sydneyboy1

A disgraceful post. You should be ashamed of yourself.

TopJohn5 started this thread as a sauna newbie seeking clarification on the Brazilian sauna scene. In São Paulo it’s Lagoa. Now to Rio. Although I have been there many times could someone who has been there more recently give him a clear statement on venues and opening hours? I know when I first went to Brazil I had the benefit of a very detailed post on a now defunct website by an individual known as Trilingual who was a legend on Brazil. Could we now provide the sought after assistance to TopJohn in a courteous and civil manner?

There was a typo in my post. It should have read Fragata moved then closed. Regarding timing, late afternoon onwards is usually the case however one big qualification. You can be lucky any time and it only takes one to make an evening (or afternoon!)

It is not unreasonable for a newbie to seek clarification on the sauna scene. I have been to Brazil 9 times although, for obvious reasons, not for a few years. The scene has changed dramatically in that time. In São Paulo Fragata moved the closed and Lagoa changed address. Information has been provided on this forum but I have sympathy for someone new absorbing it all.

With respect that location would be convenient for 117 but very little else.

Go back to my hotel and sleep it off.

It only takes one to make an evening!

I was just reading TripAdvisor reviews on the Atlantico. If you couldn’t find a sauna boy there is always the bed bugs to keep you company.

This hotel gets very mixed reviews on TripAdvisor.

I defy anyone to name a city of comparable standing anywhere in the world that has such an appalling choice of hotel accommodation as Rio. At all levels the picking is very, very lean.

Did you go to Lagoa in São Paulo? If so what’s it like at the moment?

Can anyone report on the Tawan opening?

It is prime the Tawan had a large stable of fit, muscled highly attractive men. On my last visit 3 years ago it certainly had “larger boys” as you have described them. Fat, totally out shape, heavily tattooed. Nothing to compare with what we experienced 8 years ago (roughly) and earlier. I have such fond memories of the early to mid 2000’s. It will be interesting to see how it emerged from this hibernation.

I have one single solitary hope. The quality of the boys improve compared to my last visit.

Good question.

I sincerely hope it can return to its glory days.

Are they now operating from the one premises if so which one?

Do I assume a happy ending?

About 10 years ago I was in the change room at old Lagoa getting dressed preparing to leave. A Brazilian guy opened his locker and in a highly agitated state ran around the locker room with his pants pointing to his empty pockets. I don’t speak Portuguese but I didn’t have to. It was clear he had been robbed. He asked everyone the number for the police (that I did understand.) I might add the guy on the front desk showed no interest. As I left the building the victim was on his phone presumably ringing the police.

I have reported this here on a number of threads but the Tawan on my last trip was a shadow of what it once was. The “boys” on offer were only a fraction of those working there in Tawan’s heyday and were all out of shape and heavily tattooed. I remember the Tawan in its glory days when there was a smorgasbord of boys on offer, playful, handsome and many with magnificent bodies. The consensus seems to be that the Internet has changed the gay scene in Bangkok forever.

As I wrote on another thread, the last time I was in Bangkok the Tawan was dreadful, a tragic shadow of its former self. It it reopens I only hope it can regain some of its past glory.

Any updates on Thermas?

I would love to agree with you but honestly on my last trip it was just dreadful. A handful of fat, out of shape heavily tattooed “boys” on offer. I recall Tawan in the early 2000’s and it was just wonderful. A smorgasbord of fit handsome men who were friendly and playful. Oh for those glory days!

The Tawan used to be my favourite Bangkok bar. I was last in Bangkok just short of 3 years ago and the Tawan was a tragic shadow of its former self. I only hope if it reopens it can reinvent itself.

I have nothing much to add except I too have very fond memories of the old Fragata and regret that I never made it to the new.😢