Centro termas and other options
Thanks for the replies Tonyels and Lonzof. I'll check out the Tijuca prives tomorrow and if they're closed too or nothing entices me there, will head back to Rio Branco 156/181/185. Speaking of which, here's my report of my last visit there a few days ago.
Shortly after arriving into town went to Bel Prazer. Got there after 6 on a weekday and the place was busy. Saw several local mongers coming and going while I was waiting for presentation. 5 girls were presented, a few others were busy. I found only 1 to my liking. Alice, and chose her. She's 27, petite, eager to please and chatty, which was a problem given my very limited Porto and her non-existent English. Still I managed to find out she's from Ceara state, has 1 child and been working there for over a year. The session was good but not great but I have no complaints.
Next day I visited Dudas at 156/3320 and Prive Terapias at 156/613 and didn't like the selection there at all. After checking out a couple of other places in that building, went to Centro Susy at 185/1327. Another very busy place. I followed 2 local mongrels in there and only 1 girl was available, a mulatta named Raisa. I really wanted to try a mulatta, that was one of my reasons for going to Brazil. An OK session followed, but she seemed too hard core, would not choose here again.
A few other observations:
Nova Massagem, highly recommended in Sperto's guide, is gone, at least it's no longer at 181/801.
I was shocked by how bad the facilities are. The rooms are tiny, with barely enough space for a bed. Bel Prazer had a tiny shower in the room; Centro Susy did not. Compared to these places, even the cheap MPs in LOS look like pleasure palaces.
I wasn't impressed by the quality of what's available in those places, I expected better in Rio. And why so few mulattas? Seems to me well over half the population falls into this category.