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You seem like a nice guy. However, I don't think you have ever been to Rio or Sao Paulo or even to any city in Brazil. If you had been there, you would understand why new travelers (someone who has never been to Brazil) are concerned about crime considering all the news about the violence and corruption there. I believe you said you are from South America. If that is so, I can understand why you are not concerned with possible violence in Brazil or to other parts of South America. Even though occasional threads are created that express concern over possible violence in Brazil, I answer the questions hoping to lower concerns a new traveler might have. Many years ago, I was a new traveler to Brazil and someone answered my questions for me at that time. I am merely paying back a favor.

Because they are out of there comfort zone. They are in a foreign country, the language is foreign, and the customs are foreign. Even the local restaurant menus and local transportation are foreign. Furthermore, various countries have varying laws regarding particular behavior. For example, in Brazil, prostitution is legal while in the United States, it is illegal. There are countless reports of violence against foreigners in news reports and even in the State Departments travel warnings. https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/traveladvisories/traveladvisories/brazil-travel-advisory.html So, now you know.

Good find - The article at your link offers an optimistic scenario for the new sauna. The sauna is certainly unique with it being connected to a hotel. The new sauna seems it has a lot to offer. Within the article in your link, is another link that shows the prices to use the sauna. Prices vary depending on the day of the week. I am surprised that the owner admits that he is not gay and that his son and family will help run the business. Unique, it is. Two comments in the links confirm that the sauna is not just a gay sauna. The article says there are "boys" available at the sauna. "Boys" is just another way of Brazilians saying "garotos" I have a concern about the article. The article gives a different address for the sauna The article also gives a different name for the sauna and also the correct name. However, the article discusses the correct facility but the address and name variance are disturbing and confusing for those who wish to visit the sauna. I will check out why there is a conflict in the name and address in the written article. The photo from the article shows the correct name of the sauna.

A new sauna with garotos opened last night in Sao Paulo - The sauna name is - Rainbow Termas Hotel - Rue Frei Caneca, 903 - 55-11-3231-4021 phone This sauna used to be only a hotel. A sauna was added to the existing hotel. I am not in Sao Paulo at the moment so I cannot check it out. However, some Brazilian friends I have went there for its opening last night and they said they had a good time. The entrance last night was R$50 - I do not know about other days or about other charges. Neither friend used the rooms so they do not know what that price is. If I learn anything new about the place, I will add the information here. I cannot help but think about how worried Rodolfo must be at Lagoa. He hates competition.

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Uh, oh! It looks like the Trump like candidate (bigot) might win the presidential race - Check out this article in today's news: https://riotimesonline.com/brazil-news/rio-politics/polls-show-right-wing-presidential-candidate-still-ahead-in-brazil/

1 hour ago, bucky13 said: You're in Brazilian Stud heaven and we're getting a precise review of suite receipts????? Details on the boys and corresponding encounter.... if you please ! ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ I appreciate your furnishing an alternative to rooms available at the saunas. Isn't that what many of us do - - share information about the saunas and the various places available? Job well done!

An interesting tourist draw. Photo is an illusion - Water and drop is not as it appears in the photo. It is the angle of the photo that gives the illusion of the stone being high above the water.

Photos of people hanging from a rock in Rio de Janeiro look scary for those who are afraid of heights. However, the photos are merely an illusion. The photos, when taken from a specific angle, give the illusion that the people in the photos are hundreds or thousands of feet from falling into the water below. The stone rock is only about three or four feet off the ground (see last photo below). If someone is spending a lot of time in Rio and wants to do sightseeing or something different or unusual, it is possible to visit the rock and experience and take similar photos. Google for directions to the rock. Here are some screen shots with photos and information about the rock and how to get there and, most of all, a couple of photos that show you the scary photos are not scary at all. They are a mere illusion: JOKER: Luis Fernando Candela looks like he's suspended in the air "These tourists are not as brave as they look – can you see why?" "DAREDEVIL travellers seem to hang from a 2,769ft drop in these shocking snaps – but do you spot what's really going on? Last summer a daredevil couple took breathtaking snaps of them dangling from a precarious 2,769ft peak to "feel alive". Leonardo Edson Pereira, 23, and his girlfriend Victoria Medeiros Nader, 18, appeared to take living life of the edge to a whole new level. They seem fearless as they hang off Brazil's Pedra de Gavea in a series of daring images, wearing just bikinis and shorts. "I love living on the edge! I know people think it's dangerous and crazy but it makes me feel alive," Leonardo said. "It is really high and I do just hang on using my arm strength. I have to trust myself not to fall." But, here is a photo of a female leaning into the stone (rock) and you can see that the stone is not so dangerous at all. It is an interesting illusion that makes for some scary photos. Getting to the stone requires about a forty minute walk after taking a metro and bus to an area leading to the stone. If interested in visiting the stone, google for better instructions - it makes for an unusual tourist stop and photo. Here is another link to give you an idea of the distance to the stone from Copacabana: https://www.adistanciaentre.com/br/como-chegar-de-copacabana-para-pedra-do-telegrafo/ComoChegarHistoria/118867.aspx YOU SEE, THE STONE IS ONLY A METER OR SO FROM THE GROUND. IT IS THE ANGLE OF THE STONE TO THE WATER TO THE PEOPLE POSING THAT MADE THE ILLUSION OF THE STONE BEING HIGH FROM THE GROUND OR WATER

