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I do not carry that much cash. Worried about cards not working? Bring multiple! I bring 2 ATM cards and 3 credit cards and maybe $200 in US cash. That's all the backup I've ever needed. I do not bring all of them when I'm going out and I split them in 2-3 locations in my luggage.

Brazil is a bus country. A non-stop bus from Rio to SP is 6 hours. Flying will require 1 hr. early arrival at the airport, 1 hr. flying, and 1 hr. to deplane and out of airport. I'm assuming that getting to and from the airport or the bus station is about the same, but the bus station is often in a more convenient location and could save another half-hour. So the bus only takes 2.5-3 more hours and does not have the stress of airports. Though you could show up right at departure time, I'd recommend getting to the station 15 minutes early at least: Brazilian bus stations are huge. Tiete (Sao Paulo) is the size of an airport but still easier to get through and no security lines.

Valparaiso is amazing. Exercise your legs because you'll be walking and climbing hills a lot, but you can also take easy excursions to the wineries nearby. The "Switzerland-in-South-America" extends over the Andes to the Chilean side. Some small towns had places selling kaffee und kuchen - plus volcanoes and hot springs. Chile is a naturist's country so do try to get out of the city. Near BA is San Antonio de Areco - not a big city by any means but, rather, a small town that retains some of its colonial layout and a lot of its gaucho culture. It has dude ranches (I stayed at a gorgeous one that has since been converted to a $700/night Relais and Chateau property) and the best empanadas I've ever eaten. Colonia del Sacramento is interesting too. It's a tiny place and requires a bit of planning with the ferry, which was hours behind schedule when I did it many years ago.

For any nationality, you'd probably have a better interaction with them in their home country. In Portugal, I imagine the Brazilians have to deal with hassles, law enforcement, and some racism. That wouldn't put you in the best mood, would it? To answer your question: Brazil, DR, Cuba, and Brazilians in Spain. I have never failed to find at least one monster meat per trip to Brazil. Never. Easily the 5 biggest and probably 9 out of 10 biggest were from Brazil. Mind you that these were big cocks attached to stunning bodies and faces too. There have been huge ones I passed up because the rest of the guy didn't appeal to me. Surprise smaller city: Belo Horizonte, which has a better sauna scene than Pto. Alegre, Salvador, or Curitiba.

The wait time on free cabine nights (Tuesday at 117, Wed. at 202) seems like bad business from the house, the boys, and the clients. The old Lagoa had so many nooks and crannies for quickies and the guys there were usually quite willing. At 117 and 202, however, I found neither opportunity nor receptiveness for such hanky panky. Is it house policy to discourage it? It takes away from their business but if their rooms are booked solid for 90 minutes, I'd think it'd be better to keep the clients and boys continuing to do their business one way or another.

Doesn't Chili Pepper also have a sex club? Is it perhaps TOO gay friendly (i.e., if you actually want to sleep without the thump-thump disco music of most sex clubs)?

What Brazil needs is a fitness camp with "training + sex"

That is about 1/3 of the waterworks I remember from 30 years ago.

The beaches are far away from the historical center, which is beautiful but changes block-by-block in terms of crime and danger. You cannot be close to both.

I've been to Aquarius on 2 trips. All the guys asked for lira. On my first trip some ten years ago, one guy asked for euros - 250! - and seemed relieved when I said no. He was the bartender and didn't seem enthused about the extra services. Last summer, Aquarius, like much of Istanbul, had all the right signs up but nobody was complying or enforcing. The establishment was officially in shut down but someone stood out front and if you looked like a potential customer, he would lead you through the lights-out front office and down into the bath. I thought the offering was mediocre but the guys were friendly and not pushy.

I met him but by the time I made up my mind to engage him, he was booked indefinitely by one client. I've fantasized about doing him together with Arturo/Felipe. I'll be happy to serve as mediator, therapist, or sex surrogate to help these two make up. Checking flight schedules now!

The one who got away will always be amazing, incredible, the best ever. Because he got away. Often in the last 10 minutes at the sauna, when one of us just has to go and can't stay for even a quicky. But then you see him again and reality doesn't necessarily live up to fantasy and longing. Once, as I was leaving Lagoa, a "just my type" was standing in a toilet stall and turned seductively at me. When I chanced to see him again a couple years later, alas, he wouldn't bottom. Then there was one gorgeous guy who turned out to be a complete dud in bed. After the experience, it struck me to search through my stash of dirty jpeg's and, lo and behold, there he was, one of my all-time internet faves. It didn't occur to me at the time that he was the same guy because reality was so different from the fantasy.

Gloria, Catete, Flamengo, Botafogo are much, much safer than Copacabana or even Ipanema. And they are very pleasant, interesting, walkable neighborhoods. In the touristy beach neighborhoods, you are walking around with a red flashing sign saying "I'm a tourist, probably a dumb one too, rob me."

