Novarunner

So, my plan was to travel to Rio for 10 days and work on a project that I need to finish during the days and attempt to make a new gay boy and drink caipirinhas in the evenings with contacts from prior trips. Unfortunately, due to bad luck and poor planning my two most favorite "contacts" are both out of the country at the moment. The apartment I rented in Ipanema using Marriott Homes & Villas also had an issue which was a real departure from my last two trips (no issues whatsoever, highly recommend) but that actually ended up working in my favor. You see, the prior occupant somehow managed to smash the glass top of the stove in the unit. Initially, I was told that it would be repaired the next day but that didn't happen and, on day three when it still wasn't repaired, they offered to let me out of my contract. Since I had just completed two whelming trips to the saunas (both places seriously need to up their cabin game), I accepted their offer, booked a somewhat expensive last minute flight to Salvador on GOL and an absurdly cheap AirB&B with a stunning ocean view that looked really nice in Salvador. Salvador is not Rio and it is definitely not Ipanema. So far though, I'm really enjoying my time here. Clube 11 is pretty decent. I went there this evening and saw a lean, toned, 20 year old that is exactly my type within 5 minutes of walking in the door and getting changed. He could tell I was interested so after a brief introduction he led me downstairs into the steam room and started to go down on me. Free samples are always appreciated but, well, he was very talented and he just kept going and going to the point where I had to ask him to stop which led to the following interaction: Me gesturing toward the cabins on the upper floor, "Quanto?" To which he replied, "Oitena" but, because my Portuguese is not that good and he is absolutely in the same league as the two young men that I had been planning to spend my week with in Rio and, in general, I've probably just spent way to much time in Ipanema, I heard, "Oitocentos" which is crazy high so I responded, "Você é lindo mas isso é muito caro." Fortunately, at this point he said, "Setenta" and drew a 7 followed by only one zero on my chest. I quickly accepted and had an amazing time with him upstairs. He will be coming to the apartment tomorrow afternoon. The view really is stunning. I'm hoping he will let me take his picture with the fort and ocean in the background. I'm staying in the Barra section of Salvador. Would anybody care to recommend a few decent restaurants?

I actually like Brazil best when I am not completely on vacation. Perhaps the next time that we are in the same city at the same time, I could buy you several beers and you could let me pick your brain about how you made the years you spent living in Brazil work.

Some on here are looking only for sex. Others are looking to make connections and experience another culture. Neither position is wrong but I do think it greatly influences one’s response to the are free-Grindr-meets-a-good-use-of-time-while-on-travel question. Transactional sex is fine but I like making connections too. For example, last month when I was in Rio, I learned where to go in Rocinha to buy weed…. The gangsters have a store with with a large black pig named Elizabeth out front…. I don’t smoke but, well, it doesn’t get more authentic than that which is what I was looking for on that particular day of my vacation.

Is anybody else into him? Salvador is climbing on my list of travel destinations.

Generally, that’s been my experience as well and, I agree, one is more likely to cross paths with an English speaker in SP than elsewhere. This is no big deal but my question pertained to my last post and not translation in general. I know there are members out there translating these posts from English into other languages and, well, I had just opted to write, “looks like Baron Harkonnen” instead of “not repulsive” which struck me as something that might not translate all that well so I added the question to the end of the post.

I’ve written other posts about this before but the short version is that I enjoy and have had success hunting guys that are exactly what I am into on IG (and to a lesser extent Twitter) while in Brazil. Side note, at least in my experience, this is not a thing that works anywhere else in the world other than Brazil. In both cases, the guys that requested video chat from me I initially crossed paths with on IG and, yes, I think they wanted to confirm that they were not dealing with somebody that looked like Baron Harkonnen before agreeing to get naked together. Strange question: Are my posts difficult to translate into another language? I suspect that they are.

I couldn’t agree more. I’ve now also had two guys beat me to the punch and ask me for vc before agreeing to meet. That’s definitely something I have only experienced in Brazil and never in Thailand. I need to start planning my next trip.

Thankfully, I have never experienced another member harassing someone that I have mentioned in my posts so for the time being at least I can only imagine what sort of problems that might cause. What I have experienced though is somebody - almost certainly form on here - contacting me on social media. The creepy vibes were flowing strong so I quickly blocked him and became much more interested in my privacy settings thereafter but the experience was still unsettling. I have met a few other board members during my trips to Brazil and I know there are other members who have met many more board members in person than I have. If this shit is a real problem which it does seem to be, instead of posting some number of messages to gain access to the “members only” section, have we considered changing the requirement to, say, meeting two or three other board members in person while on travel and/or posting some number of quality trip reports that are actually useful?

