the beach is the place I love now. I am hooked up for tonight with 9.5 and just got through playing with an 18 year old 9. BLUE eyed morena..please I know why Athos wants to move here. I am glad I do not speak too much of their language. I can see getting hooked.

Ohhh. I hope the pics turn out..she let me take a few.

Layne87
Try the Pimsleur CD's, what I do I listen to them while watching the agency pictures. Only way to get through life so far from Rio.

If you like the beach (the sand, waves, water,etc part as opposed to topless women on the beach) then heading out to Barra da Tijuca is a fun day trip. The beach is relatively desserted, scenic, quiet etc.
Well worth the trip. You can take a tourist bus to get to Barra; it is only maybe a 45 minute bus ride. I think that the tourist buses cost 4 reais.

Buzios is also supposed to be an awesome beach(much nicer than ever Barra da Tijuca) but I believe that it is a 3 hour trip each way. Local travel agencies run long day trips (like 10 hrs) up there.

Athos mentioned Pimsleur for language learning. Never used those guys for anything, but I have another recommendation, good, and real cheap: Living Language - Brazilian Portuguese (note: must be Brazilian!!!). Publisher is Crown, available everywhere at around $20. Cassette and CD versions available as far as I know. It was the cassette version I bought at $20 (1994). This series recommended for Spanish as well, by the way.

No BS, all useful stuff clearly spoken, comes with a guide/grammar and a separate dictionary which has very thoughtfully bolded the most commonly used words you'll encounter. Great help if you're in a study-rush, reviewing, or otherwise minimalizing your study.

Yes, outside the cities, you're going to be hearing Portuguese and not much else. Interestingly, they'll understand your Spanish if it's good (the Sao Paulo Portuguese is very Spanish-sounding), but you won't understand a thing they say in reply unless you've done some homework. Guaranteed.

Fascinating linguistic parallels and deviances from Spanish if you're interested in that kind of thing.

And don't forget that Brazil is credit-card-fraud central for the world. If you get banged anyway, just call up the card company (in the US), say the word 'Brazil', and they'll fill in the rest of the conversation for you. As usual, you're only responsible for the first $50 of fraudulent charges, no matter what the 'credit card insurance' scammers say. Talkin USA here.

Ahh again the beach- Pulled cute 18 yr old with the most fab DD's today...The language is needed here. I need to Learn ..you can go cheaper for sure and the girls would apprecaite it.

"Pulled" as in, date for legit. civilian friendship with inevitable sex; or "pulled" as in, pay her for sex and then she goes away? Is it a girlfriend or a prostitute?

Sorry, I still have a lot of trouble negotiating the ClubHombre site. I know I'd mentioned the Living Language Brazilian Portuguese language course, but I can't find the post anywhere now (it was around on the day I posted), so I'm going to make a stab at answering your question 'cold'.

Paul McCartney: 'Thought I'd go down to <whatever club was hot in London) and try to pull a bird."

Pulling is generic - it means getting a girl. Whether that has a girlfriend, quasi-girlfirned or short- or long-term paid- or non-paid companion relationship isn't part of the definition. I'm pretty sure I just meant to hook up with a girl, pay-for-play.

And that the context was outside metropolitan areas. If that sounds right, it probably is. Otherwise, maybe you could point me to where my post resides and I'll have a look at it.

Guaranteed not a typo, though!

Koro - your post regarding "Living Language" is located a bit higher up in this thread; Use the right scroll to get there. The original "Pulled" comment was made by Layne87 just prior to your response.

The info that you post regarding "Living Language" probably should reside in ClubHombre.com: South America: Brazil: Advice/Questions/Commentary: Portuguese

Yes for pay R$115 for 2 hours. I did not have change and after her performance, I just gave her the R150 and said abrigato. She has had the best oral skills here so far and at 18 yrs old. D...!

Youngtom wrote:

Koro -

The info that you posted regarding "Living Language" probably should reside in ClubHombre.com: South America: Brazil: Advice/Questions/Commentary: Portuguese

******

OK, I've moved the relevant part of my post to S.A. / Brazil: A/Q/C / Language.

As a newbie still trying to figure out where things are on this site, I saw 'Pimsleur' in this thread, and responded to it; also couldn't for the life of me dig up the post I'd written in which I thought I'd used the word 'pull', having confused an e-mail note from ClubHombre re a generic message appearing on the list with one that I thought was saying that a post of my own, specifically, had been replied to. Hence my usurping of the 'pull' discussion. 'Pull' is my kind of vocabulary, bolstering my confusion.

