Tomcal

i sent a copy of the review(w/o names) to the owner of MR and this is what he wrote back: the bar upstairs , the ceiling is very low but it is very cute... Yesterday we had a very good night. The best night after inauguration day...and we have to improve many things but everybody who goes there, like the place. I have a lot of new boys and the rooms are very neat and clean. It is compact but very charming. Of course some people will not like it because of the size...The wi fi, i have but I only give to those who asks because the customers complain when the boys are always on their cell phones and don´t pay attention to them! you can’t please everyone but i am trying to please at least 95%! Like any new business there are things that need to be changed or adjusted it will just take a little time to get everything right!

i would trust what Floridarob says!

i have a difficult time imaging someone not having a good time at 117! but that’s me! :-) but again so much depends on your personality or , how you interact with the guys whether they are your type or not, and as Lucky says the sauna scene is not for everyone!

probabaly not going to be good at MR since they are Closed on Sundays! :-) 117 is closed on Mondays!

Roger’s in Rio had one that sat in the bar area and you had to Climb up and in and no one could do it without looking like a clutz! No one used it and then Rogers closed! it was the only sauna in Copacabana, about a block from where Pointe202 is now. this was about 2003 or 4

Monday night i was told there were 39 Escorts working at Manhattan-Rios, they are shooting for Monday and Friday nights to be their biggest nights as it used to be at Meo Mundo! they are running special deals every week so check their FB page. I will be there on the 13th so i will see what it’s like! It has been open 3 weeks now and i spoke to the owner today and he said on Sunday he went to the sauna in Bangu(about a hour from Copa to recruit guys!(the sauna in Bangu is only gay on Sunday nights when Manhattan is closed. He figured it would take about 3 months to get the sauna established and known but it seems to be going faster then that!

it was a regular Saturday night at Club Bubu i was told!

it’s not a sauna it is a club in São Paulo and the 2nd guy is Junior who i have known for 3 years and stayed at the apt last time i was in Rio in January!

Also, July is the month that schools are out in Brazil and Brazilians take vacations. usually the slowest month at the saunas as many of the guys are with their familites

there are many more straight saunas then there are gay ones although 2 in Rio closed down recently and one of those became the new gay sauna near Santos Dumont Airport! Straight saunas are nicer from a aesthetic sense then gay ones! there used to be one around the corner from the infamous Corujinhas restaurant and when navy ships would be in port you would see a line of guys out the door!

Grindr works great for me in Calif., mexico and Brazil

Last night, my last night in Merida, i had planned on finishing up some minor work on the house, have dinner with one of the guys i met this week who i really liked and get to bed by 10:00 as I had to be at the airport at 6:00 am, but it didn't happen! I had set up a dinner date with a guy i had been with several times and he said he would come by at 6:00 to pick me up for dinner. At 5:30 a got a message on grindr from a guy who said "Grindr shows i am very close to your house!" I looked at his profile and he was 27 and handsome! I told him i was going out to dinner in a 1/2 hour unfortunately, and he says "then there will only be enough time for a couple of kisses!" So he came over 5 minutes later, and he was better looking in person! When my dinner date arrived i asked him if he would be ok if he came along and he said no problem! This guy was from Mexico city and visiting his mother. after dinner we parted as the one guy was meeting friends to go to a club and i said i had to finish packing and get up early for my flight home. but it wasn't going to happen! at 10:00 i got a message on grindr from a guy who looked cute was 25 and a civil engineer for the city. he came over at 11:00 pm and we had great conversation until 1:00 am and then we went to bed and were still awake when the alarm went off at 5:00! I can't wait until my next trip!

your wrong Rob! Merida is not 90% Gay! it is is at least 95%!

they have to protect their ass... lowest common denominator!

