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Not to hijack a thread, but where do you find the Serbs? Are there in-person places or just online?

Bruno, light-skinned black from Brasilia, sunny personality - 8 & thick Paulo, dark-skinned black Brazilian, older but amazing muscle bod - almost 8 & thick Many others in the 7-inch range and thick enough. It's almost hard to find less than 7.

1. Paragonya has the narrowest shopping window of any bordello I've known. Pretty much 1-4 pm on weekends. I don't know about the weekdays. 2. asked and answered. 3. & 4. Depends on your competency as a traveler. I don't know how you would get a useful answer without giving some context about yourself. I'm sure there are people can trek through a jungle in broken high heels in a country that doesn't use the Roman alphabet and do it without a tour guide. But I would think that any functional adult can make it from Zurich to Luzern and back without any major assistance.

That Bel Ami first generation was the first time that we Americans were introduced to healthy, hearty, drop-dead gorgeous guys who were absolutely sex-positive. At the risk of going off-topic, the first two Lukas' Story videos cannot be found anywhere, even on Bel Ami's website or on the pirate sites that seem to have everything. Even the repackaged reissue ("Lukas Stories") has disappeared. I'm a collector of gay videos and the Lukas' Story videos were landmarks in erotic entertainment. It must be some legal issue.

Somebody better report back.

I agree completely with this scorecard based on my recent trips. Saturday and Sunday are strangely low-key at the Rio clubs. In general, SP and Lagoa are looking better, with more clients and guys. The fashion models aren't back, but the hungsters and steroid guys are. A good sequence might be Thu, Fri, Sat, and Sun in SP, then Mon, Tue, Wed in Rio, continuing through the weekend if you care to.

I've been wondering who the nymphet was too. For those who think that we old fogeys just complain about how things aren't what they used to be, 117 and Lagoa would use to have over 20 guys like this.

This street fair sounds really interesting but I have never made it because it's only one weekend a month. https://eatrio.net/2014/03/second-sunday-eating-feira-das-yabas.html It's at Pr. Paulo da Portela, which appears to be only a few blocks from the new sauna.

This one is right around the corner from you: https://goo.gl/maps/qaRJWjcCsJ9vVhM79 I checked it out online but ended up using one of the massage houses elsewhere. The Republica area is verrrry dicey but it changes block by block.

Thanks for the thorough report. I could see revisiting Brasilia, where I found the 1-2 gems and that was all I needed, and swinging through Goiana and the colonial towns (which I'm a sucker for) and maybe on to Manaus.

Still, I'd have to bring $2000-$5000 cash if I'm going for a couple weeks or if with someone else. Just taking that much money through airports (still below declaration amount at least), on planes, in taxis to my hotel or apartment. And then if I'm moving around to other cities. Criminals must know there are a lot of people carrying or holding USD cash. That's what's most worrisome for me, but paying double the price for everything to pay by credit card is not appealing either.

Are you there now? Can you give current reports?

I sneaked away to SP in March. Was meaning to check in with a report but had no time. I would agree that Lagoa was the best I'd seen it post-Covid. Still not as good as the old location - and one of the reception staffers who recognized me also agreed - but the selection was quite a lot beefier.

There's a scrumptious guy on IG that I swear in a different era would be traipsing the hallways of Lagoa or 117. He has not responded to my mild direct messages. How do you get these guys' attention? Or are they aiming for legit modeling careers now?

How do you feel about bringing and carrying all that American cash to take advantage of the blue rate?

I don't think I'm hijacking a thread, just moving it to an evergreen topic around here, at least for me: How do you find a trainer who will give you different physiology lessons after the gym floor session? In either Brazil or Colombia.

There are periodic variations depending on day, season, locale, and luck, but I don't think either Sao Paulo or Rio has more diversity than the other. 202 does have a strong presence of twinkish blacks, and 117 has its bevy of white bros, but there are blacks and bros in each. Sao Paulo now has basically one sauna, so everyone goes there (who still goes). SP's online massage houses seem to be 90% white or lighter latino.

Where did you find the Venezuelan guys in Colombia? Where in the coffee region would you recommend?

Venezuela, where beauty pageants are (were?) a national industry. They had them for men too.

I would consider that especially for the rocking-horse-like sex chair some are equipped with. Why do you think they might not be safe? I did a cheap h/motel in SP for my one overnight. They checked and I think even kept our IDs at reception.

For getting clear across town, if both your end points are near a station, the underground metro is much faster than a taxi or uber. I've gone from Sao Conrado to downtown on the Rio metro. The surface trip, though beautiful, would have sat in traffic.

This is kind of new. I thought when they got tired of it, they got a regular job and found a girl who would take them. But it seems that many have moved online and offsite. This guy had a beefcake picture for his Whatsapp profile (so did another garoto who still does go the sauna). I think Whatsapp is now their "Shopify" online store.

One thing I had not thought about at all. Yikes. Gonorrhea is also rampant in the saunas but it's sometimes symptomless so people aren't aware. But it can still be spread to the next person who might not be symptomless.

Sometimes the taxis are cheaper and more readily available than the Ubers. But I've never felt threatened in either one in Brazil.

On my last trip, I contacted a garoto to meet up at the sauna. He said he no longer goes there and wants to meet at my apt. I wasn't keen on that, and he insisted that he would not go to the sauna again. Do you think he was a problem guy and has been banned? This guy used to join the gogos and drag queens on stage at 117 so the establishment must have known him pretty well. Did I pass up a good thing or were my spidey sense on to something?