Rio de Janeiro Reports

[Exoticspirit]

This happens daily in Rio. This is why tourists should stay near the beaches in Zona sur.

I was in Santa Teresa a few days ago, nothing happened, but a security guard warned me not to take my phone out even in a popular tourist square.

This is such a shame because Santa Teresa was actually one of my favourite spots in Rio. After taking the trolley up there, walked to the Ruinas gallery than back to the main area for a coffee and snack to chill. Really enjoyed my morning up there but if it's now ruined because of these bastard robbers, Rio will have less and less for us when we are not mongering.

[Greenburger]

A group of tourists got attacked by two robbers. A fight started and one shot was fired. First the news told that one tourists was grazed by a bullet. Later the news changed and told the tourist was injured when he fell.

https://odia.ig.com.br/rio-de-janeir...ta-teresa.html

https://g1.globo.com/rj/rio-de-janei...a-teresa.ghtml

This happens daily in Rio. This is why tourists should stay near the beaches in Zona sur.

I was in Santa Teresa a few days ago, nothing happened, but a security guard warned me not to take my phone out even in a popular tourist square.

[Sperto]

A group of tourists got attacked by two robbers. A fight started and one shot was fired. First the news told that one tourists was grazed by a bullet. Later the news changed and told the tourist was injured when he fell.

https://odia.ig.com.br/rio-de-janeir...ta-teresa.html

https://g1.globo.com/rj/rio-de-janei...a-teresa.ghtml

[Vagabundo1]

These are dog years.

Is she getting old at almost 30? Wow!

[Spbrlove]

NFL weekend affects Scandallo. I was never there but heard the club super packed.

How about Rio? I will be in town, will termas be packed? It would be my last day in Brazil, so maybe I will check it out.

[Pascoal2000]

Week in Baseball: reverse unfuckable fat bastard contest.

So vagabundo fucked twice last week for a cpfpm of 4 or 5, which is the big mac index on economist dot com. Someone with a subscription to that british rag post the full articles on the passport brothers please, and write to that rag taht there are passport sisters looking for the nude beaches in DR and Afrika, right, right?

Prive girl wanted to do sushi before fucking because she is getting old (late 20's), and vagabundo went out with his passport bros, who are all fat bastard unfuckable dudes of the same weight BMI profile to botece Ipanema (awesome view), and then the original boteco leblon, where we struck out 533 times, but last week, vagabundo did get a number of a blond who he ate out and who insisted on like 50 minutes of me eating her pussy, I gues file that under non pros, before fucking her 35 year old kunt.

I have been swimming, one hour today, last week 4 x 30 minutes, in the hyatt grand barra pool, and then we went to do water entry / exit at praia macumba posto 12 where they robbed some money from us because we did not have change, so lesson is get change before going out, but cheapest thing in the hotel shop at grand Hyatt is tooth past for 10 reais. Annoying..

Is she getting old at almost 30? Wow!

[Vagabundo1]

Week in Baseball: reverse unfuckable fat bastard contest.

So vagabundo fucked twice last week for a cpfpm of 4 or 5, which is the big mac index on economist dot com. Someone with a subscription to that british rag post the full articles on the passport brothers please, and write to that rag taht there are passport sisters looking for the nude beaches in DR and Afrika, right, right?

Prive girl wanted to do sushi before fucking because she is getting old (late 20's), and vagabundo went out with his passport bros, who are all fat bastard unfuckable dudes of the same weight BMI profile to botece Ipanema (awesome view), and then the original boteco leblon, where we struck out 533 times, but last week, vagabundo did get a number of a blond who he ate out and who insisted on like 50 minutes of me eating her pussy, I gues file that under non pros, before fucking her 35 year old kunt.

I have been swimming, one hour today, last week 4 x 30 minutes, in the hyatt grand barra pool, and then we went to do water entry / exit at praia macumba posto 12 where they robbed some money from us because we did not have change, so lesson is get change before going out, but cheapest thing in the hotel shop at grand Hyatt is tooth past for 10 reais. Annoying.

Also doing capoeira with college rich girls which gets the cardio up to 2. 5 hours on any given weekday when the sex is mixed in.

That is a good sport, to which I invited Anne amari, who came, but of course, only when she was within hours of getting evicted from her favela apartment, so we went to a hotel and fucked twice, I came once, for 600 r, all in, 300 r to her, 233 to the hotel, and 100 r for uber. I lost it when she suggested I uber her to her next work location but she did not think of me, there, in a centro hotel, having to walk to public transport to get back to safety.

Here's to a peaceful yom kippur, we are in world war 4.

Safest place to be is rio de janeiro, if you are able to mitigate the risks of the local primates ripping off your balls and eyeballs and cell phone.

[Greenburger]

My preliminary research shows that Discovery logoed cards (incl. CapitalOne) should work on Elo network in Brazil. Elo claims to be widely accepted in BR.

