[Lino]

(05-06-2015 10:52 PM)speakeasy Wrote:  

^^^ Since you had such wild success using Tinder in Brazil, can you describe your looks, photos and what your online game was like.

Sure, but I don't consider it as a wild success, I mean since 4 days I'm struggling, some days I have good luck and some others no.

I am not tall, used to do a lot of sport with competition but I'm absolutely not huge. I'm just a bit athletic but will all the burgers, sfiha, pastels and cakes I'm eating since I'm here it's changing very quickly
I look like a spanish or portuguese, have white skin and dark hair.

The photos are important, I've put only nice pictures (it seems obvious but I know guys who put ugly pictures of themselves).

My online game is also extremely basic, I translated some sentences with google (Hi, how are you? I'm in the city for few days, wanna meet?)

The most important is really the pics, if the girl likes your pics things will be easy.

Again, this is a feedback to inform other members, I'm not bragging or something, I'm taking it easy and don't have any target, if it works it's good if not it's not dramatic.

I noticed that many girls are aware that brasilian girls have the reputation of being prostitutes, many of them told me "I'm not a prostitute and I do this because I like you, I don't do it often" it sounds like bullshit to me but I don't mind, I don't judge them.

[Il Bersagliere]

Brazil is definitely on the map for me in the near future. Love the people, music scene (dnb), and food. Might even pick up some basic Portuguese before planning a trip.

Sounds like you had a blast!!

[Lino]

(05-06-2015 11:40 PM)Il Bersagliere Wrote:  

Brazil is definitely on the map for me in the near future. Love the people, music scene (dnb), and food. Might even pick up some basic Portuguese before planning a trip.

Sounds like you had a blast!!

Man you should ! I discovered Samba antigo with a chick here, it's a music style that I really enjoyed. Learning some portuguese can only help you, except in Copacabana and the highly touristic places, almost nobody speaks english. I got lost several times also while taking the bus as the stops aren't indicated...

[Lino]

Actually today is day 22, yesterday evening I was half drunk and pissed off that the girls I wanted to meet were all busy so I ended up talking shit to all of them and deleted their numbers.

Today I wake up like an idiot and I have to start over the tinder process, at home I'm a day gamer but here things are different, I'm kind of tinder dependant and I start to see the limits. I opened yesterday an account on Brazil cupid but it seems to be full of english speaking girls behaving like western chicks...which I hate, besides it's 35 eur.

I'm getting sick of tinder, I think I'll start spending more time with the horny bitch.

[Lino]

Here is one of the girls I met the first night

Edit: I don't know if it's possible to remove a pic, apparently we can't edit messages more than 1 hour after posting it, I'll post pics when I'm sure I can delete them

[Lino]

1st pic is the one I met the first night, second pic was a girl from last week

[worldtraveler3]

keep the pictures coming guys
looks like the LINIX 90 day BANG Colombia thread inspired a lota people...

[Lino]

(05-08-2015 11:27 PM)worldtraveler3 Wrote:  

keep the pictures coming guys
looks like the LINIX 90 day BANG Colombia thread inspired a lota people...

Linux's topic is indeed epic, daily on the ground feedback with loads of information and pics, very addictive. I am less "professional" and don't have a "1 per day" target, I just wanna have fun and share my experiences here, if it can help future travelers it's all good.

[Lino]

update: Since nearly a week I'm having an insane flu, I'm thinking it might be the dengue flu.

I'm getting better but I still feel very tired and have dizziness, plus my skin face is irritated, not good for gaming.

I'm coming back home in few days, the first night of fever I was really worried, being more than 9000 km away from home with no travel insurance, it could be tough.

I'll do blood tests back home to check if everyrhing is fine, I might also have contracted some std

No action since a week, this flu kept me home night and day, I'm glad I'm in a comfy studio.

[Lino]

Ok, I came back from Rio a couple of hours ago and hopefully I'll find a job in Europe soon.

In this post I'll try to give practical information about my trip.

- I flew with TAP (air Portugal), booked my ticket 3 days before the trip (560 euros) and booked a studio through Airbnb a day before landing (40 euros/night).

- I used "Tinder everywhere" to change my location while I was still in Paris and had many matches with beautiful girls, this together with the cheap plane ticket triggered everything. I arrived in Rio without any information about the city except that it's dangerous. Didn't buy a city guide nor did I spend much time on internet.
However I don't recommend this to anybody, I spent here 5 weeks and I didn't move from Rio so I had plenty of time to discover the city. For anybody coming for less than 1 week, I strongly recommend to do your homework and read as much as you can about the city, this will save you a considerable amount of time.

