In Rio 15-30 Jan 2026, more or less Say hello

[travguy]

Hello Folks:

After trying for weeks, finally arrived, LOL. Not sure if I will stay here for 2 weeks or head elsewhere like Sao Paulo, Tiradentes, etc. I went to Sexy Rose after arriving Friday, yesterday. I was there from around 1500-1815 hours. Very busy when I left happy. But lots of folks of most any non 20 yo twink type when I was there. Highly recommended as in the past. For those thinking of coming to Brazil: Don't be put off by weather reports which note rainy days, as it is mostly sunny, or cloudy with occasional rain, as is common in tropical summers. Again, mostly sunny/. Might go to the Hole or Home or whatever it is called now later Saturday night if I can find any info. If not, maybe Taurus in Lapa. Will likely do the Hippy Fair in Ipanema and ealy pm beach Sunday, followed by Gloria market and bandas-if any, followed by Bangu Sauna, maybe 1500-1800 hours. 

Feel free to reach out and say hi if anyone else is in town now. 

 

[Riobard]

The weather has been glorious but oppressively hot for some. Even the mosquitoes make no effort. Mercury to drop. Transferred to São Paulo for a usual extended Renaissance stay where the temperature reduction brings it surprisingly low but I like it for better personal energy. Enjoy and best wishes for safety, etc.

[travguy]

Well, as in the past, all of the information I can find is old / outdated with some sources still mentioning Le Boy and La Girl that closed years ago. Links for The Week or The Home do not work anymore. Not even sure if 117 has a descent show for a Saturday night anymore, LOL. 

[floridarob]

2 hours ago, travguy said:

Hello Folks:

After trying for weeks, finally arrived, LOL. Not sure if I will stay here for 2 weeks or head elsewhere like Sao Paulo, Tiradentes, etc. I went to Sexy Rose after arriving Friday, yesterday. I was there from around 1500-1815 hours. Very busy when I left happy. But lots of folks of most any non 20 yo twink type when I was there. Highly recommended as in the past. For those thinking of coming to Brazil: Don't be put off by weather reports which note rainy days, as it is mostly sunny, or cloudy with occasional rain, as is common in tropical summers. Again, mostly sunny/. Might go to the Hole or Home or whatever it is called now later Saturday night if I can find any info. If not, maybe Taurus in Lapa. Will likely do the Hippy Fair in Ipanema and ealy pm beach Sunday, followed by Gloria market and bandas-if any, followed by Bangu Sauna, maybe 1500-1800 hours. 

Feel free to reach out and say hi if anyone else is in town now. 

 

@travguy  Just a friendly heads-up and lucky for you he's in SP and not Rio....

You’ll get far more value from your own experiences than from Riobard, who has a habit of jumping  into  threads with long, vague commentary and zero usable information, just to hear himself speak....

That Renaissance name-drop wasn’t accidental either,  he's been bragging about how much money he has lately, which is usually the clearest sign someone doesn’t,  although he thinks it substitutes for actual contribution 🙄

Your post was clear, detailed, and Don’t let his usual noise distract you from sharing what actually matters 

Enjoy Brazil and keep the real updates coming 👍

[buttercawan]

@travguy The Hole and The Home are 2 different types of parties. The Home is similar to The Week. The Hole is sorta between Kevin and Fck (Kevin's darkrooms vs in your face sex everywhere Fck)

https://www.instagram.com/thehomerio/
https://www.instagram.com/festahole/
https://www.instagram.com/projetokevin/
https://fckparty.com.br/

[Riobard]

2 hours ago, floridarob said:

@travguy  Just a friendly heads-up and lucky for you he's in SP and not Rio....

You’ll get far more value from your own experiences than from Riobard, who has a habit of jumping  into  threads with long, vague commentary and zero usable information, just to hear himself speak....

That Renaissance name-drop wasn’t accidental either,  he's been bragging about how much money he has lately, which is usually the clearest sign someone doesn’t,  although he thinks it substitutes for actual contribution 🙄

Your post was clear, detailed, and Don’t let his usual noise distract you from sharing what actually matters 

Enjoy Brazil and keep the real updates coming 👍

So the Florid Bot unwishes the OP enjoyment and safety or its impulsivity employing its dumb emoticon playbook failed it as usual? (rhetorical) 

A hotel treat is little compensation for having to suppress the gag reflex induced by memories of crossing paths in the vicinity with what ultimately amounted to a miscreant bot. And the obnoxious bot wonders why anybody decent and with class would be at all assortative regarding contacts. A furlough of this thing of any period would be a welcome upgrade of the site. 