Be it Rio or Peoria or Bangkok, I love using Grindr when on travel. Is it better/worse than the saunas or Vivalocal, etc. when that too is available? No, it’s a different experience all together that can be amazing or horrible. During my first trip to Rio, I met a 23 year old on Grindr that wanted help with English and, um, to bottom for somebody that is about 15 years older than him. At the time, honestly, I expected that he would try and hit me up for money at some point but that never happened. Instead, I saw him a few more times on subsequent trips and on my most recent trip he introduced me to his new boyfriend. The three of us all went out for drinks and, yes, we kept our clothes on but it was still a good time. He is also kind enough to help me with my Portuguese now too when I have a question. Making actual connections with fellow human beings is not a bad thing or at least that is what is right for me sometimes.

Would it be possible to creat subforums for the discussion of useful Portuguese and Spanish phrases? I have found myself looking for words that don’t seem to be part of the standard Duolingo course on more than one occasion.

Found him. He is on 4my.fans as Pablosena (not OF). Pablo is based In São Paulo. He works as a dancer and definitely has the body to show for it. No preference here either way but he also happens to be the first cut guy I have encountered while in Brazil. I was beginning to think that wasn’t a thing here. @Lucasbran does OF and lives in Rio (not SP). Apologies for the brain malfunction earlier.

Has anybody been to Belém? There is a very affordable direct flight from FLL to there on Azul that works for my next trip to Brazil but the most recent info on here concerning Belém that I could find is from 2016.

I went to Lagoa tonight for a prearranged meeting with one of my favorites but was stopped dead in my tracks by a twink with an incredible body who turned out to be fully vers and able to do this thing with his tongue…. In any case though, we had a threesome and now I am sleepy. If your into 20-ish twinks with an amazing body that give incredible blowjobs, you should stop what your doing and head to Lagoa. And, whether or not that is your bag, vocês should be aware that clients out numbered boys for the first time in my very limited post-COVID experience and prices were firm at 200 for a session.

New question: I know he does OF but does anybody know what his name is on there? He is based in SP. IMG_8309.MOV

Yeah, it’s dawned on me too that we have similar tastes. Brazil has plenty for all though. We can still hang out.

I was there a few months ago…. Not good. Lagoa in SP is much better. I did have a good time in Porto Alegre but not at the sauna.

@Lucasbran has been right for me. He is based in São Paulo.

I also don’t inquire about PrEP use when in a sauna. The guys I have met in Brazil on Instagram or Grindr or at the beach or exchanged WhatsApp with and reconvened with outside the sauna…. I would say about 90% are on PrEP. That’s just my personal experience though. One 19 year old I met on Grindr last trip had been on PrEP for as long as he had been sexually active. He made a joke about only having ever worn a condom the handful of times that he had had sex with women. He was very well educated and from a well off family though so certainly an atypical example. The comment did make me feel old though. Very, very old.

It appears he has yet to posted a single public message.

I do miss massage in Thailand. In fact, that and as you said “we all need change” are the reason I have started to think about making a trip halfway around the world sometime later this year. I couldn’t agree with you more though, the chance of mediocre sex in Thailand is much higher than in Brazil. I learned to deal with it but I also never really liked the “it’s up to you” payment philosophy in Thailand. I’m so glad that’s not a part of the culture in Brazil. It also seems that the number of guys that just want to fuck a middle aged American for nothing in return is exponentially higher in Brazil than in Thailand.

New question: Due to some events you may have read about in the newspaper over the past two years, it’s been a while since I’ve been to Thailand. Aside from the fact that Brazil is a shorter flight and the language is something I could actually possibly maybe have a for real big boy conversation in one day are “activities” with the locals more or less expensive in Brazil than in Thailand?

Huh…? When I am in Brazil, I eat almost all of my meals in restaurants and regularly spend money on “activities” with the fine young gentlemen that I continue to meet there. In America, I do not eat out constantly and my “activities” budget is zero yet - and I am completely serious when I say this - I think vacationing in Brazil is less expensive than living in America. In any case, if you really do think Brazil is expensive, I strongly suggest you avoid NYC, San Francisco, Washington, DC, London, Paris, etc.

Yes, our relationship now involves fully clothed activities as well as the not fully clothed activities we started with and I have met some of his friends and I generally know what is going on in his life and I think he has a general sense of what is going on in my life but namorado….? Não. Travel to Brazil. Treat the guys you meet there like the fellow human beings that they are and do your best to try and learn the language. There is an excellent chance you will end up in a similar situation.

Beautiful Creature says he is “retired” so I’m going to opt not to post his picture.

Thanks @Primeone385. I like to think I have excellent taste too but I also think there is a bit of confusion going on here. This is Army Boy: Based on my experience with him, I do not think he meets foreigners regularly and I don’t think any other board members have crossed paths with him. This is Wesley: If you are interested in meeting him, go to Club 117. That’s where I met him as have many other board members including @Latbear4blk. This is Will Prado: He lives in Porto Allegre which is where I met him and had an amazing time. I believe @Latbear4blk has also connected with him on one of his recent trips to Brazil. None of these guys are Beautiful Creature. Other than that I haven’t posted in a while and that writing this post gave me a good excuse to look at pictures of the guys I have met in Brazil, I have no idea why I felt the need to clarify any of this but like I said it was a good excuse to go through my pictures.