, which itself is quite good. I also read in your article that EVA's recline in PE is 120 degrees. That's insane! I don't know exactly what American recline is, but I can bet that it's just a few degrees over Economy. So, yes, it seems like EVA PE is in a class of its own.

That said, even a lousy PE product (like AA) is way better than economy. The leg rests help a lot. It's ridiculous how much they actually help to alleviate the pressure on your body. So it can be a viable alternative when not priced out of wack.

[QUOTE=KcDark;2813114]Of everything you posted, this is the only thing I would push back on. I have suffered in economy for a long time being 6'2" and built to be an outside linebacker.....[/QUOTE]What about if you sit next to a whale, its sheet torture. I bear it by fantasizing about the hottie I will next to in a few hours. Returning home is hell.

[QUOTE=Turgid;2813425]What about if you sit next to a whale, its sheet torture. I bear it by fantasizing about the hottie I will next to in a few hours. Returning home is hell.[/QUOTE]The closest I have come to sitting next to a whale was being assigned the middle seat on my way to Las Vegas when I was in my 20's smh.

[QUOTE=Sperto;2813269]I usually buy bustickets online using my CPF. If you buy the ticket on the bus company's website there will be no extra fee. However if you buy the ticket on other sites, like Clickbus and Queropassagem, they will add a fee. If you want to buy the ticket in advance it's often cheaper (depending on which city you are located) to take an Uber back and forth to the Rodoviaria than paying the Clickbus fee.

There are also agencies that sell bustickets. In Copacabana there are Guanatur on Rua Dias the Rocha 16 and Sami Tour on Av Nossa Sra de Copacabana 1022. They do charge a fee but you don't have to go to the Rodoviaria to buy your ticket and no CPF is needed.

Leito is the most comfortable, but I prefer Executivo. Executivo is much cheaper and the comfort is really good.[/QUOTE]Some online bus sites won't accept foreign credit / debit cards as well.

Only brazilian cards.

So always good to double check.

If all else fails definitely just go to the bus station and buy the tickets.

The difference between leito and executivo is like 50 BRL or something like that so really worth the extra 10 USD for the best comfort.

I had Nina DePonca over yesterday for two fucks, and a deep tissue massage. Paid her 500 r which was high but she has been helping me with other things.

Nothing like a half hour blow job followed by 3 hole BBFS ass creampie to our favorite porn video, Fashionistas by Stagliano.

Then, motivated, I hopped city buses to centro, and hit:

1. 4 x4, where I was going to go in, but the ISGer in town was not on his zap so I.

2. went over to club 21, where there was only a girl I could see when I opened the door.

3. 116, where there was not a quorum of do-able girls.

4. 202, which is around the corner, and is bad ass, was packed, had a party going on, and has actual porn videos filmed there now.

[URL]https://www.xvideos.com/video75750971/primeira_gravacao_na_boate_clube_202_no_centro_do_rio_rua_teofilo_otoni[/URL]

(credit to pv118 for the link to the videos at 202).

I did a 24 year old hottie for 100 for the half, then took a bus back to barra.

The second season of Dom is back on Prime. Haven't watched yet and honestly don't know if I want to because the real story of Dom ended at the end of the first season. Which means whatever comes next has got to be a pure fantasy.

[URL]https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13354188/[/URL]

On the other hand:

- The first season was solid: tight script and great acting.

- Gratuitous sex and violence.

- Three things you can watch forever: fire, water and Rio.

If anyone is watching what do you think?

[QUOTE=Xpartan;2813687]The second season of Dom is back on Prime. Haven't watched yet and honestly don't know if I want to because the real story of Dom ended at the end of the first season. Which means whatever comes next has got to be a pure fantasy.

[URL]https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13354188/[/URL]

On the other hand:

- The first season was solid: tight script and great acting.

- Gratuitous sex and violence.

- Three things you can watch forever: fire, water and Rio.

If anyone is watching what do you think?[/QUOTE]I'm watching. I gave a heads-up back in March LOL: [POST]2799500[/POST]. I'm slowly going through the episodes. I like it, especially with it being based in Brazil, my favorite country other than the United States! One thing is that I think the show spends as much or more time analyzing Dom's father as it does on Pedro Dom himself. I look forward to finishing out Season 2, which surely will be the last one (I think). I really like looking at Isabella Santoni who plays "Viviane". That's what I like to fuck when I go to Brazil LMAO! Swear to God I pulled a garota out of the old Bomboa who looked like her, but with bigger tits. Yum, yum, yummy LOLOLOL!

[QUOTE=Vagabundo1;2813619]I had Nina DePonca over yesterday for two fucks, and a deep tissue massage. Paid her 500 r which was high but she has been helping me with other things.

Nothing like a half hour blow job followed by 3 hole BBFS ass creampie to our favorite porn video, Fashionistas by Stagliano.

Then, motivated, I hopped city buses to centro, and hit:

1. 4 x4, where I was going to go in, but the ISGer in town was not on his zap so I.

2. went over to club 21, where there was only a girl I could see when I opened the door.

3. 116, where there was not a quorum of do-able girls.

4. 202, which is around the corner, and is bad ass, was packed, had a party going on, and has actual porn videos filmed there now.

