Carioca Athos

Finally my first overseas sex vacation was to happen. My top choices for my first vacation have always been Thailand and Brazil but when my friend Gitano mentioned he was going to Rio in Nov, I finally pulled the trigger and decided to go with him. This trip report will describe my experience of Rio, how things went to hopefully help newbies in their quest of sexual ecstasy. Experienced Rio traveler YoungTom was also going so I was not really worried about anything except maybe finding this perfect 10.

Preparations

To go to Brazil, as a US citizen you need a tourist visa as Brazil has this reprocity rule. Since a Brazilian citizen is required to have a visa to visit the USA a US citizen is required to have a visa to visit Brazil. Fair enough, I obtained my visa by going to the Houston consulate web site, printed and filled application, got money order at post office and mailed my passport to the LA consulate in Beverly Hills. I got my passport back and stamped visa in four working days.

As for clothing and paraphernalia, I brought enough clothes to last the whole trip but I ended using the Laundromat next to my hotel. Copacabana is a tourist place and I had read to wear proper attire to not attract attention. This is incorrect; Copacabana is filled with tourists so wear whatever you like. Bring your thongs and swimsuit for the beach, tennis shoes for walking, jeans and Bermuda shorts. My only advice is to not wear tennis shoes at night and even better skip the jeans and wear slacks but no need to bring dress shoes if that’s not your style.

As a hombre, bring all the paraphernalia needed to enjoy our hobby. Bring your own condoms, some jelly in case, body cream, shaving gears, perfume. Most importantly bring sex herbs like Ginseng, Horny Goat Weed, viagra diamonds, maybe some Gingko but my problem I found out later was that I lasted too long as opposed to shooting too early. I tried for the first time this Chinese herb called Yi Shen Ling, pretty expensive $20 for 100 pills but I believe it helped me tremendously keep my libido up.

Also last but not least I did not forget to shave my pubic hair and butt hole areas.

Flight and arrival

The flight went smoothly except I could not sleep on the plane. Miami to Rio is a red eye flight, leaving late at night and arriving in Rio early in the morning. I tried this pill from New Zealand called JetLag but I could not tell whether it helped or not. I did not want to take sleeping pills.

We arrived Gitano, YoungTom and I in cloudy and drizzling Rio. Passing through customs was easy with English speaking attendants. After passing through customs, several taxi drivers will be waiting for you. Make sure to ask price to Copacabana before accepting ride. Ride should be in the 50R range. If you have no Reais with you, there is a cambio located near the luggage carousel. The Brazilian currency is the Real; it is 1 Real but the plural is Reais. The ‘R’ is silent so you say “um eal” and “deis eais”. The taxi ride took about 30 min.
For those on a budget, you can also take the bus for 4R but for me taxi is the way to go after a 20 hour commute.

We were staying at the Rio Roiss (pronounced “eo ois”) located behind the Rio Othon Palace, half a block from Help discotequa and half a block from restaurant Meaia Pataca. We had ordered online and that is the right thing to do as you get 5R off but more importantly your room is reserved as there are only 3 rooms per floor so maybe total of 35 rooms altogether. The double room ended costing 170R per night. Make sure to get the double so you can bring as many garotas as you like to your room at no extra charge.

Saturday Afternoon

I was very tired after long trip from San Diego, overall 20 hours due to 3 hours layover in Miami. Thanks for Gitano and YoungTom energy and enthusiasm, I was just happy to follow them.

We first exchanged some dollars for reais at the cambio located ½ a block from hotel Rio Roiss. We got 2.75R per dollar. As I learned later, for small changes use the Help entrance or the restaurant by the terrace in front of Help to exchange $100 for a better exchange rate. So it is absolutely fine to order a 2R drink or pay the Help 18R entrance fee with a $100 bill.

We then headed to terma Solarium as on Saturday, unfortunately only a few termas are opened for business; Solarium, Centaurus and Luomo.
Solarium is located near the Jardin Botanico and is hard to find. So write down address on hotel card and print map from web site.
It is a 15 min ride costing in the 10 to 15R depending on taxi driver driving ability.
To hop on a taxicab, walk from hotel to Copacabana Ave, that’s the street parallel to Atlantico Ave. It is similar to Ave Revolucion and Ave Constitution in TJ. Copacanaba is bustling with locals, plenty of buses and taxicabs.
So we hailed a yellow cab with a greenish band and up we go to our first session around 5:00 PM.

Solarium Terma

There will be 1 or 2 bodyguards outside the red building showing you the entrance. After seeing these 2 bodyguards, there was no way I was going to try to take any photos.
As you go inside terma, at the entrance, the receptionists will speak some English so they will ask you if this is your first time. The procedure is you get a numbered key on a wristband. The key is your locker key but also the number entered on the computer for any drink and garotas you may end up ordering. As you go to change in the locker, the locker will contain a robe in a plastic bag. A lady will ask you your shoe size as she will bring you some thongs. So knowing your shoe size in Brazilian would be a good idea, they use same standard as Europe I believe outside UK.

After changing, you can take a shower, brush your teeth, and even shave but I advice against shaving there to avoid nicks. The terma has also sauna and steam room. The shower has hot water on the left while the shower to the right has more cold water. The water is of great quality in Rio, I never had any need to use body cream like I do in San Diego or Tijuana.

Finally after you’re ready and primed, walk upstairs to the Boite. As you enter, I felt the AC going full blast so I was a bit cold. Then I noticed a bunch of loiras and morenas standing by themselves. We had Americano newbies written all over us so a pretty loira immediately tried to sit with me and despite giving me a raging hardon I did not accept her offer to kiss me and seal the deal. All the garotas will try to make eye contact and smile to you. At times you will see garotas dance by themselves. They dance differently over there, they have a way of moving only their butts without moving their chest or legs. Then they can dance 100 miles per hour moving their feet. Drinks are very cheap and garota drinks cost the same. Typically to seal the deal with a garota you can invite her to sit with you. She will try to rub herself against you to give you a hard on and will try to open mouth kiss you as it is their protocol. If you kiss a girl, you are telling her you are going upstairs with her.

Very few garotas will speak any English but most will understand Spanish. The best is to learn Portuguese but I did not have time so had to use Spanish during my whole trip and did OK. Without Spanish, it will be very difficult to sustain any conversation. But for termas, no conversation skills are required. Most garotas I found out were very nice, all kissed extremely well. I’d say your batting average in the termas should be in the 0.800.

I decided on this hard body named Agatha, 21, 5’6, 110#, not a fat on her body, plus she had red nails which is a big turn on for me. I was a bit shy in this new environment so pulled her towards the bar area to have a bit of privacy. We kissed very well but I was a bit disappointed when she asked to go upstairs after only 5 minutes of kissing.

