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Centaurus in Ipanema is the most famous one. It’s also the one that Justin Bieber got busted coming out of when he was 19. https://www.thewhoremonger.com/centaurus-ipanema-rio-de-janeiro-brazil/

Not only that, but also gay men — for some reason — on average tend to be much more psychologically invested than straight men in the belief that they can attract a much better looking or much better physically built guy without having to pay for it. It might be because straight men are raised to believe that a man pays for the woman when he is interested (drinks, dinner dates, expensive engagement ring, gifts, trips, etc), whereas that dynamic for gay men as members of the same gender is only determined by who one is attracted to (or who is the more desirable or attractive). Some gay men I have encountered believe that paying for sex, dates or companionship is only for those who cannot get those things on their own, and so they won’t do it because to them, that would mean acknowledging defeat. But most straight men aren’t caught up in that dynamic, so to them, going to bordellos and paying for sex is just an easier way to meet some hot lounge lizard at a bar, pay for her drinks and dinner, and pretend not to be bored with her conversation so that he can get some new pussy.

Everyone is not a good candidate for the yellow fever vaccine, as it contains a live organism being introduced into the body. Patients with weak or compromised immune system are often advised by their physicians to forego the vaccine due to risks. If you fit into one of these categories, you should probably talk to your primary care physician before getting the vaccine: “Because certain people have an increased risk of developing a serious adverse event if vaccinated with yellow fever vaccine, vaccine is not recommended (i.e., contraindicated) for people with: Allergy to a vaccine component Age <6 months Symptomatic HIV infection or CD4+ T-lymphocytes <200/mm3 (<15% of total in children aged <6 years) Thymus disorder associated with abnormal immune function Primary immunodeficiencies Malignant neoplasms Transplantation Immunosuppressive and immunomodulatory therapies Some people may have an increased risk of an adverse event, but they may benefit from receiving the vaccine. Talk to your healthcare provider if you have any of the following: Age 6 to 8 months Age ≥60 years Asymptomatic HIV infection and CD4+ T-lymphocytes 200 to 499/mm3 (15-24% of total in children aged <6 years) Pregnancy Breastfeeding” https://www.cdc.gov/yellowfever/vaccine/index.html

If it is important to you (it probably should be), find out in advance if the apartment has a safe for small valuables. Some do, some do not. Most that I have rented did advertise a safe. Ask in advance before booking.

As mentioned in the instructional article I posted: “During any one year period you are allowed to spend 180 days inside Brazil. This can be broken up any way that you want [as long as you don’t spend more than 90 days in Brazil without an extension] — 10 days here, 20 days there, 90 days here, 60 days there. Many people stay for 90 days, request a 90 day extension then leave once their second 90 day extension runs out..”

The rule is that if you are traveling to Brazil on a tourist visa, then you are allowed to stay up to 90 days per visit to Brazil and a total of 180 days per year in the country as a tourist. You can stay 180 consecutive days in Brazil, but you’ll need to go to the Policia Federal and request an extension. The year is calculated based on the first time you enter Brazil, and not on the calendar year. This explains it simply and succinctly: http://braziliangringo.com/tourist-visa-brazil/ Helpful Heloise Hint: do NOT get too clever by half and plan a trip with exactly 90 days (or with 180 days with extension) from arrival to departure. Give yourself a few days in case of an unexpected emergency or delay. If you depart Brazil after the 90 days or 180 days maximum, you will be fined and will most likely lose your ability to renter the country.

Before booking the AirBnB, check the house rules for things that may not work for you (guests are not allowed or have to be approved in advance or registered, guests are limited in number, no overnight guests, etc.). Just to confirm the policy, even if it isn’t listed, I usually send a message before booking to the host. Something like, “I plan to have a local friend or two visit me at the apartment while I am there. My friends are male. Is that fine?” If the host response is favorable, then it’s a go. Also, it seems by the OP’s comment that he may have been renting a private room in a host-occupied apartment or house. I would think that bringing guests back to rooms would be a lot more restricted or banned than it is when renting the entire place. If anything, it would be very awkward for all parties involved.

For me personally, the issue is not the ability to land a guy that would be at Chili Pepper. That’s not a problem. I do okay in that space. It is the availability there (or lack thereof) of the particular type of guy that I am attracted to: muscular, masculine men. If I can get a free date with it, that’s great, but I’d much rather pay for what I like than deal with what I do not like just because it is free.

Suggestion: first, save the contact info in your phone’s main contacts. It will or should save to the phone before uploading to a cloud. Therefore, it will be saved regardless of Wi-Fi, cellular or internet access. Later, when you have Wi-Fi or cell service, you can check to see if the contact transferred to WhatsApp, or just copy it there.

Not surprised at all.