[travguy]

As I think have said before: Buttercawan rules !!  We are unworthy

I tried the Home Rio via Facebook, and the last posting was July 2025, so I thought it was over. I then tried the Insta link and signed in via Facebook login, maybe they are owned by the same company. Not sure why they keep new postings only on Insta and not FB as well. Perhaps there is also a Brazilian social media site I / we are not aware of.

The Home has a party tonight starting at 2330 hours. !!! I will likely head out on the last Metro (just before MN I think) and walk the rest of the way. Not difficult. As I remember from the past, you need an ID like a passport for foreigners. It should be packed if it's like late 2024 !! There were folks from twinks to older bears last time I went in Dec 2024. Sure, tweekers too. One could be quite festive in the bathroom stalls which were like mini rooms, LOL.

Don't laugh - when I went in 2024 I arrived around 0230 hours and there was no line to get in and left maybe before 0500. Likely saw the newish Florida Club near Aproador and the old Le Boy in the cab back to Ipanema back then. Got cleaned up, crashed for an hour or 2 and then went to the Gregorian Chant Sunday am church service at the monastery by centro and the Bay - it was great. Covered all my bases too  

Could not figure out The Hole too well, but sounded like no party tonight. Project Kevin had info from June 2025 Pride stuff, plus Carnaval event(s). FCK is next weekend 24 Jan and again at Carnaval 14 Feb. I missed the link for the address.

Without his kind links, I / we would be lost. Many thanks oh Jedi Master !!

Edited Sunday at 12:13 AM by travguy
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[floridarob]

2 hours ago, Riobard said:

So the Florid Bot unwishes the OP enjoyment and safety or its impulsivity employing its dumb emoticon playbook failed it as usual? (rhetorical) 

A hotel treat is little compensation for having to suppress the gag reflex induced by memories of crossing paths in the vicinity with what ultimately amounted to a miscreant bot. And the obnoxious bot wonders why anybody decent and with class would be at all assortative regarding contacts. A furlough of this thing of any period would be a welcome upgrade of the site. 

No one is “unwishing” anything. I wished the OP well. You’re the only one spiraling into bizarre fantasies and personal attacks because you can’t tolerate not being the loudest in the thread.... 

Hey, And if anyone here could benefit from a furlough, it’s you.

Please do us all that welcome upgrade you keep talking and talking and talking about....🙏

[Keithambrose]

10 hours ago, travguy said:

As I think have said before: Buttercawan rules !!  We are unworthy

I tried the Home Rio via Facebook, and the last posting was July 2025, so I thought it was over. I then tried the Insta link and signed in via Facebook login, maybe they are owned by the same company. Not sure why they keep new postings only on Insta and not FB as well. Perhaps there is also a Brazilian social media site I / we are not aware of.

The Home has a party tonight starting at 2330 hours. !!! I will likely head out on the last Metro (just before MN I think) and walk the rest of the way. Not difficult. As I remember from the past, you need an ID like a passport for foreigners. It should be packed if it's like late 2024 !! There were folks from twinks to older bears last time I went in Dec 2024. Sure, tweekers too. One could be quite festive in the bathroom stalls which were like mini rooms, LOL.

Don't laugh - when I went in 2024 I arrived around 0230 hours and there was no line to get in and left maybe before 0500. Likely saw the newish Florida Club near Aproador and the old Le Boy in the cab back to Ipanema back then. Got cleaned up, crashed for an hour or 2 and then went to the Gregorian Chant Sunday am church service at the monastery by centro and the Bay - it was great. Covered all my bases too  

Could not figure out The Hole too well, but sounded like no party tonight. Project Kevin had info from June 2025 Pride stuff, plus Carnaval event(s). FCK is next weekend 24 Jan and again at Carnaval 14 Feb. I missed the link for the address.

Without his kind links, I / we would be lost. Many thanks oh Jedi Master !!

Sex and religion,  covering all bases!