I accepted her offer and up we went for the 40 min cabin. If you really like the garota, you can go for one hour in a Jacuzzi suite. But I was very happy to get 40 min with this hottie. In the room, we proceeded with more kissing. She went downtown and gave me a very good but a bit short bbbj with balls licking. I then ate her very clean pussy. Then onto fun sexo. She has no kid so very good fit. I was on TJ time still so I shot my load after 30 min into the session. I gave her a small massage and was not interested in second cumshot. In Rio almost every garota offered at least 2 cumshots, I was entering a marathon so declined every garota except my honey at Help.

Agatha Garota no 1
19, 5’6, 110#, morena, shoulder blade straight hair, no kid Well she is 21 according to tv monitor showing girls and stats at entrance.
Looks: 9.0 absolutely gorgeous hard body, pretty face, nice B cup, nice legs and hourglass.
Attitude: 9.0
Technique: 9.0 Say what? Only a 9.0 for french kissing, daty, bbbj with balls licking.
Hygiene: 10.0
Spanish but no English
Overall: 9.0 good start for me, I highly recommend her.

On a TJ side note, I am using same rating as my TJ reviews but for looks will grade harsher as I never met or saw so many hotties in my life. A 10 in TJ like Sylvia, Mahogany, Evil Amy would get at most an 8.0 or 8.0- in this Rio rating. Also in technique, the best fuck in TJ could only get an 8.0 or 8.5.

After showering and hanging out listening to mostly American music, we went home by taxicab. Plenty of taxicabs waiting by the entrance of terma so very easy procedure.
When you are ready to leave, you return the wristband and key and only in Brazil, they will have receipt ready to go as attendant will notice your number when she picks up your robe and thongs. Details, details but termas are built on details.

I found Solarium to be a nice place, the ladies selection was fairly good, 25 to 30, unfortunately no blacks, only loiras and morenas ranging between 5.0 to 9.0 in looks, median in the 7.5. Selection is supposed to be much better during the week but I never found out.


Saturday Night

We had dinner at a local restaurant 1 block from hotel, a place with bamboos as front décor called Xeuxeu. Pizza was Ok, seafood stew was very good.
Well I was starting to get my energy while YoungTom and Gitano were ready to call it a night so I decided to try Help on my own.
For restaurants, pick any local ones located inland. Restaurants on Atlantico charged a lot more in the 30 to 40R per dish while my first dinner cost me maybe 15R.

Help Discotheque

Help Discotheque is a yellow building decorated with pictures of people dancing and eating dinner. You would have no idea it was a hooker place.
The terrace in front of Help is a meeting and pickup place as well. Well if you look closely, you could guess it’s full of working girls as the garotas tend to sit at tables evenly spaced in the hope that some tourists will sit down with them and pick up the tab.
Drinks are cheap and the food is not as expensive as other places by the ocean front but still a bit expensive 25R per dish.
On this first night, I just waited outside the club before entering it at midnight as by then many garotas are inside already. There is midnight deadline for garotas, as their entrance fee is 12R before midnight but 17R after midnight. For hombres, it is 18R at any time of the night. You can leave club and come back later if you wish but ask so attendant will remember you.
As you enter the club there is a metal detector.
The selection was OK but not great. I did not see any 10.0 to my dismay. The selection was in the 4.0 to 9.0+ range, median in the 7.0 range.
I spoke to several garotas all quoting me $100. I thought garotas would be available for 150R so was a bit turned off by this fixed pricing.
By 1:00 am I decided to pick any garota, my lucky night as I saw this cute garota that I had noticed in front of Help, long brown hair, wearing pants and smoking cigarettes. She seemed to smile a lot when conversing with her amigas. She walked by me without smiling or making eye contact. I grabbed her elbow and smiled to her. I did not feel like doing the drink and flirting thing as I do not speak any Portuguese and very little Spanish. I asked her how much to go to my room. She answered the famous $100 quote. As she saw me hesitate, she changed her quote to Reais and 250R. I thought what the fuck, I need to get my beauty rest and countered with 200R. She said yes immediately. I was not getting any vibe but what the hell, after a 9.0 in Solarium I’d be more than happy to end my first day with an 9.0 in Help.
As we walked to hotel, located ½ a block, we chit chatted. Claudia mentioned there are a lot of Japanese tourists and they usually like loiras. I just smiled inside and told her I liked all women loiras and morenas.
At the hotel front desk, the garota filled an application that I had to sign. She also is required to leave her working ID card by the front desk as well. She will get it back only after leaving hombre. As we walked to catch elevator, Claudia mentioned how complicated this is, then out of nowhere she starts to smile and give me hug and I feel very good potential there for some tlc.
As we enter my room, we start to french kiss. I am starting to like this place. She kissed very well and gave a great bbbj, with outstanding balls licking. Only drawback, she did not allow me any daty. Sexo was good with tight pussy.

Claudia, garota no 2
19, 5’6, 110#, morena, long brown hair, no kid…well as I found out later more like 22 and 2 kids.
Looks: 9.0 no tits A cup, 2 small tattoos, but great hourglass with pretty face, full lips, nice eyes.
Attitude: 10.0
Technique: 9.0
Hygiene: 10.0
Overall: 10.0

Photos: Claudia 01 02 03 04 05 06 07

After cumshot, Claudia started to just cuddle and embrace me. She started to fall asleep so did I next to her.
In the morning, I woke up before her and looked at this beautiful woman. Very pretty with puffy eyes.
She decided to leave by around 8:30 am. I did offer her to stay for breakfast but she declined.
As she woke up, she started embracing and cuddling. We had another good session with fantastic kissing. I knew I wanted to have her again with not so great selection at Help the night before.

I then had breakfast with Gitano and Yougtom in the 12th floor of the hotel with view on Copacabana beach and surrounding hills, glorious view.
The breakfast is good and copious. Brazilian coffee tastes great.

Sunday Afternoon

SexyHall Escort Agency

I had been drooling for weeks checking those escort agencies on the web so I decided to try one immediately. My first choice turned out to be incorrect…
I called SexyHall and ordered GataSexy, morena for 250R. She is a nude model and I did see one of her layout when later in the week I checked the book at Agencia Roberta.
So I was very excited and I learned very quickly that all the photos on the web are very professionally done.
As she arrived a bit late like 40 min. I opened the door and to my dismay she is no hottie. I do not feel like kicking her out so go through the motion. On top of that, she gave me a covered bj with no kissing. So I was not interested and tried to shoot as early as I could to save my strenght.

