Fortaleza

[QUOTE=Bubba Boy]Nice report, can you give info on your apartment, I am thinking of making a trip up to Forta soon. Really appreciate anyone with tips on apartments - cost and if there is a girl fee.[/QUOTE]

[url]http://www.flatshop.com.br/2008/site/pt-br/index.php[/url]

They run many privately owned apartments on many apart hotels except Iate Plaza hotel. I've used them many times in the past until I decided I wanted to stay at Iate Plaza. My other choices were Golden Flat Fortaleza and Saint Martin run by the Tulip group. They also run some on Iracema very close to the night action.

Very efficient and reliable. Prices are according to the season July-August and December-January being the most expensive. Negotiate with them. There are a couple of more agencies close to their office on Avenida Monsenhor Tabosa.

If it is your first time to Fortaleza I suggest you've better stay 1-2 nights at the IBIS and shop around. Their office is 200 meters away behind IBIS.

Staying in Forta, is how you want it. You like to stay close to the beach or close to most off the nightlife.

I prefer beach. And also there is some nightlife. Hire a car for 60 reais and you the king off Forta.

More detail?

Ask me.

Pohetti

[QUOTE=El Greco][url]http://www.flatshop.com.br/2008/site/pt-br/index.php[/url]

If it is your first time to Fortaleza I suggest you've better stay 1-2 nights at the IBIS and shop around. Their office is 200 meters away behind IBIS.[/QUOTE]El Greco,

I take it the IBIS is GDP friendly? I'll be there in two weeks, just for a few days, so was hoping to stay at a hotel...

Also, thanks IBS for the great report. Also found this report on another site after searching "zipi bar" from IBS' report. Costa Rica Ticas site - forums/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=33134

I just stayed there and it is GF.... 20BR a night for guest. Not a top level hotel, but works good. No in-room safes! You need to either have a secure way to lock up your stuff or have the front desk lock it up in their safes.

Safe as anywhere else and close to the action. No problems for me to walk to ground zero, but taxi back is the best. I plan to submit a full review in a week or two.

Dev





[QUOTE=Jd Garbanzo]El Greco,

I take it the IBIS is GDP friendly? I'll be there in two weeks, just for a few days, so was hoping to stay at a hotel...

Also, thanks IBS for the great report. Also found this report on another site after searching "zipi bar" from IBS' report. Costa Rica Ticas site - forums/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=33134[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=Devileyes]I just stayed there and it is GF.... 20BR a night for guest. Not a top level hotel, but works good. No in-room safes! You need to either have a secure way to lock up your stuff or have the front desk lock it up in their safes.

Safe as anywhere else and close to the action. No problems for me to walk to ground zero, but taxi back is the best. I plan to submit a full review in a week or two.

Dev[/QUOTE]Address: Av. Antonio Justa 2324. [url]www.redeprovence.com.br[/url], e-mail: [email]viavenetto@redeprovence.com.br[/email]. I stayed here years ago. Block from beach an action. Girl friendly as long as she's got I.D. Clean fully equipped apts. Don't know prices now. You can check by e-mail. Think I payed $R90/night back then 3 years ago but, was with a cop friend(police) from Rio who was a long time valued customer there.

All - I just finished a stay at the IBIS in Fortaleza. Here is my quick review:

GF - you can check a girl in at night, she must have ID. They fill out a form and have you sign it, and the girl keeps her ID. There is no room call when they leave. The cost is $20BR each night. I did not try to bring in more than one.

The rooms as ok. Nothing special, with only one major complaint. They have no locks for the room safes. If you have one of the block shaped locks you can use it, otherwise you need to lock everything at the front desk. Since I did neither, I took the chance and was lucky nothing vanished.

Internet is via WiFi and is moderate. You can pay by the week, day or hour.

I am enclosing photos of the room... just for reference.

Safety... Not in a bad place, behind the Holiday Inn. I walked to ground zero each night, but always took a taxi back. Better safe than sorry....

I found it to be a quiet hotel and I found few signs of fellow Mongers. I never once saw anyone else check a girl in, but also not a bad thing.

Breakfasts are good, you pay extra. Hotel lobby bar is open 24/7.... can be a good thing for those 3am beer runs.

I hope this helps, I am one of the guys who needs to use a Hotel for work and cannot do the apartment thing. Too bad I wish I could.

Enjoy
Dev

I'm looking forward to my trip, now just a week away (leaving a week from tomorrow). If anyone else happens to be in Fortaleza during the time I'm there, let me know if you want to meet up and hit the scene. I ended up booking an apartment with included WI-FI close to Iracema. Will report on the quality and setup when I return.

I have some generic viagra, but it's hit or miss. Anyone know if a prescription is required to buy the real stuff in Brazil?

[QUOTE=Jd Garbanzo]I have some generic viagra, but it's hit or miss. Anyone know if a prescription is required to buy the real stuff in Brazil?[/QUOTE]ED Pills are available over the counter at any pharmacy.

I'll be in Fortaleza from Sep 8-15. So I'll miss you by a week. This will be my 2nd time there, but never reported on it. I'll be sure and give feedback this time.

