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While boarding the plane at ORD, there was a woman seated and bending down - revealing her g-string - just the tiniest string between her butt cheeks connected with a little metal ornament to the strings around her waist. That got me in the mood for Rio - she certainly was not from Chicago.

In a way it's a good thing, Chicago, in the winter especially, is not conducive to horniness. Rio, however...

The tragedy is that I forgot my phone -- the one I was so proud of that I would get the SIM chip for Brazil - back at home (I was going to do that right before I left). That will make it tough to call Lou's favored escort service; I will have to go my traditional terma route. However, the weather seems to be good in Rio, unlike when I was there in August, so maybe whore beach is a possibility. I wonder how that will be affected by HELPless - ness.

Well I got a rude shock at LUomo last night - not only have they raised the cost for a cabine to R$240 (from 210, and from 180 recently), but they have removed the dining area and made another bar like area.
so no more free dinner. I had not planned on that and was starving.

The garotas are Ok, but nothing special. The tall mulata with excellent English, Sheila, was there. I mentioned Myles to her. She wants you to come back - well that´s up to you.

My main point is that if you do the math, it is actually a better deal in Berlin than in Rio.

Artemis: 80 euro entry, 60 euro per shag; I spend 200, which at 1.4 $/euro (actually better now) is $280
unlimited soft drinks, no buying shit for the girls, delicous German food until quite late.

LUomo: hard to split up charges, but pretty much impossible to spend less than R$510, which at 1.8 BRL/USD is about 280, but the rate is currently worse than that, but I spent R$530. I got the entry discoutn for arriving by 7pm, but then no food.

Plus, 60 euro for shag #3, but over 200 reais (discount for #3)

Plus, in Berlin, you have zero chance of getting robbed, or credit card fraud, excellent safe transit 24 h.

The clubs in western Germany where there is more competiton charge 50 euro entry only, although I have no personal experience as to quality.

So my point is, not that you should necessarily run off to Germany, but Rio is just not cost effective anymore.

during the week, I am going to go to Centro, but I doubt that there are any great bargains there

Sentiment from the players of the playgrpund

just have to see what these Thai and Cambodian girls look like. To some extent, a $5 a pop, who cares. I have been with two very hott Thai girls (not at the same time - I ain't no Love Machine Lou) at Artemis in Berlin, for 60 euros a pop, and that would cover a month in Cambodia it seems.

As for Brazil, they are just getting too prosperous, is the root of it - too much like a First World country. You're right that 2014 and 2016 will make things even worse. And the Europeans are or have fucked up their economy similarly to us.

Fortaleza, not counting my white and blue collar crime problems, can be OK, with R$95 a shag at Prive Bellissima, but that is not a place that you can hang around. The Praia da Iracema places are, but that is the Help scene, there is nothing there like good termas.

Sao Paulo has lots of online escorts that look great, and I have seen some very hott ones on the street (I assume - hope - not trannies). Bahamas and BomBoa have a great selection, but prices are higher than Rio - even comparing what I paid a couple of years ago to Rio today.

Porto Alegre is nice - a good termas - Karandache, a good club, Carmen's (but expensive) and lots of online escorts. Mina (Belo Horizonte) was nothing much and no bargain, and Recife was a bust, getting ripped off by both garotas and taxi drivers. I had that close call in Santa Maria, RS due their credit card machine supposedly not working.

Even now, Rio is still the best in Brazil, but that is more of a statement about how much less attractive Brazil is, than how great Rio is.

Americans going elswhere in Brazil will likely be disappointed and have the problem of being more likely to be ripped off - in Rio, paradoxically, the large number of gringos means less ripoff (not talking about actual crime, but just shady providers, etc.) while places where Americans are rare means - let's go get them.

Colombia might be a good place. There is a conference there in Cartagena in October, but I don't see myself going because of my teaching schedule (Saturday class - my least favorite thing).

Playground/ a week in paradise(Rio de janeiro)/ from a traveling amigo

Ok here is a day by day run through (some of which might be repeats).

Friday - L'Uomo like olden days - as I mentioned very disappointed by higher prices and no more dinner and hangout room. Was with two garotas that I had known from the past, one, Patricia, for several years. The first night pretty horny and would do anything anyway.

Saturday - huge rains (although not as bad as what they have been having lately - I wonder how things are now?); big meal at Carretao churascarria and just went to bed.