You lost me with your comment. The partial photo you posted is of a portion of the former dining room/restaurant/bar of the former sauna. Floor "tiles" were cheap linoleum and the table clothes were plastic. The cruising area was on a different floor and a different area of the sauna. The police herded all clients and garotos into that room where the photo was taken. The sauna was rather run down.

Is this the kind of session with the police you mean? Enlarge the newspaper headline. You will see clients and garotos standing against a wall in a gay sauna that was raided by the Sao Paulo police. Although rare, it does happen - The police allowed the clients and garotos to keep their towel around them. In the meantime, they were told to stand against the sauna wall while a newspaper photographer took their photo for the newspaper and for the article that was written about the raid. No one was arrested. Only harassed. The sauna with garotos, that had been open many years, closed shortly after the raid. The sauna never reopened. It was one of the best saunas in Sao Paulo.

The news reports keep changing by the hour. In the below sited article, the bigot is shown sitting up in his hospital room recovering from the stabbing he got from a protestor. The latest reports are that the bigot is now ahead of anyone in the presidential race in Brazil. Not a pretty picture for Brazil, if this hateful bigot wins the election. He lies incessantly, is a racist and he hates gays - What a coincidence - that sounds like Trump - Here is the latest on the bigot: https://www.npr.org/2018/09/08/645882787/brazilian-candidate-recovering-from-stabbing-may-be-gaining-an-advantage?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

There are more updated reports about this hateful Trump like bigot. Apparently, he lost about 40% of his blood from the stabbing. The stabbing might get him sympathy from supporters. Many will vote just because he was attacked. If anyone is interested in reading a little about this bigot, here is the latest: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-45451473

After his stabbing injuries were deemed no longer life threatening, Bolsonaro announced that he will stop active campaigning but that he hopes his followers will keep the campaign going for him. Some of the polls show him just behind Lula - The "nick name" for this character is "Brazil's Trump" - gads, what a disgusting thought to have another Trump in a place I like, especially in Brazil. He is more of a racist than Trump and he hates gays also.

I just read that he dropped out of the race for president -

Several years ago there were Americans discussing Trilingual's separation and departure from Brazil. The separation was not reported as friendly. There were reports about Trilingual losing his Brazil assets to the husband and then moving back to Kansas, never to return to Brazil. Are the stories untrue?

I just saw this thread from one and one-half years ago. I recall the person who called himself Trilingual. For those who remember him, you might know that he married a Brazilian he had met in a Rio sauna. While they were married, Trilingual put the Brazilian through college. Upon graduation from college, the Brazilian presented Trilingual with divorce papers. It was back to Kansas for Trilingual

There will never be a replacement for Corujinha's https://www.google.com/search?q=song+-+there+will+never+be+another+you&oq=song+-+there+will+never+be+another+you&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l5.8319j0j8&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

https://globalnews.ca/video/4424933/aerial-view-shows-burned-out-national-museum-in-brazil A news clip and video of the disaster

The painting you posted was excellent - thank you.

Was the bill for two persons or more? If the bill was for only one person, there was a mistake in the bill unless your order included imported liquor.

