Manaus in mid-November 2010
landed in manaus on a saturday night, early sunday morning (1am) on a holiday weekend, from a late night flight from rio (4-5hrs). took the bus from the airport at 1:30am for r$1 (yes $1 real, really) and headed to the cheap motels on rua jose paranagua, just above the praca policia de militar park area.
so the first surprise was finding out several of the once cheap motels, now wanted r$100 per day (wtf) , compared to r$25-35 in previous years. i quickly moved on to some of the other motels a few blocks away and after about 1/2 hour of walking around the area, i finally find a good cheap sex motel (motel fromoses) for r$35 / day. despite the fact some of nicer / favourite motels had raised there daily fee to r$100, in the following days, i found out that there were more than enough motels with reasonable prices in the area.
[b]remulos [/b] (rua lobo d'almada. 233, couple of blocks from teatro de amazonas).
-opens: 7pm to 4-5am (or until empty).
-entrance / drinks: r$10 entrada, r$3 beer, r$5-7 fake smirnoff and r$2 water.
-gdp #1: r$ 40-50/2-songs (private box cabins to the right of the pool tables)
-gdp #2: r$ 60-70/30min. +r$15 room (upstairs motel rooms, big clean rooms with ac and jacuzzi)
-gdp #3: r$100+/1hr +r$15 room (upstairs motel rooms, big clean rooms with ac and jacuzzi)
-table dance #1: r$30/2-songs (1 or more guys groping)
-table dance #2: r$20/2-songs (just 1 guy groping)
so (sunday morning 2. 45am upon arrival) without showering, i drop my bags off at the motel and head out to remulos with baited breath. great its still packed and still lots of action. so i take a look-a-around and get a feel for the place and once again it seems to have changed for the worst imho. there now have an american style vip section (it's the elevated section, just as you come in the door) and is obviously geared towards the japanese business men and rich tourists. the place is rundown (not that it wasn't before, but more so now) and the overall jungle charm has gone imho, in replacement of an american style type strip club with increased pricing.
so what does all the increased pricing get you? well i'm not really sure! remulos looks crappier than before. the headline strippers are ok at best and imo are no better than the pros that work and dance on stage there on a regular basis. the pros and semi-pros seem to give more attitude than service and what's with this '½ hr service' bullshit (more on this in a minute). the abundance of bad attitude semi-pro freelancers and lack of good semi-pro freelancers was a disappointing and when you did find one, their quotes (for ½ hr. 1hr and tln) were ridiculous. the onslaught of endless table dances you would see are gone, since many brasileiros can't afford them (at r$30 pop) and the groping level has dropped off to a bare minimum.
the overall impression and attitude i got from most of the girls was, to get customers in and out as quickly as possible, while squeeze as much money out of you, in as shorter time as possible. this was mainly due to the fact many of the girls only wanted to perform the '½ hr service' (for r$60-70) and would only do cbj. so what this (in a sense) forces you to do (for those of us that like to take some quality time with a gdp) , is to pay for the 1hr service. i say that, because in years past it was r$50-60 for 1 hr, with bbbj as the standard.
so long story short, i spent probably about 5 or 7 nights at remulos and never took a girl and i never had a table dance. well that a first for me! remulos is one of the great reasons i make the lengthy trip to manaus and it was very, very disappointing for me this trip. so to borrow a line from a friend, 'same set-up but the attitude of the girls has taken a 180 – from sweet to mercenary'
[quote=dars veider (dec-04-2007) paloma 19 yrs old ]
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well all you paloma lovers, will be happy to hear, she was there and looking pretty good, but had that air of snottiness about her. you know, nice to look at but the sex would be pretty sterile and very clinical. i checked out of curiosity and the answer was 'cbj only'. not too mention i did she her being escorted to work by her boyfriend (who left after a big juicy kiss) , right outside of remulos one night, so i guess gfe type sex was way-out-the-question. pity i didn't get to session with that ass & tits back in her early days at remulos.
[b]2-doors down from remulos [/b] (10pm till 6am)
free entrada, r$5 garrafa beer, r$3 coke. well i leave remulos (on my 1st night there) around 5am, head to this other bar about 2-doors down from remulos, have a few beers, make friends with a drinking buddy for an hour and try chatting with a few of the low-end riff-raff of girls that parade though the bar looking to score a beer or some quick bucks with a client. so at about 6:30am and a few beers later, i spot a nice spinner in tight black shorts and an alter-top, looking cute and just as wasted as i was. anyway, she was just what the doctor ordered at 7:00am in the morning. she took orders well and performed nicely for r$50/2hr plus r$10 for a nearby motel on rua lobo d'almada.
