Tomcal

I don’t take anything personally except comments about Henri! :-)

A week ago wednesday evening i went to dinner with 2 guys at a nice restaurant in ipanema, when the food arrived i took the second bite and i could not swallow it! it was like my throat closed up! I sat there for a minute and then threw up the last bite i took into my napkin! within the next 5 minutes i threw up 4 more times but it wasn’t coming from my stomach but from my throat so just for but the feeling normal was terrible and we left the restaurant without finishing the meal! on the 3 block walk back to the apt., i threw up 4 more times then like magic felt totally normal. The next morning it started all over again so the guys took me to a private hospital in Copa and after a 1/2 hour with the ER Dr. they put me on a IV for a hour with 2 drugs in it and with 3 prescriptions and i have been fine since but i found out i had a Hiaetal Hernia! and it appears the 10% of those with them that requires surgery to fix(easy procedure)! one thing is the cost to be treated in the ER in one of the private hospitals compared to the US! 2 months ago i took my mother to the ER, she was there for 3 hours no IV , set of x-rays and the cost was $7,000, my cost in Rio for 2-1/2 hours with tests and 1 hour IV and meds was $325.US!

I got back home last Wednesday from a 2 week trip to Rio. Originally it was supposed to include 2 days in Porto Alegre and 3 in Sao Paulo but it was changed for two reasons! more on that later. I spend 5 days in Ipanema and 7 days in Centro for the first time! I stayed at a friends' condo in Centro and is really the first time I had spent any time there. The apartment was about 3 blocks from the American and Mexican consular offices. The American ia a large well fortified building but most of the area is made up of some beautiful historic buildings man of which are used as government offices. Daytime there are many people/office workers and many restaurants and sidewalk dining available. Night time the area has much fewer pedestrian traffic but I felt very safe in the immediate area of the Apt. building which is on a busy blvd. I uber'd everywhere and while not as convenient as staying in Ipanema it was fine. I went only to Pointe and MR saunas this trip not to 117, not for a specific reason just due to that I was having a good time where I was at on the nights that are best at 117. On both Mondays I went to MR first at 5:30 and Pointe around 7:30 second. Both were good but Pointe has really improved on Monday evenings and the only slow nights there were Tuesdays and Saturday nights. Wednesday was great there with Monday and Friday also being really good. The improvements made esthetically are all good. and the massage guys(Venezuelan)are both good. On Monday night I ran into a guy from Uruguay who I originally met at Lagoa in Sao Paulo 4 years ago when he was 20, he was friends with a friend of mine and he moved to Europe to do fashion/sports modeling and was semi successful at that before moving back to Uruguay last year because of family issues(he is one of 13 children in his family). We both recognized each other immediately and he ended up spending the night and next day at the apartment. He came up from Montevideo a week ago and is going back next week. He is good looking, great athletic body and a amazing bttm., if you run into him I would highly recommend him.

you were greeted by Jackie who worked the counter at 117 before she left in April to work at MR until a month ago to work at Pointe! Monique hasn’t worked the counter since i started going to 117 in 2001! the first photo is Jackie the Second is Monique who still owns 117 but shows up there maybe 2 days a year!

i have very very few down overnights! just saying! including the guy i met Monday night at pointe!

i was probably there for a 100 late night dinners between 2001 and 2007 or 8, it was great but after the gay disco next door closed down and the park across the street installed bright lights and the dismise of street hustlers, all these things had a direct influence on the restaurant realizing it couldn’t rely on the after 10:00 pm gay crowd for that portion of their revenues anymore! i remember nights when there would be 25+ guys across the street on the park side leaning against the fence waiting to be noticed!

a couple of guys who now go to Pointe figured out that even though it is crowded with more customers, they don’t make anymore money because of the long wait for rooms on Tuesdays!

Then you will be very happy there on Tuesdays! as to why? who cares what their reason is? they go there but that is where the MONEY(clients)is on Tuesdays! But...things are changing, Pointe is on a upswing with monday’s and especially Wednesday turning out where a number of the guys from 117 can be seen at, and Thursday was not bad with Junior offering a free Buffet! This Past monday i talked to 5 guys at pointe who are 117 regulars! So go to 117 on Tuesdays you won’t be disappointed!

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Cause that’s where the muscle guys go on Tuesdays! Wednesdays a number of them show up at pointe! and now Monday’s is also getting very busy at Pointe and MR was busy as well. Last night i ran into a guy i only met once before 3 years ago at Lagoa from Uruguay who was 20 at the time and left for europe shortly thereafter, i really liked our first encounter so i invited him back to spend my last night here with me! It/He was amazing! looks like i have to put him on the list to visit Mexico!

yes it is very nice in the summer!

that is true! if you have status with a airline or over 60 you get in the faster lane.