This is now all gone - history lost National Museum of Natural History Located in Quinta da Boa Vista , in the neighborhood of São Cristovão , the Natural History Museum is also known as Quinta Museum. It has a great historical and scientific collection, counting among its main fossil attractions and skeletons of dinosaurs, Egyptian mummies, meteorites and many objects used by primitive civilizations. Fire | Attention! On the evening of September 2, 2018, a Sunday the museum news "catches fire" was announced. Unfortunately a fire of great proportions destroys practically the whole museum and the collection. Nothing is more sad to know that a historical and scientific collection accumulated over the years has been destroyed. The museum should have at least one local fire brigade. Another sad and shameful fact for culture and science in Brazil. Location | How to get there The National Museum is within the park of Quinta da Boa Vista, and to get there you can use the subway and get off at São Cristóvão station and cross an avenue. One of the Quinta's entrance gates is just next to the station. After a short walk through the gardens, you reach the old Imperial Palace that now houses the museum. Although to visit the park is not charged any fee, to visit the museum is charged a ticket of affordable value to anyone. Address: Quinta da Boavista, without number, São Cristóvão neighborhood - Rio de Janeiro - RJ | CEP: 20940-040 Opening Hours | Office hour: Tuesday to Sunday, including holidays, from 10 to 17hs. Monday from 12 a.m. to 5 p.m. | Phone: (21) 3938-6900 Price: Full R $ 6, half price R $ 3. Free entrance for children up to 5 years old, employees and students of UFRJ and seniors over 60 years. Discounts may be granted to families. | Website: ---- What to See on the Spot For both adults and children, the collection or exhibited material in the museum is very interesting, and a walk to the place can become a lesson on the innumerable branches of the history of nature. More than an exotic attraction for curious eyes, it is a precious collection of scientific study and human knowledge, and the building also carries an interesting and long story behind it, being once the former home of the Kings, when it was then called Imperial Palace of St. Kitts . Meteorites and Mummies and Part of the Collection The museum houses a historical and scientific collection of natural history, containing fossils from various parts of the world, skeletons of enormous dinosaurs, Indian clothing from various parts of the world, Egyptian mummies and esquifes, equipment and weapons from primitive civilizations and various objects and references to Brazilian Indians. The collection is large and we visited the Museum in April 2008 and May 2009. It has been renovated and renovated. The focus of each visitor's attention depends on the area of interest. Exactly at the entrance, there is a huge meteorite, found in the eighteenth century weighing more than 5 tons. As we walk through the museum we come across a room specially dedicated to the scientist Berta Lutz who was also a pioneer in the fight for women's rights. Already in another room there is on display a primitive recorder, manufactured by the company of Thomas Edson and used by Roquete Pinto, who made several recordings of indigenous songs and ceremonies. The museum also has a huge collection of animals stuffed from both Brazilian and other fauna, including huge animals such as tiger and elephant. Certainly these animals, and all objects and items are or have been object of study by researchers. And they continue to be a collection of scientific research. But for those who want to see some live animals, next to this museum, there is the Zoo of Rio de Janeiro, with very close entrance and inside the park of Quinta da Boa Vista. Dinosaurs One of the most interesting attractions of the museum are the huge skeletons of dinosaurs that really impress. They are shown on platforms that simulate the soil and surroundings of the place where they lived in prehistoric times. Some illustrations reconstitute the appearance in painting, giving an idea of how these immense animals were if they were still alive. In the first photo on the right, fossil of huge dinosaur exposed in the National Museum of Natural History. There are several others exposed, both from land animals and from prehistoric birds. There is also a huge whale skeleton. In the second photo on the right side the fossil skeleton of dinosaur bird and in the background the painting simulating its appearance. In other exhibitions, as in this one, the intention is to give an idea of the natural environment where these prehistoric beings lived. Indians and Different Civilizations on Display In various wings of the museum are exposed clothing and objects from the most different civilizations and nations, peoples and cultures, some that still exist and others that no longer exist. The photo below, on the left side, shows an exhibition where several masks, blankets and other Indian dresses are seen in the center of the room, and indigenous objects such as oars, shovels, bows and flexas are used on the walls. In the photo beside, a recorder of cylinders, marks Thomas Edson used by Roquete Pinto to register Indigenous songs. This is an eye-catching object, as it is one of the earliest early sound and voice recorders that were manufactured by the company of Thomas Edson, the inventor of the electric lamp. The tape recorder was one of his innumerable inventions. This recorder belonged to Roquete Pinto, a physician, writings and anthropologist, who used it to record indigenous songs in the early 20th century. The recorder used cylinders to record sounds, and the anthropologist's recorded drums are also on display. At the time the picture was taken, the hearing of the recorded sounds was not available through playback by other means. It would be very interesting if they could be heard. Advertisement: About the Museum Building Located in Quinta da Boa Vista, São Cristovão neighborhood, this Pallazzo in Neoclassical style, was the former home of Dom João VI, and after Dom Pedro I and Dom Pedro II, when it was called Paço Imperial de São Cristóvão . Dom João VI, when he came from Portugal to Brazil in 1808, first settled in the Imperial Palace of Praça XV, where the Viceroys or Governors of Colonial Brazil formerly lived. National Museum of Natural History of Quinta da Boa Vista, former palace of the Royal Brazilian family until D.Pedro II. Later a rich Portuguese merchant "donated" to the King a mansion-house erected by him in 1803 on a hill that due to its location gave a beautiful view to the Bay of Guanabara, hence the name Quinta da Boa Vista. D. João VI, Dom Pedro I and Dom Pedro II inhabited the place. But the Palace only took the current form in Neoclassical style after reforms and additions that were surpassed even with addition of a third floor. There have been many interferences under the charge of various architects over time. To read more, see photos and paintings about the Imperial Palace of São Cristovão and its transformations to the time logo, click on the link .. Besides this Palace, there is also the anitgo summer palace of the Royal family located in Petrópolis, mountainous region of the State of Rio de Janeiro, also museum and open to visitation. Unlike the Palace of Petrópolis which is an Imperial Museum, the Palace of Quinta da Boa Vista houses the National Museum of Natural History, possessing a collection not only on Brazil, but also on the whole world. In terms of Architecture, both differ in that, the Palace of Petropolis is much more conserved in terms of internal and external architecture. The Palace of Petrópolis looks much more welcoming and is better finished. The Quinta da Boa Vista Palace is more imposing, but more "cool". At least to the point where one can visit, there are no references to the furnishings of the Empire nor to the old dwelling. After the Proclamation of the Republic, the furniture was withdrawn. Origins | The First Museum It is also called the National Museum of UFRJ (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro) and also known as Quinta da Boa Vista Museum. Originally the National Museum was created by D. João VI in the year 1818, 10 years after his arrival in Brazil. At that time it was called the Royal Museum. However, the first Brazilian museum of natural history was founded by the Viceroy Dom Luis de Vasconcelos before the arrival of D.João VI. This museum was known as "Casa dos Passáros" for having stuffed birds, these birds that were transferred to the then Royal Museum. The first headquarters of the Royal Museum was located in Campo de Santana, in the center of Rio de Janeiro. Only after the proclamation of the Republic did the Museum change its facilities to the palace of Quinta da Boa Vista. The building where the old Royal Museum (now National Museum) was housed was later occupied by the National Archive. Research and Scientific Development | Is a Museum Just a Place of Trivia? Some people may at first glance imagine that a natural history museum is just a place of entertainment or a kind of place to house a heap of old things and curiosities to lure visitors in search of entertainment. But the function of a museum goes far beyond mere superficial analysis. The creation of the Royal Museum turned to stimulate the scientific knowledge in Brazil. And it continues to be also a fishing institution, with several laboratories and postgraduate courses. The pieces on display at the Museum were objects of research and studied by several departments such as Geology, Antropology, Paleontology, Botany and Zoology. The Museum was incorporated to the old University of Brazil in 1946, which is currently called UFRJ. Also installed in Quinta da Boavista is the National Museum Library in a separate building and also an area of the Department of Botany called Horto Botânico of the National Museum which contains centennial trees, numerous cataloged plant species and ecological beds. Within the area of Horto are also installed botanical and zoology laboratories, small buildings of historical value and the building that houses the Library of the National Museum. However, this area seems not to be open to regular visitation, at least on the weekend we visited in 2009. There may be specific days or scheduling for visitation. References Report of visits to the site and consultation of various books about Rio de Janeiro and its history for the creation of this page and article. More information You can find more information at the official website of the museum at http://www.museunacional.ufrj.br/

