On this site as well as at "the other one"-- there has been lots of discussion as to the fee that the sauna guys in Brasil request and have requested. When I read R$100 AND slightly upwards and bargaining, I cringe, for that "aint" much money for any of us here to pay. Why do I write this? It's definitely not the equivalent in dollars or pounds or Euros, and one would fork out hundreds if in certain European countries as well as various cities within the US.
As far as the entrance fee goes, I am not commenting. So men, really think about the money equivalence when you're at the saunas and go from there. Long ago when I first read about the saunas in Brasil, the man who exposed all of us to them wrote that if a guy was with him more than fifteen minutes just to keep company and encourage play, he would give him at least five R$, and during the late 90s-- that was good money. He would tip the towel guy as well.
Well, during my travels to Brasil and to the saunas in Rio and to Sao Paulo-- I would follow in the foot steps of the man who introduced all of us "old timers" to the sauna scene and have felt the better for it!
...hope to journey back to Brasil in 2017 going to Salvador [Bahia], Sao Paulo, Porte Alege [a weekend only and my first time] and Rio. ...will commence with making definite plans during the latter part of 2016.