I didn't bring a Discovery card, but maybe someone can try it out?

I will look next time for Elo logo. See how common it is.

[Tochka]

Yep. Used to love Capital One. Then they changed my card to discover and it ceased to work anywhere internationally. What a fucking bonehead maneuver. On the plus side it caused me to get a Fidelity cash cad which rebates all ATM fees and pays like 3% on your balance. Schwab has a similar card.

There is really no reason to carry anything else. I had over $200 in ATM rebates last year.

Fidelity: Schwab rebates on ATM fees is a good money move. Luv seeing that plus up each. Month. No transaction fee, direct connect to. My Wise to Pix makes it an seamless process.

Sometime international credit cards don't work for no real to do with card itself. For example I pay using card at Casarao to settle drink bill.

Walk next door to the smart hotel, exact same card is rejected by all three of their stupid card machines. I pay by them and the garota in Wise Pix and the keep the Night moving.

Other times card was rejected by ATM or machine cause late night bradesco or santander bank don't dispense late night on brasilian holiday or other security reasons.

Now I have smoother payment process with Wise or Wallet or other PIX payment options. sometimes the cashier are
not familiar with the screen about selecting USD or BRL Reais
options

As experienced travelers mentioned carry more than one card. a few
times I had those credit card guys send me the physical card to the airbnb address in brasil.

[The Cane]

Yep. Used to love Capital One. Then they changed my card to discover and it ceased to work anywhere internationally. What a fucking bonehead maneuver. On the plus side it caused me to get a Fidelity cash card which rebates all ATM fees and pays like 3% on your balance. Schwab has a similar card. There is really no reason to carry anything else. I had over $200 in ATM rebates last year.

Capital One sees it as a good business decision because now they no longer have to pay fees to Mastercard or Visa. Like AMEX, they now have their own payment processing network. I've had a Schwab investor checking account and the debit card that goes with it for years. Yes indeed, it should be an international monger's card of choice, or at least one of them. Never leave home to procure some pussy without it LOL!

[Steve 9696]

But eventually all Capital One cards will be processed through the Discover network, so this will be an issue when it comes to using those particular cards overseas in the future. Discover isn't as prominent worldwide. It's a phased in process that will occur over time. My original card was with Discover before Capital One bought the network, so I guess that's why I was in the first wave of Capital One cards to be under the Discover payment network. It was easy to do because that particular card was already in the network. I understand that newly issued Capital One cards carry the Discover logo. Eventually all of their cards will as they make the transition. Just something to be aware of.

Yep. Used to love Capital One. Then they changed my card to discover and it ceased to work anywhere internationally. What a fucking bonehead maneuver. On the plus side it caused me to get a Fidelity cash cad which rebates all ATM fees and pays like 3% on your balance. Schwab has a similar card.

There is really no reason to carry anything else. I had over $200 in ATM rebates last year.

[The Cane]

Speaking of eVisa, do you must have booked round trip ticket and accommodation?

They tell you to have proof of onward travel plus bank statements showing a balance of at least $2,000 dollars over the last three months. I had that information ready, but I wasn't asked to provide it. Maybe because I have been to Brazil many, many times with no issues. I don't know. I don't recall there being a mentioned requirement of proof of accomodations, but I would have all of this information ready to present just in case, including when you get to immigration upon arrival. Best to be prepared.

[The Cane]

My card has a master logo.

But eventually all Capital One cards will be processed through the Discover network, so this will be an issue when it comes to using those particular cards overseas in the future. Discover isn't as prominent worldwide. It's a phased in process that will occur over time. My original card was with Discover before Capital One bought the network, so I guess that's why I was in the first wave of Capital One cards to be under the Discover payment network. It was easy to do because that particular card was already in the network. I understand that newly issued Capital One cards carry the Discover logo. Eventually all of their cards will as they make the transition. Just something to be aware of.

[WyattEarp]

It was around those years, before, after and inclusive that I used to visit Rio regularly. I get nostalgic any time I think of those visits. I used to have watery eyes at the airport returning home. Great times.

I was fairly young when I started going to Help. There was a reasonable difference in age between me and many of the women.

That kind of helped with the allusion for both me and the women. I had some multi-night encounters with a touring companion during the daytime. A few times I arranged to meet the girls on my next trip. There were some sad goodbyes.

That's all still possible. The Brasileiras however have wised up to their hourly rate on extended stays. Try telling some of our younger mongers that you met a hot girl at a disco and paid her less than $100 for tudo noite. She was still banging you the next morning. It wasn't guaranteed, but if the two of you were simpatico things could be worked out.

[Mr Enternational]

They are a pain. Easier to just go to CVS and get an official one than get it rejected repeatedly.

Except CVS is a ripoff. It is like $20 for 2 pictures. I would go there and take a selfie in front of their screen. Should not be a problem finding a library or store or restaurant that has a white wall though.