Don't get to exited in Floripa !!!!
[QUOTE=Lukasek]It is only my own experience down there, it is true, but maybe others got nice experience, I do not know, however the lack of infos here and of good reports about Floripa makes me think I am not the only one
I am sure if you live there, it can be totally different, regarding to date locals, but most of us go to Brazil for holidays and do not live there.[/QUOTE]I've known the place for 3 years and the expiring date on my condoms always
Seem run out, unless I want to pay the local overpriced prostitutes. The better they look, down this way, the worse experience I had on the blanket. Its possible to find an average girl here but they generally comes from another state with a different attitude to gringos. If you like the way the girls look like I Santa Catarina then go to Sao Paolo. Many good looking girls have a "private business" there under a different cover. Look for agencies in SP(modelos para eventos), private apartments and book them for week or more and agree whats included. You might have to pretend you are her boyfriend if you meet some of their friends here. I tried that a couple of times.
I recommend going further north and you will always get the top 20 best looking girls and often for free. Understanding Portuguese in Floripa, won't give you a better impression, you will also often here the locals talking very poorly about any foreigner, no matter what country they are from. Floripa has nice beaches, the rest sucks. "Just quoted many gringos I met during my stay on The " Ilha sem magia "
Good luck down south!
Part 2 – Florianopolis (See Porto Allegre section for part 1 of my Brazil Report)
Part 2 – Florianopolis (See Porto Allegre section for part 1 of my Brazil Report)
I traveled from Porto Allegre to Florianopolis by bus. I traveled by day. The trip took eight hours and was very enjoyable and relaxing. I used this bus line:
[url]http://www.santoanjo.com.br/index.php[/url]
A lady in my Porto Allegre hotel kindly booked the reservation for me.
I arrived in Florianopolis during low season, though I hadn't planned it that way. The weather was actually a little cooler than I imagined it would be.
The first night I tried Bokkura:
[url]http://www.bokarra.com.br/[/url]
The girls were on the high-end of the quality spectrum. I had already paid 100 BRZ to enter and then I realize how expensive the drinks were. Many drink prices were hovering around 100 BRZ and if you approached a girl she would say "drink?" or "drink for me?" The broken English drink requests were typically the only English spoken, so I started to feel like a gringo ATM. I managed to get a price to go with a girl upstairs for an hour: 500 BRZ! She wasn't even very hot. So I said "feck it" and left.
The next day I walk around the town. Florianopolis is like a Brazilian Bay Watch. There are surfers and Barbie looking girls and GQ looking guys waking around. The place is very commercial and it looks like the rich come here to party. It is also had the feeling of being a very safe town.
The second evening I tried to strike up conversation with a few girls in cafes and on the street to no avail. Florinopolis reminded me of some upscale place one might find in California, for example Laguna Beach or Newport Beach. Florianopolis is definitely not my kind of place; too upscale, too commercial, too perfect, and too expensive. I won't enjoy my time with a girl if the cost is too high, even if she is perfect.
I gave up on the girl scene and enjoyed the natural beauty of the place which was fantastic. You don't have to spend any money to enjoy the nature here. The nature along the seashore was by far the best thing in Florianopolis.
Second best in Florianopolis were some world-class restaurants. Here are some of the better ones I found:
1)
[url]http://www.ostradamus.com.br[/url]
– oysters and seafood.
2)
[url]http://www.beiramargrill.com.br[/url]
– all you can eat meat BBQ.
I left Florianopolis after four days, disappointed with the girl and night life scene, but relaxed and rested from enjoying the natural beauty of the city and the food.
See San Paulo section for part 3