i´ll keep this relatively short, and will work on a more thorough trip report when i get back (hopefully)...it´s only day 2.5, but already having a good time...in fact,i think i´m having a better time now that i´ve accepted the fact that as the ladies have told me ´eu estou safado´...i guess i´ve finally become a bit more comfortable with the monger lifestyle, considering that on my first trip, i´d never before ´paid to play´ ...anyway, enough of my loser psychology...Don and Rhonda were great as usual and hooked me up with Armando who is a great driver and picked me up at the airport (armando is learning english really well, and it helped chatting with him on the ride to rio as my portuguese sux from lack of use), and then Don got me a cell phone to use for the week as well...This is my first time at the Arpoadar Inn, and I have to say, Bwana Dik, as usual, was right: this place rules...the staff is extremely friendly and attentive. the room, while small, is very nice with a view (i´m in an oceanfront luxe) that is absolutely breathtaking...falling asleep to waves crashing outside your window every night is truly the way to go (and the prices, by american standards, are fantastic)...all of this, AND they have a killer breakfast buffet that is part of your room charge...i love being in ipanema, it´s a little further from some of the mongering hot spots, but copa can be a real shit pit when you´re there day in and day out...Arpoadar Inn~s location right on Arpoadar beach, can´t be rivaled...needless to say, i´ll be staying here in the future...i´ve already run into a few of the hombre guys here, with sweetmesquite making the rounds, also got a chance to say hello to GCL while at Luomo, a great guy who I hadnt seen in a long while...still planning on meeting up with Brazil Specialist, Hunterman, Sandman and a few others if everything works out...its always nice feeling like you´ve got a bit of a brotherhood you´re walking into when you´re travelling solo so far from home...as for Rio, the weather kinda sux right now...temperature is nice, but the sun has only been making cameo appearances for a few minutes at a time...good news is, this hasn´t affected indoor activities in the least...Luomo was of course my first stop..its been a while since my last trip (about a year) and unfortunately it looks like ALL of the old faces I knew and loved (in the biblical sense and otherwise) have moved on...no Camilla, no Giovanna, no Bea, etc etc...it was a little sad, but i suppose change is good...I did recognize one face, and luckily it was one i regretted not sessioning with on my last trip...i rarely make the same mistake twice, so i swooped in on a little petite spinner from santa catarina named ´Nanda...looks like she´s about 16 with braces and a more innocent look...just how i like ém...german/italian with a great little bunda...i think shes actually 21, a real GFE if that´s what you want...only downside was she did give me a CBJ in the room, the only one i´ve ever received in rio...i didnt say anything about it, as it was my first day and i was too damn tired (and horny frankly...) to really care much...I guess YMMV, but com camisinha for a BJ was bit of a bummer...went to solarium yesterday and thought it completely sucked...granted, i was in there early (around 3-4pm arrival...just after they opened...) but i stayed for a good hour or so, got a massage to kill time and see if more girls would arrive, but even once there were a good dozen or so to choose from, i didnt really see anything to my liking so i left without sessioning...cost me 50 reals just to get in, even without taking a girl, which i think really sucks...unless i hear some news to RADICALLY change my mind, I will not be back this trip...after NOT sessioning at Solarium, I decided to go to Centaurus...here too you have to pay up front whether you take a girl or not, but I figured since i´d already been burned once, hopefully lightning wouldn´t strike twice...I´d only been to Centaurus once before, and I think that time I didn´t session, but this time I was determined to find a girl to my liking (i´m probably a little too picky for my own good)...as before, I didnt really dig the vibe all that much...I got there early (maybe 5ish) and there was a decent crop of girls but no real stunners (i think overall, Centaurus tends to be highly overrated in terms of selection...their hot girls are EXTREMELY hot, but they have the same number of castaways as many other termas IMHO)...anyway, after being swarmed by a couple groups of said castaways (i CANNOT stand the vulture-like descent of these girls cramming their tongues down your throat, making a few moaning noises in your ear and then immediately asking if you want to go to a cabine as if you´re an oversexed 16 year old who can´t say ``no``...this has happened on BOTH of my trips to Centaurus...that over aggressive shit is a turn off and SUPER annoying...)...anyway, from across the room i saw a striking brunette, whose features were very strong eastern european...she looked like she was maybe russian or ukrainian or something, with light cat like eyes and black hair...big fake tits (something i usually hate, but they looked good on her...)and fair skin...name was Simone and she had a really good, fun attitude once we started chatting...i decided to do the suite for an hour (Centaurus IS as expensive as you´ve heard, with only a few drinks <non>, and one girl for one hour, it was close to 200 bucks american <nearly>...) so we went back...good technique and a killer body, we had a good time as I spent a good chunk of the hour catering to her needs before I had her return the favor...this trip i tried recreationally using cialis instead of viagra...i have to say, i like the lack of side effects with cialis (viagra always gave me a headache, stuffy nose and very flushed feeling face...) and i like the fact that it lasts for 36 hours...as with viagra however, i find myself with erections a little TOO easily (had to spend my first few minutes at Centaurus trying to tuck my dick into my robe sash, lol..) and Cialis, like Viagra, also seems to inhibit my ability to finish, or goza...i don´t mind being the marathon man, but frankly, it´s a pisser when you´re paying 200 bucks to get a chick off and you´re not even able to have the favor returned...oh well...Simone was cool with pics, just not of her face, so again, i´ll post those when i return home...when i got out of the suite with Simone, Centaurus had gone through a MAJOR transformation...as it got closer to 7pm, the next shift of girls came in and the number of real stunners easily tripled...i had a little bit of buyers remorse (no offense Simon, heh) as I saw at least 5 girls that were right up my alley...Centaurus has a really good crop of little spinners (again, i prefer the petite, innocent look...) and despite the price, i´m definitely going back (this time a bit later) to start cycling through the hit list...it´s sunday today, so i´m headed to the hippie fair, and then off to the only domingo options for termas: monte carlo first, and then luomo...tomorrow and tuesday will most likely be Barra Shopping days (followed by my first visit to Praia 400 terma) and then mid week i´ll be checking out centro´s options (i´ve always had a good time at 4x4, as your options there are virtually staggering...only thing is, you have to get there early or it´s an absolute swordfight)...Man, lousy weather or not, i forgot how much fun you can have in this single man´s paradise...it´s DEFINITELY good to be back...