Sorry for the screw-ups, I think I've got the system down now.

Such an analytical approach, Koro, will never do. LOL, these guys have been swilling hairspray.

I just "pulled" in a very fine vintage of Aquanet, for example - and yes, I payed.

Sorry to make jest, hope you don't mind...

Koro - sometimes these threads kinda ramble off topic but that is all part of having good conversation. Great to see you posting & look forward to sharing stories etc about Brazil/Portuguese etc.

Youngtom -

Just wanted to say that it's been a while, so I'm definitely guilty of allowing myself to become obsolete with respect to Brazil.

I've spent a total of 6 weeks in the Northeast, Recife, Sao~ Luis, Maranhao', Bele'm and Manaus, roughly a week+ per city. Compared to SE Asia, I found the area disappointing - the greatest girls of course hie off to the big cities ASAP, leaving behind a relatively small number of girls who can't or won't go, or know they couldn't survive the competition in the really hot spots.

The scenes in all places were very different, but boiled down to the same essence: because the talent pool is small and a bit spotty, one tends to work fairly hard to land someone nice - and having done so, it's not likely you'd drop her after a single night to start a new search that might prove at least as daunting, and perhaps futile once eveybody within the scene recognized you, associated you with the Miss Wonderful you dropped, and then had you pegged as a butterfly. Not a lot of anonymity in Bar do Parque (Belem)!

So: as in all the countries in the Americas I've visited, I ended up in basically monogamous relationships that lasted until I hit the airport - and in the 6 weeks I spent there I could have had more promiscuity with more of the right kind of girl on one side of one of the Patpong streets in BKK, or one floor of NEP, in a week.

Gets a little more difficult, too, if you're looking for that fresh-out-of-junior-high look that's all over Asia. Found one girl in Be'lem who fit the bill exactly, then had a rather late-in-coming epiphany that said 'Why am I looking for Thai girls in Brazil?'

That said, the experiences were generally very good, very high on any GFE scale. And there was always someone everywhere, just took a bit of poking around. Language wasn't too bad a problem, I spoke fairly well by dint of the Spanish I already had and going through a couple Brazilian Portuguese courses ("Living Language", as per my earlier post, now copied to a more appropriate thread, and a watered-down version of the FSI course 'Mastering Portuguese' (available from Audio-Forum). So language wasn't the problem, it really was want of talent. I used the language to get into places that were off the beaten track now and then, but didn't feel that the Brazil experience - at close to American prices before devaluation made things more affordable - was worth it. At the time - 1994 and 1995 - BKK was in one of several of its Golden Ages, and was crawling with my kind of girl. (No longer true, by the way, BKK's going downhill fast these days).

I'd 'saved' Rio and Sao~ Paulo as the best for last, but never made it back. As my frequent flyer miles climb skywards, so to speak, I may entertain a jaunt back to Rio, Salvador and/or Fortaleza, places with good reps that I'd missed.

As for being there in general, I think it's probably probably true what somebody once said: 'Being in Rio is like living in a film' or something to that effect. Say you've lost your return ticket: there are worse places to get marooned.

Parting shot: I went to Recife - Boa Viagem in particular - in December/January, top of the summer season, and found a soldier posted every 300 yards along the boardwalk. This was in rather direct contrast to the picture that had been painted in the media (Time: 'Sex for Sale' June 21 1993); these guys didn't allow the scene to get very interesting! And remember that despite the legends, Brazil is a Catholic country, and things dry up as they do in the Philippines and Mexico around xmas...the girls want to be home with their families, as one might expect. So choose your travel times around the deeper religious holidays to optimize your trip.

E Boa sorte!

Currently my Brazil experience has been confined to Rio due to lack of language skills (some Spanish ; no Portuguese). With time and some work on Portuguese (I bought some of the Pimsleur tapes) hopefully I'll see a bit more of Brazil. With the great exchange rate these days, Brazil is tuff to beat.

Youngtom:

On your 'tuff to beat' remark:

I've been going to Cambodia since 1994, where s/t is US$5 for the newbie tourist, and less than $3 for anybody who knows what they're doing. Overnight is US$20 +/- $5, depending on the girl, the season and the chemistry between the two of you.

I keep hearing numbers that are astronomical for Brazil - any idea of what kind of range is being asked for these days, say by a moderately good-looking girl in a 'hostess bar' in Rio (or whatever kind of venue you have experience with)? I know about the $150 honeys - I'm interested in common fare for common people so I don't have to go home in three days with my wallet empty.