last night i went to the gay club that is about 6 blocks from my house. i ran into the guy who i met twice before and who i really like who works there, we had a few drinks together and the i left about 12:30 am to go home. at 8:30 this morning there was loud knocking at my door and i thought it was the guys to repair the solar so i jumped out of bed and it was the guy from the bar! He obviously didn’t go home after he got off at 4:00 a.m. and came in and climbed into bed and immediately fell asleep! he finally woke up at noon and we fooled around and talked and he left at 1:00pm and said “thanks see you later tonight?!”. i have a dinner date tonight but may move things around i really like this guy!!

i have never gotten it because the 3 cities i visit Rio, São Paulo and Porto Alegre it is not a issue, but inland and north of these cities i think it would be wise!

the guys i have met are more Spanish , i am not really attracted to the indigenous looking guys not to mention the fact that the indigenous people are extremely short, women being under 5' tall and the guys not much over! Since i am 6'4" we would make quite the odd couple! most of the guys i have met are from 5'6" to 6' I lot of the guys I have been with don't look a lot different then the Brazilerios imho. here is a photo taken at my house at a party and you can decide for yourself. the tallest guy is 6'1"

LOL...when i first met you 16 years ago i and Joe and several others thought you had it made! Young(relative to us)traveling the world...wait you still are and do!! and i still don’t understand how you do it! :-)

I learned a long time ago to never make assumptions especially when i don’t know anything about which i am commenting on! 3 of the 4 were free hookups and the 4th got the standard rate which is $500. pesos-($26.80 US). so if you think $26.80 makes me rich ...I really feel sorry for you!

last night i invited a guy from grindr over and it was one of those perfect dates! He was 26 has his Masters in Archeology and going to NYC in September to start his Ph.d He got here at 9:30 and didn’t leave until 2:30 this morning! He spoke perfect English although he said he only learned it 4 years ago! the first 2 hours he was here we just talked and he was fascinating to listen to! then we went into the bedroom and he was even more fun! i am seeing him again tonight!

Yesterday(Sunday) i got back to the house around 6:30 and got on Grindr and there was everyone in Merida on it i swear! eventually i narrowed it down to a 20 yr old who was cute, muscular, and one of the sweetest guys i had met! a couple of hours go by and when we were done having sex he says to me “do you have a BF?” i said “no one in particular here in Merida” and he says “can i be your BF?” i thought he was joking at first but he wasn’t! We went to my friends Pizzeria and ate and he asked me if i would go with him to his sisters Birthday Party that is coming up? I said “How would you explain who this older tall guy is that you invited?” He said ”I would tell them you are my Boyfriend”! He has a mother and 2 sisters and a slew of aunts and uncles! i declined but he said we will talk about again on Tuesday when he sees me! but i didn’t ask him over on Tuesday he is just assuming he is coming over! very sweet but a little to clingy for me...plus i have 3 guys coming over Tuesday! LOL

ParisRio2000. “I think it's very possible that for people who weren't visiting the saunas 10 yrs ago or more, they don't know what I'm talking about....” i Have been visiting 4 or 5 times a year for 17 years...and i have no fucking idea what you are talking about! i can think off the top of my head of 5 white Hot guys this last year that matched anything i saw in 2001 - 2008. no i am not sending you photos! you can believe me or not, i. think my reputation among people on this board who have hung with me in Rio know i don’t lie or exaggerate! (too much)! lol btw i can think of the same number of stunning Black guys I am a equal opportunity Fucker! and luckily my only preferences are... none!

it is funny you say that about 5 years ago Luis, Juniors silent partner in Pointe said to me “i think if you ran for mayor of Rio you would win! LOL

Rob you mean the place you took me too where i got the raw bloody burger? and when i sent it back it came back just as rare if that's possible...:-)

the property is worth more to property developers either commercial or high rise residential! just like most major cities! NYC had SBNY(splash bar new york) it was there for over 15 years in Chelsea and very profitable(the manager was a bf of my friend) but the owners got a offer and it’s now going to be a high rise condo! São Paulo and Rio are the same! Juniors lease is up in less then 2 years also, and the owners of pointe’s building are the owners of the Atlantic hotel a few blocks away. they are either putting a hotel or condo where pointe is! the same with Lagoa!