Rio de Janeiro Reports

Anytime is the right time to visit Brazil, but I would be aware of the big national holidays and plan accordingly. My last trip was in November / December and many clinicas (SP) were closed right before Christmas all the way through to a couple of days after New Years and the boates slowed down drastically during the same time frame. I didn't feel the lull thanks to my favorite girl with whom I had a very Merry Christmas and a happy, happy New Year. Carnival is something to consider as far as Rj is concerned. I avoid it like the plague, but a lot a guys might want to get into it. Up to you. Carnival in SP is a non-event that has no effect on our sport.

I prefer spring, summer and fall. Winter is good too, just bring a warm fall jacket and some base layers. Rain is a not a factor in my calculations.

I split my time 50/50 (SP & RJ) on my 1st two trips until I decided which town I preferred. Now I spend all my Brazil time, 6 weeks, in that city except for short 34-day side trips with my favorite girl. I have not taken her to Iguazu Falls yet, but that is on my to do list of short romantic side trips. I want explore the NE beaches someday, but I think that is a minimum 2-week trip, so it has been on my back burner for a while. My next trip is in June / July (winter) and I am taking a 3-day solo trip up to Campinas. It should be fun.

Just escaped from grey NYC, overjoyed as the plane left, thanks to the Long Island Rail Road and Penn Station getting me there with minimal aggravation. Arrived late with my driver waiting and a massage guy at home who gives really strong massages, paid BRL200 tips to keep everyone happy. Woke up this morning looking at ocean with a pretty young woman snuggling up to me. Just one girl this time. I was so tired after the trip I went to sleep after a BBJ. I'm happy to say that shelling out some $ for expert medical care of my mid 60 year old housekeeper (and quite reasonable, about BRL 18 k) she is staying on, relieved, grateful and more loyal than ever. A great investment. I think she treats me like a son, albeit one that walks around naked and bangs lovely young things in the sunshine by the pool. She just laughs at my antics and even brings refreshments to pace it out.

Vagabundo, check your PM, and maybe pony up some pics of Nina and Michelle Obama doppelganger I look forward to being part of a historic re-enactment of Bill Clinton and Monica.

Nina is coming over today, waiting for the rain to lift a bit, and michelle noemie bilas Obama has just had a kid, and now her cell phone doesn't work, go figure. Nina pulls triple duty, fucking, cleaning, and even procuring the younger girls from the terma for my equipe (team). We shall see how things shake out this year, but I believe just staying in Brazil is the preferred course of action.

[QUOTE=PahllusMaximus;2899340]Just escaped from grey NYC, overjoyed as the plane left, thanks to the Long Island Rail Road and Penn Station getting me there with minimal aggravation. Arrived late with my driver waiting and a massage guy at home who gives really strong massages, paid BRL200 tips to keep everyone happy. Woke up this morning looking at ocean with a pretty young woman snuggling up to me. Just one girl this time. I was so tired after the trip I went to sleep after a BBJ. I'm happy to say that shelling out some $ for expert medical care of my mid 60 year old housekeeper (and quite reasonable, about BRL 18 k) she is staying on, relieved, grateful and more loyal than ever. A great investment. I think she treats me like a son, albeit one that walks around naked and bangs lovely young things in the sunshine by the pool. She just laughs at my antics and even brings refreshments to pace it out.

Vagabundo, check your PM, and maybe pony up some pics of Nina and Michelle Obama doppelganger I look forward to being part of a historic re-enactment of Bill Clinton and Monica.[/QUOTE]

Wow, sort of like your own Ghislaine Maxwell, though the big difference is age appropriate 18+ consenting women, and secondly, not running a tawdry blackmail business featuring the Mayor of New York, Presidents, Prime Ministers, CEOs, celebrities and and the royal family. And that's from the little we know. He is lucky they did not bump him off sooner. Clearly he had no trusted friends, that's the rule at the top because of what tends to float to the top.

Does Nina also train them how to expertly get a man off or do you do that in joint training classes that are naturally co-ed?

Cristo Redentor looks out from Corcovado mountain and sees all, understands all, and forgives and blesses our sexual escapades.