[b]forro / club venues[/b]
in general it's always great idea to grab a beer and chill outside the entrance for a few minutes and see what type of crowd and girls are going in to the club. lots of vendors selling beer and perhaps the odd girl or two looking for someone to pay their way-in. if you don't like what you see you can always head back to remulos.
[b]mondays [/b]
[b]•balneario the cia [/b](1st time: r$40/$40 by taxi, entrada r$10)
[b]•balneario the cia [/b](2nd time: r$2. 40 by bus #640 cidade novo about 45min, get off at terminal #4, walk down the hill for 1 min and it is on your left-hand side, entrada r$10).
the action was hot, hot, hot. nice crop of young girls here every monday and for a moment made my feel rather very old. just for a moment though. but i got to say the "sweet girls" at the forros are just incredible. almost makes the journey worth while. almost!
my date (a non-pro waitress, on my first trip here) told me that there's a lot of young / **** kids that get in and that there are a lot of young gay couples also. which was evident when my non-pro date's sister showed up with guy partner. good mix of a mostly young crowd, with the older crowd dancing in another dance area below the first upper stage.
i did have lots of fun watching the great forro dance, but unfortunately i did not score. but there were opportunities, had i tried a little harder. lots of jail bait so be careful when pursuing your prey. if you don't want to pay the r$25-30 (by moto-taxi) or the r$35-45 (by taxi) , just keep partying, have a few more beers and wait till about 5 o'clock for the buses to begin running again, walk back up the hill and take the bus at the terminal. not sure, but i often see the #640 running during the night, so it may run 24/7. although it can get packed with the early morning workers, which can be kinda funny with everyone pushing and shoving to get a seat, every man, woman (pregnant or otherwise) and child for themselves.
[b]tuesdays[/b]
[b]• emporio pizza bar[/b] (r$20 / r20 by taxi, r$2. 40 by bus #640 or #300, just past manaus shopping, about 2 or 3km and a few blocks from cida drink forro, entrada r$10).
apparently, now on tuesday nights emporio pizza bar (like very close to cia do drink forro club, like a few blocks away) is now good forro dance spot on tues. sorry did get a chance to go and check it out.
[b]wednesdays[/b]
[b]• crocodile[/b] (entrada r$15, old timers night for couples and singles)
[b]• cida drink forro[/b] (r$20 / r20 by taxi, r$2. 40 by bus #640 or #300, just past manaus shopping, about 2 or 3km, entrada r$10, garrafa beer r$5)
cida drink forro, isn't that big compared to other forro clubs and is one of the smallest ones i found. suprisingly not that packed and had an older party crowd of dancers. not sure if it's true, but i did hear that this was one of the worst clubs for fighting. i saw lots of security so i wouldn't worry too much.
i actually had a great time at this club both times i went and was able to practise my forro dancing with some of the older women that didn't mind be embarrassed with a novice. just the large bottles of beer here (r$5, no cans of beer) so if you're drinking beer alone, it's a good idea to share.
1st up is a 40+ something loira spinner with blonde hair and an ok body for her age, but no ass. i buy her and her friend a bottle of beer and get to work. it works, as she takes the bait and hardly notices my forro dance moves are crap. long story short, we have a few more beers, few more laughs and a few more dances. then i initially leave the club with her (and her friend) in her car. but when we stopped for more beer on the way to the hotel, she for whatever reason starts french kissing this guy in a car, that pulls up next to us. well 2min. later she returns to our car and begins to hug me and try to kiss me. so at this point, i cut my losses, push her of me get out the car and flag-down the next taxi, back to cida drink forro. i not one for sloppy seconds and she wasn't that hot to begin with.
next up (back at cida drink forro) is a rather slightly over sized indio chick (with a decent body) , probably in her early 40's with a way better ass. once again a buy her a bottle of beer and once again it works. i practice my forro dancing little, a few laughs and its closing time (about 5am). we head to a near by motel (which was crap and not worth the r$25 / hr) and had some pretty good sex, as far as freebie sex goes, with an elder woman.
[b]thursdays [/b]
[b]• ladeira do forro[/b] [located down a hill from the entrance] (r$15 / r$15 by taxi, r$2. 40 by bus #670, entrada r$10, beer r$3. 50, fake smironoff r$5). good mix of young and old. good size club. lots of very nice girls and women.
[b]friday[/b]
[b]• companiha do forro[/b]. this was one of the better forros that i used to love to go to, but unfortunately it has switched to friday from saturday, so i missed going.
[b]saturday[/b]
[b]• planeta talisma[/b]. i can confirm, but was told it still open on saturdays.