- When you arrive at the airport, don't order a taxi from the counter, they will ripp you off. Instead go to the first floor of the airport, go outside and grab a taxi, you'll pay half the price.
As an indication the taxi from the airport to Botafogo costs around 60 reals, I would say if you go to Copacabana or Ipanema it would be around 70-80 reals.

- You'll need a local sim card, I recommend to buy one from the operator TIM, you can get one for 5 reals (10 if it's a nano sim, the smallest).
This was a hassle for me as to activate the line you apparently need to be registered as a resident and use your PCF, it's your tax number. Of course I didn't have this but a chick I met called the customer service and gave her own PCF to activate my sim card.
I've read in some forums that if you go to a fancy shopping center they are used to deal with tourists and can activate your line simply with your passport, however I went to the mall Rio sul in Botafogo in the official Tim store and none of the employee spoke a single word of english...

- Accomodation: in general Rio is an expensive city but you can find good deals.
As an example you can rent a studio through airbnb for a week and then do a deal directly with the owner if you like the place. I paid around 1200 reals (around 400 euros) for 2 weeks for a studio in Botafogo. That's a decent neighborhood in zona sul, far enough from the hordes of gringos but quite close to everything. That's very cheap for a decent apartment in Rio but keep in mind that it's the low season which means lower prices but also less fun as everybody is working and the weather isn't good enough to hit the beach.

- Security: as a man travelling alone and without any previous experience in the country or connections in the city, that was the biggest downside of my trip. I never had any problem but that's because I was constantly on guard. The first week I never had more than 50 reals in my pockets and never had my phone with me when I was out, when withdrawing big amounts of money I was heading back to the apartment directly.
One thing I noticed is that the cariocas also seem to be constantly on guard, nobody ever stares you, it's like they try to avoid confrontation at any cost (which I wasn't looking for anyway). You can feel the stigma of past years of violence in the attitude of people. The good thing from it is that the few times a guy stared at me I knew that was suspect and changed place asap.
I would say that walking obliviously is impossible in Rio, you have to know in advance if the place you're going to is safe or not.

- Cost of life:
metro ticket: 3,7 reals,
Food: supermarket prices are comparable to western Europe, local snacks are a cheap option for lunch but not healthy. for around 10-15 reals you can get several snacks and feel full.
You can also try these restaurants where you pay for the weight (in general 3-4 reals/100g so a full plate is around 20 reals).

Ticket for the Corcovado or sugar loaf : 62 reals each

Regarding the girls, I've said my experience in a previous post, if some of you have questions feel free to ask. I didn't go to clubs, most of the girls I met were from online game which is for me very unusual as I love daygame but I had good results with Tinder so I sticked to it, I tried a bit of daygame in centro around metro carioca around 6pm, not easy for a man who knows around 15 words of portuguese, tried 3-4 approaches that didn't go far so I didn't insist.
I find online game extremely boring so in a way I'm glad I'm back to Paris so I can feel again this excitement of haunting in the streets.

[Dantes]

(05-20-2015 05:49 PM)Lino Wrote:  

Ok, I came back from Rio a couple of hours ago and hopefully I'll find a job in Europe soon.

In this post I'll try to give practical information about my trip.

- I flew with TAP (air Portugal), booked my ticket 3 days before the trip (560 euros) and booked a studio through Airbnb a day before landing (40 euros/night).

- I used "Tinder everywhere" to change my location while I was still in Paris and had many matches with beautiful girls, this together with the cheap plane ticket triggered everything. I arrived in Rio without any information about the city except that it's dangerous. Didn't buy a city guide nor did I spend much time on internet.
However I don't recommend this to anybody, I spent here 5 weeks and I didn't move from Rio so I had plenty of time to discover the city. For anybody coming for less than 1 week, I strongly recommend to do your homework and read as much as you can about the city, this will save you a considerable amount of time.

- When you arrive at the airport, don't order a taxi from the counter, they will ripp you off. Instead go to the first floor of the airport, go outside and grab a taxi, you'll pay half the price.
As an indication the taxi from the airport to Botafogo costs around 60 reals, I would say if you go to Copacabana or Ipanema it would be around 70-80 reals.

