Questions for a Trip to Brazil Fall 2018

[RA1]

Although I get your point I do not believe that I have heard the expression, "violent catfish" before.  Where I am we have plenty of red necks who will fight at the drop of a hat but catfish are best with hush puppies. 

Best regards,

RA1

[HiThereAll]

The bill was for I person at Siquiera Grill. I had eaten a full large plate, about 70R$, 2 desserts, 20 R$, and beverage. For a self service place, the quality was fine. However, I did prefer some places in Ipanema. Have not Caretao or another of the same type. Only eating BF and a late lunch or dinner at a normal time for RIO. Lots of fruit juices. They are excellent here. I also try to eat at places where all others speak Portuguese. I can speak some PT now. I have used Yelp with some success for places to eat. However, many reviews are 3-4 years old now. Many local places have a meat, chicken or fish special, plus fries, rice, and sometime manioac flour for about 20R$.

I think my GI issue was with the water or watered down juice at BF. That stated, I have had very little alcohol here and my GI tract is definitely not happy in Rio.

Hurt myself earlier in the week, but my knee might be ok for play tonight. LOL. Perhaps by luck, I found a great Physical Therapy person in Copa.

If I do play with others it will not be at the hotel and I will only bring a copy of my PP picture page and enough cash to cover playtime. Most folks I chat with have no place to play which ends the conversation quickly and so far only 1 admitted to knowing much about sex motels. Some also say they are good boys so do not wish to discuss price. That ends the conversation quickly too. Several also try way too hard and email way too much. In general these  folks are not nearby and I see no reason to travel far.

Will need to head elsewhere for Friday. It is a holiday weekend here and Faulty Towers here is booked out. Might try Misterbnb or airbnb. Hotel Canada nearby is only 10 USD more expensive than the Atl Copa and easy to reach on a bad knee.

Quite unusual in my travels, I have found several rude gay tourists here. LOL. Then again, every old lady watching me limp across the street seems to come my way. Not sure if she is helping me or I am helping her !!

ATMs give lots of 100 R$ notes. These can be a bit tough to use sometimes and no one will accept a damaged 50 or 100 R$ note. No issues with my ATM card here, but I was warned that using ATMs here can be challenging and best to bring more than 1 card.

[Tartegogo]

3 hours ago, HiThereAll said:

Most folks I chat with have no place to play 

Even if they have a place to play, I strongly recommend that you do not go to somebody’s private home, unless you truly trust them. Or unless you feel you can fight your way out (with a damaged knee, that seems unlikely).

How do you know there won’t be 3 of his friends there, ready to coerce you into withdrawing a large amount from the ATM? (They will only realise that you didn’t bring an ATM card after they attempt to coerce you, which could be quite a scary experience).

Frankly it is better at your hotel if you put everything in the safe. At least he knows that you could call for help at any time and the security staff will come.  

Sex motel is the best option, since your things are not there, and there can’t be a group of thugs waiting for you there.

[Tomcal]

i think too much energy and time is being put into “where will i be safe and have sex!”. Again i have been coming here 4 or 5 times a year for 17 years and have never had a problem and i would venture to guess i do more guys then the majority going to Brazil do!  

1)If you are the nervous nelly type person, have sex at the sauna only! DONE! your fears are solved!

2)If you want to have sex outside the sauna but have concerns...use a sex motel! Done problem solved!

3) Put your big boy pants on, be smart when making decisions (like only withdrawing money during the day from the atms and doing it daily so that on the off chance you do get robbed they are not going to get more then what you spend in a day, that amount could vary widely depending on the person, lol.) about your sex partners, and have fun!  Instead of worrying about what possibly could happen think about what will happen at the sauna!

I am not just talking about myself but 3 friends who have been going to Brazil for as long as i have and have not had any problems either(florida rob exception! lol)We all operate about the same and they take guys back to their apts almost as often as i do!

[floridarob]

2 hours ago, Tomcal said:

i think too much energy and time is being put into “where will i be safe and have sex!”. Again i have been coming here 4 or 5 times a year for 17 years 

More than that at times....