Good report, Rexxx. I share your distaste for Centaurus, had that "vulture-like descent" last time there (perfect description). The crop of spinners might get me back there, though.

quick update...monte carlo was weak...limited options because it was sunday (and i heard luomo was a complete sausage party)...wound up sessioning with a little spinner named karini...cute, but not a stunner, very dark skin (with a kind of gnarly peeling sunburn on her back that i didn´t notice until after i pulled her in the cabine)...although i´d heard that a lot of monte carlo girls were giving CBJ´s now, that was definitely NOT the case with karini...in fact, she went to town on an unprompted rimming, which kinda surprised me as she looked fairly innocent (at least be termas standards, heh) so i wasn´t expecting an all out performer...it´s good to be surprised sometimes, lol...went to barbarella late night, but i was merely in spectate mode...60 reals entry which included 2 drinks (guarana for me...)...LOTS of eye candy, with some very strong talent, even though it was kinda late (post 1am) when we got there...peeked my head in la ciccolina (looked like a heinous crop of throwaways by nearly 2am when we walked in for a sec) and then wound up having a couple drinks at franks (maybe one keeper out of the 6 or so girls that were there)...didn´t check on rates at any of the above, as only barbarella had girls worth pulling by my standards, and since i wasn´t really in the market, i didn´t want to get any of the girls hopes up (at that hour, they start getting the fearful, desperate look in their eyes)...weather was a bit better today, and had a good sushi lunch at a place in leblon, just down the street from Sushi Leblon (was being renovated today) called manekinkino or something like that...good stuff, very cool and hip new york downtown style interior (modern/ trendy) but expensive by rio standards...making this a culinary trip as well, so in addition to marius (which is a regular stop), i want to hit antiquarius, sushi leblon, porcao, quadrifoglio and maybe one on my list if i have the time...