Back in 1994 and 1995 it was US$50-$60 in NE Brazil for freelancers hanging around expat places; most I paid was $100 for an overnight. (I personally don't think an orgasm is worth $100, but that was my 'Thai find', and she knew I was quite eager, to understate the situation a bit. And maybe that one *was* worth $100 - she'd teased me for days to whet my appetite.)

US$15 for black girls on the street in the old town of Recife, $50 for white girls in the port area of Manaus. US$15 a night for a girl I was seeing every night for 10 days in Sao Luis, plus a saida fee (= bar fine)of about $7 per day. Recife highly variable, $15 to $75 at Boa Viagem (low prices to girls who couldn't get into the two clubs; high prices for those who could).

I haven't been following what devaluation's done to the dollar or whether prices in Brazil have changed (ie gone up to match) as a result.

Mmmm, this thread is 'The Beach' - are we drifting O/T? Where to, then?

Yep - we're drifting a bit so I'll start a new thread and call it Brazil/Garota Prices and cut & paste your post into the thread.

I saw some photos of the beach in online Rio papers today & there were ALOT of people on the beach; carnaval is still a week away and the beach was standing room only.

Thanks for the clarification on "pulled" (LOL, not as in "masturbated"! that's ANOTHER usage ... !). When I heard a monger say he had "pulled" a girl on the beach, I was actually hoping he had meant that you can find non-pay girlfriends.

It's not exactly on-topic to Club Hombre, but it is on-topic to this thread: is the beach a good pick-up spot in Rio? And, to extend: where ARE the good pick-up spots on the planet? Or, do mongers even KNOW? Heh ... maybe someone can point me to internet resources for "travel and the single male" that are NOT TSM or otherwise prostitution-related? Or is this just ... pointless ...

:P

Book_guy:

If you're in the west and you're getting older, and you like freshness in a girl, you're screwed. NOT.

Can't answer for Rio's Beach in particular, but basically you gotta get out of western 'civilization', find a lifestyle that gives you the opportunity to travel. Took me 15 years, but I can now leave North America for a month at a time, three times a year, and having reached that stage, I'd go fuckin nuts if I didn't. Paying off my house and becoming an independent contractor were key to achieving this status.

So here's a general 'yes' vote to your 'pointless?' question. The Philippines is probably the easiest place to score 'good girls', but anywhere where your dollars rule is OK to a greater or lesser degree (eg Thailand has a wild nightlife, but the average Thai is very, very conservative; and there's major stigma for a girl to be seen with a foreigner: instant whore).

You'd probably blend in in Brazil (until you open your mouth)), that's one of its advantages, but be warned that it's pricey and you need time to play the seduction game. Your white skin (?) will be worshipped in parts of Africa, might be a quick in for you. Too bad it's so difficult to get to. In fact why are all the better places so fuckin hard to get to?

I currently can't handle the domesticity of monogamous relationships, so I prefer to pay for limited-time play. Within that restriction, I look for GFE's.

Sort out your needs, then type in "girl," followed by country name in search engines looking at newsgroups to see what's cooking out there. Google and Delphi will do it, there are probably lots of others.

Good luck, eh? Plenty of problems, as with all personal relationships, but better-quality girls are available, and you have a greater degree of control courtesy of your wallet. Crass but true.

book_one - the beach is a great pick up spot in Rio; at least it is if you go to certain spots. The reason that Meia Pataca & Mabs are the "big" beach cafes is that is where the girls go after going to the beach. If you walk across the street from Meia Pataca, you will see a large group of women (many topless) that are tanning themselves in the sun. Outside of the stray German tourist staying at the Orthon Palace hotel, these girls are all on the "programma"; the tourists are easy to recognize as they are the only ones without a great tan. After about a week in Rio, you'll begin to recognize them all (from Meia Pataca, from Help, and maybe even from termas).

Down on the other end of the beach in Leme the same thing is happening across the street from Mabs and the Meridien.

I've heard that the same thing occurs over on the Ipanema beach across from the Cesear Park Hotel but I can't confirm that.

The beach at Ipanema, in front of Caesar Park, does host girls from Help. Most of the time, I see them there with "dates". I believe they want to isolate their "men" and take them there instead of the beach at Copacabana. Ocassionally, I have seen some freelancers, but the cost is higher at Ipanema for some reason (my experience).

Beach has been slow the past few days. Have not "pulled" anything from there recently. Maybe already seen the ones that are good for me. Weather has been perfect. Too bad as they have been good providers.