Sunday - back to L'Uomo, since Centro termas are closed. I was with one garota that I had a great body (blondish hair; don't remember her name; into surfing), but she was not really into taking the dick inside. I thought maybe it was just me, not really sure, since I was not yet up to full speed in Rio. Then with a mulata, cute gal, big booty, small tits, but was OK.

Monday - 4x4, really good time with very nice and intelligent loira, 2 pops in 1 hour and that was enough for me. I am still have flashback to the sight of walking into the boite in 4x4 and seeing the huge array of garotas.

Tuesday, Monte Carlo, thanks to you. Good time with two morenas; one was almost Arabic looking. Don't remember names. But the highlight was seeing Safira (Cassandra in TMC; real name Carina). You definitely want to look for her. Light mulata with the cutest face and excellent body and performance - she has braces; her teeth must have been pretty messed up because she has had orthodonture for the 2.5 years since I last saw her.

Wednesday - Monte Carlo again. two shags, one with a really cute little loira, the other I can't even remember now - it wasn't bad, I am just blanking. Maybe it was only one on Tuesday, and then two on Wed. Tuesday in the daytime I saw an escort with her own apartment whom I have known for a few years. She is really great, but is getting a bit old now (as in age).

Thursday - back to Luomo for one last attempt. I tried again with that surfer chick. We scientists have to replicate our experiments. Worse than the first time. This was like the worst of European experiences where they want to do anything to get you off without having vaginal sex (anal is of course out also)

Friday - back to 4x4. Met that Anheuser-Busch guy, and another American - a big fat Jewish guy who is a doctor in Memphis; quite a character. The garota situation not so good. I with one rather muscular tattooed morena. I had eaten a lot before hand and she was not really my type or style. It was not terrible, but not like 4x4 earlier that week. Then I met this morena with a really pretty face. She was wearing a sort of camisole so I really did not see her body that well - big mistake. She took a really long time to come to the room; leaving me waiting there, and cam in with a cigarette. We ended up basically doing nothing - I was not aroused, I didn't like her, a total "F". (the surfer I give a "D" because of her hot body, and I did have better time with her despite everything). I am particularly annoyed with myself because there was this very beautiful (face and body) friendly negra that talked to me shortly after the first one, but I was just not ready. Then I lost her, and saw her with guy right in front of us when getting a room with the second one. I should have ditched the one I was with and waiting - there is plenty to look at while waiting around.

Saturday - back to TMC. This was the high point. Met this beautiful mulata/morena (it's funny that in the dark of the boite, I thought that she was a (white) morena, but then in room I realized that she must have some African in her. In any case, a look that you find only in Brazil (not Thailand - sorry Lou). Her name is Paola. You definitely want to meet her. She speaks very good English with a strange accent (i.e., not your normal Brazilian). Why is this? because she met a Polish guy at TMC and then lived with him in Poland (in Silesia (Slask (pronounced shlonsk) in Polish, Schlesien in German - it was German for centuries before 1945, but I digress) from March - Sept 2009. They communicated in English (she knows a little Polish - I know a few words of Polish and Slovak, so I used that on her too) and so she speaks English with sort a Brazilian/Polish accent. She was a great shag - all over wonderful. I guess for me this was the perfect combination of Brazilian and Eastern European

Then I finally hooked up with Safira, as I call her. Wonderful, just like in the past

Sunday, the last night, at TMC again. Quite empty of clients, but Ok selection. I was with a cute loira who was OK. Then Estrela, a very attractive morena. She had implants, but very nicely done. Very intelligent and good personality and really nice pussy. If you find her attractive, then I would recommend her to you. I would like to see her again myself.

Monday - took a walk along CopaCabana before checking out of the apartment and heading to Galeao. It was a bright sunny day, but quite empty. Still, there were a number of hotties out there, and easy to see since there were no families, hordes of kids, idiotos with their hack-sack or soccer balls. If I had not been leaving, I would have approached some of them. Earlier in the week it was either bad weather, or good, but on the weekend with too many crowds. There does not seem to much of a scene by Othon Palace beach; that may have been killed off by the closing of Help. I would have definitely gone to Help on a couple of the nights I was there; instead, I just got the noise of the demolition of the place (they started pounding concrete early every morning except Sunday).