Great stuff, can't wait to hear about Praia 400. Thanks for the great reporting.

thanks...will try and do a proper trip report when i get back to break it up a little bit better...since my last post, i´ve been a busy boy...went to centaurus again, got a BEAUTIFUL little blonde (real) spinner with the most beautiful light green eyes (real)...fell in love a little bit...name is/was dayana and got her number for possible extracurricular activities...only negative with her was that she wasn~t very good with the bj´s...kept giving me a little bit of teeth by accident...i~ve been really sucking about bringing my camera with me (i need to upgrade...it~s just too big) and i~m also noticing that the girls are a lot more savvy about pics and not allowing face shots...haven~t been turned down once though, which is good...out of respect for a couple that asked me to really guard their pics, i will not post those, but a couple of them are public domain and will be posted when i return (as well as a couple garotas from my last trip that i never got around to posting)...anyway, after the centaurus hottie, i spent another night at luomo...pulled a hot little spinner named karini i believe...gave cbj because she has braces (i~m officially a perv, as two of the 6 or so girls i~ve been with have worn braces)...good technique, great attitude from this ´safada angel´as she called herself...had a couple more amazing meals...one at antiquarius...very expensive (by rio standards) traditional portuguese food, but absolutely delicious, great setting, great service...had the duck with rice and almost didn~t need a girl that night to get me off...also had dinner at ´gemo last night...great italian restaurant...absolutely off the chart in terms of price...they had white truffle dishes as the specials of the evening, with these entrees in the 450 reals range...yes, you read that right, 450 reals FOR THE ENTREE!!! needless to say, we skipped the white truffle dishes, but i had an amazing meal regardless...save room for the desserts which were spectacular...went to monte carlo and again didnt session, talent was depressing in my estimation...made up for it by going to barbarella and pulling the most amazing little tiny (maybe 90 lbs) loira with lighter skin than me...she was dancing in a mini dress and g-string with her ass hanging out and i just HAD to take her home...there were girls asking as much as 600 reals for 2 hours (yeah, right!) even at 4am, which is when we left (we closed the place)...I got the little blonde named brona for all night for 300 reals (before any of you cheap charlies chime in, remember, i pay 125 bucks for a massage and handjob in AMP´s in NYC...save it...)...she was great, though the bj was covered yet again (a growing trend here it seems...although the two previous girls that gave me cbj´s blamed it on the fact that they had braces)...we actually went to sleep close to 7am and stayed in bed together until nearly 2am, with her absolutely dead to the world...you´ll be happy to hear that after spending 8 hours buying all of barra shopping (man, the eye candy in that joint never ceases to amaze, and the bargains on clothes are awesome...), i did make it to praia 400. place opens late, i got there a bit before 7pm and they hadn´t opened the doors...went in at 7pm and was the first customer...told them it was my first time and one of the garotas (nice girl, if a bit masculine and harsh...pretty, but with an attitude like an american biker chick) gave me a full on guideded tour...boite isn~t very big, somewhere between lumomo and monte carlo...you don~t have to wear robes (street clothes, which is nice), they don~t have much in the way of facilities (no steam room, no sauna, one shower in the communal area), but they have 3 suites and about 12 or so total cabines...i like that you don~t have to wear a robe, and there were about 20 girls in there, lots of petite ones, a fair amount of blondes, and of the 20, probably 6 or so i would do and about 4 that were either 8´s or 9´s (again, hard to find this trip)...no gringos but me, and maybe 8-15 guys showed up in the 2 hours i was there...saw a beautiful morena across the room and immediately pounced...asked her her name, and her friend (seated next to her...) said it was her first day...i figured it was a line, but whatever...took mary back to my table and we started trying to chat (my portuguese sux...she doesnt speak a lick of english and wasnt even really getting the fact that she needed to simplify her portuguese to make me understand)the girl had pretty big boobs and the tiniest gorgeous petite figure ever, so regardess, i was going to have a hard time conversing because i was so distracted...anyway, turns out it really was her first day at a terma, first day on the job, and i was her first customer ever...yeah yeah, again, i thought it was a line too, but this girl was telling me how nervous she was, and shotgunning caipivodkas...when i told her i wanted to take her back to a suite, she had to ask another girl how to do that, lol...then we had to go back to the desk so i could pay, and they had to ask her her name, because none of them knew who she was...so the girl (aka mary) says when they asked her name `my real name? or my name inside here?´ in portuguese...man, oh man...not the best performer obviously, but talk about a GFE...i´m planning on doing a ´quick´ run to centro to check out terma 65 and MAYBE 4x4, before i run out to barra shopping again, and then finish the evening at praia 400 (they open at 7pm, i was the only gringo there and the first person in the door)...i highly recommend checking the place out, and will likely return there tomorrow after doing some shopping...okay, off to luomo again and then to maybe shenanigans...weather has not gotten beautiful, which is making termas an exclusive evening adventure...

