Brazil trip

[Alaskabear]

I’ve got a debt of gratitude to all my fellow forum posters.   The knowledge and tales you’ve shared have really been helpful.     I’ll try not to bore you with unnecessary details but I’d like to share my experience in this first trip to Brazil 

 To start, I’m glad I even got here.   With omicron seemingly everywhere I was concerned about getting a negative test for the flight.   Equally concerning is traveling with so many flight cancellations left and right.    To recap what others have said, I needed proof of vaccine, a negative Covid test within 72 hours (PCR test) or an antigen test within 24 hours, a health document filled out and printed within 24 hours as well.     The entire process was smooth on American Airlines part and when I arrived at passport control in Rio he just causally glanced at my vaccine card but didn’t ask for any other documents.   
 

I haven’t traveled internationally in a couple of years and I feel rusty.   I didn’t account for my flight arriving at 730 am and my Airbnb wouldn’t be ready till 3pm.   So I ended up booking a hotel room in Copacabana.   I should have booked the entire previous day to ensure my room was ready.  But it’s all good.    I took Uber from the airport.   One curiosity I’ve had to learn (at least from the airport context) is communication with your driver prior to pickup.   They need confirmation or something via text.   There was miscommunication and I had a few drivers drop the transaction until a lovely lady picked me up.   Uber prices are cheap so I went “upscale” and booked Uber black because it was apparent the moment I exited the doors that winter was behind me and I needed air conditioning.    For what it’s worth my Uber black car was just a non old Honda Civic.  Perfectly capable and acceptable for the price though.  
 

Despite the relatively mild temps, the humidity here is killing me.  It will take a few days to adjust to the weather.  But it feels good to be back in a real city.  The vibe on the street at first appears to be really relaxed and chill.   And my god, Every third guy is my type of guy.   Splitting my time between working in Alaska and holidays at home in Ohio with my family, I encounter very few gay guys and very few that are my type.   
 

I took a long long nap once I got my room and decided to check out Pointe tonight for a little bit.    Let me tell you, it’s like paradise.  There were two dozen guys that easily fall within my type there and I really tried not to bite on the first guy that came around.  It was kind of overwhelming and I’m positive I stuck out like crazy.    I didn’t change into sauna attire as I wasn’t going to be out late tonight but I’ll probably partake in the whole experience tomorrow.  I tell you what I find really endearing, all of the guys seem to be very sincere.  I know that of course it’s a market setting and that  transactions are the goal, but I cant help but be enamored by the gentle yet masculine spirits I encountered.  It’s just really nice.    I hooked up with a super cute guy from Salvador and it was money and time well spent.  Like most of the guys there he had a very nice dick and was a wonderful kisser.   I’m telling you all, this is a Las Vegas buffet but for handsome guys with big dicks.  The three guys I talked to the most asked from 150-200.   My guy wanted 150 and I added a 50 tip on top of that.    
 

It was a good experience.   My lack of Portuguese is a negative though.   I used translation apps to eeek out a conversation but it’s awkward.   This might be a wonderful excuse to spend a few months here taking language classes in my off season.   

In many ways today was a reminder of why I love to travel.   Being in new cultures far from home, away from the normal comforts you cultivate in your home county is a challenge.   It’ll take a few days or a week to get back into my travel mode life.  Especially after our winters of Covid discontent. 

I’m going to end this here because a guy named Lucca just wrote me on Grindr.   You can’t say no to a guy named Lucca.   
 

[Alaskabear]

Well this is my last day in Brazil.  
As is often the case, my plans and ideas about what I would do before I arrived changed once I arrived.    I spent very little time at the saunas and play areas, which was my “goal” prior to arrival.     So what happened?   Brazil happened.    These forums are mostly for the GP/money boy scene so I won’t bore you with details not pertaining to that.   But over the course of the month I met a few amazing guys on Grindr.     Between Rio, Salvador and São Paulo my time was spent exploring and loving and beach combing these wonderful places with a wonderful guy by my side (plus a solo weekend trip to Iguaçu falls-beyond what I imagined. Simply breathtaking and worth the side trip).   So much time was spent with a guy that when I did have alone time I was well enough spent that visiting the sauna was the last thing on my mind.      
 

One thing is clear though, I’ll be back.   Brazil has charms few countries posses. The guys are adorable.   The atmosphere is generally very relaxed and life here seems meant to lounge on the beach and eat fruit and fuck and fuck and fuck. (This is not to say life is easy for the typical Brazilian)  I especially appreciate the online hookup culture here.   In the states at least it seems so difficult to snag a date or hookup.  So much back and forth and ghosting.  Here in Brazil (especially Rio) it’s very much like : “hey what’s up? Want to meet up? Ok great! Where is your place?”    And it happens   No hemming and hawing which is refreshing as fuck.    

So I apologize for lack of sauna info or anything else similar.   I do however feel that this country is certainly worth a visit.   
 

Im flying to Spain and Thailand  next and like before I do plan on partaking in the sauna/ boy scene at least once.  I have to!    

[SolaceSoul]

On 2/15/2022 at 8:29 AM, Alaskabear said:

Well this is my last day in Brazil.  
As is often the case, my plans and ideas about what I would do before I arrived changed once I arrived.    I spent very little time at the saunas and play areas, which was my “goal” prior to arrival.     So what happened?   Brazil happened.    These forums are mostly for the GP/money boy scene so I won’t bore you with details not pertaining to that.   But over the course of the month I met a few amazing guys on Grindr.     Between Rio, Salvador and São Paulo my time was spent exploring and loving and beach combing these wonderful places with a wonderful guy by my side (plus a solo weekend trip to Iguaçu falls-beyond what I imagined. Simply breathtaking and worth the side trip).   So much time was spent with a guy that when I did have alone time I was well enough spent that visiting the sauna was the last thing on my mind.      
 

One thing is clear though, I’ll be back.   Brazil has charms few countries posses. The guys are adorable.   The atmosphere is generally very relaxed and life here seems meant to lounge on the beach and eat fruit and fuck and fuck and fuck. (This is not to say life is easy for the typical Brazilian)  I especially appreciate the online hookup culture here.   In the states at least it seems so difficult to snag a date or hookup.  So much back and forth and ghosting.  Here in Brazil (especially Rio) it’s very much like : “hey what’s up? Want to meet up? Ok great! Where is your place?”    And it happens   No hemming and hawing which is refreshing as fuck.    

So I apologize for lack of sauna info or anything else similar.   I do however feel that this country is certainly worth a visit.   
 

Im flying to Spain and Thailand  next and like before I do plan on partaking in the sauna/ boy scene at least once.  I have to!    

Congratulations on your successful first trip and welcome to the charms of Brazil. 

[Alaskabear]

As happy as I am to be back in Spain I definitely was sad to leave Brazil.     One thing to note for myself, I think I’ll come in Brazilian spring months of September to November.   It was incredibly hot and humid in January.  So much so that I didn’t venture out during the day as often as I would have liked.   My shirts would be soaked in sweat within 15 minutes.    Nighttime temps were moderate and fine.  But mid day in Salvador and Rio were at times oppressive for me.