The Hotel Nacional in Sao Conrado, a genuine Oscar Niemeyer building from the 70s. The interiors are deliciously mid-century modern. The rooms have wall-to-wall, floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking either the ocean or the lights of Rocinha in the hills. If you leave the curtains open, you will wake up to the most gorgeous sunrise ever. Painfully early, of course, but you can go back to sleep and feel like you just saw heaven in a dream. I paid about $150 per night, which is more than usual for me but completely reasonable for what I think is one of the most beautiful hotels ever. Sao Conrado might seem inconvenient and remote, but the hotel is a 5-minute walk to the metro, which takes you to Copacabana in 20 minutes. Or take the slower coastal mini-bus for one of the most gorgeous commutes in the world. The beach across from the hotel looks much safer and less hassles than those in Ipanema or Copacabana. My uber driver said it was his family's favorite beach. (I don't know what the guest policy is, however, but security looks tight.)

Apparently it is as you asked 3 times. I was in Istanbul last summer and engaged 2 guys at Aquarius for 400 TL each. That was about US$46 back then. Entry was 70 TL. t would be interesting to know if the asking price has gone up in TL.

This one? https://rentmen.eu/Juniorcarioca The thought of these two living together is enough to make me cream.

Which Junior is this?

That could be him. A great kisser. When you think you've had your fill of sex he tells you to get ready for round two. Once, when it seemed the typical time to leave the cabin, I said can we just cuddle for a while and he just plopped back down, opened his arms, and never looked at the clock. He did bottom once at my insistence but he didn't seem to like it. Before I penetrated him, he gave an enthusiastic, skilled blowjob (through a rubber). I had to literally wrestle his head off my head or I could come. I surmised at the time that he was trying to make me come so that I wouldn't fuck him. Looking back at his comparative skills, it would have been better to let him finish me off in what could have been one of the best blowjobs ever.

As some know, there's one Brazilian in Barcelona I've been fixated with since the days he was at Lagoa in SP. He keeps changing his name but mostly it was Arturo or Felipe. Tall, bronzed, muscular, very pretty, tattoos. To me, he is the perfect male form and extremely warm and frisky in the cabins. Often hangs out with Marcio, the white Brazilian muscle-boy. I'm not talking about Pablo, who has the same build and more tattoos, but not as much a pretty boy. I was wondering if any of you saw him still around recently.

It's funny (or scary?) to read about a place I was last at 3 years ago (and first at over 15 years ago) and recognize the persons described. The Polish guy and the big-dicked Asian-Brazilian could ALMOST have landed me, but their pushiness on those occasions just turned me off. If only these guys know that hard-sell can be very counterproductive. (I have a reptilic "prey" instinct that tells me to scamper away fast from anything that wants me so badly.) Brazilian Gabriel, I believe, is the black, super-tall, stacked former porn star, and yes, a monstrous cock memorable even among the many big ones I have sampled. He wasn't the warmest, but he wasn't bad in the cabin. I don't recognize Brazilian Angelo, despite his sounding like just my type. Cuban Carlos might be one half of the Cuban-Panamanian tag team that was probably the most combined cockage I ever had at one time. Now ... consider that the guys might remember us and tag us the same way.

I recall seeing one that had a literal red light at the door.

I've never been robbed at a sauna, and once I even forgot to lock my locker and nothing was missing. However, I definitely witnessed an incident about 5-7 years ago. A couple garotos were hanging around the door of the customer locker room at the old Lagoa, where they're not supposed to enter. I figured they were just scoping for business or waiting for a client to get money. Some time later, I saw the staff quietly remove the door (its hinges had been screwed off) and an American-sounding guy claiming robbery. So it does happen. Trust but verify and don't tempt. Have fun but be careful.

As they say in the movies, you always think better with a dick in your mouth (and the electro-disco soundtrack going). Do that enough and you won't need no stinkin' books.

This was 10 years ago so I don't remember the name. It was in an atmospheric (some would say decrepit) classic building near the waterfront. Only a handful of working guys. Short of the front desk guy, who had some Roman general name, all I could find was a somewhat scraggly surfer type. And this was during the Festas Juninas/Bumba Meu Boi festival.

If that's a top priority, negotiate it in advance. Yes, you will pay about 50-100R more because cumming knocks them out of commission longer or even for the whole night. That said, at least twice I had a guy cum without demanding more. They both were last-call transactions. One guy had already dressed but hopped back for one more customer. He reminded me of James Franco (woof!) and got really into the 3-way. With the other guy I had already finished, but when I got out of the shower, he was jacking off in front of the (straight) porn. It was he who suggested cumming all over me.