- You'll need a local sim card, I recommend to buy one from the operator TIM, you can get one for 5 reals (10 if it's a nano sim, the smallest).
This was a hassle for me as to activate the line you apparently need to be registered as a resident and use your PCF, it's your tax number. Of course I didn't have this but a chick I met called the customer service and gave her own PCF to activate my sim card.
I've read in some forums that if you go to a fancy shopping center they are used to deal with tourists and can activate your line simply with your passport, however I went to the mall Rio sul in Botafogo in the official Tim store and none of the employee spoke a single word of english...

- Accomodation: in general Rio is an expensive city but you can find good deals.
As an example you can rent a studio through airbnb for a week and then do a deal directly with the owner if you like the place. I paid around 1200 reals (around 400 euros) for 2 weeks for a studio in Botafogo. That's a decent neighborhood in zona sul, far enough from the hordes of gringos but quite close to everything. That's very cheap for a decent apartment in Rio but keep in mind that it's the low season which means lower prices but also less fun as everybody is working and the weather isn't good enough to hit the beach.

- Security: as a man travelling alone and without any previous experience in the country or connections in the city, that was the biggest downside of my trip. I never had any problem but that's because I was constantly on guard. The first week I never had more than 50 reals in my pockets and never had my phone with me when I was out, when withdrawing big amounts of money I was heading back to the apartment directly.
One thing I noticed is that the cariocas also seem to be constantly on guard, nobody ever stares you, it's like they try to avoid confrontation at any cost (which I wasn't looking for anyway). You can feel the stigma of past years of violence in the attitude of people. The good thing from it is that the few times a guy stared at me I knew that was suspect and changed place asap.
I would say that walking obliviously is impossible in Rio, you have to know in advance if the place you're going to is safe or not.

- Cost of life:
metro ticket: 3,7 reals,
Food: supermarket prices are comparable to western Europe, local snacks are a cheap option for lunch but not healthy. for around 10-15 reals you can get several snacks and feel full.
You can also try these restaurants where you pay for the weight (in general 3-4 reals/100g so a full plate is around 20 reals).

Ticket for the Corcovado or sugar loaf : 62 reals each

Regarding the girls, I've said my experience in a previous post, if some of you have questions feel free to ask. I didn't go to clubs, most of the girls I met were from online game which is for me very unusual as I love daygame but I had good results with Tinder so I sticked to it, I tried a bit of daygame in centro around metro carioca around 6pm, not easy for a man who knows around 15 words of portuguese, tried 3-4 approaches that didn't go far so I didn't insist.
I find online game extremely boring so in a way I'm glad I'm back to Paris so I can feel again this excitement of haunting in the streets.

Did you check out Ovelha Negra in Botafogo? The last time I was in Rio, it had a good after work crowd with nice talent.

[Fader]

(05-20-2015 05:49 PM)Lino Wrote:  

Ok, I came back from Rio a couple of hours ago and hopefully I'll find a job in Europe soon.

I arrived in Rio without any information about the city except that it's dangerous. Didn't buy a city guide nor did I spend much time on internet.
However I don't recommend this to anybody, I spent here 5 weeks and I didn't move from Rio so I had plenty of time to discover the city. For anybody coming for less than 1 week, I strongly recommend to do your homework and read as much as you can about the city, this will save you a considerable amount of time.

- When you arrive at the airport, don't order a taxi from the counter, they will ripp you off. Instead go to the first floor of the airport, go outside and grab a taxi, you'll pay half the price.
As an indication the taxi from the airport to Botafogo costs around 60 reals, I would say if you go to Copacabana or Ipanema it would be around 70-80 reals.

- Security: as a man travelling alone and without any previous experience in the country or connections in the city, that was the biggest downside of my trip. I never had any problem but that's because I was constantly on guard. The first week I never had more than 50 reals in my pockets and never had my phone with me when I was out, when withdrawing big amounts of money I was heading back to the apartment directly.
One thing I noticed is that the cariocas also seem to be constantly on guard, nobody ever stares you, it's like they try to avoid confrontation at any cost (which I wasn't looking for anyway). You can feel the stigma of past years of violence in the attitude of people. The good thing from it is that the few times a guy stared at me I knew that was suspect and changed place asap.
I would say that walking obliviously is impossible in Rio, you have to know in advance if the place you're going to is safe or not.

