I was told when I checked in on Thursday that it may rain through the weekend but Friday was sunny from daybreak to twilight and hot as hell. I walked the beach for around an hour and hung out and read at the rooftop pool at the hotel until noon, then cruised down to Alcazar for lunch. I finally introduced myself to the gang, which that afternoon consisted of Skull Jockey, Aldaron and another monger who will remain anonymous. As you have no doubt read in Aldaron's report, this was the day of the VIPS festa and most of the guys were already over there.

After lunch I went back over to the internet café and ran into an Americano who said he's been in Rio for a month as an "eco-tourist" or some such shit. Yeah, right, I saw him at Terraco later that night and when I said hi he just smiled sheepishly and stared at his beer. I ran into a number of "stealth" mongers on my trip and this guy was one of them. Funny part was, after I left the internet café I walked on up to Luomo and ran into a guy I sat next to at breakfast at the Marriott that morning. He said at the time he was in Rio for business but when I ran into him at Luomo he admitted that he had been in Rio for a month or so and was living at the Marriott and mongering his ass off. Nice vacation! I kept wondering if he was from this board as I remember someone who had set up shop at the Marriott for an extended period of time. Shoot me an IM if that was you!

So anyways, I was pretty impressed by Luomo. I really like the layout of the place, small but not really crowded. The garota quality was much higher than Monte Carlo and the bar was much more comfortable. Skull Jockey was there and had Bia hanging off of him so we chatted for about 10 seconds before he hit a cabini with her. I had a bottle of water and tried to pick a girl for an early session. I chatted with a couple of garotas in the back corner and was just chilling. I shook off a girl or two (including Shayla - a regrettable move in retrospect) and than this Denise Richards look-alike sat down. Michelle is her name, I think; it definitely begins with an M. We chatted for a while and I decided to head back with her. I decided to do an hour session and since there was a little backup on the one-hour rooms (the reason the place wasn't crowded was just before I got out of the locker room about 10 rooms got taken by one big group of guys) I got the big suite for the same price. Nice cabin though, with the full shower and bath. I must say that the walk back was one of the funniest I've ever had in a brothel as every cabini we walked by had the delightful sounds of people fucking, loudly, coming through the doors. I heard one guy do a Tarzan yell and started laughing my ass off! Man, that terma was singing that Friday afternoon J

The sex was pretty good, she was hot as hell and put out a great effort. I took full advantage of the hour by doing her twice, pretty traditional sex, nothing outrageous at all. Afterwards I grabbed a shower and hit the bar again and chatted with Marina for a little bit. Marina will be covered in my Sunday report as I was a little spent after my hour with M and wasn't ready to go back with her. After I finished my drink I headed on out, grabbed some dinner and crashed back at the hotel for an hour or so. I then headed down to Terraco Atlantico for the evening's festivities. Ran into an interesting crowd that Friday night, lots of names I can't mention here but I did hear the funniest line I would hear the entire trip - "Man, she must have thought I was gay, the way she kept having me fuck her in the ass!" Good times, good times. Skull Jockey had mentioned that Barberellas had a great garota to guy ratio the last time he was there so around midnight we decided to taxi on down there. Damn, two nights in Rio, two nights at TA and I hadn't set foot in Help yet. Oh well, I wanted to see what the clubs upbeach were like.

Barbarellas is an interesting place. Fairly pricey, but the floorshow is good and the girls were of much higher quality than the Help crowd. Skull Jockey was right about the ratio, there were only about 18 guys in there when we got there and about 70 garotas. Of course, of us 18 guys, about 7 or 8 were sitting at a table together and seemed to have no interest in the girls at all, so effectively there were about 10 potential customers to occupy the 70 garotas. Damn nice. We sat down right at the left of the dance floor and a cute mulata sat down next to me. Kind of sexy, but she was trying to work some minor league scam about giving her the money for her drink and she would go to the bar to get it instead of having to tip the waiter or some shit. Now, I don't speak Portuguese per se but my Spanish is pretty good and I can rattle a little French around when I need to so I half understood what she was saying. She just sounded goofy to me and I blew her off. The minute she left I turned to see Skull Jockey getting tag teamed by a couple of girls. One of the girls was a long-time favorite of his and the other, a cute, slightly overweight girl with a nice set of tits hanging out of her blouse. They set up house on either side of him and kept him occupied for most of the evening. I turned back around and a blonde had sat down - The Stalker.