GataSexy – Sida Motta Garota no 3
5’4, 110#, hairy and unshaved legs, avg hourglass, very nice B cup natural, avg face.
Looks: 5.5
Attitude: 8.0
Technique: 5.0 Straight ½ and ½
Hygiene: 9.0
No English but some Spanish.
Overall: 4.0

Photos: Gatasexy 01 02

She offered to stay the whole two hours and expected second session but very quickly I told her she could leave. I found out during my trips that many garotas do not shave as they spend so much time at the beach and need sun protection but Sida Motta was grossly haired in the legs area.

For a while I thought about switch and bait but no it was really her, the photos were done maybe a couple of years back. On the layout that I saw later in the week, she looked ok but nothing special in the magazine spread.
So the big lesson that I learned, with agencies escorts. It is a crapshoot to get pretty face. Best is to ask garotas if she knows other garotas with gorgeous faces but I do not trust female as they tend to not understand male tastes in looks.

The procedure for ordering garota by phone is easy, whether you speak portuguese or not, again Spanish helps but write down all the info you need to order a garota on the phone:
1. Hotel name
2. Hotel address (endereco) and area
3. Hotel telefono
4. Garota’s name
5. Your first name
6. Your room number (apartemento)
7. Time of appointment

After receptionist jots down all the info, she will give you quote typically 200R for 2 hours plus taxi fare. Only TopLiner and SexyHall charged more at 250R but I am sure this is negotiable.
If you do not speak any Spanish or Portuguese, my advice is to order with help of hotel receptionist.

We had a daily meeting at Meaia Pataca, so I met YoungTom and Gitano. Meaia Pataca is a restaurant located near Rio Othon Hotel. Great place to eat some soup and check out the cariocas available for early afternoon action. Chicken soup is very good for 6.50R, seafood soup is oustanding at 14R. Agua mineral will set you back 2R as well as coffee.

We decided on another Solarium run as Sunday is even worse than Saturday with only termas Solarium and Luomo being open for business.

Selection was worse than previous day and I wanted a quickie to be able to score later at Help. So I did not do very well and ended up with a Eduarda, kinda of average looking.

Eduarda Solarium Garota no 4
5’5 brunette, 115# nice hourglass but a bit heavier
Looks: 6.0 teeth not the best, skin color too pale.
Attitude: 8.0
Technique: 8.0 I was disappointed as bj was covered and no balls licking. I was disinterested in sex so sticked to mission position
Hygiene: 9.0
Some English.
Overall: 6.0 despite 40 min of foreplay and kissing upstairs as there was a waiting time for room availability. Eduarda was a very good kisser but cbj, use of lube, and just better than avg looks turned me off.

I forgot to describe the 40 mn cabin. The bed is a futon, double bed size. Garotas gets a package which contains condoms and jelly. The walls are mirrors, floor is wooden deck, décor is wood so you might think you’re in Africa, Asia or what the hell South America. Garotas do not mind screaming during sex so you may hear noise from adjacent rooms. As I found out later garotas come in three flavors:
1. The screamer, I mean the screamer when in my hotel room I would be worried about my neighbours being awakened.
2. The “Gostoso” ones, the ones that I like, soft moaning but with “Voce Gostoso” meaning I like you or something
3. The average, boring or lousy fuck

Later in the evening I decided to try my luck at Help again. I had no idea about the Lido area and its great selection. I wanted to repeat with Claudia as my day had been very average so far. She was busy with some American at the terrace so I thought she was taken. Later around 1:00 am I saw her go with a fat german tourist so indeed I could have had her if more patience on my part.

Selection was about the same so I was not too excited. Selection at Help has a majority of black garotas. The black garotas can have the best bodies I have ever seen but finding a face to match the body was my problem.

I decided to go with this bubbly blonde named Adriana, her amiga offered her for 150R so I went for it.

Adriana Help Garota no 5
Natural blonde, 5’1, 110#, braces, small A cup, bubbly personality.
Looks: 6.5 nice hourglass but a bit too short, not the best teeth
Attitude: 8.0
Technique: 9.0 Very good kisser and good bbbj with balls licking, I did eat her pussy.
Some English and some Spanish.
Hygiene: 9.0
Overall: 9.0

Photos: Adriana 01 02 03 04

She wanted to give me a second cumshot but after seeing my limp dick, she complained I was fucking too many garotas. She asked to go back to work and I let her go and slept by myself. I gave her an extra 10R for taxi fare.

Monday Afternoon

Back again on my escort agency trial. I called CompanyGirl and ordered loira Geane.
She arrived right on time. Very pretty blonde, garota next door, student living in nice area of town.

Geane - Company Girl garota no 6
Looks: 8.5, natural blonde, dark tanned body, braces, pretty faces, a bit wide at the hip. 20, no kid, nice B cup and hourglass.
Attitude: 10.0
Technique: 9.0- No daty, very good kisser, too bad covered but good bj with very good balls licking.
Hygiene: 10.0
No English, not much Spanish
Overall: 9.0 Good times but left after cumshot, did not offer to stay for the whole time.
Paid her 200R plus 20R for cab fare.

Photos: Geane 01 02 03 04

After Meaia Pataca meeting, we decided to go to terma Rio Antigo by bus.
Go to Copacabana Ave and wait for bus at station, make sure to see no 571 in the list of bus stops. Only advice when entering bus, HOLD ON to something or you might get hurt as bus driver does not wait and will get going as soon as everyone inisde bus. You enter the bus by the back and you pay 1R so have your change ready. You leave bus by the front. Bus ride took a good 30 min, later in the week I used a taxicab to go back to Copa and fare was 10R. The only way to know if you are there is you see a small wall to the left of a street, kind of walls I have seen only in France. There is also a big sign or Rio Antigo in street of terma. Rio Antigo is located in Gloria.