[travguy]

Bit of an update. Sunday was busy. Hippie Fair / Market in G Osorio then to the gay beach near Posto 9. The market was busy around 1300 hours. I could not find the previously noted gay flag(s) by the gay beach. Did not seem super gay when I went by. Maybe I was there too early following Saturday night's debaucheries. LOL. Since Gloria is about 30 minutes away by Metro I went there next. Huge Sunday market by the M entrance. But no bands were playing around 1445-1515 hours. Since Bangu Sauna (Boite Casa Grande) is about 70 minutes away by UBER I decided to go there next. Then my TIM sim card simply stopped working. Full signal and 99% available data, but simply would not connect. Took M to Coelho Neto, could not find the Uber using M station wifi and finally took a taxi (77 R$). Arrived just after 1700 hours and stayed until about 1940 hours. The sauna was in poor physical shape with the downstairs front area closed and some flooding. Main floor had many damaged lockers and they had run out of lockers when I arrived. An American was helping to work the register and put my stuff in a tool shed type locker. It was safe enough. He was very nice to me. I heard no one else speaking anything other than PT. One German looking guy came in with his ? German looking younger boy? Very odd. Entry was 45 R$. I had 2 of the 3 GPs I desired. One was great the other was ok, nothing more. Both kissed nicely. Third GP found 2 punters who were buying beer, but no sex. So how was this guy going to earn food money? Oh well....  Cost: the GPs were asking 100-150 for more or less any service you wanted. None were very pushy. Uber, using club wifi, back to Rio was 80+ R$.

Monday: went to the beach where it was cloudy, but I did not burn under the beach umbrella !! Then to Sexy Rose from 1700-1900 hours. Very busy and about the latest I have ever been there; though I did not have my full usual luck, I still had plenty of fun. Then back to my place. Started raining and rain ramped up by 2100 hours. Raining heavily overnight and this (Tuesday) am. Still raining on and off. May head out to Sexy Rose before free cabin night at 117.

[travguy]

I wanted to add this as a separate post. Accommodations are much more expensive than pre COVID. In Rio, places are much harder to find than during December 2024, just over a year ago, even at a higher cost. Perhaps due to summer travel and the post COVID tourist boom. The mass of tourists was also true 3 months ago in October 2025 in Barcelona, Venice, Florence (and Rome). So. you will have to consider booking in advance if possible. I prefer to book at the last minute to have more travel freedom. When you see a mini split AC unit it will likely be fairly quiet, but some of the full in wall AC units can be painfully loud and they often rattle adjacent windows loudly. That is one reason why I left my first place as soon as the booking was over. Also, why I often book only 2-3 nights as a time. Second is true to pics, and yes, they lie: this place is painfully small. So please, check the apt pics carefully. 

Inflation: I think a Metro or bus ticket was 4.30 R$ in 2018 or so. M is 7.90 R$ now. Coconuts at street vendors have doubled from 6 to 12 R$ in the last 1-2 years. So yes, doubling of some prices. No idea how locals survive this.

First host warned me regarding thefts: under 18 yo robbers are unlikely to be prosecuted and iphones are preferred object to steal. Also beware of motocycle folks grabbing your stuff. In brief, flash and show nothing and try to look like a local as much as possible. Even at Bangu, one of the GPs jokingly tried grabbing my non iphone from my pocket. I think it was to warn me to put it away unless translating to PT.

Also, FYI, mosquitos and other bugs are out. Though not severely.      That is all for now .....  

[travguy]

Tuesday was a local holiday here but the occasional rain or drizzle made a mess of things. Not a beach day. Was at sexy rose a bit late and it was not very busy, though I still had fun. Arrived at 117 in Gloria around 1815 hours. It was a nice walk from cinelandia. A few bands were out maybe for the holiday. Admission price at 117 is now 99 R$. First 30 minutes of cabin time is free on Tuesday. 77 R$ for each additional 30 minutes to follow. I saw someone pay 300 R$ for what seemed like an average looking GP - of course all pricing is highly variable, but I think 200 is a minimum for a hotter GP and maybe without gozar. (Not trying to be evil - so maybe the muscle gods were pricier unless you are a local and speak good PT ??) Others feel free to chime in. Many unfamiliar faces. Familiar GPs from over a year ago tended to be more muscular than before !! There was one group of folks hanging together and I could not figure out clients vs GPs in all cases as the possible GPs, though maybe 35 yo, were muscular and somewhat tanned. I was tired and hungry after sexy rose and left 117 by 2015 hours. Maybe the show was at 2030 or 2100 hours. I missed it. I only saw 1 table of customers buying lots of drinks and did not see any flowing champagne. Wide variety of GPs but only a few twinks. I did not go to Meio Mundo on Monday so I do not know how their twinks compare. Very long line for cabins at  117 and the queen in charge of the queue was stressed out. Lol.

May have a few sprinkles at noon Wednesday and possibly partly cloudy to follow so I am hoping for some beach time today. 

One member PMd me and perhaps did not receive my reply. Please PM me again, etc. Thx. 

[travguy]

Friday afternoon in Rio and it has been raining all day, sometimes pouring, but mostly enough to just stay in so far today.