My friends went yesterday and they said guys starting showing up at 6:00 - 7:00. and was busy until 11:00 when they left

i just said goodbye to a guy who spent the night last night with me who is from and lives in Montevideo! I met him originally in SP in 2015. He loves it there but loves the scene in Rio and Europe where he has been several times for 3 months each time.. But he is 24, his view may change dramatically when he gets into his 30’s + i think it is not a black or white issue, when someone retires to a geographical location it is not just about the cost of living or the availability of rent boys, especially if you have a income that doesn’t require you to live cheaply! For example if i was to retire to Brazil(i am not), i would live in Porto Alegre! My friends go “Why”? there is no beach, the sauna is only good 2 days a week, etc. It’s because i like it there! for some logical and some not so logical reasons! All of us are different in how we view a place or people :-)

I have been going to Brazil for 17 years and I Have NO idea what it is or heard the term “Brazilian Wolf” before! maybe i just hang in the wrong circles...

117 is only 6 stops on the metro from Pointe, about 10 - 12 mins.

on Wednesday nights especially, you see a number of the 117 guys there!

i have posted this awhile back, i always fly back to the US from GRU usually on Sunday evenings. I take my bags to Lagoa and the two valet guys put them inside their area, very safe i have done this at least 40 times! if my flight is at 10:00 pm on a sunday(non work day) i leave at 7:00 pm for GRU, if it is raining or a work day like Monday evening then i leave a 1/2hr to 3/4 hr earlier. never had a problem usually about 45min ride to GRU depending on how fast a driver you get! Fastest time i ever got there was 35 minutes! On Sundays i get to Lagoa about 3:30 - 4:00 and surprisingly there are usually about a dozen escorts and same number of clients there and it fills up over the next 2 hours!

Brazilians do not need visas to go to portugal and once there have access to all of Europe with a great majority settling in Spain! not sure about dominicans...

since pointe202 opened in 2002 it has seen a lot of changes and has gone from the top to the bottom to in between and back again as the best sauna in Rio IMHO! it is now busy 4 nights a week with Weds still being the best followed by Friday and monday and thursday! last night i had another full encounter with one of the Massgistas! Manhatten was also fairly busy! between these two i have not had the inclination or desire to visit 117, although if you are in to muscle guys it is the place to go especially Tues. nights

i went to it last Saturday, it opens at 8:00pm and their is no sauna and everyone is a customer and functions as a hustler bar like Mixx Bar in Porto Alegre! but last night Acir the owner told me he is going back to sauna format on Saturday nights because his customers want to use the steam sauna! So the only change will be is that on Saturday nights it is open from 8:00pm to 3:00 am but everything else remains the same, he said that Rio does not have any late night weekend bars for older (40+)gays. so he wanted to provide a later night place for the guys that are too old or do not want to go to the week!

unless you are as tall as me you exaggerated a bit, i am 6’5” and i had a 1/2” clearance in the upstairs bar! but you are right the public room’s are smaller but i kinda like the 2 bar concept, one for shows and music and the other more refinded and quieter when you want to talk or negotiate! tonight thursday is supposed to be bad but MR was packed! then i went to pointe and they had a free buffet and were also busy(and great massage by the Venezuelan). Competition is proving to be good for the clients in Rio! now if only another 2 saunas would open in São Paulo!

i think you exaggerated a bit. i am 6’5” and i did not hit my head but i only head a 1” clearance in the upstairs bar! i like the 2 bar idea, one for music and shows and one(which is more like a english pub for talking in a more quiet refined area.

MR is closed on Tuesday’s so the owner thought that would be a good night to have a private party. there was the owner myself and 8 sauna guys who were invited. plus one new guy who happened to stop by because he was new in town and needed to work and a friend had told him to try here, so we let him in and he eventually stayed the night at the apartment with 5 other guys! We supplied free drinks and food plus use of any suites they/we, wanted to use! it was a fun Tuesday night! Tonight at Pointe which was PACKED, several guys came up and wanted to know why they were not invited, i just said i didn’t make up the guest list!

i don’t think the locals who are the support of the sauna would like 4 Foreigners showing up at the same time! it would raise havoc with their pricing, because no matter what they say, Americans in particular, just have to pay more then the going rate because they feel guilty(Axiom)and that really pisses the locals off! so imho no more then 2 americans should go there on a particular Sunday! but then again i have been wrong before...like when i thought FloridaRob was a top! LMAO