where is praia 400 do you have an address

Address is 400 on the beach road in Barra

400 avenida do pepe in barra...be forewarned though, the address numbers here are screwy and go up and down with seemingly no logic...

Praia 400 is right on the beach at Posta 4 - Look for some Palm Trees outside and generally a few cars parked out front. Hemp

The name is actually Barra 400 and it is right in front of post 1 (posto uma) on Praia do Pepe.

Just tell the Taxi driver that you want go to Praia do Pepe, Posto Uma, Terma Barra 400 (Ba-Ha Quartro Sientos)*this is phonetic.

**Important notes**

Wednesday, Thursday and Friday are they best nights to go to Barra 400 because there are the most girls there on those days. You will be disappointed on the slow days and the staff tires to overcharge drinks to make up for the difference.
GO EARLY about 7 or 8 pm because you want to see all the girls before the locals come in. The locals speak the girls language and sometimes tie up a girl's time for hours before heading for a room. But the girls have fun laughing and dancing with the locals and so don't mind that she's missing out on a Gringo with a hard on would be slammimng it to her within 30 minutes of meeting her.

They jack the prices up at times because I've been there when it was r$40 cover then again R$50 another day (on slow days). You get a card at the door for all your consumables to be marked on. DO NOT LOSE IT or you may have to pay a minimun which may be higher than what you consume. Also beer in cans (lata) is cheaper than beer in bottles but it's the same beer (Skol). Just to be sure they don't nickle and dime you ask to see the menu first. You will see the correct prices on the menu for all items. Take especially a look at how much they charge for Red Bull and Red Bull drinks if that's what a girl asks for because it is expensive compared to the soda drinking girls. Then everytime you order something look and see that the marks are in the right price line (look at the card and you will figure it out easily).

Lastly and probably most importantly, there are very few tourists who go here and so the girls are not too comfortable approaching tourists. Be proactive and approach them otherwise the locals will enjoy the girls time and not you. Any girl will give you a tour of the cabines and suites with no obligation. Prices start at R$150 and increase R$100 real for the larger suites up to R$350. You pay for the girl when you choose a room and only pay for your cover and what you consumed at the door out.

Hope this helps and it should. read it and reread it one more time then go there and fuck the shit out of those girls. They love it. They really like fucking there.

can anything be charged at Barra 400 or only cash?

take cash, place is inconsistent, will nickel and dime you. one night charged for comdoms. when kenmore used cc card had huge upcharge. don't know if it is always that way, can ask hemp.

I really never had a problem there and used credit card many times but since I was such a "frequent fucker" and went there quite often they never bothered me. I guess you would say I was considered a regular. I haven't been there for months but I would still recommend the place for a good time and good looking women. Can't relly comment on specific other problems but I'm sure if they get a chance they will upcharge you. Watch your bill very closely like all places you go in Rio. - Hemp

Rexxx,

Are you the Rexxx that I hung out with in Rio 2002?

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