Today I've had 4 pops, great beach day, cocktails and ready for bed. All those religious fruitcakes in the midwest foaming at the mouth cannot conceive of the Cyntherean delights of Rio, heart to heart, mouth to mouth and 19 year beautiful young women impaled. Maybe that's why they are so angry and frustrated looking at the ugly fat heifers waddling around Walmart looking for XXXXL clothing.

[QUOTE=Nounce;2899174]I would try to go to an Avianca local office or call them to check. I am just thinking out loud, that will the odds be that I am the first US passport holder taking an Avianca flight and being turned away at late March?

Many of us have entered without problem. I don't even remember what airline I took. LOL. The check-in agent look at a different database, not their own online web site. I do have visa but did not print it and was not asked for it.[/QUOTE]You're right they have a local office here in Bog I'll see if I can head there or call hopefully they have Eng. If not I may just apply for that visa. We all have lazy days, I'll prob just get it done next few days and hopefully approved before 3/30. Thanks.

[QUOTE=MrEnternational;2898880]It is a restaurant. They like it when they go, but I do not think anyone is sitting around thinking how much they love Outback. ....[/QUOTE]I think it is the ambiance is more comfortable like the A/C, not the food. One can often find them and other chain restaurants in the malls. It's like when I go to one of this places I would choose an Brazilian one, not an American one. The locals just do the same as me which is the opposite choice.

Maybe it is the class of girls I take out to dinner, but I have never been with a RJ girl who suggested we go to the Outback. You got to be kidding me.

One girl I used to see a lot of suggested Mocellin Steakhouse in Barra which an excellent Brazilian churrascaria style steakhouse and I is highly recommend it.

Another girl I used to see a lot of liked Pobre Juan inside the Av. Das America high end "Village" shopping mall. This would be my choice for the best mall eaterie in town, but this is not an all you can eat type of place. When I went there with this girl the head waiter set us up in a very private booth where we drank wine and fooled around with each other plenty over dinner. I had a great time and it is a great restaurant!

But my 2 favorite steak houses in RJ are over in Leblon: one is called Giuseppe Grill and it is a real 1st class steak joint. If you want to impress a girl or just want to have a great dinner, go to this place. It is not all you can eat steak joint either.

The other place that I am really fond of is CT Boucherie Steak House on Rua Dias Ferreira, 636 in Leblon. CT is a small store front restaurant that serves high quality steaks to order and customers are offered 7 or 8 sides all freshly prepared at no additional cost. You don't get 1 side, you get as many you want! The sides keep on coming until you are through. It is a great informal place to go and I like it a lot.

Here is a tip on churrascaria style all you can eat steakhouses: when you plate is full of meats, flip the coin from green to red to signal you are in pause mode. When you are done with the meats on plate at hand, flip the coin back to green and a bell boy will remove your old plate and give you a new one. Then the waiters will come on by with cuts to try. And keep flipping the coin until you can't eat another bite. LOL. That is the problem with the churrascaria style places and why I prefer steakhouses where I can order just one cut of beef that I prefer plus a side or two and not indulge in overeating. But that's my personal taste. If you have never done a churrascaria style steakhouse, go to Mocellin Steakhouse and enjoy the feast.

[QUOTE=AxelHeyst;2899618]That is the problem with the churrascaria style places and why I prefer steakhouses where I can order just one cut of beef that I prefer plus a side or two and not indulge in overeating. But that's my personal taste.[/QUOTE]I remember the first time I went to a Brazilian churrascaria. It was in Rio, and man I was worried they were going to bring me meat for dessert too LMAO! I was surprised I even had room left for dessert LOL! I'm like you. I prefer not to indulge in overeating. But as you say, if you're one who's never done the all the meat you can eat thing, then definitely go for it at least once. You'll never forget the experience that's for sure!

If you want real carioca the gema tier 1 food look for Casuarina (in Recreio and now in Botafogo) or Na Brasa Colombia (original in Botafogo, and now in Recreio, Barra, Copa.).

[QUOTE=AxelHeyst;2899618]Maybe it is the class of girls I take out to dinner, but I have never been with a RJ girl who suggested we go to the Outback. You got to be kidding me.