[b]• camao de mamae.[/b] is closed for good, i found this out the hard way, on saturday night, as i was stranded for an 45min, almost ¾ of the way to ponta negra and had a hell of a time flagging down a taxi.
[b]sunday[/b]
[b]• crocodilo [/b](entrada r$15). in pass years the crocodilo crowd has for the most part, has been a young crowd on sundays and it was no different this time either. so i would arrive about 10:30-11:00pm and grab a beer and sit outside the entrance for about 1 hour, to checkout the action going in. both sunday nights, i saw some nice young girls enter, but the guys outnumbered the girls probably 3 to 1.
[b]ponta negra and bar laranaga. [/b]
well after finding out camao de mamae forro club was closed for good, i was stranded ¾ of the way to ponta negra, on a saturday night that went from bad to worse. but that's another story.
anyway i ended up in ponta negra (finally after about 45min. of trying to flag down a cab) late on saturday night. where arrived to witness the big nothing. just families enjoying an evening out with their loved ones. bar laranaga is close for good / remodelling. that night i saw nothing that would indicate there was gdp action. i did see lots of plans for future construction and building going on in ponta negra.
[b]plaza do carangaju[/b]
meet up with pingwing (from another forum) on a wednesday and went to a popular spot, plaza do carangaju. it is an outdoor restaurant area, with several restaurants making up this large dining area. this was my 1st time here and i had a fairly good time hanging out and admiring some of the non-pro possibilities. i was told it's a very popular non-pro scene and has lots of potential for picking up non-pros, on the weekends. although it can get very crowed and packed on the weekends. food and drink prices are fair and relatively inexpensive.
[b]centro low-end bars and strip clubs[/b]
[quote=sperto (18-jan-2010) ]
- close to the port and the bus terminal, next to the banco do brasil there are two side-streets 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[/quote]the low-end centro comments by sperto, still hold true as of november 2010, just add at a moderate 5-10% for drinks and r$10-20 for the gdps. i did find a few nuggets in some of the upstairs bars with strip tease shows, table dancers and small cabins to fuck in for r$40-50 for 30min. however, it really pissed me off, when they (management) were asking r$15 extra for 30min. in some piece of shit box (12ft x 5ft) , with a cum soaked sofa and no towels or showers. a few times, i found it was just too fucking hot to go fuck in these sweat boxes.
[b]streetwalkers[/b]
[b]praca de policia militar and area. [/b] this was another big, big disappointment for me. the sws are gone, the vendors / buskers are gone and the great small outdoor drinking bars are gone. this used to be a wonderful place to sit, chat, eat, drink and admire some of the local girls in the evenings and was a good place to pick-up semi-pros in the bars and sws at night. all gone!
[b]praca de saudade. [/b] this was the same theme at this park (located across from the rio negro athletico building). it was a great place in the evenings with several mom-and-pop type tent restaurants. singles, couples, families would sit, drink and grab a bit to eat or watch a novella or the school girls that happen to pass by. all gone or relegated to the back streets to do business.
[b]praca the matriz. [/b] sws during the day till 10pm at night when the gates close, gather in praca the matriz (with the igreja de catedral matriz, av. 7th setembro and av eduardo ribeiro, across from the bus terminal). this is a fairely large park area and is monitored by a few policemen (i guess for **** minors and disputes that may occur) , but all very peaceful as everyone carries on with their business in their presence, without any problems. although it was a decent place to sit, have a drink and watch the action. these sws are typically 3s and 4s.
however, i must admit both the praca de policia militar and praca de saudade areas do look very impressive. they have done a great job in cleaning and beautifying the areas, so i give them (the prefeituras) credit for that. but they loose points by removing a lot of the cultural, artistic and creative aspects of what makes up a lively city. yes your parks are lovely and clean, but they feel so dead and a lack of spirit when walking though them.
other areas. didn't see any sws around the treatro de amazonas at all. the only other sws, were some rep001tered around and behind the bus terminal, bank do brasil and the low-end centro bar areas. these sws are typically 2s and 3s.
as with other cities this trip (fortaleza, belem, rio) , there seem to be a big lack of sws. i guess the prefeituras are cleaning house. with the exception being the sws transvestites, which i found to be growing in numbers, especially those hanging around rua lobo d'almada and near remulos.
[b]summary[/b]
so overall i did not enjoy manaus as much this time around, just due to the huge absence of jungle semi-pro lovelies i have adored over the past years. i also missed the "lively" park areas i use to hang out at, for a few hours and enjoy the "girly" scenery. so it was a long way to come for such disappointment, so i'll wait and see what develops here in manaus, before making a comeback.