Book_guy, after reading your post I was under the assumption that you want to find good girls, instead of the "pay" girlfriends. My personal opinion is that the beach isn't too good of a spot to try and pickup normal females, especially if you can't speak the language. However I will tell you where to go if you want to meet them, Rio Sul.

Rio Sul is full of hot women from Rio, I have seen some that could put Help and Barbella girls to shame. It is very easy to start a conversation with the girls who work int he store, some ofthe clerks in the clothes stores are breathtaking. Hell, even the food court has girls that will make you say "WOW"!

I like to use my "Lost Puppy" routine on the girls. This has worked all over the world for me and it works like a charm in Rio. I'll go into a store and strike up a conversation with a hot girl who is helping me. I'll then mention that its my first time in Rio (Big Lie) and that I don't know anyone. I tell them that I would love to see some clubs, but I don't want to be around tourists. Ask the girl where does she like to go dancing at and what does she suggest. By this time, I will usually have a small crowd of girls around me who attempt to assist me. I will then jokingly suggest that they all go out with me tonight to show me the town and that I will pay the manager to close the store early. Trust me, this technique has never failed, I have ALWAYS managed to get at least one girls number for a date.

A couple of things to keep in mind when trying this is to NEVER mention Help, Meia Pataca or Mabs!! Don't ask them to meet you in front of Help or in M.P, as soon as you mention these spots you will turn the girl off completely. They are not stupid, they know what tourists come to Rio for , so lie and say you are in town for a conference. Its really not that difficult to meet local girls, a little time and effort pays off bigtime. The most important thing is to make sure the girl has a good time, try to get her to laugh. I like to make fun of my poor portugese and they get a crack out of my terrible pronunciation of their language.

Outstanding post, Thumper. I'm not typicaly interested in a real relationship on trips such as these, but should I ever be, I'll be using my Thumper crib cards.

Thumper Excellent The other cool place is the University/College area -I forgot which subway.

I happen to know two three folks who are long time locals in Rio. Next time I'm headed to Buzio with the garota or two

University huh? Sounds very promising. I can only imagine all those young hot college students walking around. Unfortunately, I am not that suave to be able to go up to a female in Rio I don't know and start a conversation. I don't know how receptive they would be to a gringo trying to hit on them, thats why I like hitting on girls that work in the stores. They usually will begin the conversation by asking where you are from and why you are in Brasil, so it makes it very easy to steer the topic towards hanging out.

Buzios is a awesome city, I haven't been in a year but it is so cool to visit for a couple of days. Great place to getaway from the hustle & bustle of Rio, absolutely beautiful town. Have to bring a girl with you, the chances of meeting a local girl here are very slim. If you bring the right garota with you, you will have a awesome time.

Hey Thumper,

Where is Rio Sul and Buzios located?

Chris

Rio Sul is easy to find. I think that the neighborhood is Botafoco (sp). If you are staying in Copacabana, you get on Prince Isabella heading away from the praia (beach) then go thru the tunnel. Immediately after going thru the tunnel, the mall is on the right. It might be closed on Sundays (it definitely is closed at 11:30am on sundays).

Buzio is a little town by the beach 100 miles or so from Rio.
Famous for its beach and frequented by the rich and elite of Brazil

Buzio has been built up in the last 20/30 years because of 2 reasons - 1) it beaches are incredibly beautiful and 2) it is accessable from Rio. If you go to Buzios, you should bring your honey with you.

beach very crowded..but no babes...lots of 7's..

Photo: 2002 Rio Beach

this girl is there every day topless..I love the beach also as it is where I met someone well you know...damn I am depressed stuck here

Nice tits, some would say a bit saggy but I like 'em. Butt is a bit big though! Wish I could see her face.

Damn, Copa beach got some serious ripcurls. Garota viewing pleasure is much better in Coronado, La Jolla, Huntington Beach & Santa Monica in SoCal or South Beach, Miami than this long stretch of beaches. My buddy brought his tiny digicam and got about 5min of filming. Damn, there was nothing worth watching. Lots of dark skinned women going topless.

A word of warning: there are quite a few of little bees at the beach and they love the smell of your sunblock lotion or tan amplifier. I got stung by one right at my left ankle. I thought it was nothing until my ankle got swollen and I couldn't walk for 1 1/2 day. I was completely in bed and out of action. There went 4 garotas who could have earned my business.

BTW next time I go on the beach in copa or Ipanema. what should be the price of renting on
of those plastic chairs so I can lay out?
just making sure so I will be prepared non to get stiffed.
thanks

7R without the umbrella is the best I have done..with 10-15R....address it before you lie down tho...it took me awhile to figure this one out..also get your own food/drink...

If you rent parasols as well as chair, guys do not work together so they will accept 5R for each, so 1 chair and 2 parasols 15R.
If you get only one chair and can get it for 7R, that's a good deal.
About 30 garotas bathing in front of Meia 2 weeks ago. Saw 2 beauties, loirinhas Luanna and Marcella. Marcella was a hottie.

I just got my confirmation from Varig...will be in BA from 1/17/03-1/20/03 and Rio from 1/20/03-1/25/03. Will be 1st time in BA but either #9 or 10 to Rio (1st in 18 months). I've never tried picking anyone up on the beach and my portugese wasn't good before so it will truely suck this time. Any tips (other than smile)

Looks like I'll miss you by a day or two layne87...anyone else who's in either BA or Rio drop me an email.

Hey All,

My buddy and I will be in Rio (copa and Ipanema area) from 3/29 - 4/5. We have done lots of research, but would still like to meet up w/ anyone experienced if your there the same times as us.

We are very 'non-tourist' acting and don't think we'd let anyone down. We were just in Thailand and want to have a comparible experience here!

email me at:

erics6600@hotmail.com

Eric

I mentioned on another thread that I used LOBOTO's chair stand (In front of HELP). Look for the tent with the name. They have many to choose from. All are the same but its the service that you get. Loboto was recommend to me by an American i met on my flight out to rio that now lives down there (retired) and LUIS specifically. he took care of me with translations, food and drink. Made phone calls for me. And of course with introductions.

Why I recommend him is that the first day I got there I had to leave the beach to met my roommates who were just coming in. I told Luis that I was coming back but would pay now or could pay later. He told me "don't worry pay me when you get back." Luis trusted me to come back and pay him, all this after just knowing him for a few hours. He feed me with beer, made introductions etc. So each day I went to the beach I asked for him.

Also on my last day I told him that I was going home so I didn't have many Reis, so I could not run up a bill. He told me not to worry about it. At the end of the day after 5 chairs 3 umbrellas, many many beers, suntan lotion, and some shrimp, for myself and roomates and wifey, my bill was the lowest of the week. Luis is a good guy, treat him well, be a friend and he will take care of you.

All those guys are there to make money, I always overpay but I dont worry about it because it's usually only by a few reals . In front of help there is Luis, Frank and the coke head California. They charge 2X the prices of drinks, why not flag down a beach vendor instead. I went there frequently but one day luis pissed me off because I went with a girl and for two chairs and 3 bottles of water the price was $R35 I laughed and gave him $R20.(still overpayed)
Also, one day I laughed at him when he brought the garotas over to me. Shit that I wouldn't touch for $R10.


CN

Hey guys I will be in Rio in June. My 2nd trip. I was there in Jan 03. I had a great time sunning at hooker beach checking out all the action. I was wondering what is the beach scene like in June? Someone told me that it is cloudly the majority of the time and the talent on the beach is weak.

Hmmm ... a beach girl tried to hook me this afternoon, her asking price was $R200, kind of expensive for me, but she had a stunning body. Maybe I will reconsider.

Negotiate, negotiate, negotiate. Check out the Latina's 101 thread on this board. Never go with asking price.

BS

Can anyone tell me if the beach scene is still pumping in May?

If the sun is out, hooker beach is up and running.

Remember, even in July, the middle of their winter, the highs are still close to 80. The beachs are busy all year round.

In May, you have to go around noon if you want to work on your sun tan, by 15:00, sun is basically out. It gets dark by 17:00/17:30. For garotas, i'd say smaller window of opportunity 14:00 to 15:00.

So long as hooker beach is active, that is all I really care about. I will most likely be using heavy sunblock anyway (told my GF that its all a busines trip).

hooker beach is the only tourist venue I use occasionally. The good thing is you can really see the wares before buying.

I don't take girls there too often though, usually I have a problem with their pricing or their attitude. What prices do you guys get there????? The few times I tried the absolute minimum for a quickie (1-2 hours) with a young looker was 150 R$. I met girls for as high as 300 R$

Anyone manages to get them for R$ 100 - 150??

BS, those prices seem pretty high. I'm not into the beach puta scene but as I understand it, the prices should be closer to R$100 than R$200. You did you're own negotiations with the garotas, I assume, so I hate to think what the touts are quoting.