Terma Rio Antigo

Terma Rio Antigo is brand new. Solarium was super clean, Rio Antigo is pristine clean. After you get your key on wristband, several garotas are waiting in dressing room to give you your thongs. It smells of perfume. The shower area is super clean. Rio garota ended being my favorite terma. Combo of selection, atmosphere, and super sex.
Selection was ok, maybe 30 garotas wearing lingerie. For the life of me I could not pick a garota and ended interviewing several, all to be turned down until this blonde swimsuit model sure of herself walked towards me and sat by me. I expected to turn her down despite glorious looks but as soon as she sat and started small talk, I knew she was good. We started french kissing within 5 min and she was one damn good kisser. We went to the cabin after 20 min chat, combo of conversation and Frenching. I ordered the 40 min cabin while my partners YoungTom and Gitano kept ordering the hour suite. Well up we go, Kate was so beautiful with perfect hourglass, only question mark was her upper lip not as full to call perfection. I still found her plain gorgeous and was a happy camper.
We kissed some more before she went to work to give me an outstanding 15 min bbbj. I ate her pussy to her heart content. Sexo was incredible, my best session ever, great mission followed by outstanding doggie. The cabin had mirrors on all walls and ceiling so I watched with delight this gorgeous vixen eat me out and fuck the shit out of me. My favorite position was doggie with Kate closing her legs and lying down except for her butt in the air. You can still kiss garota and intercourse can get very tight, what made this position heaven was the rhythm Kate was using moving her butt back and forth gently while I was entering her with same pace. I was finally able to explode inside her and we then cuddled first facing each other and kissing then her with her butt cheeks caressing my limp dick. She then used her fingers to play with my dick and to my surprise my dick got erect within 5 min. Kate then proceeded to go down on me and here I am thinking wow no way I can go through this. The 40 min bell rang and I turned Kate down for another 40 min of pleasure.
I had to go back to Rio Antigo as I noticed this playmate look alike. Somehow I missed her but I was glad I had met Kate.

Kate – Rio Antigo garota no 7
Natural blonde, 5’4, 110#, nice B cup, perfect hourglass, soft skin
Looks: 10.0 beautiful hands and feet, garota of my dreams, swimsuit looks.
Attitude: 10.0
Technique: 10.0+++ Best session ever for me.
Hygiene: 10.0
Some English, no Spanish
Overall: 10.0+++
Go find her she works Mon to Fri after 4:00 PM.
Total cost was a lame 160R.

Rio Antigo uses the best condom I have ever tried, blows my favorite Kimonos to smithereens, Eros is the brand name, made in Brazil.

I went that night to Help again. Again same selection with some cuties but I was a bit shy and decided to call it a night.

Tuesday

This time I ordered Marcelle from TopLiner. She looks identical to the picture on the web but the face was not as good, pretty face but not outstanding. While I liked Geane garota next door cute face, Marcelle was a bit older.

Marcelle – TopLiner Agency garota no 8
Natural blonde, tall 5’7, 115#, 24, student, no kid
Looks: 8.5 0.5 pt deduction due to just ok face. Great hourglass with nice B cup.
Technique: 10.0 Great kisser and very good bbbj with balls licking, very wet.
Attitude: 10.0 Only negative she would give me photo poses hiding her face.
Hygiene: 10.0
Some Spanish, no English, intelligent, mature.
Overall: 10.0 Again I turned down second cumshot. Cuddling was nice with good conversation.
Marcelle highly recommended her loira amiga Ana Paula at SexyHall.
She gave me her Tel number but I was not really interested.
250R setback.

Photos: Marcelle 01 02 03 04 05

After some beach checking and Meaia daily routine, we headed to terma 65 by bus. Long bus ride to downtown Rio. I would have no clue on how to get there by myself. One guy told me later in the week, taxi fare was about 15R.

Terma 65

Terma 65 located in downtown Rio caters to local business men. So while at Solarium and Rio Antigo we were with other foreigners and a few brazileiros, here at 65 we were the only foreigners. It took me a long time to choose garota. The selection was ok, maybe 30 to 40 garotas but a bit lower grade than Rio Antigo and Solarium. So I settled down on this teen model look alike blonde Barbie Doll.

Sharon – Terma 65 garota no 9
Looks: 7.5 teen model face but a bit of fat.
Attitude: 10.0
Technique: 9.5 Again great kisser but to my disappointment covered bj, very good with balls licking.
Hygiene: 10.0
Overall: 10.0 Very accommodating. I fucked the shit out of her but could not come through and pulled out after our 40 min of fucking in this dark and cold cabin. Cabin not as clean as other visited termas. Sharon was a screamer and gostoso garota. She mentioned she used to work at Centaurus and sometimes works at Help for extra cash.
Overall cost was about 170R.

I thought terma 65 was an ok place but not comparable to Solarium and Rio Antigo.
I forgot to mention but on Sat night, we also went to terma Monte Carlo. We found the place to be empty of hotties and bailed after one hour. Monte Carlo is well located near the ocean maybe 9 blocks from Help, entrance fee was 40R.

Repeat Claudia Help

In the evening, I did not want to try a new garota but was looking for my first night honey at Help Claudia. I made the tour of the terrace and could not locate her but out of nowhere a garota hailed me and it was her sitting with amigas. She looked a lot different with natural curly hair while the other night a perfect straight jet brown hair. She also appeared a lot darker than I thought. I knew I wanted her so I just listened to her hook and was happy to sit with her at the table. I could see despair in he eyes when she made her plea to have me sit with her. In Rio and Help, it seems repeat business is seen as gold, every garota looks for a “boyfriend”. In Rio, you need to view yourself as a cash cow as garotas will make you pay their tabs and Help entrance fees so be prepared. I really did not care as prices are on the low end.

We had another great session and I could not come for second straight session. In the morning, Claudia stayed a bit longer until 9:30 am or so with another outstanding morning session and this time I did shoot my load.

I was physically tired at this time and sensed I was going to hit the wall very soon.

Wednesday

Indeed I was tired that afternoon and just checked the beach. At Meaia Pataca, hearing YoungTom and Gitano talking of another Rio Antigo run, I did my best but at the end had to bail.

By 6:00 PM, I decided to order room service and called FetishOnLine and ordered Luma Moritz, another loira.

Luma Moritz
She was a bit older than I hoped for but her body matched photos on web site.
We barely exchanged hellos and she was all over me, I sensed nympho right then.
We kissed for the longest time, followed by fantastic bbbj, balls licking up to my butt. Furious sexo followed. I could not come again but she would not stop wanting more so I asked her to finish me en la boca. She happily switched back to bbbj and after 10 furious min I finally was able to explode in her mouth, wow I was spent…
After cleaning up, Luma of course wanted to fuck some more, I had to turn her down several times and after two hours she left. She did not speak any English or Spanish but this was a very interesting session.

Luma – FetishOnLine agency garota no 10
25, 1 kid, natural blonde, face not as good as decent body, full of energy.
Looks: 8.0 overall nice package
Attitude: 10.0
Technique: 10.0 bbbj to completion, my dream finish.
Hygiene: 10.0
Overall: 10.0
200R plus 20R for taxi. Sweet…sweet.