One girl I used to see a lot of suggested Mocellin Steakhouse in Barra which an excellent Brazilian churrascaria style steakhouse and I is highly recommend it.

Another girl I used to see a lot of liked Pobre Juan inside the Av. Das America high end "Village" shopping mall. This would be my choice for the best mall eaterie in town, but this is not an all you can eat type of place. When I went there with this girl the head waiter set us up in a very private booth where we drank wine and fooled around with each other plenty over dinner. I had a great time and it is a great restaurant!

But my 2 favorite steak houses in RJ are over in Leblon: one is called Giuseppe Grill and it is a real 1st class steak joint. If you want to impress a girl or just want to have a great dinner, go to this place. It is not all you can eat steak joint either.

The other place that I am really fond of is CT Boucherie Steak House on Rua Dias Ferreira, 636 in Leblon. CT is a small store front restaurant that serves high quality steaks to order and customers are offered 7 or 8 sides all freshly prepared at no additional cost. You don't get 1 side, you get as many you want! The sides keep on coming until you are through. It is a great informal place to go and I like it a lot.

Here is a tip on churrascaria style all you can eat steakhouses: when you plate is full of meats, flip the coin from green to red to signal you are in pause mode. When you are done with the meats on plate at hand, flip the coin back to green and a bell boy will remove your old plate and give you a new one. Then the waiters will come on by with cuts to try. And keep flipping the coin until you can't eat another bite. LOL. That is the problem with the churrascaria style places and why I prefer steakhouses where I can order just one cut of beef that I prefer plus a side or two and not indulge in overeating. But that's my personal taste. If you have never done a churrascaria style steakhouse, go to Mocellin Steakhouse and enjoy the feast.[/QUOTE]

So I found out I'm near the surfing zone in Ipanema. Our place we rented is spectacular and I can see almost what the surfers are wearing but not quite. But we are close to the beach - 1 block away. I went up and down the entire beach just checking out the local flavor. Good 2 hour walk.

Made a phone call to one of the sites and had a girl here in under an hour. She was fantastic and spoke fair english. We needed to google translate a couple of times but not bad. She said she is taking private English lessons. The boss offered to have 2 girls (her friend) come over but I chose just one to test the waters. They will both be coming over at some point but I'm going to take today to visit Centaurus or Monte Carlo I think. I am only a few blocks apparently from Centaurus. Looks like 4 x4 is closed on weekends (weird) so we will go Monday out last day here.

Just went to the grocery store and bought a bunch of food and beer. Tried Uber and they have all the grocery stores but it's terrible. Twice I tried and the order just dies in the system. Four hours for the first effort. 2 hours for the second. I had to cancel them both which is a nightmare and then I just did it myself. Oh well.

Really going to hit some bars in Ipanema / Leblon as well as hit some food options in both. So far so good.

Again. Thank you to everyone who made this trip possible with your information!

[QUOTE=AxelHeyst;2899618]Maybe it is the class of girls I take out to dinner, but I have never been with a RJ girl who suggested we go to the Outback. You got to be kidding me.

One girl I used to see a lot of suggested Mocellin Steakhouse in Barra which an excellent Brazilian churrascaria style steakhouse and I is highly recommend it.
.[/QUOTE]Have you ever tried the Malta beef club? I highly recommend it, they have several locations in Rio.

[URL]https://guide.michelin.com/en/rio-de-janeiro-region/rio-de-janeiro/restaurant/malta-beef-club[/URL]

I was in Mabs last night looking for something relatively early at midnight, I didn't want to wait for Dolce Vita to get busy. I sat down at a table ordered a beer, the place was pretty crowded, the selection of girls was mixed in the lineup. There were a few dark skinned girls very tall sleek legs and dressed very nice, they weren't pushy. During my time there 4 girls came over and sat at my table. One had a very pretty face but body was a little out of shape, she spoke good English and asked for 1,000 reais, when I told her to leave she was very surprised, not the fantasy I was looking for. One other I saw from far away looked great, nice figure, dressed very nice, cool hairstyle, she came over and sat down, up close I can see just a little too much mileage on the face. She asked for a drink and a plate of spaghetti, I told her I was leaving. The table behind me was a younger American with 27 tattoos, loud big guy having fun, he had 2 girls at his table that I had already turned down, they were all eating, drinking and doing shots, I hope it was worth it to him.