Wednesday: went to Sexy Rose from 1500-1720 ish hours. It was busy enough. Couple of very hot guys that are well beyond our league, so at least the eye candy and grab some **** in the darkroom was nice. Then at 202, again I was tired post sexy rose. There were about 5 guys of interest as I entered at 1815 hours. Did a quick tour of the place and never saw 4 of them again! The 5^th had a punter or 2. The TV jerk off room by the lockers is now closed. I think the 3^rd or 4^th floor bar and smoking areas are also closed now. The new smoking area is on the 2^nd floor by the hot sauna and urinals. For non-smokers, the smoke is unbearable. Some play in steam room. Hot tub on the 2^nd floor is gone now and is a hang out room. Stayed until 2030 hours ish and left before 9-930 pm show. It was busy, but I was simply too hungry for food vs boys. Entry is 80 R$. Did not inquire re room cost after 30 minutes or on non-free cabin nights.

I will word the following carefully, as I do not know if any of these folks are forum members. A ? Texas guy spends ½ yr in Rio. Was quite nice to me and found a very hot GP for play. If he is a member, please say hello via PM. Tall blond punter I saw from Bangu over a year ago brought his “special fiend” with him. I trust he and his table guests all had a nice time out. I think he is a member. And then, oh dear, please, I am not trying to be evil. There were 3 guys together that are quite old. I think they came into being shortly after the Big Bang when our universe started. Might have mentored Noah in ship design. I was not certain if I had known one of them before. I think an actor from Florida who was spending maybe a week per month or 2 in Rio and he likely had some plastic surgery back then and looked appropriate for age. I think he had more surgery, perhaps a month or 2 ago, and if the same person, oh dear, not a great result. Another poor soul looked like had died 3 weeks ago, formaldehyde had been placed in his veins and yet he keeps walking. Not sure if he was pre or post a botched procedure. The 3^rd guy was also older and facial features seemed quite reasonable, but the jet-black Beatles mop top hair was not working. Another punter, not with the 3 bad plastic surgery guys also had a bad jet-black toupee. Sometimes, I think it best to accept what you have or just mildly embellish things. Sorry forum members, but these 4 folks looked like they were from a Benny Hill / horror show skit gone awry. No super-hot guy came in at 2000 hours, unlike a year or 2 ago. I went food shopping as the supermarkets were getting ready to close. FWIW Mundial, which often has by far the best prices, is huge and perhaps 4 blocks down on S campos from 202. But the lines can be unbearable. I went to an Extra that is hidden inside a mall and large residential and office block across and down from 202 by a block or so.

Had a huge very nice but late dinner at my bnb. Yours truly ate far too much (I was very hungry) and ate way too late before going directly to bed. Woke up in the middle of the night with the worst heartburn ever and generally felt simply awful. Things got worse and by 0900 I was on my way to Samaritan Hospital not far from Botofogo M. Private place and my insurance included them as a provider. In brief, I got worked up for a heart attack, which I did not have. After 5 hours or so of testing, they kindly pointed out that one should not eat a giant meal right before sleeping. Offered some anti reflux and similar meds. Some are not available in all countries such as lufta gastro and domperidone. I found their Receiving staff to be very professional, and I think I would be ok going there again if needed. Recommended to forum members. Having been poked and prodded, I did not feel like playing Thursday night and I cancelled a date too. LOL Friday through 4pm has been too rainy to do much of anything as noted above. So, hoping for a nice early smaller dinner nearby if the rain continues.

[SolaceSoul]

1 hour ago, travguy said:

And then, oh dear, please, I am not trying to be evil. There were 3 guys together that are quite old. I think they came into being shortly after the Big Bang when our universe started. Might have mentored Noah in ship design. I was not certain if I had known one of them before. I think an actor from Florida who was spending maybe a week per month or 2 in Rio and he likely had some plastic surgery back then and looked appropriate for age. I think he had more surgery, perhaps a month or 2 ago, and if the same person, oh dear, not a great result. Another poor soul looked like had died 3 weeks ago, formaldehyde had been placed in his veins and yet he keeps walking. Not sure if he was pre or post a botched procedure. The 3^rd guy was also older and facial features seemed quite reasonable, but the jet-black Beatles mop top hair was not working. Another punter, not with the 3 bad plastic surgery guys also had a bad jet-black toupee. Sometimes, I think it best to accept what you have or just mildly embellish things. Sorry forum members, but these 4 folks looked like they were from a Benny Hill / horror show skit gone awry.

At least two of those you described had to be The Vampire Twins (not their real names of course, but regulars at those spots know who you’re talking about). Definitely (barely) walking (or their cases, dragging), talking cautionary tales!