At this point she wasn't my stalker, she wouldn't be christened that name for a couple more days. Great girl though, she will star prominently in the rest of my trip report. We chatted for a while and really seemed to get along well. We had a couple of drinks and watched the soap opera unfolding to the left of me as Skull Jockey tried to extract himself from his situation of being with two garotas he had no intention of taking out of the club that night. I was interested in the floorshow, which kicked off promptly at 2:00 A.M. However, once it started, I got pretty bored in a hurry, the Carmen Miranda routine was boring and the transvestite nun/bride thing was very weird. The third act was a completely smoking blonde girl with the hottest face and hottest body I think I've ever seen. Once she was done I turned toward my girl and we got the hell out of there.

A minor nightmare happened as we were leaving. The girl with the big tits that Skull Jockey had been semi-entertaining at the table was in a wicked pissed-off mode at him now and as I was trying to get the fuck out the door she comes up to me - and starts speaking English to me. Damn it! I hate when the girls pretend not to speak English when they do, she heard everything SJ told me about how he wasn't interested in her, didn't know why she sat down, etc. Thankfully, it wasn't my nightmare to deal with so I grabbed a taxi, garota in tow and headed back to the hotel.

I had no problems getting her into the Marriott. I was a little concerned because I had heard very conflicting reports on the Marriott's slant on random overnight female guests but I didn't have any problems. It may have been because I had registered for two when I checked in (I was using points for a free stay and my voucher was for a maximum of two people) but they never stopped me or asked her for ID or anything. Another factor to consider - she just didn't look like a puta. She's actually not Brazilian, her dad is Portuguese and she is a Portuguese citizen. She is also very fair skinned with natural blonde hair and green eyes and I understand that according to the unofficial Brazilian caste system that is the combo to have. She was also wearing slacks, a normal blouse and a jacket so she didn't look like I just picked her up out on the sidewalk. Anyways, we headed on up, had a good night of sex and sleep and I woke up ready to take on day 3 in Rio.

That damn Skull Jockey... I'm laughing my ass off at him getting YOU in trouble.

As for the Luomo noise... I was going back with a girl once, and as we walked through the narrow hallways, we heard this God-awful moaning and screaming, and she turns around and says......"Bea".

Most people I know seem to not like Barbarellas, but I did. Pricey yes, but I still think the place is worth a visit. It is a little frustrating, though, when a hot girl you want is quoting $200-$300US or more.

How much did you pay for the Stalker anyways?

D, night one, R275 ($100 basically) for the night, night two, the same but for an evening (details to come in Day 3 report), 3rd night gratis, although I did buy her a gin and tonic at the bar.

Catocony,

R 275 for the night. Wow that is a decent price. I was in Barbarella in June and the girl wanted 150 usd. I tried like hell but she wouldn't budge from the price. In fact I even stayed till 4am and figured she would lower the price but she didn't. I even was outside by the sidewalk when she got in the taxi and left. Talk about hardcore.

Cueball,

My experiences with semi-pro's anywhere shows that they can go both ways.

Some take the hardline approach, quote a high price and stick to it. I guess they figure since they are hooking more to make money to get ahead than trying to make ends meet and put food on the table, they can be more picky. They're not going to have to live in a box in an alley if they go a while without a paying customer. Also, as explained to me by a semi-pro in Korea once, insisting on a higher price reduces the number of guys they sleep with and when they do finally find a guy to meet their price to them it's a homerun.

Other semi-pro's just aren't on the program and don't get all of the rules - which is great.

With this garota, we sat and talked for probably an hour and a half before I even asked her for a price quote. I think that definitely helps in reducing prices, as has been shown many times by other guys on this board. Now, when I asked how much for the night, she said US$150 and I said "how about US$100 instead?" Her reply was to stick her tongue down my throat. I took that for a yes and that was the end of negotiations.

So you took that for a yes? Hmmmm.....(lol)
Classic!

Cat - There's no question the "talk for an hour first" concept works almost every time. Reasons...

1) greedy girls won't be as likely to spend an hour unless they know they're getting a target price

2) if the conversation suggests you're not a good target for a ripoff, they'll be less likely to hold out for more $$.

and, of course

3) if you talk for a while they'll realize that you're a terrific guy, fall in love, and want to give you a good deal (lol).