I finished my beers and got up to leave and noticed a young girl I had been seeing all night, I sat down next to her on a bench, I looked closely at her, no mileage, nice white skin 20 years old. She offered me a fair price, I thought it was the best I could do. Best part about it was she was young and had a flawless body, her sex skills needed some improvement but I enjoyed myself anyway, I think she was new in the business. Maybe DV tonight but I don't like staying up late anymore.

[QUOTE=AxelHeyst;2899618]Maybe it is the class of girls I take out to dinner, but I have never been with a RJ girl who suggested we go to the Outback. You got to be kidding me.

One girl I used to see a lot of suggested Mocellin Steakhouse in Barra which an excellent Brazilian churrascaria style steakhouse and I is highly recommend it.[/QUOTE]Never been, but will try next time I'm in town.

In the meantime, here is a short guide for our brothers who haven't yet tried the 8th Wonder of the World, which is an all-you-can-eat Brazilian steakhouse.

Just to be clear this is for newbies, not experts or residents.

1. When you hear words rodizio and churrascaria, it basically means the same thing: all-you-can-eat buffet with waiters circling your table with different meat cuts.

2. The first thing you must remember is that a Churrascaria is a business. They want to keep everyone happy and yet spend as little money as possible. How? By serving you loads and loads of inferior meats.

3. Good things come to those who wait. If you really want to get some quality meats -- and you must because you're paying American / European prices -- you'll have to say Nao Obrigado muitos vezes. Otherwise, you'll quickly find yourself totally full, out of breath and completely fucked by your friendly and smiling meat carver. Look at Brazilian customers at the tables around you. They aren't rushing anywhere.

4. Here are the most important words to remember: Picanha, Alcatra, and Fraldinha, or prime top sirloin, top sirloin and bottom sirloin. I personally love Fraldinha better than the other two, but that's because I'm strange and different. Most prefer Picanha, but you can't go wrong with any of them.

5. File mignon? Fuck file mignon. In Brazil file mignon is not what you think. It's just a decent cut of meat, which can be quite tough, though.

6. I also like lamb cuts. All kind of them. When I hear carneiro, the happiness is there. Almost rhymes.

7. Ribs are called costelas. Costela for beef ribs and costela de carneiro for lamb.

8. I also like chicken hearts (coracoa de frango) and chicken liver (whatever it's called, you'll know it when you see it).

9. You can write these words down on a piece of paper, so your server could see it. That's all it takes, no Portuguese necessary.

10. I have a rule. If I don't get the meat I want after 5 waiter rounds or 15 minutes, I'll tell them to bring me some of the stuff I want. It always worked for me in Brazil.

11. What to do in the meantime? Their buffets are fabulous. Some people forgo buffets. They work on a concept of stuffing themselves with as much meat as humanly possible. I don't know. I just gorge on delicious food.

The End.

[QUOTE=AxelHeyst;2899618]Maybe it is the class of girls I take out to dinner, but I have never been with a RJ girl who suggested we go to the Outback. You got to be kidding me.[/QUOTE]Yeah sounds like you are hanging out with some snobs. Meanwhile my girl gets off work (nurse) downtown and we take the metro up north. She has me waiting for her while she is in line 25 minutes at the grocery store in Pavuna to buy a frozen pizza. We walk 15 minutes to her house and she warms it up and we eat it in front of the TV watching soap operas with her mom and her dogs.

[QUOTE=Xpartan;2899697]2. The first thing you must remember is that a Churrascaria is a business. They want to keep everyone happy and yet spend as little money as possible. How? By serving you loads and loads of inferior meats.[/QUOTE]I have said before that my girlfriend's son used to work at a slaughterhouse. He said they butcher 200 heads per day. The good meat they send to the USA and Europe and the bad meat they keep in Brazil. I have never had any good meat at one of those churrascos (or from the grocery store in Brazil). As a matter of fact, last week I ate at a Brazilian churrasco in Kenya (Fogo Gaucho) and the meat was way better than it is in Brazil.