Photos: Luma 01 02

I went to Help terrace and sat with Claudia. But this time she wanted to dance so we went to Help instead of heading straight to hotel. This night, she went back to straight hair as she knew I liked her better that way. She seemed genuinely nervous when trying to explain in Portuguese that she liked me a lot and I was her boyfriend. Of course I was laughing inside, figuring this was part of the job.
As we entered club, here I am tired so I just wanted to make the best of it. Right away garotas who know me start smiling to me and I returned their smile. Well bad mistake as Claudia got furious and started hitting me and kneed me later. Holy shit, latina fury. I told her to cool down or I’d just go home solo. So I learnt very quickly to look at garotas only when I could see Claudia’s back. It’s like in football, you’re supposed to block a player unless you can read his number on his jersey. The frustrating part is other garotas could see what was going on and were trying to get me to look at them. Bit of a torture as I was getting used to this Help place and started to like it. I’d say there were a dozen garotas in the 8.0 to 9.0 range.

There was no night session as we were both tired at 4:00 am.
The morning session was again fantastic and Claudia stayed until 10:00 am skipping breakfast again.
During breakfast, I learnt the boys had gone to Rio Antigo and YoungTom checked out also 4X4 in downtown area.

Thursday
Gitano was not feeling too well and YoungTom had gone to Ipanema to check the beaches so I decided to go to Centaurus since not high on my partner’s list.

Terma Centaurus

Terma Centaurus is located in nearby Ipanema, a 4 min 5R taxi cab fare.
I was on my own this time and damn the receptionist dude did not speak any English or Portuguese. Thank goodness, I knew they wanted the money upfront from all my studying. So I paid my 290R yes that’s 290 which includes cover charge and one garota for 40 min. So they charge an extra 100R.

I was a bit early like 5:30 PM but still quite a few hotties present. I’d say Centaurus has the best terma selection and do not let the price fool you, try it at least once. I did not find the garotas more aggressive than other termas. YougTom had mentioned garotas must go upstairs three times a day to keep their job. I hope this is not the case.

One of the garotas I had seen downstairs started to talk to me in decent broken Spanish and English. She was a 9.0 so I figured to let her go but somehow I felt lazy and let her do her thing, we kissed then I see this 10 walk by. I asked Anita whether or not she likes 3some, she did not seem to be comfortable with them until I pointed to Roberta who luckily is her amiga. So we decided on a 3some. They both wanted to kiss me so I sticked my tongue out so they both could lick it at the same time. Very unfortunate, they sent me downstairs to pay the difference, I was short on cash so wanted to pay in cc but they accepted my 150R in cash in case of 165R.

Roberta and Anita – Terma Centaurus garota no 11 and 12
The session was typically frenetic, both wanting to kiss me and licking my dick. I had to ask to get bbbj and they did after inspecting my tool and cleaning it with a wipe.
I lied down while Roberta blew me and rode me cowgirl, Anita wanted to get eaten so I did. Then Roberta switched to regular top. Roberta wanted to be eaten as well so I did. More bbbj then Roberta doggie, she was eating Anita pussy while I was banging her. I was thinking I better fuck Anita before I explode. We switched partner and I was doing Anita in mission with Roberta looking and playing with my balls. Unfortunately I could not come and became soft. Both garotas were wondering if I came and I told them I was tired, more kissing ensued and they wanted some leche, I told them no mas.

Roberta
19, 5’3, 110#, perfect 10 with pretty face, gorgeous latina morena style
Looks: 10.0 perfect C cup, great hourglass.
Attitude: 10.0
Technique: 10.0
Hygiene: 10.0
Overall: 10.0

Anita
She said 19 but more like 21, 5’3 110#, dyed brunette, perfect perky B cup
Looks: 9.0 very pretty
Attitude: 10.0
Technique: 10.0
Hygiene: 10.0
Overall: 10.0

I unwound checking the prime time lineup. Anita told me the best time is 7:00 PM for prime meat. I liked the selection varying from 4.0 to 10.0 median in the 8.0 range. Was indeed surprised to see a couple of average looking garotas.
I liked Centaurus and expected to do another run but it was not meant to be on this trip.

I spent the evening again with Claudia for our fourth night together. This time she wanted to check the vendors and sit by the beach have a coconut drink to get me away from all the garotas. I knew I was giving up a lot as I was starting to see some major prime loiras and morenas at Help but being with Claudia was a nice experience and sure thing. This night, she aged by 3 years in 3 days, she was now 22 years old. Also she purchased a T-shirt for a kid and later told me it was for her son. She has also a daughter from failed marriage. I guess typical story, married at 15, divorced at 21 after 2 kids. She was even more affectionate and was joking she was coming with me to San Diego, or was she joking. For a while I got scared she meant business but a few days later a Barbarella garota told me how hard it is to get a visa to US especially after Sept 11.
We did not have a session that night as both too tired, especially Claudia who just loves to dance all night.
We had another great morning run and this time she had breakfast with me. Room service costs only 2R so well worth it. She left my room by 1:30 PM.

Friday

Wow we’re completing our first week in Rio. By then I have totally fallen in love with the city. I love the tropical climate despite getting some rain and clouds, I love the garotas, and the beach and scenery and I love the Real current exchange rate.
I have used the Laundromat as I was using a lot more clothing as I thought I would. Help is like TJ, lots of smoking inside. I believe I met only one garota who did not smoke.
The internet café is ½ a block from hotel facing cambio. It is pretty cheap maybe 10R per hour with fast connection speed.
The food is excellent and very affordable. I see pretty women everywhere. I did not have time to check the non working garotas club but beautiful women are everywhere in this town.
YoungTom was busy so Gitano and I headed to Rio Antigo, yuppie as I have Pauliana on my mind, she is the playmate that I saw the other day. It turns out Gitano tried her the other day when I bailed out.

Pauliana Terma Rio Antigo garota no 13
Damn perfect 10, maybe only slight drawback could be her jaw line a bit too rounded but a 10 nonetheless. I decide to go for the suite this time as one hour is the minimum I want to spend with this bubbly 10. We kissed standing at the bar. She is form Bahia and just keeps smiling. Kate saw me with Pauliana and showed some disappointment.
The session was nowhere near the one with Kate but still prime pleasure. We never used the Jacuzzi but we showered together and kissed some more.
Looks: 10.0 flawless body, highly recommended, latina beauty. 5’3, 110#, nice C cup, bit wider than swimsuit Kate.
Attitude: 10.0
Technique: 9.0 I was surprised to get covered bj but she licked my balls and shaft. She was enjoying getting eaten and turned out to be a screamer and gostoso garota. Sex was great with me checking the action in the mirrors. I could not hold in doggie and exploded inside her. She seemed a bit inexperience so I had to show her the way a bit.
Hygiene: 10.0+
Overall: 10.0

After session, I sat down with Kate and had a drink for one hour. She is one fine garota. I dared not kiss her as I could not go upstairs but towards the end she planted a big kiss Carioca style. I promised I’d come back for her before the end of my trip.

