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Speaking of rates, this is an even better than usual time to come to Brazil! With Brazil's soaring deficit, the real is down to its lowest level against the dollar since its introduction in 1994. https://tradingeconomics.com/brazil/currency https://www.wsj.com/world/americas/currency-tailspin-forces-brazils-leader-to-do-the-unthinkable-cut-spending-05a10d9a?st=BuMrPe

Long post was worth reading if for no other reason than to roar laughing at your brilliant description of a section of Leblon beach as the "gay rookery." 🤣

True, Buttercawan, but I'm reading that with Google Maps Offline: "Transit, bicycling, or walking directions are unavailable offline." https://support.google.com/maps/answer/6291838?hl=en&co=GENIE.Platform%3DAndroid

No need for screenshots. Using Wi-Fi, download maps.me and then download the maps for Brazil. Then when you are out and about, maps.me uses your phone's GPS signal and will navigate you smoothly -- without you needing to turn on mobile data.

I've been pleased with Airalo, one of the first and one of the largest eSIM providers. The current options for Brazil are limited to 30 days. I usually stay longer and get Airalo's global option (136 countries, 20 GB) for one year, coincidentally priced at $69.

Thanks for the tips guys. Unexpectedly, I never went to the sauna. After some online searching, I managed to track down a local lawyer who I met at the sauna in 2004. In 2005, we went to glorious Fernando de Noronha together. And in 2006, I joined him for Recife's fantastic immersive Carnaval. Alas, lost tract. But the wild reunion exceeded all expectations. Never made it to the sauna. ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

Yes, online it's a whole other world with lots of unknowns, risks, and gambling involved. I'll leave that area to those with more expertise.

Seem to be three styles at Lagoa: (1) Negotiate for the lowest price possible. Insist on 100 or 150. For them, sex is better if they can be proud they got a bargain. (2) Say (without asking!) 200 -- and 19 out of 20 will accept. For them, this smooth process is more relaxing and seems less commercial. Quick and easy. At the current great exchange rate, why quibble over 50 reals? (3) Ask the GP! Given this opportunity, many GPs will of course try for more than 200. So these clients now either have to make the GP lose face and bargain them down to accept less -- or pay the higher asking price. I don't see any advantages in this approach but apparently many clients use it.

And the mocking begins. 😥 But, hey, I may try it if I get desperate.

Thanks for the Fortaleza update. I'll be there December 14-24 and now I'm eager to try Dragon since you (and previously CGNfunguy1992) say it has more action these days -- as well as return to California, rundown as it may be.

Thanks for the Recife report. At the risk of ridicule, let me ask a remedial question: How did you identify the GPs at Thermas Boa Vista? When I visited on a crowded Saturday night last June, the place was packed with handsome guys in their 20s and 30s aggressively cruising each other, along with some older guys, most trying to get lucky with a castoff younger guy. For my first time ever, I could never crack the code to find even one GP. 😬 Maybe only a few GPs that night and they were all taken? I have to rule out my fantasy explanation that they could not imagine that I would be paying. Is there a corner of the facility where the GPs tend to hang out?

Awesome. Can you please post about your tips and experiences in places rarely discussed here? I have posted about a few less common (third-tier) destinations, such as Campo Grande and Goiânia, as well as second-tier cities (e.g., Fortaleza, Belo Horizonte, Porto Alegre). But it would be great if you can offer insights into places like Maceió, Aracaju, São Luís, Barreirinhas, Jericoacoara, Teresina, Belém!

Yes, 117 closes on Monday. So the party moves to 202 which has no competition that night. This past Monday 202 had a fairly good crowd, although not many stunning GPs.

Wow PAULEIRO, more epic informative posts❗ Many thanks ❗ You get more reconnaissance done in a week than I do in a month. After your posts about FCK Party, I wanted to click 😱. Administrators here need to add that option! Sad, confused, and haha did not do it. Needed 😱 And FCK Party has a "Fisting Station"!? Had to laugh thinking about the omelette stations at brunch.

Pixu seems to be a newbie and he asked about the two GP saunas. If he is indeed new to SP, I think Lagoa is the easiest and safest venue (and with clean beds). But sure, he can search for those other places too.