Taxi to Ipanema is about $R50.

As for the security concerns, it sounds like that was mainly do to your preconceptions and going in cold. I've never gotten the vibe that the Cariocas are always on guard or trying to avoid eye contact, though such behavior is quite common in big cities - at least in the US. And while Rio certainly isn't the safest city around, I think its reputation for violence is generally overstated, especially if you're only rolling around Ipanema and Leblon.

Anyway, I'm going back and can hardly wait.

Btw, anyone done Ilha Grande? It's an island a couple hours south of Rio. Thinking about hitting it up for a couple nights.

[Lino]

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Taxi to Ipanema is about $R50.

I took a taxi yesterday from Botafogo to the airport and I paid 55 reals, Ipanema is farther than Botafogo so logically the bill should be higher.
Same when I arrived to Rio, I took a taxi from the airport to the neighborhood Laranjeiras and I paid 51 reals.

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As for the security concerns, it sounds like that was mainly do to your preconceptions and going in cold. I've never gotten the vibe that the Cariocas are always on guard or trying to avoid eye contact, though such behavior is quite common in big cities - at least in the US. And while Rio certainly isn't the safest city around, I think its reputation for violence is generally overstated, especially if you're only rolling around Ipanema and Leblon.

I wasn't rolling in Ipanema and Leblon, I avoided these 2 neighborhoods on purpose. I was rolling solo or with local chicks in different parts of the city.

I will definitely go back to Rio but my purpose here is to be accurate and not to sell dream, Rio isn't a city where you can stand in the middle of the crowd texting on the last iphone or loudly have an english conversation in the city center. Of course a bunch of guys can come and say that they did it and felt safe but the truth is that by doing this you are increasing the probability of getting robbed.

People were avoiding eye contact, actually a couple of them looked a bit scared at first when I was going at them asking for directions, then relaxed when they heard my pitiful portuguese . I think saying that people were on guard is still correct.

Of course if you stick to Ipanema and Leblon and go only to nightclubs at night you'll have a different feeling.

I enjoyed this city and again I will go back but we come to this forum to read accurate feedbacks otherwise it would be easy for me to say "stick to Leblon and you'll have a great time". I think (and hope) that the average rooshv reader expects more than this.

[Lino]

Quote:

Btw, anyone done Ilha Grande? It's an island a couple hours south of Rio. Thinking about hitting it up for a couple nights.

A couple of girls told me about it, it looks like a super place to go in summertime.

[Lino]

(05-20-2015 06:30 PM)Dantes Wrote:  

(05-20-2015 05:49 PM)Lino Wrote:  

Ok, I came back from Rio a couple of hours ago and hopefully I'll find a job in Europe soon.

In this post I'll try to give practical information about my trip.

- I flew with TAP (air Portugal), booked my ticket 3 days before the trip (560 euros) and booked a studio through Airbnb a day before landing (40 euros/night).

- I used "Tinder everywhere" to change my location while I was still in Paris and had many matches with beautiful girls, this together with the cheap plane ticket triggered everything. I arrived in Rio without any information about the city except that it's dangerous. Didn't buy a city guide nor did I spend much time on internet.
However I don't recommend this to anybody, I spent here 5 weeks and I didn't move from Rio so I had plenty of time to discover the city. For anybody coming for less than 1 week, I strongly recommend to do your homework and read as much as you can about the city, this will save you a considerable amount of time.

- When you arrive at the airport, don't order a taxi from the counter, they will ripp you off. Instead go to the first floor of the airport, go outside and grab a taxi, you'll pay half the price.
As an indication the taxi from the airport to Botafogo costs around 60 reals, I would say if you go to Copacabana or Ipanema it would be around 70-80 reals.

- You'll need a local sim card, I recommend to buy one from the operator TIM, you can get one for 5 reals (10 if it's a nano sim, the smallest).
This was a hassle for me as to activate the line you apparently need to be registered as a resident and use your PCF, it's your tax number. Of course I didn't have this but a chick I met called the customer service and gave her own PCF to activate my sim card.
I've read in some forums that if you go to a fancy shopping center they are used to deal with tourists and can activate your line simply with your passport, however I went to the mall Rio sul in Botafogo in the official Tim store and none of the employee spoke a single word of english...