Well in the evening I skipped Help altogether to avoid Claudia as I wanted to try the Lido circuit.
I went to Barbarella at 11:30 PM and it was real crowded. It has red carpet and mosaic ceiling. There is one garota dancing nude at all times in a small dance floor by herself and a pole. The main attraction is the main dance floor where garotas dance by themselves. Hombres are welcome to join the dance floor.
There is a cover of 40R, which entitles you to one or two drinks. All the garotas are available so Barbarella is just another high class hooker bar. The bar fine is 40R or 50R if garota has a drink.
I was in heaven checking the garotas dance. I have always loved watching latinas dance but here there might be up to 30 latinas dancing to the beat of the music. Some wear straight pants or jeans, other dresses, all with high heels.
I kept turning down garota after garota but then by 1:00 AM I panicked and picked a better than average loira and we settled on 250R which turns out to be too expensive. What upset me is a 9.0 loira wanted 300R for all nighter but I did not have the ball to cancel Marcelle’s date and go with other one. I am sure I could have gotten other beauty for 200R for all night. Should have, could have…
Session with Marcelle was very average, covered bj, I did eat her pussy but she kept talking and talking so was completely turned off by her. We also kissed but very average kisser.

Marcelle – Barbarella Garota no 14
25, no kid, tall blonde, butt too big but nice hourglass.
Looks: 7.0
Attitude: 7.0 money upfront and kept talking forever.
Technique: 5.0 kissing but covered bj, daty but uninspired sexo.
Hygiene: 7.0 Showered before but had alcohol breath.
Overall: 5.0 Could not get rid of her fast enough, had a hard time getting it up.

Photos: Marcelle 01 02 03 04 05

So I went to sleep by myself around 2:00 AM but I was glad as I needed some rest.

Saturday

I decided to end my agency run with Agencia Roberta, which has a book you can check for 20R or so. So I called them and got a Paula on the phone, we agreed to meet at 2:00 PM. Paula made the mistake of forgetting her ID card so hotel manager refused to let her come to my room. We ended on the 12th floor as restaurant was closed at that time. Book includes about 30 to 40 garotas with photos including faces. I noticed Marcella from TopLiner and GataSexy from SexyHall in the line up. There was one pretty non nude model but her face was not perfect so I decided on this absolute gorgeous brazileira for the next day at 12:00 PM high noon 400R for 3 hours.
Paula called me 30 min later to tell me she was not available so I went for choice no 2, big chested local garota, non model named Carla for the next day 300R for three hours.
Cost of checking book ended at 34R as taxi fare added to cost.

This was Gitano last day in paradise and we decided on Solarium as Saturday for his last run.

Amanda Terma Solarium garota no 15
Selection was not as good as previous weekend but was able to settle down ion cutie Amanda, Sean Young look alike (actress in No Way Out with Kevin Costner).
Amanda is a cinema student and was different as she was not a hard body, some soft skin like mexicanas I am used to bang in TJ. She also took her time to kiss me in the boite not the 2 min drill but more like 10 min into conversation.
Looks: 8.5 Very pretty, nice hourglass with pretty face.
Attitude: 8.5
Technique: 7.0 To my dismay, no bj!!! She loved being eaten and enjoyed kissing so not sure whether bad provider or too horny a garota. I suspect a bit of both.
Hygiene: 10.0
Overall: 7.0 Regretted picking her when other great providers were available.

At night I decided to check Barbarella again but this time at 10:30 PM, 10:30 PM turns out to be too early unless you like to check garotas coming to work which I do. Club was mostly empty with waiting garotas smoking and conversing. Nude dancing started with second in line this goddess 10.0 off scale, perfect body with perfect D cup. My gosh I was drooling. I expected all the male population to jump on her after her dance but no such thing occurred. I tried to make eye contact with her but she would not smile to me. Maybe I should have smiled to tried harder but I’ll never know. She reminded me of Vanessa CC except goddess was twice as good looking, 5’8, 110#, long brown hair, mid 20’s.
Other 10’s were dancing on the main dance floor later so when 10 Dayane smiled to me I was toast. Made rookie mistake of not kissing her at my table so let my dick do the talking and ended paying her way too much 350R, I am embarrassed to admit.
She spoke perfect English and was nice so maybe we could have a good time.
Turns out she was completely jaded, having worked every day for the last 3 months.

Dayane – Barbarella garota no 16
21, 1 kid, latina beauty, petite, my type or so I thought.
Looks: perfect 10 with perfect perky B cup, best tits I ever sucked in my entire life.
Technique: 3.5 Average covered bj, no kissing, straight 1/2 and ½. I was not interested in long session so shot as fast as possible. I even heard the dreaded “finish”, for a moment I thought I was fucking a bitch from TJ.
Hygiene: 10.0
Overall: 1.0

Photos: Dayane 01 02 03 04 05

Dayane started to sleep and complained about my silence. I started to give her a massage and she quieted down. Damn maybe I should have given a massage before hand. We had an OK conversation and she asked to go back to work. Amazingly she asked to go to lunch or dinner next day and gave me her home and cell numbers.

I was not very happy with my Barbarella experience and was thinking of just going back to my honey Claudia the next day.

Hey Athos,

Just a question or two. Is the term garota slightly derogatory like puta or is it more like chica? Or is it something people use to choke you to death?

And just how much money is an "R"?

Redongdo
Garota is Brazilian for chica or young woman.
Garotte is more a French word to squeeze your neck to death.
R stands for Real, brazilian currency currently about 2.50 Reais = $1.

Sunday

Sunday was YoungTom last day but I decided not to join him for another Solarium run. Instead I wanted to try the Meaia Pataca afternoon setup.

I had my early afternoon appointment with Carla from Agencia Roberta first.
Carla turned out to be very average looking, tight body with big bones but face was too average. She made it up by giving me best bbbj ever. My gosh, she deep throated me with perfect pressure then cleaned out my balls up to my asshole. I was loving it. I ate her pussy and instead of starting intercourse, I asked for more bbbj, she kept going at more deep throating… Intercourse was great as well so her lower looks did not affect a great session. She ended staying over 2 hours when I just wanted her for an hour or so to save my energy.

Carla – Agencia Roberta garota no 17
20, no kid, student
Looks: 5.5 face was too average but nice hourglass, tight body.
Attitude: 10.0
Technique: 10.0 Again bbbj to die for
Hygiene: 10.0
Overall: 10.0

Photos: Carla 01 02

300R plus 20R for taxi. Bit expensive but well worth it for complete gfe with inexperienced garota. Agencia Roberta garotas are typically even lower volume than other agencies as garotas live with their family and need to maintain their privacy and low profile.
I’d love to try that nude model my next time out if available.