2 hours ago, tomcal said:

 

I am not just talking about myself but 3 friends who have been going to Brazil for as long as i have and have not had any problems either(florida rob exception! lol)We all operate about the same and they take guys back to their apts almost as often as i do!

My problems were all Bacardi induced....and weren't with rent guys, was being in bad areas late at night when I shouldn't have been.

[HiThereAll]

Sorry if I got folks upset. But think the replies to some of the questions I posed got off tract. There are different opinions on what one would be comfortable doing etc. Please let us all be respectful and the summary statement from earlier today is well done. Thank you  :)) 

As for me I tried the cinelandia theatre and sexy rose today. I had more ass and bjs than in a long time. Ok none were models nor muscle gods. Just average folks like me. Well mostly younger I would guess 

Lesson for the day - having sex when you are in pain is not the best idea . I had to stop more than once due to the injury pain and came back to Fawlty Towers early

Doubt I will do the saunas tonight. Being non weight bearing now feels great and not smelling of ass now after a shower feels great too

[HiThereAll]

Forgot to say - Tomcal thanks for you highly appropriate words today.

Forgive me - time to let loose on Basil Fawlty and the Atl Copa Hotel

Good part - the price and being by a metro station

the walks are thick so not much noise from the neighbors

perhaps some yrs ago it was a great hotel

Bad parts - well sort of everything else

1 or 2 elevators never worked at various times during my stay.

These elevators close faster than.... (fill in the blank) and multiple times the doors closed before people got on

At first I thought that the hotel patrons must be some of the biggest morons in universe rarely having a clue as to whether they were about to go up or down. Of course some simply gave up and were taking the next elevator to stop on their floor. I can't blame anyone for doing this.

Some days my dirty sheets and towels were replaced by.  You guessed it

dirty sheets and towels

I have been in the humblest places that have clean sheets. But not here

if I got new towels there was no new soap etc 

every other day I had to get my room key re swiped to work. Of course I had to go down and up in the elevator again to do this

it has been a bit chilly here. They have ac but no heaters 

getting sick from bf every am did not help, but I am the first to admit that we handle new bacteria differently. I think most will be fine.

In brief I would rate the Atl Copa just above a backpackers - but not by much

if not for a messed up knee I would have left sooner. For those of you who know Rio well if there is an apt service to suggest that would be great. I am certain you have posted this info but I missed it.  For my last night I booked another hotel nearby.  Mister B and B and airbnb should also be ok but with mobility issues I did not want to take any risks.

Please feel free to comment, but I think John Cleese already wrote a comedy series based loosely on this establishment....lol

[Walker]

11 hours ago, HiThereAll said:

 

getting sick from bf every am did not help, but I am the first to admit that we handle new bacteria differently. I think most will be fine.

 

This may sound like a no brainer, but I would suggest avoid raw food (i.e. fruit, salad) if you have a weak stomach while traveling.

[msclelovr]

On 9/7/2018 at 10:18 AM, Walker said:

This may sound like a no brainer, but I would suggest avoid raw food (i.e. fruit, salad) if you have a weak stomach while traveling.

You’re right @Walker but I would add ice-cubes to the list of things to avoid.

[BlkSuperman]

I am going back to Rio net month. Where in Cinelandia and Sexy Rose, please? Thank you!

[Guest igormendes]

Se você quiser um bom garoto de programa, você encontra no site  http://www.garotolandia.com.br  .

Tanto em São paulo como no Rio de Janeiro

[HiThereAll]

After I changed hotels (to the H Canada), I got a shower that worked properly and a toilet than flushed well. It is also much closer to the beach. The bf was smaller, no pineapple - my favorite. I did not get sick either !! (I am usually ok to queasy eating strange foods in strange lands.)