Manaus. A few quick points
- I have been to Emporio's last Tuesday. It's in the Ferrada neighbourhood. Crowded but rather snobby if you don't speak Portuguese. Crowd thinks they are the shit because the beer is R$4 rather than R$3 and the Red Bull R$12 rather than R$10. I wasn't getting anywhere.
- At Crocodilos on Sundays, I can confirm that the guy-girl ratio is worse than back home. 3:1 indeed, not my kind of place.
- Overall, I was a bit disappointed with Manaus. 4 girls out of 10 nights out. I was doing much better in Kiev, especially on the quality front. But again, I have basic Portuguese and fluent Russian, with fluent Portuguese Manaus will be better, at least for quantity. If I'm back I'll try to use buses and maybe even stay at the hostel, then take the girl back to a motel if I score. Hotel Opção (right opposite the Teatro Amazonas) is a mere R$10 for 2 hours. Condoms are R$1 each.
- Had my hair dyed a dark colour previously as that looks better on me IMO and, it seems, in the London and Kiev girls' opinion as well. Am originally a dark blonde and suspect I should go back to that. Although I'm German, people can't tell from seeing me that I'm a gringo. Not sure, though, if I trust a hairdresser in Rio Branco, where I'll be from Dec 27.
- First night in Porto Velho went well, but again only once it became known I'm a gringo. Before that I was largely ignored, no flirting unless I was acting myself. In Kiev I had lots of girls (non-pros) giving me the eye but not here.
Remulos, BEST CLUB IN THE WORLD at the time.
[QUOTE=Sperto;1105405]Impressive that the Manaus section is more alive than the Rio section. First Slutlovers great report and now Spidy's fabulous update. Thank you. I'll try to do an update in January.[/QUOTE]Thanks Sperto!
[QUOTE=Sperto;1105405]Spidy, I guess it has been at least two years since you last visited Manaus?...Remulos is not as wild as it was in the old days (when the strip-stage was where the pool tables are now). Then it was like in the bar in the movie From Dusk to Dawn. P*ssy everywhere, outrageuos tabledances where everything except penetration was allowed, fights and the guys ass-fingering the strippers on the strip stage....[/QUOTE]Yep! It's been about 2 or 3 years since I last visited Manaus and alot has changed IMO, especially Remulos. Yes, yes, yes, I remember the good ole days, where the action on the floor was incredible. It was just as you describe it, a "From Dusk to Dawn" type atmosphere. Pussy everywhere in plain sight, intermingled between dark nooks and crannies, semi-pros everywhere, table dances galore, pussy / ass-fingering everywhere and the best groping on the planet. This for me was the BEST CLUB IN THE WORLD at the time.
[QUOTE=Sperto;1105405]You mentioned a place 2-doors down from Remulos (down, meaning you're not talking about Aquarius which would be one door up). A new strip club, nice! Now there are 4 clubs on Rua Lobo D'Almada.[/QUOTE]No, not Aquarius, this club is literally 2-doors down the street (as you walk down hill on Rua Lobo D'Almada). Popped my head in Aquarius (if I remember) a couple of times and nothing special. Although half of the nights I went to Remulos, it was rather late, like 1am-2am and Aquarius was closed by then.
There is also another strip club (Paradiso or something) directly across the road from Remulos (that I believe is owned by same owner as Remulos). From the looks of things, their efforts is to setup another American style strip club with headline strippers, marquee performers. Etc. I have never been inside, nor to I care to go inside if this is the case. Sperto do you know the real deal with this club?
Forget to mention BLUE STAR, strip-club (an afternoon strip club, on Rua Lobo D'Almada) was in my opinion a waste of time and very "fracisimo" (sp?). Entrada R$3 and GDPs wanted R$50-60 for 30min. (if I remember correctly). This use to be a great afternoon club / early evening club to go to, but was empty (Tues, Wed around 4-6pm) and all I saw were basically the same hardcore pro GDP girls, you would see at Remulos.
[QUOTE=Sperto;1105405]Emporio Pizza Bar and Plaza do Carangaju (Praça do Caranguejo) was news to me. Very interesting. [/QUOTE]I think it's probably a good place to pickup non-pros (if you can get by the snotty attitude, as SlutLover, points out), if you speak Portuguese well enough and have some game. I cannot speak to the quality of the women on a busy night, but I did see a few 8's in the short time I was there. I even saw a couple of young semi-pro girls, trying to score dates.
Well, Sperto, I look forward to your report and views in January. BTW, is there another way to get to some of those Sunday Forros (Xote de Menina) , if you don't have a car, or wish to pay those outrageous taxi fares?
