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If is raining the weather tends to cripple road traffic so it may be more feasible in those conditions to take the Metro but give more time for the shuttle portion. A shuttle in rain to a nearby airport hotel from my arrival terminal mid-evening took over an hour door-to-door.

Good for the meetup of 3 ... Even the leatherbarkeep knows 4 is a crowd.

Sorry, I realize here that "off" may have suggested some kind of discount in my favour. What I mean, of course, is 3-5% deviation from the true bank exchange, therefore paying 3-5% more. So recently, compared to true exchange, losing 4 reais per 100. To be honest, I only looked it up this time but I generally do not bother to calculate what buying money costs me. Sex in Brasil, a major activity, is generally discounted by 60-80%.

Oh, by "bargain" I mean a far better currency exchange (not exchange fee) ... about 12% better, at my dollar's peak recently, than the timeperiod bookends of my Brasil travels May '17 to Mar '18. I always use the same popular place in my home city, but it is likely not the best, I think usually about 3-5% off the true exchange, so I am not outdoing anybody. My last purchase was 4% over the ave xchng that day but bear in mind the real volatility inflates costs. It can sometimes shift a few percentage pnts in one day! I think my local is similar rates as cash withdrawal in Brasil. I always set a spending amount I can live with and usually have unspent cash to carryover to subsequent visits. All else being equal, 8% more regular screws or 0% more AAA screws going forward

On my previous short visits to São Paulo in 2016 and 2017 I did not not observe much evidence of the described legendary unattainable primping primadonna Lagoa trend. Just the one dressed stud I described in another post who was surprisingly easy to bag, and if he was virginal certainly did not get any associated ratepayer premium from me. I have no good reason to doubt the more experienced attendees and I look forward to seeing this spectacle in an upcoming extended trip that will include several Lagoa visits ... I am hella curious and love a challenge that is challenging due to the prospect of increased effort and failure ... but then play up that psychic energy with a truly hot yet accessible guy. I have been buying up bargain reais for this purpose, that is, maybe have to pony up lubricating dollars for the challenging cases'n'chases. So far, nobody at Lagoa has topped ... strike that ... outshone my loose .... strike that ... impressive 117 top 10. And I would say that 80% of the strippers are no more attractive than many Rio garotos.

The 2 shrine examples, actually same location, this one just up from Gloria walking towards Lapa.

A few stock paintings depicting the Gloria Hill church, examples little neighborhood shrines and the like if you keep your eyes open, a few shots of Redentor, and a typical Ipanema sunset.

Hiking: many options AYOR.

www.capoeirariodejaneiro.com.br

I am doing this fast ... forgive spelling ... a few recoomendations: Hx: visitors often overlook the Republic Palace and gardens at Catete Metro. Guys go to clube 117 but overlook 'our lady of glory on the hill' church (dated 1733?) minutes away. Take the 103step staircase up rather thannthe winding road. Stairs entrance just a few buildings up from Golden Park Hotel. Church not open much other than sunday but great view from the grounds. São Bento monastery, sunday morn mass interesting and packed, sung in Portuguese. Also manynold churches in centro. Shop markets: Thurs and Sunday afternoon food markets also near Gloria Metro. culture: well capoeira of course the martial arts/dance/acrobatics ... don't know where you will find it there.

One thing that strikes me as reckless is the Brasilian lads on RM, for example, or other sites but in US cities that declare they are Brasilian. Sure, for caché, but still putting a target on their back that reads 'illegal'.

I would only add currently that I do not take for granted that it is easy for the boy 'ho's to function physically. Women generally do not require true physiological arousal as much to get it done. What we are impressed by and come to expect is the culmination of a complex trickle-down process among an actually small cross-section of appealing young males. The more flexible my expectations, the less sugar product shares I may need to have the AAA's own sugar-cane juice trickling down my chin. It is the AAAs expectancy about performance standards expectations that often screws it up for me.

