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Lagoa was very busy on the nights i went.

i am back home in Ft Lauderdale from 7 days in Rio and 5 in SP! I felt The saunas were back almost to their Pre covid days! most nights they were busy! i had 4 guys staying with me in Rio, one couple from SP, a guy from Uruaguay who i have known for 4 years and a guy i have known from Rio for 2 years. i was to leave on Sunday so i went sunday morning to take my Covid test and went back to my apt to meet up with some of the guys, 4 hours later i got the results…Positive!!! i had no symptoms and i did not want to stay in SP for 10 more days before i could be tested again! So i cantacted a guy i know who would retest me, since i was sure it was a false positive! I boarded my flight back home that night!! it paid off making friends over the past 21 years!

At the age of 13, ready to “win in life”, Júnior Barbosa (47) left the small town of Cedro (Ceará) heading for São Paulo and, later, for Rio de Janeiro. He slept on the beach, in squares, went hungry, became a prostitute, was a street vendor, sold “hotspots”, did a little of everything until he became one of the biggest businessmen in the gay nightlife in Rio de Janeiro. For over 20 years, Barbosa has owned one of the best-known saunas in Rio de Janeiro – and the only one in Copacabana – but the path has been arduous. His three-story house is a stronghold of young men and visitors from all over the world, including famous people. In a chat with the staff of GAY BLOG BR, Barbosa recounted the difficulties of the past and his trajectory until he became a successful businessman in his segment in Rio. A vida no Ceará era muito difícil… Era, pois vim de uma família humilde, e éramos em seis irmãos. O sonho de todo nordestino é morar em São Paulo, só que quando cheguei, passei perrengue pior do que no Ceará. Quando cheguei, morei na casa de uma tia. Sofri humilhação e descaso. E comecei a trabalhar com tudo que aparecia: fui balconista, faxineiro, passei roupa nas confecções do Brás etc. E chegando ao Rio de Janeiro, como foi? Eu acabei me envolvendo com a prostituição na Avenida São Luís e um agenciador perguntou se eu não queria ir para casa de uma amiga dele, travesti, no Rio de Janeiro. Na época eu não sabia o que era uma travesti. E vim para o Rio, morando no Baratão 200 [edifício na rua Barata Ribeiro com 507 apartamentos onde, no passado, ficou famoso por aparecer na televisão em programas de investigações policiais]. Acabei sendo explorado por ela também, e eu era quase um “escravo”. Comecei a trabalhar para pagar o aluguel dela e todos os seus gastos. Além disso, ela quase não me deixava sair do apartamento e eu ainda dormia no chão. Foram só três meses, mas de intenso sofrimento.

a wuick update! i was at LeBoy last saturday night and at Johnson’s tonight, Both were very good! I did a lap dance(s) with A blonde French Canadian, a Colombian and a handsome Russian guy and a german , a real United Nations of strippers! all were really nice guys, no attitude , and the lap dances were better then i expected!

i asked every guy i ran into and they all said they had but only one had the booster

gay stuff??

I don’t want the club to get into trouble so I am not going to name it but tonight the clubs in So Florida we’re really hot! A blond guy with what I would describe as a muscular swimmers build , beautiful Dick {very straight and hard)and a really nice personality give a amazing lap dance…actually not so much a lap dance as just all out sex!! I am seeing him in a week and would see him sooner but I have to be in SoCal for this next week!

Novarunner , thanks! I have been going to Porto Alegre for over 16 years and i was there when there were 40 guys workimg on a Friday and Saturday nights and I know guys that haven’t worked in the sauna in 10 years, that I still am in contact with but the last few years the sauna scene has gone downhill in PA

Oz there are 2 main reasons 1) the last 4 years i have had a serious namorado in Rio so spent more days with him when i was in Brazil and2) the quality and numbers of guys in PA just went kinda downhill along with Mezziniu sauna but i recently heard it’s improved and the owner is in better health so i may go there for a couple of days (probably thursday and Friday and check it out!

i can’t imagine not going there for 6 months much less 2+ years! i am sorry!

Disclaimer: i know this is the Latin America Forum but this post is about Ft. Lauderdale and it al about the guys from latin America that you will see at the clubs there! this week i went to both LeBoy and Johnson’s in Ft. Lauderdale! very different places but i enjoyed both! LeBoy is is mostly thinks with a few more musculartypes,all the ones i talked to were Latino, Cuban, Colombian, Argentinan and Puerto Rican, and the Argentinian was i thought very masculan and gdlkg! the type of guy you would find in a Brazilian sauna! Johnson’s had many more muscular guys at its place and they came out in groups of 3 to dance in the center area and are very good about stretching their speedos wide so you can see everything they have! There was a muscular columbian that asked me to come back for a lap dance in the private rooms which is a semi closed off closet size area with a cushioned chair. there you can play with their dick providing you set your expectations with the striippee Before you get in the room! i told him i expected him Naked and hard within the first 30 seconds of the first song! he was and we had a good time! (and i got his number for a meet up at my house later this week!