if you can, say hello to Paola, Safira/Cassandra, and Estrela from me

A few thoughts and ideas from fellow travelers

Fortunately rio has something to offer us all. my m.o. is different than yours. I never plan my trips to l'uomo so that I arrive early enough for the discount. so that does not factor into my bottom line. also, if I recall correctly, you are not much of an alcohol drinker.The real beauty and value of rio for me is finding a beautiful girl to fuck me shitless in my apartment all night long, multiple orgasms over the course of 10-12 hours for less than what I pay in a terma for one shag (ex. the juliana experience). I like termas. however, when I am exhausted from a marathon all-night session with a carioca who doesn't leave until mid-afternoon, I like to relax until the mood for something new hits me hits me. I don't like being on a schedule....ex. I've got to get to 4x4 and grab a girl before 5 p.m. I've got to get inside l'uomo before 7 p.m. The average joe who wants some flexibility, and the average joe is going to have a few drinks inside a termas. by comparison a capirinha (my drink of choice) was R$14 at monte carlo vs. R$25 at l'uomo in january. the average joe does one shag and leaves. you and lou are studs of a different caliber - lol! most do not consider 2 shags as standard. it sounds like you are regimented enough to arrive early and consistently get the l'uomo discount. and I don't think the premium that l'uomo charges for drinks will affect your bottom line much. so do what works for you. but I can tell you from experience that for the average joe who arrives after 7p, drinks alcohol, does one shag and leaves....tmc is the better value.

Also I find that the girls in l'uomo recently just seem to sit around half asleep and disinterested. It's almost impossible for me to assess their bodies because they don't get up and move around. They just sit slumped and slouched in some corner of the boite. Has that been your experience this trip? my mentality has always been - I AM THE CUSTOMER. The girls should speak, smile, and be pleasant. I should not have to ask her to stand up and be sociable. recently the selection and attitude of the girls in l'uomo has been too poor during peak night hours with the full contingent of girls for me to even consider arriving early when some of the girls may not even be present yet. The only thing I can imagine worse than my most recent l'uomo experiences is l'uomo earlier in the evening with even fewer girls to sit around looking disinterested.

lies,lies,more lies to scare you from seeking Happinesss

From the outset, that word was a problem. On a strict definition, eventually expressed in international law by the 2000 Palermo protocol, sex trafficking involves the use of force, fraud or coercion to transport an unwilling victim into sexual exploitation. This image of sex slavery soon provoked real public anxiety.
But a much looser definition, subsequently adopted by the UK's 2003 Sexual Offences Act, uses the word to describe the movement of all sex workers, including willing professionals who are simply travelling in search of a better income. This wider meaning has injected public debate with confusion and disproportionate anxiety.
The end result of a massive law enforcement investigation that including every single law enforcement agency in the entire country, special agencies and the government is that not one single person who ever forced anyone into the sex trade was found. Not one.
Despite politicians and media claiming thousands of people are brought into the country each and every year to be forced into a prostitution (a claim echoed in the US, in Canada and in pretty much every Western nation), there’s actually little evidence it happens at all and it’s likely real numbers are extremely smaller than those tossed around in the media.
The so called information comes from misquoted, misunderstood or completely fabricated sources. It’s sensationalism and piss poor journalism at its best.
As it happens, UK law enforcement originally claimed it had achieved a massive success in its bid to end human trafficking by making over 500 arrests. Once the Guardian got a hold of the official documentation, that number changed. Over 100 were clerical errors.
They never really happened. That brought the number down to just over 400. About half of those arrested were women, few implicated in any kind of trafficking.
53 had been released even before the program was called a success, 106 with no charges filed and 47 for minor offences. 73 were charged for immigration breaches, and 76 got hit with drug charges.
In the end, 96 people were arrested for trafficking, 67 were charged and 47 never made it to court. In fact, only 22 were prosecuted, including two women rescued as victims.
15 men and women were ultimately convicted, according to the program’s definition of trafficking, which includes transporting a sex worker who is willingly going along with you. 10 of the people convicted fell under this definition, and had forced no one into the sex trade.
That leaves five people, two of whom were in prison months before the crackdown even began. The other three were convicted at the end of an investigation started in 2006, a year before the program began.
So in the end, no one was found to have been a human trafficker as the result of a massive, cross country sting operation that investigated over 800 brothels and other establishments, raiding sex workers and those who work with them.
Five people, over the span of a few years, were charged with real, legitimate trafficking. Is it a problem? Of course, in much the way supervillains are a problem. It’s real, but it’s not nearly as bad as the movies make it seem sometimes.