Here is my two cents based on the recent data as well as what is known about YF vaccine morbidity/mortality. I got the nonfractionated vaccine as I spend a few months per year in various Brasilian locations. I have been sick with mosquito-sourced viremia twice and I double-down on precautions. Assuming zero antecedent inoculation, the chances of infection in Brasil over the past year comes to about six-fold the probability of a serious adverse vaccination-related event. Given that a sizeable proportion of BRZ residents had been previously vaccinated (many states do it routinely) and that a large proportion of those infected succumb to YF, I am confident that the protective advantages of vaccination outweigh the risks of vaccination illness/death by at least 10:1 ... this is simplistic, mind you, in that geographical regions and duration of stay by visitors is not taken into account. A short visit in a non-endemic zone might nullify the advantages based exclusively on the virus-vacc dialectic. According to my crude math, two weeks in Rio in low season, for example, does not seem too risky and there is no major reason to freak out if you just became YF-savvy. Social media goes viral related to isolated vaccination incidents and information gets distorted. In my estimation, more infection residuals for the unvaccinated will continue to overtake the risks of a vacc dose. But that applies more to full-time residents. Some folks find anything short of absolute zero risk intolerable. But they overlook other layers of unacceptability: Risk of infection with YF is greater than zero. Risk of being a vector of infection passed to others, if infected oneself, is greater than zero. Of course there is the complication of possibly being less accepting of bad results due to a decision already made, however reasonable the choice, compared to more apparently random misfortune. It would be great if the answer to the vacc were more illumuninated yellow rather than being in a gray zone.

In fact, the OP declared it is the only way he knows how. KKKKKK ... So where, for example, is my Sycophant Squad here on the board?

As in: garotos deeply bore the crap out of me.

Hahahaha ... double entendre? Tart, you're anything but boring. OK, done and dusted (a Tartegonian expression)

Does anyone catch live or replayed theatre, opera, or dance at their local cinemas since this trend started taking off? Usually London, Paris, NY Met, Bolshoi Ballet sourced, etc. Today I took in RB's new production of Swan Lake with their prima, Argentinian Marianela Núñez doing Odette/Odile, and a brilliant young Russian the Prince. Here we call these economical filmhouse shows cinespectacles. I am fortunate to have two annual series, two local theatre conglomerates, within walking. Well, I was mesmerized. Three hours of sheer heaven. I tend to pass over the classics in favour of mixed repertoire, but I was blown away. And never before had I experienced today's awe regarding Tchaikovsky's orchestration genius. The Hungarian, Italian, Spanish, and Polish ballroom scene flourishes are amazing ... hell, the entire full score is fantastic. It is almost like being there. The little seminars during intervals are also a nice touch. Bravo, Brava ... not to be missed!

Erm, at the risk of creating more anomosity, the problem I have with the format is not so much with the OP's descriptives. But he has elected day-by-accounts installations that take time to assemble, partly due to detail inclusion. It worked better earlier in the first trip due to some suspense that emerged. The writing style is fun but I would be more riveted and absorb the tone better if it were one continuous post without an extensive array of questions and comments in between. If the OP specifically wants his intermissions filled with sponsor announcements, I am OK with that, but I would then hope to know when the oeuvre is complete and bingeable. This is not Dynasty circa 1981 at the local gay watering hole. Or Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan quadrilogy. One "ask" that I would put forward is that commentators spend more time describing erotic experiences in keeping with the Board's mandate. This in place of jumping all over somebody else's basically inocuous remark. The OP has also specifically asked for feedback about whether to continue, having previously received favourable responses earlier in the year. There is an emoji 'reaction' procedure in place. To my way of thinking, if you ask "please sir, would you like some more?", then you are potentially inviting critique in either direction. Numazu is a mature savvy adult who has game, and in every other respect does not seem to require an explicit, identifiable fan base, right? (Right?). In this case, no need to paternalize him by taking up a cause he himself has not necessarily initiated. He has the prerogative, like anyone else, to tell our dear tart (who happened this one time to go a little unsavoury yet not treacle ... and yes do tell the calorie counter results) or others to 'piss off'. And now we are really genuinely into topic-splitting territory.