In the afternoon, I hung out at Meaia Pataca but did not find a mate

It’s so funny I wanted badly to be with Claudia from Help when the two previous nights, I did everything I could to avoid her.
It was raining hard that night so selection was much lower but this mixed Japanese/Brazileira was a stunner, 18. Oh my gosh but I had Claudia on my mind so abstained from hitting on that newcomer. Her amiga wanted to bang me but she was so average looking she would have had to pay me a week salary to get me.
Still no sign of Claudia, there are a bunch of doable garotas all in the 8.0 to 9.0 range but all of a sudden I meet Claudia’s amiga who explained that she thought I was gone. So I ask her to tell Claudia tomorrow will be my last night.
I decide to play prudent and leave Help without a garota in tow and head to Barbarella. Good move as amiga contacted Claudia the next day to relate conversation.
Barbarella was completely dead on a rainy sun night with maybe 30 garotas.
This young cutie still wanted my business so I invited her to sit down with me. She was kissing me within 2 min, yes I regained my faith in Barbarella. She made me explore her pubic area and we departed to my hotel room. Again I overpaid at 250R when he would have gladly accepted 200R.

Pamela – Barbarella garota no 18
Looks: 7.0 cutie but small tits A cup but nice package. Had big scar on chest from heart surgery or something.
Attitude: 10.0
Technique: 9.0 bbbj but not the best
Hygiene: 9.0
Overall: 9.0 She loved getting fucked and requested more daty after I pulled out as I was not able to come again.

Photos: Pamela 01 02 03 04

She wanted me to come and said “orgasmo, orgasmo, entiendes” but I was not interested. I had to eat her for some 15 more min before she headed to sleep. She stayed until 6:00 AM as she lives in Vittoria and needed to catch a bus. So no morning session for me.
In the morning I noticed all these stars Pamela was wearing on her skin all over the place, not a good sign as Claudia is very jealous so I did the best to clear them from bed cover.

Monday

Shoot I just realized how much I am getting attached to Claudia and will be sad if I don’t see her on my last night in paradise.
I am glad to see that I am standing at 99 new chicas YTD so a last run at Centaurus and no 100 will be from Rio instead of TJ.
My schedule is very simple as I unwind my first trip to Rio, I want to see Kate a second time at Rio Antigo and spend my last night with Claudia. No 100 would be gravy.
But lo and behold I am horny enough for a last agency run and I called BarraVips to get Nathalia for a 1:30 PM appointment.
I go for sucos for drinks as I keep drinking juices to replenish. Turns out agency called back to confirm appointment and I was out so a bit disappointed as Nathalia sure looked good on their web site.

So I take the bus to Rio Antigo and see Kate in her usual spot right away. We chat for a good hour with a lot of kissing and affection. She surprises me by saying she was sad to see me go tomorrow. She tells me to get a job in Rio…well easier said than done but good idea in the end.
I order the hour suite and get carbon copy session but this time I am expecting it and Kate is more into receiving today so great session but we did not shower together which I love to do as I love to kiss under the water running our bodies.
As Kate gets ready to get back to work, I chat with pet of the month Pauliana. Kate sees us and looks a bit disappointed but I grabbed her elbow and bring her close to me. She gives me her home phone. She gives me a last kiss goodbye and disappears so I say my goodbye to Pauliana as well and head back to hotel by taxi cab, 10R.

That night it did not rain and selection at Help was the best with multiple 10.0s. But I am waiting for Claudia and am happy to see her right on time at 10:30 PM. She is a bit awkward as I am. She asks me if I have slept with other garotas and I tell her the truth, no I have not slept with any other garotas. We get more comfy and are very affectionate towards each other. A last Help run with some dancing, I make sure to not check any garota. This is Monday night but they are not showing the MNF game on the big screen. Only in Rio can you select a garota so far away from home and watch nfl game at same time.
We get back to hotel by 3:00 AM just in time to watch Titans last series. Claudia asked me if the United States were winning the game. We ended our run together with great sex. We had breakfast sandwiched between two more sessions. She left me at 12:30 PM to help her amiga who lost her ID card. She wants to meet in the afternoon for drinks so I agree.

Tuesday – Last day in Paradise

I knew my last Centaurus run was out so waited for Claudia at Meaia Pataca after one last walk at the beach. She arrived 30 min late and we had drinks. She was more affectionate than ever.
We had a last dinner by Atlantico restaurant next to the Debret hotel. Very romantic view on the beach and SugarLoaf skyline.
We ended fittingly enough by one of the cement benches next to Help and we just kept kissing.
I told her I’ll be back next year same time in Nov.
We had exchanged addresses and telephone numbers.
I am trying to figure out if I want her to spend time in San Diego with me as I know what she wants.
We stayed together until 8:00 PM as my flight was at 11:20 PM. 8:30 PM would have been a better time as no line at airport.
Claudia had mentioned another session earlier in the afternoon so maybe I should have booked half a day at the hotel but anyway I was sexually spent and was just happy kissing.
We said our goodbye and that was it.

Conclusion:

I love Rio: beautiful women, the best looking in the world imho, nice beaches, excellent food, good weather, beautiful women available at any given time of the day.
As I landed in San Diego, for the first time in my life I was not happy to go home. I left my heart in Rio.
I did not have the best possible of trips as I did have some very questionable sessions but in the mean time I got my best session ever, my best bbbj ever and my most affectionate female ever so I consider my first overseas trip to be a success.
My regrets include missing out on so many beautiful women at Help and Barbarella and never trying the afternoon delights at Meaia Pataca.
Next time I’ll try to not be in such a rush and enjoy maybe some tourist trap like SugarLoaf with some outdate.
If you like gorgeous black females and/or gorgeous latinas with some blondes mixed in, you’ll love Rio…
I can’t wait to get back…

WOW!

Thanks for the report.

About how much did it cost for the airfare?

Sounds like quite the trip.

*sigh*

Airfare on AA cost me $660 but I heard of below $500 since Sept 11.
I will be sending photos to TJHombre.

I had to stop reading after the first post...Finally finished, gosh am I jealous! I am ready to leave today! This is one of the best trip reports I have ever read. However, I don't think I have your stamina. Did you do anything besides mongering in Rio?
A few questions: 1) With all the french kissing and oral, how is the garotas health checked?
2) One of the reasons I never went to Rio were the reports on danger. Did you feel safe and did you hear stories about muggings etc.
3) Did you see a street scene?
4) I have heard so much about TV's from Brazil. Did you see them working in the bars? Or did you hear about mongers who discovered that their garota is actually a menino.
BTW, I saw a video "Pick up lines" a porno with the hottest Brazilian garotas. They always used condoms. Did your girls fuck with condoms exclusively?
Thanks for sharing this great story. As soon as my novia dumps me (or vice versa) I may head to Brazil. I always thought it is the better choice than Asia since latinas are the hottest women on the planet.

I too, want to thank Athos for the great trip report. You were lucky to have YT along to help out, but I get the impression you would have done very well on your own. After six trips to Rio, I still have not gone to Barbarella or any of the other Lido Boites - just did'nt see the need for paying the higher price - still, I think I'll check them out at least once next time.

I was a little surprised you had some cbj's, I don't recall that happening to me in Rio before. I bet with a little urging (never tell them it's your first time to Rio), they would have gave in without much missgiving. Anyway, excellent info, especially on the agencies which I have never tried, and probably never will thanks to you. Thanks, bro......

Athos.....GREAT reporting!!!! I really enjoyed every bit of it. What a great adventure you had! Your information is going to be a big help to anyone planning on going.

dt

Robertx -
1) With all the french kissing and oral, how is the garotas health checked?
The girls do have some kinda health card but I don't know the details about checkups etc.

2) One of the reasons I never went to Rio were the reports on danger. Did you feel safe and did you hear stories about muggings etc.

I've heard lots of stories about muggings (you hear about one story a week on TSM mostly in the general area around Help late at night; around 2 or 3 am) so you do really need to stay on your toes. Don't carry any more cash on you than you have to, stay out of favelas, don't walk down Atlantico at night, etc. That being said, it is probably alot safer than TJ (of course, that is not saying alot).

3) Did you see a street scene?
There is a street scene along Atlantico at night. I've heard that many of them have drug problems so with all the other cheap options right now I'd advise staying away from that. Try Meia Pataca or Mabs in the late afternoon.

4) I have heard so much about TV's from Brazil.
There aren't any TV's in the termas. I did see a bunch of TV's hanging out on the street next to Rio Antigo at night. Initially I thought that they were termas girls trying to make a few bucks after the day job ended but on closer examination I figured out what was going on.

There is a short time motel about 2 side streets up from Help towards Ipanema. It is between Atlantico & Nosso S. Copacabana. If you run out of hotel & still have women, then this is a good option. I can't remember the exact price or address.

Athos - did you use all 60 of those condoms or did you leave the country with a few :-)?

Great trip and great report, buddy.

Thanks for the feedback...

YT
Indeed I brought way too many condoms so my advice is to bring maybe 30 regular condoms and 10 flavored ones to be on the safe side.

Wilco
Indeed I could have pushed for bbbj like I did at Centaurus but this was my first trip and made several silly mistakes picking garotas. Towards the end of my trip, I was feeling right at home and could bat over 0.900 I believe.

RobertX
YT answered most of your questions, I can add my perspective.
1. I have no idea about the health check. I know one of the garotas used a fake ID card. As for the kissing and oral, it is the cleanest by far I have ever had. Garotas are expert at fucking, here lies the difference between TJ and Rio. I have had free allnighters in TJ where sexo is pretty standard, there is nothing standard in Rio but high energy sexo.
The garotas were very good with condoms, teased to the end then switched to condoms. But to be expected as they fuck guys from Germany, America, Japan on a daily basis.
We may love Rio but to these garotas it is stil work and they live in dumpy apartments on Princess Isabella.
2. We stayed in the tourist area, Copacabana is one giant tourist drag so felt much safer than in TJ. Plus businesses tend to cater to americanos. In termas, hotels and some restaurants they spoke English. Brazilian folks are very jovial people.
Hotel Rio Roiss is 1/2 a block from Help so felt very safe walking but TSM advises to take taxicab at night which I did not do.
I liked the safety box in the hotel so felt safe with my belongings.
There is supposedly a lot of pickpocket in Rio so carry the minimum with you.
3. There was not much of a street scene, mostly hombres from every corner of North America and Europe trying to get laid.
4. The only TV/TS I saw was on the plane from Miami to Rio.

RobertX
From what I understand Thailand and Rio are the two premium spots in the world for our hobby so it is a question of taste and maybe dinero as Rio may be slightly more expensive.
My two other TJ friends who went right before me in October also fell in love with Rio. One wants to bring his garota to SD. The other wants to drop everything and move there for good. I told them I am going back in May and this is too far for them :-)
Make no mistake TJ is still a great place for SoCal hombres but Rio is a world class destination.
Unfortunately I did not do any sightseeing, definitely on my next time out.
We were also talking of buying a condo in Rio... we are out of control.

Souns like Rio is a lot more expensive than Thailand...I'll find out as I will be there during Carnival..

Blazers
I heard crime is up during carnival time as well as prices.

Rio is much more expensive during Carnival than anyother time of the year. Hotels, etc. cost 2 to 3 times as much during Carnival than normal.

Yes, but other than hotel prices, everything else costs about the same (termas, restaraunts, etc). There will undoubtedly be a tendency from some indy garotas at Help and such to ask for pie in the sky amounts, but they're just fishing.

The short time hotel YT mentions is 'Hotel Vanity' pronounced Vaneche. It's quite good.

Athos, Do you have the web address for the Brazilian consulate you got your visa form from?

www.brazilhouston.org
This is the Houston web site but just print application and send it to consulate that covers your home address.
If I remember correctly, you need $55 in money order ($45 plus $10), passport, photo, stamped return envelope, filled application, copy of roundtrip ticket or itinerary.
LA was a breeze but YoungTom mentioned Houston was very difficult.
LA consulate will not answer the phone nor answer email.

Thanks for the info Athos.Just one more thing.Do you mean a photo-copy of your passport?TIA.

No you need to send your real passport as they will stamp it.
All the mail has to be certified.
If you are afraid of postal service, you can go to consulate and they'll do it within same day if you ask politely.

Thanks again Athos.I hope I have half as good of time as it sounds like you had.I just wish I didn't book it during the holiday's.Still looking around for a place to stay that won't rape me on the price.I might just take the hit,and stay at a hotel.It's only money.I'm really looking foward to meeting some Rio garotas.

A 9 from a gogo bar in Thailand would cost 400 barfine ($9) and 1500($33) ST at a max. $42 or 105 reals. Thailand is a lot cheaper. LT with a stunner, perfect body great performance cost me 2,550 baht including bar fine and she stayed from 10:00 pm to 1:30 pm next day.

Athos,

Loved your report. Took me a while to finish reading it. Not complaining. I had a couple questions.

1) Was there any problems taking girls up to your room. I had heard that there are service charges to bring girls to your room at the Hotel Rio Roiss?

2) I heard you get a better exchange rate using your ATM card. Is the exchange rate at Help better?

I will be going this fall and any info would be great.

Thanks