This is my first trip to Rio or anywhere in South America. Needless to say, I read up on this forum and others to try to get an idea what to expect. There was much contradictory information that I found. I suppose the law of Your Mileage May Vary (YMMV) is in full effect for Rio.
I started pipe-lining women on BrazilCupid in July when I decided I was going to come here for my four week vacation this year. I made quite a few contacts there and have a nice string of pearls set up here in Rio. Being a Rio-virgin, I decided to rent an apartment through AirBnB in Copacabana. Although I loath to stay in tourist-zones, I decided on Copa because my bottom-girl from BrazilCupid (Miss Carioca Sweetness) insisted that it was the best value for my money, safety and convenience. While I had many other suggestions to stay in Ipanema, Botafogo, Centro, etc, I decided to go with the native girl on the ground's advice. So, I found a small but satisfactory apartment on Avenida A Senhora De Copacabana two blocks from Posto 3 on Copacabana beach. I was pleasantly surprised to find a nice place in such a good location for only a little over $900 USD for 4 weeks. Could I have done better elsewhere? Probably so. But, being a Rio-virgin, I will pay a little extra for convenience and safety.
Okay I've been posting Rio-related stuff in a couple of threads here the last couple of week (Rio = shit. Do not bang Brazil and Rio (Brazil) -> Advices?). Feel free to check those out for any backstory. I've been here now a full two days and am loving it so far.
I'll include one of my previous posts here to start the thread:
Got here this afternoon (Sun 5 Dec) after 20 hours of traveling (3 flights). For the record, I will never do that again -- fucking crazy. Next time, I will fly from a major US airport into GIG and pay the extra $$$. Definitely not a good value for the hassle and time spent -- lesson learned.
When I walk off the aircraft onto the SDU tarmac, the first thing I see is Pao de Asucar. Holy Fuck is that a sight to behold.
After getting my luggage and walking outside of baggage claim, I am greeted by squeals of delight/hugs/kisses from some beautiful, slim, sexy carioca sweetness. Let's have another Holy Fuck for that welcome to Rio de Janeiro! Not only does she help me with my bags, she takes me to a cab and says she's got it covered. We ride to Copacabana from SDU and I am just gob-smacked at the beauty that is Rio de Janeiro. I am like a kid at Christmas......and I have Miss Carioca Sweetness cuddling up to me as she plays tour guide and has me practice my Portuguese with her and the cab driver.
We get to my apartment in Copacabana and she pulls out 40R to pay the 34R fare......the cab driver makes the mistake of trying to keep the change on her. He just assumed that since she is with a gringo, she's going to just give up the $. Oh hell no! Miss Carioca Sweetness was all up in his ass with the revolution about that. She said he assumed he could pull that because I am a gringo and warned me that this would be a regular occurrence.
After getting checked into my apartment, taking a shower and changing into clean clothes, we go for a stroll through the Copacabana neighborhood on our way to the beach. We stop at a fruit stand and I want to buy some watermelon after sampling some other tasty fruit samples. She asks how much and he said 10R for me and 5R for her. OMFG, she started to go off on him and then said for us to leave and gave the vendor some more shit. She told me what had transpired....which with even my limited Portuguese I had already surmised. I got another mini-lecture about being careful with the dishonest vendors overcharging me because of my gringo status. Fuck! It is nice to have someone have your back in a new place, especially when they are sexy, slim and sweet.
We strolled the beach for a while and she pointed out the landmarks to me while we were sucking down a caiparinha with two straws. Then we went and had dinner at Siqueria Grill one block from the beach. Great food......great variety......everything is fresh and mostly organic....and not expensive. Two plates (pay by weight of food) cost us $27 USD and change including my mineral water. I say check it out if you're in Copacabana.
We went back to my apartment and hung out for a while before she had to take the Metro home. All in all a good day (and I didn't even have to use my AK).
Granted I've only been here a half day. She's leaving papi alone for the next two days, due to her work and commute logistics, to discover Rio on his own. I'll let you know how that goes in a new thread I'll start in this forum. Time to snooze now.