The photos in the above post appear to be of a different museum in Brazil - However, the photos are of the same museum. The top photo is of a painting that was not exactly painted to scale. Ignoring the artists changes, the photos in the above post are of the correct museum. Here are additional photos of the museum that burned last night - https://www.google.com/search?q=Brasil+-+photo+-+Rio+de+Janeiro+-+Museu+Nacional&safe=active&tbm=isch&tbs=rimg:CQ9Fj1ci-iLWIjhtbIha5E9s7n-8aye2_1V0I7YBNQ0SrLdNzJi6qrQfBfWhavDxIzkZ9EPR7nfJK1cBGaFfA-fMu8yoSCW1siFrkT2zuEZL7p320QG4UKhIJf7xrJ7b9XQgREdS5C7my98UqEgntgE1DRKst0xGJEtlYGofH1SoSCXMmLqqtB8F9EQKmYMqEJ3pAKhIJaFq8PEjORn0RzaMQXBhQ5oIqEgkQ9Hud8krVwBEbtU0ztiTiaCoSCUZoV8D58y7zEVtywBKJjBsf&tbo=u&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwivi5OvzJ_dAhVEIjQIHdlSAK0Q9C96BAgBEBs&biw=1120&bih=609&dpr=1.5#imgrc=5vSZIT8qXo4fcM: