I'm coming to Rio, arriving on Apr 10 for 5 days and 4 nights. Would be this newbie's pleasure to any of you gentleman on the first round. I plan to stay at the Hotel Canada, 2 blocks from the beach, for $60 a night with no guest fees. If anyone has any insight into this hotel or a better suggestion, please let me know.

As for the excellent postings on this board, I do have a few rookie questions. Agencia Felinas ( http://www.hotvip.com.br/felinas/ ) says 100,00 for 3 hours. Is that an all inclusive fee? Does it cover multiple pops? There seems to be a lot of other inexpensive ads on the classified page at http://odia.ig.com.br/classificados/anuncios/e_sexta_54500.htm . These seem to be very inexpensive too – 20,00 or 30,00. Are these the low cost brothels downtown?