There was nothing on copa beach in May. But I was extremely impressed by beauties in Ipanema. So impressed I am thinking of buying a new camera with good zoom as my coolpix is good only for terma and hotel rooms. Well by beauties I mean 9's and 10's dark blonde, with golden skin and honey eyes, 2 notches above gp's.

Athos is back in Brazil? It's about time. This board could use some "meat and potatoes" trip reporting Athosstyle.
Have fun Athos, and don't forget to write.

DG
Actually I am back in SoCal, and not having garotas dreams, nice change but I am having Help songs loudly in my head.

any good beach action on the middle of july? Luis still around or do you recommend someone else on the beach area?

Hey Luisgarcia, you might try in front of the Cesar Park hotel in Ipanema. It is hit or miss but I was there this past Tuesday and there were about 6-8 very nice hotties available. Paltry total for in season but nice for now, especially since the beach area is empty.

Yep, by the plastic chaise right in front of Ceasar Park: I saw this chick with american hooters and brazilian ass. probably bio-engineered! purr fect 10, and a hooker!

I'd be interested in reading some basic examples/scenarios of how you guys pick girls up at the beach.

I did this once and I basically had my chair-renter come over, i asked him if the girl i liked was on the program, he said yesm then he spoke to her, then moved my chair next to hers, and i took it from there... asked her if she wanted to come to my pad for a 'cerveja', knocked out a price, then hauled ass...

What is your approach?

All you need to do is beckon her over. If she's working, it'll be easy to find common ground even if you don't speak Portuguese: just "take it from there."

if you want the best beach where the brazilians go (non prostitutes and gringos) go to either posto 9 or 10, there is one gay one there (can't remember if it is 8 or 9) so stay away from that one. otherwise all the good locals in copa go in from of the copacabana palace.

You don't need the chair-renter, that just raises your price. Smile at the girl you like, if she's working she'll smile back. Then let your instincts take over.

What's the going rate for chairs and umbrellas? I always feel I'm being worked by those guys.

I've never rented from them because of the hustle and just hang at the little beach drink stations. I'm not cheap but I hate being hustled even if it is the equivelent of a buck.

Any recommended chair rental guys around the Help area beach?

I know what you mean. I got hustled one time at the same beach. What happen was me and a buddy got some chairs at the beach. We were there for about a hour or two. After that I decided to leave but my friend wanted to stay. I paid for both of the chairs then left to my apartment. Then when my buddy returned to the apartment. He told me he paid for both of the chairs also. The things some people there do to make a buck.

C20

I took ALLOT of girls off the beach. All I did was just wander around in street cloths. (an obvious sign I'm not there for the sun) When I saw a girl I liked I just kind of gave her the eye from a distance and flirted a little. If shes a hooker she will come over and even if she knows no English at all she will ask "whats your name". From there its on, you got yourself a hooker. If you can't comunicate just say "bla bla hotel/apartmento". She will get the picture. If you can't comunicate numbers/prices, hold her hand and trace a number in her palm with your finger. She may counter offer the same way in your palm. Close the deal and off you go. Never once did I have any interaction with any "chair guys".

They say all the girls on Copa beach are with the program. There are some pretty hot garotas in the beach pics on this site, why do so many people complain about them? Aren't there also female tourists on Copa beach? Also, what beach do the non-program girls go to?

Copacabana Beach is at least four kms long, so over 2 miles. Not all of the girls are hookers, just a small fraction. Unless you on Hooker Beach, the small area in front of Rio Othon, assume the garotas are not. If they are on the program, they will let you know.

Remember

Girls wearing bikini bottoms that are true "dental floss", with no discernable triangle patch at the top, are pretty much always on the program.

Talk about ironic. I've been to the beach with girls that are on the program, girls wearing tiny brazilian bikinis with less than 1 square inch of fabric at the top of their asscrack, and actually heard them cluck their tongues at girls who are so "indescrete" as to wear "dental floss" bikini bottoms to the beach.

I love Brasil.

DG

BEACH GUIDE:

MUL909412-5606%2C00-G+FAZ+GUIA+DE+PRAIAS+DO+RIO+QUE+VAO+ALEM+DO+LEME+AO+PONTAL.html,http://g1.globo.com/Noticias/Rio/0,,MUL909412-5606,00-G+FAZ+GUIA+DE+PRAIAS+DO+RIO+QUE+VAO+ALEM+DO+LEME+AO+PONTAL.html

I found this interactive map on globo.com when I was checking the weather.

Note- Posto 6-Turisticas... (READ: Fat gringos getting ripped off while they hang out and look at fugly faveladas)