We definitely do not want São Paulo and Rio to go the way of New York City. I say this as a property owner and officeholder there — it is now nothing but a playground for trust fund babies. The edge and sleaze are completely gone. The nightclub scene is dead and the sex trade has been driven to the World Wide Web. A sanitized Brazil would be a boring, sexless Brazil. The sauna scene for gays and brothel scene for straights needs to be preserved. They both are part of its charm and its attraction.

Did you seriously just spell the Italian word capisce as “capish”? Did you seriously just denigrate indigenous’ people's social structure as “grass huts”? Ugh.

Please. It’s “garoto”. With an o. With an a, it refers to a girl. If you were to use the feminine version to a garoto in person after you were already corrected, it would be highly offensive and could be problematic for you. Know your audience.

You have a right to live your life the way you wish, but as someone who makes a good living doing cost-benefit analyses, I’d call becoming persona non grata at a Sauna with a revolving door of 100s of potential garotos over the loss of what amounts to $30 USD a “phyrric victory”. In the USA, $30 is two tickets to a bad movie, the price of a cheap pair of jeans at Marshall’s, or a hand car wash without detail. A simpler solution would be never to hire that guy again. There are plenty other fish in the sea.

Also, I read the topic headline and OP to a fellow traveler who isn’t a forum member. His response: ”There’s a place where you can go to find a lot of European men. It’s called Europe.”

Southern Brazil, which includes the city of Porto Alegre and its larger state of.Rio Grande do Sul is predominantly “white” — as in European-descendent and European-looking men and women. The census states that PA is 79.2% white, and the state of Rio Grande do Sul is 81% white. That should tell you all you need to know. ”According to a genetic study from 2013, Brazilians in Rio Grande do Sul have an average of 73% European, 14% African and 13% Amerindian ancestry, respectively.”

I’d much prefer it not to be a competition. Rio is big and great enough for 3 payboy saunas that can coexist.

1. Keep the cash in your locker. I like to carry my iPhone, and I do it in my hand. 2. 117 is right around the corner from the Gloria Metro station. The neighborhood is not unsafe — especially if you are just going in the well-traveled path directly from the metro station to the sauna and back. But if you are a Nervous Nelly or if you think you stick out like a sore thumb as a target, then just Uber it after dark. You might have gotten 117 confused with 203, which is in a decent area of Copa and right down the street from the Siguero Campos Metro, but if you make the wrong walking or driving turn , you’ll end up going up a hill to the favela — and you don’t want to do that. Especially not a Nervous Nelly turista who looks like a gringo! 3. I can’t help you there. You really should be taking the same precautions you do at a Brazilian sauna that you would during a casual sexual encounter in your hometown or anywhere else. 4. All of the saunas you mentioned have free WiFi access in certain common areas of the clubs. Ask an employee or the front desk for the network and customer password. But Google Translate works without WiFi if you preloaded language dictionaries. And you should consider getting an unlimited cellular data plan for your international travels as well — that way you can use apps (like translators or WhatsApp) without WiFi. Hope this helps.

Thanks for your input, but FYI, many guys do love that kind of scene. My favorite travel buddy from a few years back couldn’t get enough of Cine Rex in Cinelandia and places like it — as he preferred the “edge” or even the sleaze anout it all. The men there tend to be more street. I just can’t get into any dark rooms at all — even the ones at nice, clean, pristine saunas like Rio G are bothersome to me — because my eyes don’t adjust well in darkness, and I need to see what I am getting. However, some guys love the darkness and the mystery. As was said here earlier, to each his own. “The Boyfriend Experience” isn’t for everyone.

It is a classic sci-fi novel, first published in 1967, and had a few sequels. It later became a major motion picture, a TV series and a comic book series in the late 1970s and early 1980s. “Logan’s Run” is often discussed in modern lit or film classes due to its extremist ageist solutions. In the book series, all citizens were mandatorily killed at the age of 21 at a city-wide festival showcase using a Ferris wheel-like Carousel. The film and TV series modified that age to 29 — presumably because to find marquee actors to play the roles.

My friends and I LOVE Jacqueline. Consummate professional. I will definitely give the new place a try just because she is there.

Perhaps it’s a cultural thing, but calling the police on something like this seems really petty. With many people, the police aren’t always seen to have their best interests at heart, at best, and corrupt and murderous, at worst. Brazilian police also aren’t always the fairest to those that they know they can extort for money — like European or American gay tourists at a brothel.

As much chatter as there is on this and other boards about garotos or escorts ripping off customers, I see just as many, if not more, instances of tourist clients cheating GPs by trying to get free or additional pleasures out of the garotos.

Don’t be daft. He’s referring to physical violence or robbery outside the sauna.

Reads like a domestic dispute. He was probably fucking her.