My intention is to send daily reports but i never end up doing that! lol. but i will definitely send at least a couple! this week i went to both LeBoy and Johnson’s in Ft. Lauderdale! very different places but i enjoyed both! LeBoy is is mostly thinks with a few more muscular types,all the ones i talked to were Latino, Cuban, Colombian, Argentinan and Puerto Rican, and the Argentinian was i thought very masculan and gdlkg! the type of guy you would find in a Brazilian sauna! Johnson’s had many more muscular guys at its place and they came out in groups of 3 to dance in the center area and are very good about stretching their speedos wide so you can see everything they have! There was a muscular columbian that asked me to come back for a lap dance in the private rooms which is a semi closed off closet size area with a cushioned chair. there you can play with their dick providing you set your expectations with the striippee Before you get in the room! i told him i expected him Naked and hard within the first 30 seconds of the first song! he was and we had a good time! (and i got his number for a meet up at my house later this week!

i only made it to Brazil 3 times in 2021. So i am starting earlier this coming year so i can get in at least 4 trips during 2022! i will be in Rio and SP from January 12th to the 24th, and will be staying at Airbnb’s i have stayed in before in both cities. The place in SP is a entire home in a great walkable upscale neighborhood close CGH airport.

evidently Many! he travels world wide a lot. when he shows pics of himself on the planes flying to Dubai or other locations he is always in the First Class secton

i am only in SP on Thursday to sunday usually I can only comment on Thurs -Sat nights! they have been good the 3,different times i was in SP this past year! but also i was seeing guys i know well for the most part!

Not really masks are worn everywhere but as soon as you get in the bars/restaurants etc they came off

i came down to Merida this weeek and it has been good! Grindr is alive and well. 2-1/2 or 3 years ago i was down here and meeting a guy for dinner while waiting for him at the house i was on grindr message me and said hey you like you’re pretty close to me and I looked and I said It looks like you must be less then a block away! so i opened the door and look down the block and there are some standing there good looking guy and he was waiting to eat so he went to the house we sat on the couch and you’re just ourselves and within about two minutes it was my dinner date! so i invited tge third guy to dinner with us! we had a good time at dinner but they both had to leave to go home after dinner your flash forward to three years later I Kept in contact with both of them and saw the one guy who I dated several times in the ensuing two and a half years and the guy who had walked near my house moved to mexico city we talked occasionally but we never got to see each other again until this week! every three or four months we message each other but now he’s back in Merida going to visit his family so last night we finally met again. He has a car so he picked me up and FloridaRob was having a party so we went there and had a good time! He slept over but had to leave at 7:00 this morning. so i went to give him some cash and he goes “what’s this for?” I said “in case you need some gas money”? He says “I don't” and handed it back to me! this is not the first or second time this has happened to me here! btw he is from Tobasco state and has a big dick!

That has statues about the same! Mondays you option is poine202 as 117 become a Women’s night(formally it was closed on Mondays). Tuesday is the biggest night for 117, Wednesday it is Poijte all the way! Thursday is a crapshoot either is so/so Friday. can be god at pointe don’t know about 117 i have never been there on a Friday. Saturday is usually slow. Sunday should be decent at 117

I agree Oz, unfortunately i think the Brazilian economy has affected the middle class/middle age clients the most! a night out at the sauna for a Brazilian costs $60R. for admission, suites vary but a night out at the sauna for a local runs about $300.R.if they do one guy! and have a drink! those who used to go Once a week go once a month if that!

Sorry i thought the link was there! https://noticias.uol.com.br/cotidiano/ultimas-noticias/2021/10/30/copacabana-sauna-gay-sobrevive-a-pandemia-mas-dono-preve-sucumbir-a-apps.htm

this article recently appeared in a publication with a interview of Junior Barbarossa the owner of Pointe. He like everyone else does not think the gay escort saunas will last much longer(as most everyone agrees)! So for those who have been putting off going for whatever reason, you should go this next year as it could be your last chance!

I heard last week when i was in SP that a new owner is taking over which is why it closed and reopening after some cosmetic changes are made. i heard this from 2 sauna guys so not sure how accurate it is, but will know in a week! the old fragata/new 555 is a nice space i hope it makes it!

i usually get there around 5:30PM! and leave around 8:30 or 9:00 at the latest!! i am not a affectionado of drag shows!, so once they come on i usually leave!

Prices are dependent on how good a negotiator you are! But considering that the current currency rate is over Brazilian $5.25 to $1.00 US. i didn’t really worry about what the current rate the guys were charging. none were out of line.

i will say that 117 was very packed on a rainy tuesday evening! it was almost as much fun talking to guys i had not seen in a long tine that i forgot to get my name in for a room! until after 7:40 and we got there at 5;00! Wednesday was a repeat of tuesday during the day, and then my new love interest and I met up at Pointe202 for their busiest night of the week. By 6:30 it was packed! we be met up with a guy i have known about 1-1/2 yrs who is a 21 yr old kinda shy(out of bed!). who ended up going back to the apt with us and staying the night! Really a fun evening with these 2 guys! con’t