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The bottom picture I believe is from the 1950’s. It’s interesting to see Ipanema before the high rises - I’m guessing most of them were built in the 1960’s.

Aw! Too true. But any time I find something I like in their oddly monk-like bins, it IS good. Great sweet potatoes for instance! For almost free.

I love looking at vintage pics. They take you back to a place in time.. I’m curious, members of this board, when was the first year you visited Rio? Was anyone there during the 70’s or 80’s?

NO DEAL says the Trumpster..... WASHINGTON, May 24 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday called off his planned June 12 summit meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in a letter released by the White House. "I was very much looking forward to being there with you," Trump said in the letter. "Sadly, based on the tremendous anger and open hostility displayed in your most recent statement, I feel it is inappropriate, at this time, to have this long-planned meeting." Well that smokescreen dissipated quickly ! NO PRIZE for you, Trumpy.......

Ze real story... Zuckerberg set up fraudulent scheme to 'weaponise' data, court case alleges https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/may/24/mark-zuckerberg-set-up-fraudulent-scheme-weaponise-data-facebook-court-case-alleges

More CRAP for EBAY.?..... They need to DESTROY that shit !

LMAO (literally ). THANK YOU!!!

For @AdamSmith You can thank me later... https://www.message-forum.net/threads/looking-for-guys-on-the-potty.136844/

Fuck the Sandbox ! Grandma wants to get down and dirty in the MUD

South Korea replies: South Korea was at a loss for words Thursday after President Donald Trump’s announcement that he was scrapping next month’s planned nuclear summit with North Korea. “We are attempting to make sense of what, precisely, President Trump means” South Korean presidential spokesman Kim Eui-kyeom said in a statement. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, testifying on Capitol Hill, wouldn’t comment on whether Trump’s letter blindsided the South Koreans.

How is the Real against GBP? and what's it been like over the past few years? I can never really understand what I should be looking for on exchange rates!

I just called one of the bartenders there...he said they reopened about 15 days ago....

LMAO...As one who shops at Publix, I completely understand the fuck-up mix up...

Insane. I was excited about Jacob's cum! How dare they deprive me of my needs?

Sure, the ignorami in management who are "leading" the ignorami worker bees. Yes, I know ignorami is not the plural of ignoramus. Best regards, RA1

This morning a garoto from Rio sends me a pic of himself with the new girl he is dating, with a question: do you think she is pretty? I tell him the obvious. She is gorgeous, certainly an upgrade from his now-ex, who I had only seen once in a video where she was giving him a sloppy blowjob. This new one might even be wife material. The garoto seems quite pleased at my approval. What happened to your other girlfriend? I caught her cheating on me with a guy that works at the butcher shop. Que pena..(what a pity) Can I pretend to understand a garoto’s definition of “cheating”? No, none of it makes sense. But that is what makes Brazil so fascinating.. “Saudade de você, gostaria que fossemos ficar em seu hotel juntos, bebendo, beijando e fazendo sexo.” (I miss you, I wish we were in your hotel together drinking, kissing, and having sex). I find myself wondering if his new girl knows about his extra-curricular activities. Would she mind sharing her man’s cock with me? What about his ass - or is that pushing it? There are no obvious answers to these questions. Brazil seems to operate on a different planet in regards to cultural, social and sexual norms. It’s not easy being back in the US after spending several months in Brazil. I guess you could say it’s kind of a reverse culture shock. It’s a little depressing, to be quite honest. After the highs of being in Brazil, the US feels so boring..

More replies: Whenever I tell people I am heading to Colombia (or Brazil, for that matter), they always ask me if it is safe, or if there are still a lot of crime and drug-related violence, if its full of "bad hombres". And for a while I avoided traveling to both countries because of this preconceived notion that it is really unsafe to visit. But I did my research on here and other travel sites about both countries, adjusted my perspective and expectations of what I was used to with travel, and used a lot of common sense and intuition to know what to do and what not to do, and actually, the big cities of Colombia and Brazil is no more dangerous than any other big city out there (except Rio, the shit is still bananas there). Each city has its own bad neighborhoods, and each city has its own set of rules that you have to abide by in order to enjoy it safely. I am glad I took that initial leap of faith and actually booked that first trip to Medellin last year. Writing this now, I don't know why I waited so long to visit. These countries are amazing and full of surprises. I've never had so many messages in my life as I have when I am in Central or South America. Grindr is part and parcel of my experience there. More about this on a future trip report. The blond twink was really cute. Were you there on a Saturday night? It depends.. on the boy, the circumstance, and the length of time I am with the boy. The least that I've "paid" for a model to sleep with me is just one dinner at a nice Pizza restaurant in Barranquilla. We ate, talked, went back to the hotel, and fucked. That's all it took. The most I "paid" was probably to this boyfriend pair I mentioned here. When i was staying at their place I spent $120 on groceries for their home, which was a shit-ton of stuff, even at the big Exito grocery store. At the same trip we went to their downtown "Centro" area and I bought them knickknacks for the house, from bed sheets to towels to a wall clock. But anyone who has been to a Colombian downtown "Centro" area knows how cheap things are there. I probably did not spend more than $100 on everything. Finally I took them to buy some clothes at KOAJ, the cheap but trendy clothing store you can find in any Colombian mall. I think they bought some shirts and pants. Again, cheap stuff, probably close to $80 for 8 pieces of clothing for both. And there were 2 of them! But I stayed in their apartment for free for 6 days, so that saved me some hotel costs. It was the least i could do for their hospitality. I still paid for all our food and entertainment costs during my stay of course, including movie tickets, drinks at the clubs, frappuccino's at Juan Valdez coffee etc, but again, cheaper in Colombia. It was an unforgettable 6 days, whatever I paid . It was all worth it. I don't go on trips, I go on experiences. Most of these models usually lack even basic necessities, so anything you buy them is going to be accepted graciously. A Smartphone is probably the one thing you can give them that will garner you a lot of "daddy" points and yield you a lot of kisses and sex. And cellphones sold in Colombia are still much more expensive than what we can get in the USA. So what i have done is , before i leave for Colombia, buy some unlocked LG Phoenix 3's, the cheap but slick looking 5.5" AT&T prepaid phone in the USA, usually $55-$70, more if unlocked. This cellphone alone has probably garnered me some long weekends, with overnights, with at least two models. Your mileage may vary. Awww thanks floridarob. The check is in the mail, though I do not know your address in Mexico. What a great idea! Tomcal, we need to make this happen! Tell me when and where and I'm there! More replies later...