I started pipe-lining women on BrazilCupid in July when I decided I was going to come here for my four week vacation this year. I made quite a few contacts there and have a nice string of pearls set up here in Rio. Being a Rio-virgin, I decided to rent an apartment through AirBnB in Copacabana. Although I loath to stay in tourist-zones, I decided on Copa because my bottom-girl from BrazilCupid (Miss Carioca Sweetness) insisted that it was the best value for my money, safety and convenience. While I had many other suggestions to stay in Ipanema, Botafogo, Centro, etc, I decided to go with the native girl on the ground's advice. So, I found a small but satisfactory apartment on Avenida A Senhora De Copacabana two blocks from Posto 3 on Copacabana beach. I was pleasantly surprised to find a nice place in such a good location for only a little over $900 USD for 4 weeks. Could I have done better elsewhere? Probably so. But, being a Rio-virgin, I will pay a little extra for convenience and safety.
Okay I've been posting Rio-related stuff in a couple of threads here the last couple of week (Rio = shit. Do not bang Brazil and Rio (Brazil) -> Advices?). Feel free to check those out for any backstory. I've been here now a full two days and am loving it so far.
I'll include one of my previous posts here to start the thread:
Got here this afternoon (Sun 5 Dec) after 20 hours of traveling (3 flights). For the record, I will never do that again -- fucking crazy. Next time, I will fly from a major US airport into GIG and pay the extra $$$. Definitely not a good value for the hassle and time spent -- lesson learned.
When I walk off the aircraft onto the SDU tarmac, the first thing I see is Pao de Asucar. Holy Fuck is that a sight to behold.
After getting my luggage and walking outside of baggage claim, I am greeted by squeals of delight/hugs/kisses from some beautiful, slim, sexy carioca sweetness. Let's have another Holy Fuck for that welcome to Rio de Janeiro! Not only does she help me with my bags, she takes me to a cab and says she's got it covered. We ride to Copacabana from SDU and I am just gob-smacked at the beauty that is Rio de Janeiro. I am like a kid at Christmas......and I have Miss Carioca Sweetness cuddling up to me as she plays tour guide and has me practice my Portuguese with her and the cab driver.
We get to my apartment in Copacabana and she pulls out 40R to pay the 34R fare......the cab driver makes the mistake of trying to keep the change on her. He just assumed that since she is with a gringo, she's going to just give up the $. Oh hell no! Miss Carioca Sweetness was all up in his ass with the revolution about that. She said he assumed he could pull that because I am a gringo and warned me that this would be a regular occurrence.
After getting checked into my apartment, taking a shower and changing into clean clothes, we go for a stroll through the Copacabana neighborhood on our way to the beach. We stop at a fruit stand and I want to buy some watermelon after sampling some other tasty fruit samples. She asks how much and he said 10R for me and 5R for her. OMFG, she started to go off on him and then said for us to leave and gave the vendor some more shit. She told me what had transpired....which with even my limited Portuguese I had already surmised. I got another mini-lecture about being careful with the dishonest vendors overcharging me because of my gringo status. Fuck! It is nice to have someone have your back in a new place, especially when they are sexy, slim and sweet.
We strolled the beach for a while and she pointed out the landmarks to me while we were sucking down a caiparinha with two straws. Then we went and had dinner at Siqueria Grill one block from the beach. Great food......great variety......everything is fresh and mostly organic....and not expensive. Two plates (pay by weight of food) cost us $27 USD and change including my mineral water. I say check it out if you're in Copacabana.
We went back to my apartment and hung out for a while before she had to take the Metro home. All in all a good day (and I didn't even have to use my AK).
Granted I've only been here a half day. She's leaving papi alone for the next two days, due to her work and commute logistics, to discover Rio on his own. I'll let you know how that goes in a new thread I'll start in this forum. Time to snooze now.
"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro" -- Hunter S. Thompson
"Knowledge without mileage is bullshit" -- Henry Rollins
"Fine....you go ahead and run down the hill and fuck one of those cows. But me, I'm going to walk down and fuck 'em all" -- Wise Old Bull