Boys From Brazil

[jackhammer91406]

Recently after posting some comments on my ongoing battle with depression and a really bad experience during my trip to Atlanta, a number of guys, clients and escorts alike have responded possitively about "getting back up on the bicycle". Some have e-mailed me privately, others have posted. But a number of you have suggested going "south" for some out of country (and out of my usual element) fun and games. Brazil apparently has "most favored nation "status and I found myself trying to catch up on threads in that section. Started reading the posts, clicking on hyperlinks to websites with Brazilian boys. I have been wiping drool off my keyboard and have begun to fanta"size" about going down there very soon. Being a South American Geography neophyte, I have a number of questions. What city? There seems to be anumber of Clubs that one MUST check out. Certain hotels seem better than others, Places to hit to be hit on (nice thought but my negative outlook makes it hard to believe). Anyway, is there a tutor in the house who could hold my hand and walk me through how to set all this up? Also, do any of you guys go as a group, something like a Band of Brazil brothers? If so, is there an entry fee? Initiation? Does begging help? This is getting pathetic, but all responses would be appreciated, (just nothing on foreign policy or the middle east please).

jack

[trilingual]

Try posting this in the "Escorts South of the U.S.A" section, where you'll probably get more responses. If you haven't clicked on the "Show all topics" option in the three-line bar in the upper part of the page when you get into that board, do so in order to see all the pages available on the board. You should find most of the answers to your questions there. Also, if you haven't done that yet, go into the Escort Reviews section, click on Mexico & South America, and then read the semi-world-famous Brazilian Saunas review (especially the first one in that topic, submitted by yours humbly, which seems to have gotten the Brazilian craze revved up!).

 

After you read all of that, if you still have unanswered questions just post them on the board, or send messages/e-mails. My guess, though, is that you'll find answers to just about everything there, including info on when other guys are going and ways to hook up. I think you're in So. Cal., right? Try contacting Tomcal, who's from that area and who's gotten together a little group from that area that's gone to Brazil and gets together periodically for drinks, gossip and reminiscenses! Tomcal has definitely explored the scene intensively this past year or so, and he doesn't speak Portuguese, so he can give you some valuable perspective from the vantage point of a visitor who doesn't speak the language.

 

Other than having to get a visa (which in your case will mean a trip or two to the Brazilian consulate in L.A.) there's nothing complicated about a trip to Brazil. Just make hotel reservations, buy a ticket and go. When you get to Rio, after changing some money go to one of the radio taxi booths in the arrivals lobby outside of customs and buy a voucher for a ride to your hotel in Copacabana (this is the easiest and most hassle-free way to get to town). If you stay at one of the hotels frequently recommended on the site, like the Atlántico or the Astoria Copacabana, you'll be within short walking distance of the Copacabana gay beach (in front of the Excelsior hotel at rua Fernando Mendes) and Maxim's (the sidewalk café across from the beach), Roger's and Estação saunas, and the metro station for getting to Club 117 and downtown sightseeing. Other places, like the gay beach in Ipanema, the botanical gardens, etc. are easy bus or cab rides from Copacabana.

 

Your day can break down like this: after the generous buffet breakfast included in your hotel rate, head for the beach. Break it off before the tropical sun gets too strong, and have lunch at Maxim's. Spend the early afternoon sightseeing/shopping/resting. Around five o'clock, go to the sauna of your choice because that's when they get busy. (Club 117 is closed Mondays; Roger's and Estação operate 7 days a week.) Stay at the sauna until 9:00 or 10:00 p.m., when things begin slowing down. Head for dinner at the restaurant of your choice (although at least some evenings at "Corujinha," the "Jabba the Hutt" hangout, are recommended for the colorful scene). If you're the clubber type, go on to Incontrus (the disco just down the block from Corujinha) or "Le Boy," but be warned they operate on Latin time, which means they don't really get perking until around 1:00 a.m.!!! Alternatively, if there's a concert by one of the big-name Brazilians singers at Canecão, consider going (your hotel can help you with getting tickets; the hall is close to Copacabana, next to the RioSul shopping center). Otherwise, just head back to your hotel for a restorative sleep so you can start this routine over the next day!!!

 

If nobody from the site is going to be there when you're going, consider hiring Ernani for some guide services. (His info is in the Escort Review section.) As a true Carioca, Ernani can show you scenes and places you'd be unlikely to find on your own as a tourist and won't be included in the typical half-day city tour. For example, he can introduce you to the nightclub/music scene in Lapa. Ernani's English is excellent, and he's big fun in all kinds of ways! ;-) ArthurBrazil also provides such services, but I don't know him personally, and he's based in São Paulo.

 

To prep yourself for the trip, do some reading on Brazil. I recommend the "Rough Guide" and the Footprint series "Brazil Handbook". The Rough Guide, in particular, has great material on the culture and background of the country. The other thing to do is buy a few Brazilian CD's. Brazil may be the most musical country on earth, so that's a critical key to understanding the heart of the culture. It's hard to know where to start, but a small basic library would include a sample of instrumental choro ("Noites Cariocas" or "Café Brazil" are titles to look for), samba pagode (you can't go wrong with anything by Beth Carvalho or Paulinho da Viola), Carnival samba (get the official recording of the "sambas de enredo" for any recent Carnival), bossa nova (Tom Jobim, the recent album "Gal Costa canta Tom Jobim," or the superb "Elis & Tom" with the late Elis Regina) and MPB (contemporary Brazilian popular music) with choices from all the greatest artists including Caetano Veloso (try the CD "Prenda Minha"), Gal Costa, Maria Bethania, Milton Nascimento, Gilberto Gil, Chico Buarque, or the younger Marisa Monte, Moreno Veloso, Belo Veloso (yes, it's a family dynasty), Monica Salmasso, etc. I don't know the record stores in Southern California that well these days, but Virgin and Tower typically have decent Brazilian music sections, and you can find virtually anything you want on-line at the Tower Records site, for convenient delivery to your door (and often better prices than in-store).

 

The beauty of Rio, the charm of Brazilians, and the tender ministrations of the guys you'll meet at the saunas may be just the thing you need to get a fresh perspective on things! Good luck and have a wonderful time when you go!

[CT Dick]

Take everything Tri says as gospel.

 

Dick