Yup ... interchangeable. I was not intending to contrast and I assume that, like you, the reader can likely follow that I am referring to the 'ho's as a category. I would have used the demonstrative pronoun 'these', but the antecedent phrase contained two plural categories. Variety spices up life, existence, being, no? But on to a more interesting recollection about the thread/post/topic theme. I have very relatively little experience with Lagoa but on my visit noticed a hot dressed fellow with a small group of clients. I remarked to one of these clients (here the pronoun works because of the plurality distinction ) that his handsome muscular friend was very attractive. The client/customer indicated he was inexperienced but he graciously offerred to broker a programa. It occurred to me that upticking the (wannabe?) garoto's takeaway cash might put the older guy even more in the younger guy's favour. A skittish but beautifully built fully dressed stud stripping and trying his hand at having his delicious package probing my nether regions? Yes, yes, a thousand times yes, Mr Bingley!! Not for everyone, but it was freakin' hot. Upon further reflection, as I will be in São Paulo for a few weeks later in the summer, I may try to develop an effective playbook for infiltrating these AAA-infested cliques. But only if I reach the point of diminished return on the more conventional merchandise. Buying and sending to the table a round of drinks? Reaching out to one of the older admirers, like before? We shall see.

I think that there is a strict division between clients and garotos de programa in that clients are strictly customers and do not permeate the boundary through to providing commercial sex. In contrast, the working guys may have a more fluid role and have in common with clients the enjoyment of some of the features and amenities of the venue. Add to that their attentiveness to admirers we may erroneously believe are wasting earning potential. Further, the garotos constantly on the clock, whipping through consecutive programas, seem more likely to bring 'sloppy seconds, fourths, eighths, etc to the table. But I do get frustrated if I fixate on one or more who is/are elusive in the manner described.

Regarding size, I too am a reluctant tight bttm but with serious fantasies of being power-topped and intense orgasms when it can successfully happen with a big hung dude. Look, you can't put the baby back into the womb in 30 minutes in an unfamiliar setting. I usually arrange an hour or more with these dotados. I stock a lot of rubbers. After initial foreplay, they are quite happy to accommodate loosening me up with one, two, then maybe three fingers whilst I am getting super-excited with nipple play, sucking, 69, rimming what have you. Getting sufficiently worked up and primed to the point of begging for that dick to be pile-driven in. But often beginning by being on top and sitting on it ... that position is usually easier for accommodating the package size. Usually then rolling back as one and having him on top. I find on all fours the most difficult because I usually cannot see the scene well enough to enhance the arousal. The point is that there are effective ways to desentisize without pressure and with a cooperative and flexible guy. Now I find that there is much less correlation between size and discomfort.

I read it with interest, having visited INHOTIM last December and being unaware of these aspects of its history ... who is surprised about shady dealings in any context regarding Brasil? However, I was put off by the writer's early comment about the subject having a yellowed beard due to smoking. This kind of gratuitous remark is foolish and manipulative. Poor editing. If it was meant to be metaphorical regarding land contamination it missed the mark. I am vehemently opposed to cigarettes, but the article subject's whitish beard is the same colour as his hair and the beard is kept trim. It would be a challenge to tar it up. The man behind the beard has enough aspersions, however legit, cast against him without this stupid low blow regarding physical attributes.

I grind beans once a week (2-3 grinder loads done in a matter of minutes) for my one big strong filter-dripped morning cup per day. The key to keep me on point is to not have any packaged ground 'backup' java on the premises.

And now the Machine topic is a splittable Mattachine topic ... we just cannot help ourselves.

Nobody for commercial sex purposes crosses my BRZ accommodation threshold without each of us having the option of verifying the other's accurate full name, cell phone # (eg Whatsapp), and ideally at least one social media account. The transaction is not illegal, so balking results in immediate disqualification. And they will have unambiguously confirmed the fee and currency by their own hand. Grindr and similar apps convey a false sense of security. Dates should be treated no differently than picking up a street hustler.