But the room was tiny in comparison, there was no pool, and no chance for a check in before 2 pm. No view, either - a bit depressing. Seems similar to the assessment offered for the Astoria just towards Cardeal Arcoverde M from the Atl Copa, not the fancy Astoria next to the beach. There was no hair dryer (which was so messed up at the Atl Copa, that it could easily have started an electrical fire) and the yes, all the light bulbs fine at the new place. The Atl Copa could have been so much better with simply better attention to clean or filtered water at BF, maintenance and some room updates.

I continued to use Yelp to help find food places, but talking to locals was usually better to find the good places. One of the per kilo places to strongly recommend is Fazendola next the General Osorio Park and near one of the many M entrances in Ipanema. I missed a place called Neu Naturale (?sp) in Ipanema that might have been a health food restaurant.

I also enjoyed the area of the Fort between Copa and Ipanema. 6R$ entry fee. Some might also very much like the Sta Teresa neighborhood west of Gloria (and 117). Leblon and west Ipanema also have some high end fancy stores and restaurants.

As for the Cinema and Sexy Rose, I can't remember exactly how I found them. They are next to each other on a small sidestreet about 2 blocks from a fancy looking 100 year old or so theatre in Cinelandia. Maybe do a google map search, etc. I can do this in Portuguese and maybe that's how I found them. Perhaps on the Rua Alvaro Alvim. The porn cinema did not seem to have a name, and is not completely obvious unless you carefully look at the front and all of the older guy patrons, of which you might only see up to maybe 6 max up front at the open to the street entrance lobby. There are other places in centro that I did not check out. There is also a bar something like Seven Cruising Bar in centro for maybe the leather folks, but it closes at 10 pm.

As for the phone pick up apps, I seemed to get the most hits in the Siq Campos area and towards Ipanema a bit. I never did the SIM card as I was finding wifi available as a customer at lots of places, restos and shoppes. The lengthy / difficult instructions for the SIM card use might make sense for a long trip to Brazil or to places where wifi might not be readily available. For me, it seemed too much of a hassle and for a price that in the end I did not need to pay extra for. I was able to use whatsapp and others for calls and texts, though figuring out the proper way to type in the various calling codes was a major hassle.

I never did figure out the gay bar or dance club scene, or maybe there is not much of one compared to London, Paris, LA, Montreal, etc.

The physical therapist I found was terrific and only about 1 1/2 blocks from Corujina Restaurant.

Be forewarned: The uber drivers were sometimes clueless even with their phone apps to provide directions , even to common tourist places.

[Tartegogo]

56 minutes ago, HiThereAll said:

As for the Cinema and Sexy Rose, I can't remember exactly how I found them. They are next to each other on a small sidestreet about 2 blocks from a fancy looking 100 year old or so theatre in Cinelandia. Maybe do a google map search, etc. I can do this in Portuguese and maybe that's how I found them. Perhaps on the Rua Alvaro Alvim. The porn cinema did not seem to have a name, and is not completely obvious unless you carefully look at the front and all of the older guy patrons, of which you might only see up to maybe 6 max up front at the open to the street entrance lobby.

This one? 

https://goo.gl/maps/xrU7EucFpGv

[redxs]

Anyone in Rio 27 October onwards?

[Uqtyang]

2 hours ago, redxs said:

Anyone in Rio 27 October onwards?

I will be, the 3rd time with bf. love to catch up.

[Tomcal]

I will be there from Nov. 1st to the 10th

[redxs]

11 hours ago, Tomcal said:

I will be there from Nov. 1st to the 10th

We can meet for a beer hopefully... we've never been in town the same time!

[Tomcal]

sounds like a plan!

[Uqtyang]

12 hours ago, Tomcal said:

sounds like a plan!

Look forward to buying Tom a few drinks when in rio! - the legend

[Tomcal]

5 hours ago, Uqtyang said:

Look forward to buying Tom a few drinks when in rio! - the legend

LOL... hardly a legend!  more like a Brazilian stalker! :-)

[floridarob]

40 minutes ago, Tomcal said:

LOL... hardly a legend!  more like a Brazilian stalker! :-)

just a big whore