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I would add that the saunas are exclusively for hetero couples : there are no gay saunas. Very nice and inviting. This is why I am celebrating my 15th trip in 10 years ...

This dick is indeed lovely. Any idea of the name of the guy ? It could be Matt. He has such a huge tool and loves to wank it in front of customers. He is always wearing a tee shirt.

Particularly cancellation caused by fear of coronavirus : either there is coronavirus, your flight is cancelled and insurance is of no use or flight is operated and you certainly have no valid reason for cancelling ...

On March 15th, there are right and extreme right parties, supporting Bolsonaro, who are going to demonstrate against Congress and Supreme Court considering that they are blocking needed reforms. Bolsonaro made and sent a video on whattsapp supporting these demonstrations. A journalist of Sao Paulo knew about this video and decided to distribute it widely. Of course, most parties, members of Congress and Federal Judges considered that it was unacceptable the President to attack Brasilian institutions. Bolsonaro started to say that it was a private document sent to a few friends, then, in front of the very negative general reactions, claimed that the video was from 2015. The SP journalist prooved that the video contained images of Bolsonaro's election and could not be of 2015. TV and papers commented widely, presenting the President as a total liar. The vice-President was sent as fireman to try to calm down situation and showed the Bolsonaro's vision of Brazil : " to make Brazil the most prosperous and successfull liberal democracy in the Southern hemisphere". In Brazil, the fact that the President is acting against the congress is a case of impeachment. After having seen the Trump impeachment trial recently, are we going to assist to the Bolsonaro's impeachment trial or are we going to have a military dictature again in Brazil ?

You are safe : there are not many cases of covid19 in France at the moment :-))

Pink Flamingo This gay bar in Copacabana, close to Cardeal Arcoverde metro, opened last year and seems to be a great bar with shows. Anyone already went there ?

Will 1 Euro be over of 5 Reais ? It is very close ! USD also is very high compared to R$ ! Highest value in the last 10 years

Blocos da Rua (Street Carnaval) Internet sites (eg blocosderua.com) give a comprehensive list of blocos with time and meeting place ("concentração"). Internet site riogaylife.com.br gives a list of all gay and gay friendly blocos with time and concentração. Gay blocos are having difficulties to be organized : the city and military police are trying everything to cancel gay blocos. The bloco Minha Luz e de LED (my light is from LED) for instance received a list of actions to be done (presence of ambulance, of toilets, of security, of fire extinguishers, ...). They did comply to it and to all bureaucracy demanded but at the end of the game, they were not authorized because of incidents which occured last year where attendees blocked circulation of cars in a tunnel for some time. Gay bloco Saymos do Egito had to be held in private places. The famous band of Ipanema which is having his bloco at 5 pm since many many years was first asked to move it to morning, ... In addition, the mayor of Rio de Janeiro, an evangelist bishop, Marcelo Crivella, started to reduce by 50 % subsidies to samba schools in 2018 and then cancelled all subsidies in 2020. The best gay or gay friendly blocos to which I participated are : Bloco das Carmelitas, Bloco das Quengas (prostitutes) certainly the gayest, Bloco dos Amigos da Onçã (on the beach). I did not really like the Banda da Ipanema (the music was good but too many tourists. It is not as genuine as what happened in front of bar das Quengas for instance). The Bloco das Carmelitas was created 30 years ago. Its name refers to a Sister Carmelite who was so attracted by Carnaval that she used to escape from her convent during the Carnaval days. Of course she was very visible in her outfit so in order to hide her in the crowd, people started to wear also the Carmelite oufit. Walking down Santa Teresa on the track of the bonde (tramway) together with the Bloco is really great.

I totally agree. I wonder how the guy managed to spend a few hours inside this costume. That day, luckily for the guy, it was rather cold with rain from time to time.

Pointe 202 Carnaval monday New lockers for customers, new stage screens, multiple tv screens around the room are some of improvements at Pointe. Many customers and boys. A few new faces. It was a good evening in Pointe. March 7th is the 15th aniversary of Pointe until ... 5 am : buffet, RJ/SP strippers, ... worth going.

In blocos to which I assisted, there are many messages against Bolsonaro : Also some funny messages for example this one making fun of people thinking or even trying to demonstrate that earth is flat

Sunday. Gafieira Elite in Centro ... It used to be a very famous dancing place in the 1930s. It is still open and run by the same family. Do not be afraid by the aspect of the building or the very steep staircase to go to the 1st floor. The place is amazing. Live music, performed by a band of 8 musicians is great. It is normally a str8 place but every friday before carnaval and during the 5 days of Carnaval it is gay. Not (m)any tourists there of course ! I went there with a friend who made me discover the place. Entrance is at street level. Dancing at 1st floor and Mezzaninu is used as a back room. You can be naked there and have fun before going back dancing and drinking beer below ... Only drawback is that since it is very close to Sambodromo, it seems that uber pick up place in the area has to be the Sambodromo. We had to walk back in Center at 3 am. Luckily, there were still many people and police in the streets. The manager advised us not to walk holding our phone in our hand though ... Pic above is hetero party from FB Elite site. An even bigger party is planned Tuesday Feb 25th.

117 : Lots of boys and customers. Regulars plus some new faces. No stunning boy in the new faces for me. Shows with Drag Queens even crazier than usually. All prices are increased during carnaval. In restaurants, on the menu, a tape is simply put on usual prices and new prices, increased by at least 30 %, are indicated. Hopefully, they will remove tape by wednesday ... The carnavals in the street are amazing. They are everywhere. There are so many gorgeous men in Brazil. Most are bare chested, often wearing only a short skirt. Lots of eye candy ! It is same as Ipanema beach on sunday, except that it is in the whole city and day and night during 5 days ... Sex symbols are everywhere (but real thing is better).