[QUOTE=Jd Garbanzo]I'm looking forward to my trip, now just a week away (leaving a week from tomorrow). If anyone else happens to be in Fortaleza during the time I'm there, let me know if you want to meet up and hit the scene. I ended up booking an apartment with included WI-FI close to Iracema. Will report on the quality and setup when I return.[/QUOTE]

I will be in Fortaleza some of the same time. It's my first time to Brazil. I'll be staying at the Porto de Iracema apartments. It would be cool to have someone else to hit the scene with.

PM me if you are interested in coordinating. BTW, if you are arrriving the morning of August 30 on Delta from Atlanta, that will be the same flight I will be on.

So I came back from Rio after 3 days in the cold.

Got back to Fortaleza on a Thursday-

The next 7 days were basically all the same.

During the day I would go to Boa Vida or Croco Beach and eat oysters and lobster (or what they call lobster) and drink OJ and go for a swim.

At night I just started going out after 1:30am heading to Mambo and going in hanging out for a few drinks and picking someone out.

I went with Carla #2 a few times and she seemed rather timid and shy sexually a few nights but the last night I kept banging her and she kept begging for more. Not sure what that was about but it was fun I was very very tired in the end.

Overall Fortaleza is starting to grow on me. This is my second trip, first in January and now August.

I don't know what it is like in a low season but the 2 times I have been there, new years and August are really the High season from a mongering perspective.

I would say that the scene was excellent for the type of girl I like and for a GFE if that's what you are into. You will not find the big bunda types like you do in Rio but that's not my thing. Also, I would say, at least based on my experience that the Fortaleza girls really aren't as wild sexually as the girls you find in Rio, cariocas or not. But still fun.

They also do not know how to work the scene as well. In Rio the girls are pros, in Fortaleza they are getting paid but don't really have the charisma or the pro attitude as much. This is good and bad.

The whole Mambo/Del Mar/Europa scene was very active during my trip.

Apartment was porto de Iracema. Excellent spot- safe, close to scene. Girls all over the place.

I will go back in November to see what is a like in a month that is a little slower. Or at least certainly slower than August or New Years.

[QUOTE=Bijou]I will be in Fortaleza some of the same time. It's my first time to Brazil. I'll be staying at the Porto de Iracema apartments. It would be cool to have someone else to hit the scene with.

PM me if you are interested in coordinating. BTW, if you are arrriving the morning of August 30 on Delta from Atlanta, that will be the same flight I will be on.[/QUOTE]Bijou,

Cool. You didn't end up making the trip in July? All, sorry for the PM-style post here. I just subscribed, so will have access to PM in about 24 hours.

Yes on the Delta flight. I'm staying at the "Classic" residence flats. I have some business during the day Monday and part of Tuesday, but will be hitting the spots at night, for sure. Will ping you by PM as soon as I can.

Had to head there for an overnight business trip. At night, a gringo that was part of the group I met there wanted to hit some nightspots and asked if I would come along and assist (his first time in Brazil.) Walked down to ground zero with no problems. Lots of locals selling arts and crafts on tables set up down by the ocean. Stopped at this Italian restaurant for some pizza and beers (good and surprisingly cheap.) Then ended up at Zip's bar. I was expecting to be screwed with pricing. But it was R$10 to get in and included a drink. He was treating me as I was helping him out. Great.

Place was fairly packed, but found a couple of seats in good central location where all the ladies brushed up against us going back and forth. Overall surprisingly good looking level of young-ish ladies that night, all in their dresses. I wasn't expecting much from what I read here. He is immediately smitten by this young, sexy spinner. Within 20 minutes, he wants to leave with her. Problem is he is already checked out of his room as he has a flight at 2:30 in the morning. So he is asking me about nearby motels (he does not speak Portuguese). I have never been mongering in Fortaleza before. So I end up negotiating a R$100 2 hour session with her for him. She started at R$250 and I told her I heard the rate was R$100 to R$150 for TLN in Fortaleza. And she says she knows of a motel for locals for R$20 (plus a R$10 cab ride each way.) She seemed sweet and genuine. But I warned him to keep his wits about him and give it all some thought. But he was out the door quickly (he left me R$50 if I wanted more drinks.) I sat and struck up a conversation with an absolutely gorgeous tall, curvy mulato - with a perfect smile and dimples. I told her I was not interested in mongering, but she wanted to sit and talk about my work. Very sweet and affectionate. Only had a few beers - so not sure about drink prices. I would imagine they can zap it to some tourists there with prices.

I took a taxi back to the hotel and received a call from my colleague a bit later that all was well and he was heading to the airport. His first Brazilian mongering effort went well. Kind of fun being the wingman for him.

[QUOTE=Bijou]I will be in Fortaleza some of the same time. It's my first time to Brazil. I'll be staying at the Porto de Iracema apartments. It would be cool to have someone else to hit the scene with.

PM me if you are interested in coordinating. BTW, if you are arrriving the morning of August 30 on Delta from Atlanta, that will be the same flight I will be on.[/QUOTE]This will be the last week for that flight- unfortunately Delta has cancelled this flight as of September so back to the longer than needed flights to Fortaleza.

[QUOTE=InBrazilSoon]This will be the last week for that flight- unfortunately Delta has cancelled this flight as of September so back to the longer than needed flights to Fortaleza.[/QUOTE]Yeah, my flight back on the 6th is the last leg back. Crazy with Brazil and Fortaleza expanding, growing, getting World Cup games, etc. Hopefully, Delta or others will re-think this and add the route back soon.