Tomcal

this is one of the new guys i met on this trip at Manhatten-Rios Sauna, he was there on Friday and Monday evenings and at Pointe on Wednesday night!

Oz every night i had overnight visitors, 3 the first two nights then 5 the next 5 nights and then just 3 of us the last night! The first 3 were regulars that have been staying the past 3+ years with me! One of the regular guys who came up from SP and brought a friend who everyone really liked, and was a great addition to the group!

We went to ToNeAi the gay bar on Farme de Amoedo just past the intersection of R. Visconde Piraja(across the street from Galitos Restaurant). While it is a fun bar to hang out with friends when you get the bill for drinks you will think you just left one of NYC’s trendy bars! this trip it was less then 1/2 full at 11:30 on several nights when we walked by and on Friday night at midnight it was less then 1/2 full! i have never seen it that empty on a Friday night before!

Since the first thread varied far and away from the topic, i thought i would put the summary in a pt 2 separate thread here making it a little easier to find/. While this may be a broad over simplification, 1)Club 117 has the Muscled guys, 2)Manhatten-Rios has the Twinks and 3)Pointe202 has a broader mixture of both types as well as inbetween types! All have some of each type but the majority will fall into the above catagories. Although MR did have at least 4 or 5 muscled guys. Monday an Friday were packed there, 117 was busy on Sunday and Tuesday nights and Pointe was great on Weds and OK on Friday and Sunday Under the category of some things never change...in the last 4 days i have gotten 11 guys sending messages saying various themes all having to do with : their wallets were stolen, they do not have the rent for May, and the old standby, their Mother/Grandmother needs a heart operation. All of these messages have come from new guys i met this trip except for one. My standard reply which i now have saved is " I am sorry but i am neither the bank or a relative, and you do not give sex away for free and i do not give money away for free!" almost always they respond with "ok, thanks!" lol

i was going to summarize the various activities each day at the saunas but this thread is not even close to the topic heading so i will just say i had a great time, spent much more time at MR and Pointe saunas and less at 117. great time and a lot of new faces! i realize a lot of posts get derailed! no hard feelings, it happens all the time! but when you are recounting specie events within a certain time frame, it confusing to those following or reading it!

yes the water is warm and takes about 12 mins to fill 1/2 way but if four get in then it is almost over flowing! :-)

WTF does this have to do with my report on my april trip Riobard/Bobbolino? This should be under its own subject whatever that may be...

Friday is their 2nd best night Monday is their best! On Friday when i arrived Acir threw a party for me(we have been friends since 2002 when he lived in Miami and 4 years before he bought Meo Mundo) there were 48 “boys” and 47 Clients there but i think that was not typical for a Friday! and it was packed with that many people there! there were quite a few new guys there! Have a great time!!

i just got back from 9 days in Rio and 2 days in São Paulo. I stayed in a different apartment then i have the last 7 years as the one i usually get was unavailable. That turned out to be very good for me! the new apt is across the street from the beach at Posto 8 about a block from the Fasano Hotel, it is on the main floor and has a very large deck with many large trees with families of Marmosets that come down to the deck looking for food in the late afternoon and provided a lot of fun watching their antics! The one downside i thought originally was that it is a one Bedroom and one Bathroom and their would be 4 to 6 of us staying there on any given day! My other place was a 2bedr/2bath and much roomier, but this place when the 2 large Slider doors are opened and becomes a large living room,bedroom,outdoor deck area ! this place will now become my first choice. the owner lives in the place next door but i never saw him from the time i got there until 5 minutes before i left! i was surprised how much i did like MR sauna , especially given that the upstairs bar has a low ceiling since i am 6’4” but i did have 1” clearance! i particularly liked that bar because it kind of reminds me of a English Pub! also it’s much quieter and easy to care on conversations in this room. All the suites are very clean! one suite has a jacuzzi tub that accomodated 4 of us!

correction!! i did go in with 3 guys at pointe! i forgot i thought that happened at MR ! but never went in the steam room!

Nope wasn’t me! i haven’t been to Pointe except for a 15 minute visit Sunday night(it was raining)and customers and boys together totaled about 8 people! Ricardo has been to the apartment but haven’t seen him in the saunas! And i never go in the steam rooms!

i am in Belo Horizonte and am heading to Rio this morning and just read this! :-) first you should all know that I have never stolen one of Rob’s guys , but tends to drift off and they are still awake and wander down to my room because usually there is a party going on until 2:00 or 3:00 am and they are naturally curious! :-) just saying!

somewhere in Illinois south of Chicago...way south!! :-)

i will try to get this answered on friday when i am there!

i will know on Friday when i go there! but he said wifi password is provided to clients!

i sent a copy of the review(w/o names) to the owner of MR and this is what he wrote back: the bar upstairs , the ceiling is very low but it is very cute... Yesterday we had a very good night. The best night after inauguration day...and we have to improve many things but everybody who goes there, like the place. I have a lot of new boys and the rooms are very neat and clean. It is compact but very charming. Of course some people will not like it because of the size...The wi fi, i have but I only give to those who asks because the customers complain when the boys are always on their cell phones and don´t pay attention to them! you can’t please everyone but i am trying to please at least 95%! Like any new business there are things that need to be changed or adjusted it will just take a little time to get everything right!

i would trust what Floridarob says!

i have a difficult time imaging someone not having a good time at 117! but that’s me! :-) but again so much depends on your personality or , how you interact with the guys whether they are your type or not, and as Lucky says the sauna scene is not for everyone!

probabaly not going to be good at MR since they are Closed on Sundays! :-) 117 is closed on Mondays!

Roger’s in Rio had one that sat in the bar area and you had to Climb up and in and no one could do it without looking like a clutz! No one used it and then Rogers closed! it was the only sauna in Copacabana, about a block from where Pointe202 is now. this was about 2003 or 4

Monday night i was told there were 39 Escorts working at Manhattan-Rios, they are shooting for Monday and Friday nights to be their biggest nights as it used to be at Meo Mundo! they are running special deals every week so check their FB page. I will be there on the 13th so i will see what it’s like! It has been open 3 weeks now and i spoke to the owner today and he said on Sunday he went to the sauna in Bangu(about a hour from Copa to recruit guys!(the sauna in Bangu is only gay on Sunday nights when Manhattan is closed. He figured it would take about 3 months to get the sauna established and known but it seems to be going faster then that!

it was a regular Saturday night at Club Bubu i was told!

it’s not a sauna it is a club in São Paulo and the 2nd guy is Junior who i have known for 3 years and stayed at the apt last time i was in Rio in January!

Also, July is the month that schools are out in Brazil and Brazilians take vacations. usually the slowest month at the saunas as many of the guys are with their familites

there are many more straight saunas then there are gay ones although 2 in Rio closed down recently and one of those became the new gay sauna near Santos Dumont Airport! Straight saunas are nicer from a aesthetic sense then gay ones! there used to be one around the corner from the infamous Corujinhas restaurant and when navy ships would be in port you would see a line of guys out the door!