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Mvan i do not remember what street but i can find out! I was with 2 Brasilerios and one of them was driving so i didn’t pay attention to the name of the street.

i will try to put the speculation to rest! there is a location and building that Rudolfo has leased! As everyone who has delt with or knows someone who has done business space remodeling, it NEVER goes as planned or according to the time line! I have seen the location it is not as big as Lagoa, but i am sure there will be plenty enough room to enjoy yourselves! There will be the usual gripes and comparisons to the old lagoa but in the end it is a lot better then having another sauna disappear without being replaced, so have a Caipirinha and enjoy!

Thank you but Legendary just means i have been around a long time and i am “Old”! lol My first trip to Rio was October 2001, when i went on vacation there with a BF and this is the 18th anniversary of that trip. After my first day there i thought i had died and gone to heaven! I went back in April of 2002 and then roughly every 3 months since! i am a big HO and i love it! I thought buying a 2nd home in Mexico would cut back on my Brazil trips... but not so far, all it’s done is enable me to see my Brazilian friends more often as now they fly to Mexico to meet up! This has worked out very well! i am a happy guy!

he has been a “boy” at 117 from about 2006 or so, he is 36 and his name is Issac! he is in Spain right now but is coming back to rio. i was with him in 2006, i didn’t repeat! I should say that he is a nice guy! and is a dancer at many straight and gay events!

I will be arriving in Rio Friday October 25th until Friday November 1st and then to São Paulo for 4 days. i have guys staying with me all the nights i am there but will be at pointe and 117 some nights so happy to meet up. I have stayed in a apt in Ipanema since 2010 most of my visits and will be back there again. Same in SP, i will be at a airbnb i have stayed at in the past. i am meeting with a guy i met in 2004, last saw in late 2005(before this past august)and who contacted me before my last trip in August and we had a great reunion. He is 35 now and more handsome and about 5 lbs overweight and i find him incredibly sexy! He and i are spending 4 days together this upcoming trip. but over the last couple years my type is slowing evolving to guys in their 30’s(a small minority yet but growing!).

hmmmm....that they are in the appropriate profession??! :-)

117 has been operating 21 consecutive years! and the one huge advantage over its competitors...Monique Owns the building! Something pointe202, Meo mundo and Lagoa don’t which is why they are subject to the owners selling it for a profit when land prices go up as is the case with Lagoa and could be the case with Pointe(the bldg is owned by the family that owns the Atlantic hotels) Also, and this is conjecture on my part, but Monique is married(or was)to a Argentinian Millionaire and doesn’t need 117 to fund her ski trips to Europe or Chile! 117 is special to her and as long as her managers do a adequate job and she makes some money on it she will continue operating it!

For those who haven’t been there, i would make plans real soon because it may close very soon! Due to Internal strife between the “Owners” it probably has better then a 80% chance of closing by 10/15 I really like the sauna but lack of adequate working capital, plus having owner/management who know nothing about running a sauna and speak Zero Portuguese, i believe imho it is not going to last! when i first got out of college i worked for Dun & Bradstreet evaluating new businesses and rating them for their chance of success. The First Two things you look for are 1) Enough working capital for the first year of operation without having to take out loans(Lions has zero and haven’t paid last months rent!) and 2)Experience in operating the type of business endeavor they are starting! (the one owner has no experience running a Sauna or bar or club...speaks zero Portuguese and a few other issues i won’t state here on a public forum! i hope they make it because Rio could use a new sauna and the facility is really nice!

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Merida ranges between a 6 pac of beer to 500 Pesos (25.00 US) lately the 6 pack is what works! plus another 6 pac they drink at your place, usually there is no time limit! they usually want to stay overnight!

my friend talked to Rudolfo the owner of Lagoa last night and he told him the remodeling of the new facility is going along well but now the are shooting for a December 15th Grand Opening! So when i am there the first week of November i will be saying farewell visit to the old place with many fond memories over the past 18 years i have been going there!

one of the guys who works at In-house has made 3 trips to Merida with me! Great meeting guy, i have spent 3 -10 day trips with him there and he a definitely a 10+

I understand! :-) that’s one of the reasons why i have them stay with me!

For the most part that is true! Guys are usually there with friends. I think all of us who are “veterans” of Brazil have picked up a guy or Three off the beach but definitely not for people who are new or not well acquainted with the Rio scene! i would highly recommend you stick to the sauna selections until you get to know some of the garotos well and they can advise you. i gave this same advise to two guys from LA a few years ago, they were both in their 40’s, well built and gdlkg, and had travelled a lot, they of course didn’t listen to my advise and were staying at the Copacabana Palace. they went to the beach, picked up a couple of guys they spent the afternoon with at the beach and then invited them back to their hotel! they awoke the the next morning with a headache from the “Boa Noite Cinderella” they had ingested and with everything of value stolen including clothes, shoes, etc. this in a hotel that has more stringent security then most! It makes no difference if you are gdlkg, well built, younger, they are not interested in you but only in what you have! i have a apartment full of guys staying with me when i am in Rio or SP, BUT...I have 1)either known them for a long time or 2) they are referred by someone i trust 3)they are vouched for by one of my regulars! is this fool proof? nope nothing is but it certainly reduces your risk significantly! i have been doing this since i started using Airbnb’s around 2009 and have never had a problem(and that is a fairly large number of guys!) have fun!

i have met guys who were studying to be a dentist and a lawyer while working at saunas until they graduated! Smart guys are sexy! I have stayed friends with both!

i stay in 1)Planalto Paulista or 2)Moema neighborhoods when i am in SP. Both have single family homes, upscale areas, very safe to walk around in, close to restaurants and 10 -12 minutes by car from both Lagoa and CGH airport. If i would add a third stop it would be either Porto Alegre or Belo Horzonte although only for a weekend at either city! i think being your first visit i would just do Rio 75% and SP 25% of your travel time! if i were to compare the two cities i would say that Rio is like Miami Beach and São Paulo is like NYC...imho!

most of the your choices boil down to personal preferences! if it is your first time(or even 10th time)i would stay in Copacabana or Ipanema. the rest is really individual! i only stay in Airbnb’s, usually the same ones i have been using for years! but i have good friends that only stay in hotels because they like the amenities they provide over Airbnb! either way you will have a great time!

Rafael and Rodrigo! :-)

i dont remember the name of the neighborhood/section of the city but i remember thinking it was about 15 minutes from the present location in Vila Clementino.

the snakes do not feed on resident birds as they have learned to avoid them for the most part but rather catch migrating birds that use the island as a temporary rest stop.

A researcher i know spent time there about 10 years ago! i asked him what do they eat since i would have thought they would have decimated any population they preyed on! He said it’s diet consists of birds who come for a rest stop during their flights or migrations. The island is 106 acres and has over 4,000 snakes!

the two sets of cousins and set of brothers i met at the Niteroi sauna but they all showed up at Lions on Monday night! i will be in Rio from 10/25 - 10/31. let’s meet up!

no haze in SP! he told me the opening at the new location would be 11/1

it was my understanding that the sauna has been there for years and only operates as a gay sauna on Sundays! Small bar with only basic drinks i.e. Beer, Whiskey, Vodka. but the owner did send one of the guys to the store to buy some mix someone wanted! everyone was very friendly!

it is a dive compared to Pointe or Lions or 117! but i like Dive places! And the guys are more real, not yet jaded by the sauna scene! i know they are expecting some of them to show up tonight at lions! Two of the guys i met there drove me back to Copacabana and it was the first time there for both of them!