As tourists to Brazil, why do we care about the truckers strike? The international airport at Sao Paulo (GRU) and the international airport at Rio (GIG) are many miles (kilometers) to and from the cities. There is no metro to and from the airports. THE MAIN ROADS AND HIGHWAYS ARE BLOCKED BY THE TRUCKERS - We as visitors to Brazil will have trouble getting to and from the airports. Flights can be missed. It could take hours to get into town following a long flight. Or hours getting to an airport only to arrive too late, thus missing a flight. Clearly, anyone on this forum who visits Brazil can be negatively affected - particularly those visiting now or soon. As a side note, I am in Brazil. Even taking Uber or a cab to the saunas is slowed down because many major highways and streets are blocked. A ride to Lagoa that normally takes about twenty minutes took more than one and one-half hours tonight with the driver using side streets to get around some of the traffic and blocked roads. Check out this articled that was just published: https://www.enca.com/money/brazil-close-to-paralysis-as-truckers-press-on-with-strike Brazil close to paralysis as truckers press on with strike MONEY Thursday 24 May 2018 - 11:16pm Truckers prepare a barbecue as they block the Imigrantes highway SP-160 during a protest against high diesel fuel prices in Sao Paulo, Brazil May 24, 2018. Photo: Reuters BRASILIA - Brazil appeared on the verge of a standstill on the fourth day of a nationwide truckers' strike Thursday as road blockades caused severe shortages of fuel and food, despite a move by the state-owned oil company to defuse the crisis. Airports and gas stations were running out of fuel, food prices were spiralling and agricultural exports were hit. Truckers have attempted to put a stranglehold on the movement of goods in Brazil to protest fuel price rises. The increases are the result of a politically sensitive decision made in late 2016 to allow the Petrobras oil giant autonomy over its pricing, as well as a rise in world prices in recent weeks. But the determination of the truckers has caught centre-right President Michel Temer's government flat-footed, five months ahead of presidential elections. Petrobras yielded to pressure on Wednesday and temporarily reduced fuel prices, sending its shares plunging more than 13 percent on the Sao Paulo stock market by late Thursday afternoon. But the truckers Thursday were still blocking main arteries in 24 of the 27 states in the vast country, which has only limited rail services. In the port of Santos near Sao Paulo -- the largest in Latin America -- there have been virtually no arrivals or departures of trucks for three days, the management said, even if the "loading and unloading operations of ships continues normally" for now. In the capital Brasilia, the airport was allowing only planes to land that had enough fuel to take off again. Five other airports including Recife in the northeast and Congonhas in the economic capital of Sao Paulo, fuel reserves could run out on Thursday, the G1 news site said. Various abattoirs have also halted operations, affecting a key export sector. A one-off measure Prices of fruits and vegetables were rocketing in some places to 400 percent, due to supply problems. Pump prices were also higher, and long lines formed at many gas stations. A spokeswoman for Rio's fuel retailers' union Sincomb told AFP that the main service stations were last supplied on Monday. "There is a lack of fuel in practically all the service stations that we have contacted," she said. As a way of defusing an increasingly out-of-control situation, Petrobras Wednesday announced a temporary price reduction of 10 percent. "It is a one-off measure. It doesn't represent a change in pricing policy," Petrobras chief Pedro Parente told journalists. "These are 15 days for the government to reach a deal with the truckers." But the head of the Abcam truckers' association, Jose de Fonseca Lopes, was unimpressed. "It is not what we need,", he told CBN radio. Temer is to meet with truckers' representatives late Thursday, following the failure of talks on Wednesday. The movement appeared to have some popular support. "I think that this has been provoked by poor management by the federal government," said Ana Maria Lobo, a driver waiting in line at a gas station in Sao Paulo, who also noted "all these corruption scandals." In another temporary measure, the lower house of congress decided late Wednesday to suspend the introduction of two taxes on diesel until the end of the year. If the Senate approves the measure Thursday, the truckers "are ready to suspend the movement" said Fonseca Lopes. But the spokeswoman of the National Transport Confederation (CNT) told journalists Thursday that blockades would continue until the president signs the measure into law. The proposed suspension of the diesel taxes has sparked tensions within the government. "There is no agreement yet. I am not against it but I would like to know where the money is coming from," said the minister in charge of relations with parliament, Carlos Marun. AFP