[URL]https://www.xvideos.com/video75750971/primeira_gravacao_na_boate_clube_202_no_centro_do_rio_rua_teofilo_otoni[/URL]

(credit to pv118 for the link to the videos at 202).

I did a 24 year old hottie for 100 for the half, then took a bus back to barra.[/QUOTE]I will be in Copacabana in two weeks for ten days definitely will check out more of the centro clubs this time. Thanks for the report.

Thanks everyone for the corrections. NYC to GIG is 4,826 miles, which at 600 MPH is 8. 10 hours, and Europe to Rio 5,300, so figure 9 hours, but because aircraft have to climb / slow down, this adds time. However you look at it, a typic trip is 20 hours return plus ground transport and officialdom bullshit and / or lost / delayed bags (use a tracking tile. You have about a 5% chance of delay or problem depending on airline). Premium economy or business class is a very costly delta, and though I can afford it, it grates on me to pay so much knowing the savings could fatten my portfolio or be used to have a nicer hotel or lesbian duo four hand massage and other fun I can join in when I land. Picturing this scene in my mind on the plane puts a spring in my step and swelling of loins. So do the boutique restaurants in Rio and Sao Paulo. Especially when I have a pretty girl with me for dinner knowing her delicate little feminine lips will be soon stretched out with my throbbing member in her mouth. All of this is an exercise in deferred gratification and later fun that I make the sacrifice for.

Practicing language (voice recognition and feedback, podcasts, spoken novels or sudoko makes the time go quite quickly.

I also can donate the savings to charity and get a deduction. Maybe we should start a tax deductible non-profit for the betterment of young women in BR, with tonsil massage and a new form of Tai Chi I've been developing. Vagabundo has a similar martial arts charity, it involves the girls with their legs over his shoulders and practicing their kegel muscles with him impaling them, often with their friends at the same time.

[QUOTE=Vagabundo1;2813619]I had Nina DePonca over yesterday for two fucks, and a deep tissue massage. Paid her 500 r which was high but she has been helping me with other things.

Nothing like a half hour blow job followed by 3 hole BBFS ass creampie to our favorite porn video, Fashionistas by Stagliano.

Then, motivated, I hopped city buses to centro, and hit:

1. 4 x4, where I was going to go in, but the ISGer in town was not on his zap so I.

2. went over to club 21, where there was only a girl I could see when I opened the door.

3. 116, where there was not a quorum of do-able girls.

4. 202, which is around the corner, and is bad ass, was packed, had a party going on, and has actual porn videos filmed there now.[/QUOTE]Hold on. Nina DePonca the 80's porn star? She lives in Rio?

[QUOTE=AcesOnTheRiver;2812645]Def cheaper in RIO for me. I'm mostly getting girls over 90% of the time from the working girl night clubs (not strip clubs, not termas, not brothels, etc) In Rio I got girls this trip between Casablanca, Dolce Vita, and Marrakesh night clubs. In Cartagena I get them from La Dolce vita, Space, Delrium. So I would say that's a pretty perfect level playing field for price comparison. Between the 100's+ girls me and my boys must have gotten from Cartagena, we have always paid between 600-900 local currency for 5-6 hours (between midnight and 5 am- this is the fixed routine with my boys) We did the exact same routine in Rio and also paid between 600-900 local currency for the 30+ girls we got. But, Brazil money converts at 5/1 and Colombian pesos coverts at 4/1 (and Colombia used to be only 3/1 pre covid, and 2/1 when I first went in 2014).

So I definitely found Brazil cheaper, statistically I would say 25% cheaper based on the average numbers. This is strictly speaking for Cartagena and Medellin vs Rio, and working girl night clubs for take out. Not smaller towns, streetwalkers, websites/social media, strip clubs etc.

P.S.- Cartagena has been ruined by tourists (prolly myself included) over the past 5 years dramatically. Girls so stuck up (with shitty service) now they even quote you in USD dollars, in increments of 100's LOL. FK that. It doesn't look like Brazil has gotten there, not yet at least.[/QUOTE]Bruh if you are regularly paying between $600-900 k in Cartagena you are fucking up the game big time. I take girls out the clubs there for $300-350ST, $450-500 LT. Guys need to grow a spine and stop letting girls dictate the price. What's even worse is half the girls there are from Venezuela, so they are really getting over on you.

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I'm with you on almost everything except hotels, but have you checked business class fares to Rio lately? It's between $6 K-10 K rt. I mean, that's a lot of sessions, not even mentioning hotel rooms
.[/QUOTE]Business class fares like any fares vary, I'm looking at business class fares now for a future trip but it's long time away and from NY to gig it's $3,480. I usually only fly business class to Rio for the general service, comfort and lie flat seats. The food is better than coach but still sucks. Last year I got a first class seat to Brazil using miles at a great rate, the food was not much better and the seats were the same. During the covid years they had great deals using miles now they want too much miles, it's not worth it. It can blow the budget especially you're spending big part of your budget just for 10 hours of luxury when you can use that extra money on your 2 week trip. But I hate coach for such a long flight and I'm very spoiled having worked for the airlines many years ago and flying to Rio always first class which in those days was much different level than today. Life is short, live it up, buy the business class ticket, stretch out and enjoy yourself.

I am in rio right now. Anybody interested to visit VM?