Yes. In front of metro

Os amigos da onça. The friends of jaguar. Flamengo beach

Carnaval in Rio is really amazing ... I did not realize that there are so many street events ("blocos"). The atmosphere is that of supporters after a soccer game in which their team won the game : jokes, drinks, fun ... but it is in the whole city and during 5 days ! And it is sexy as hell. Lots of good looking boys, wearing only a short skirt and having fun. Many blocos are gay or gay friendly (or is it the ones I went to ?). The bloco of Carmelitas started the ceremonies on friday at 1 pm in Santa Teresa. Saturday, starting at 7 am there was the bloco of amigos da onça (friends of jaguar) on the Flamengo beach. A very good one. Perfect for eye candy. Lots of young men (and women of course) in various stages of undress. Lots of drinks and so many beach vendors. Uninterrupted long line of men pissing in front of the sea or in front of Aterro ... Many couples deep tongue kissing everywhere. There are the couples who came together of course but also boys stopping in front of girls or boys they do not know but like and starting to deep tongue kissing as though the world was soon over. Mainly locals in Flamengo ie very few tourists only coming in small groups with a guide and grabbing their cameras as if they were sure to be robbed soon. 5 pm in Ipanema for Banda de Ipanema. A very famous group active since 50 years. Under rain at the beginning. Many many tourists there of course who attract a lot of pickpockets and boys from favelas. Extreme caution is needed there. Even when I came back at my olace in Botafogo was a local bloco ("pinta mas nao borra") in the streets !

Rio. Very hot. Since I met a friend in the afternoon, I went late to 117. Many boys but none new to my liking. 117 is having special shows for Carnaval. I expect new faces to be seen !

My first Carnaval in Brazil ! Prices of hotels are much higher than usually, particularly in Copacabana and Ipanema. I will he hosted in Botafogo, close to metro. Somes questions for the one who have already gone to Rio for Carnaval : - Where is it worth going (bars, samba, street events, ...) ? - Is it necessary to buy tickets for Sambadromo ? Where to be positionned ? - When are the best shows at Sambadromo ? Is the final show with the champions (on Saturday February 29th) the best ? - Any other tips ? Thks !

There were 200 flights weekly between Paris + Amsterdam and China !

I am scheduled to go to Brazil also for Carnaval and after and I do not plan to cancel anything. There is no more risks in Brazil than in US or in some countries in Europe where a few cases have already been detected : there were fewer flights between China and Brazil than between China and Europe (there were direct flights between Wuhan - where most of the cases were detected in China - and France for instance). About the original subject, the coronavirus is not a sexually transmitted disease but an air transmitted disease where transmission occurs for instance through droplets emitted when people cough. IMO, Authorities in Brazil will not declare specifically closure of public baths but might declare cancellation of all public festivities and public gatherings in order to avoid or to limit cross contamination. It is what happened in China where all New Year festivities were cancelled, then transit between Wuhan and other parts of China was stopped. I do not think that this will happen in Brazil in the short term (until end of February) and I do not think for instance that Carnaval festivities will be cancelled nor that in the short term saunas will be affected by epidemy. If there are already just a few cases in Brazil, I will avoid kissing. I had planned another trip to Brazil in May and wait a few weeks before confirming. The complete genome of the virus has already been identified by Chinese authorities and sent to pharmaceutucal laboratories worldwide and even though a vaccine is very unlikely to be available in the next 6 months, some medecines might be soon available to decrease the strenght of the coronavirus and limit its spreading.

Parque Central is indeed a cruising place mentionned in the list I posted above. It is full of tourists during the day and I did not check at night (I was in Vedado). I did not see a place "full of guys ln the hunt". As in Bano Quijote, differenciating boys who are on the hunt and boys who are waiting for someone or simply using wifi is not easy task !

You can try gayromeo or hunqz.

The trail going to Corcovado is well known for tourist attacks. These happen regularly. And it is not because the tourists are many (in the case below : 40 !) that attack will not happen ! To be avoided RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Three men, armed with a pistol and two knives, robbed approximately forty tourists hiking the trail that connects Parque Lage and the Corcovado mountain in Zona Sul (South Zone) of Rio de Janeiro on Thursday morning, January 4th, 2020. "A man came at us with a knife and when we turned, behind us there was another, also with a knife. And he took our phone, wallet, cameras, everything," Swiss tourists identified only as Patrick told online news outlet G1.

It is true that there are much more black guys in Salvador than in the rest of the country but there are much less boys in Salvador saunas than in Rio saunas. From my experience last December (see report on BT), in absolute numbers there were not more black guys in Salvador saunas than in Rio saunas. It is different on Grindr since it is an image of the local population and there are many gay guys as in Rio and a large proportion of black guys. For a first trip of only 8 days, I think it is good to stay in Rio : there are 3 saunas (including Lions where there are some black guys from favelas but more the twink type) and there are a lot of things to do in Rio boywise and on a cultural standpoint.

In Manaus (as in Salvador, Porto Alegre or Belo Horizonte), the best shows in saunas are often on sundays which are very active days. If you plan to spend a weekend in these places, do plan to spend the nite of Sunday. In the program below, live sex show is on sundays (domingao).