- Accomodation: in general Rio is an expensive city but you can find good deals.
As an example you can rent a studio through airbnb for a week and then do a deal directly with the owner if you like the place. I paid around 1200 reals (around 400 euros) for 2 weeks for a studio in Botafogo. That's a decent neighborhood in zona sul, far enough from the hordes of gringos but quite close to everything. That's very cheap for a decent apartment in Rio but keep in mind that it's the low season which means lower prices but also less fun as everybody is working and the weather isn't good enough to hit the beach.

- Security: as a man travelling alone and without any previous experience in the country or connections in the city, that was the biggest downside of my trip. I never had any problem but that's because I was constantly on guard. The first week I never had more than 50 reals in my pockets and never had my phone with me when I was out, when withdrawing big amounts of money I was heading back to the apartment directly.
One thing I noticed is that the cariocas also seem to be constantly on guard, nobody ever stares you, it's like they try to avoid confrontation at any cost (which I wasn't looking for anyway). You can feel the stigma of past years of violence in the attitude of people. The good thing from it is that the few times a guy stared at me I knew that was suspect and changed place asap.
I would say that walking obliviously is impossible in Rio, you have to know in advance if the place you're going to is safe or not.

- Cost of life:
metro ticket: 3,7 reals,
Food: supermarket prices are comparable to western Europe, local snacks are a cheap option for lunch but not healthy. for around 10-15 reals you can get several snacks and feel full.
You can also try these restaurants where you pay for the weight (in general 3-4 reals/100g so a full plate is around 20 reals).

Ticket for the Corcovado or sugar loaf : 62 reals each

Regarding the girls, I've said my experience in a previous post, if some of you have questions feel free to ask. I didn't go to clubs, most of the girls I met were from online game which is for me very unusual as I love daygame but I had good results with Tinder so I sticked to it, I tried a bit of daygame in centro around metro carioca around 6pm, not easy for a man who knows around 15 words of portuguese, tried 3-4 approaches that didn't go far so I didn't insist.
I find online game extremely boring so in a way I'm glad I'm back to Paris so I can feel again this excitement of haunting in the streets.

Did you check out Ovelha Negra in Botafogo? The last time I was in Rio, it had a good after work crowd with nice talent.

It seems to be a nice place, will check it out in my next trip. I have to say I've been quite lazy and the fact that I could get the girls come to my place easily didn't encourage me to go out a lot.
However the last days my luck turned a bit, a couple of girls flaked on me at the last minut and I had to go through many questions with others ("strange that you are in Rio on your own, what are you doing here?"...).

That was overall a very nice trip, next time I'll go in summertime, will visit different cities and will try to build a social circle, actually several girls proposed me to go out with their friends for the first date but I declined and focused on girls who were keen to meet me solo near my apartment. I think accepting to go out in groups is a good strategy for a person staying a longer period.

PS: on a side note one funny thing is that the girl in the first pic that I posted (spent 3 or 4 nights with her) told me today that she misses me bad and would like me to marry her and live with her!!!
I'm usually quite direct and I speak frankly so I told her she's only looking for her security, that I understand her but that I'm not naive, she said she could have married a gringo before but she never wanted, added that she really likes me but was sad that I never believed her ...etc
This girl is very nice and passionate but I feel she considers me as a parachute, what intrigues me is that I know she has an amazing success with gringos and could probably get many men to sponsor her, I'm not naive but sometimes I wonder if she might be sincere.

[El_Mono]

There are a lot of Rio de Janeiro Data Sheets. I just wanted to post my experiences in July 2015 and did not want to open a new thread, because there are severals. I was there during two and a half weeks. Three bangs and eight make outs on my account. Making out with brazilian girls is pretty easy. You usually just have to dance with them for a minute and kiss the girls then. Brazilian guys are pretty aggressive – so the girls are used to this kind of aggressiveness. Taking them home is a whole different story and requires much more game (as seen in other threads).

Lapa

Lapa is a part of centro where you can find a lot of different clubs on one street. It is pretty crowded on weekends. A lot of the people are just partying on the street, because they don’t want to pay a cover for a club (which is usually not more than ten dollars). So it is pretty lively and you can meet a lot of girls there. I went there several nights and met the most girls there. Good locations to visit are Leviano and every place that plays brazilian music. They play a lot of so called „Funk“ in the brazilian venues and almost every girl will twerk to it.

Sette Leblon is a small club, which is located in Leblon (as the name says). Nice parties on Tuesdays with mostly students, who don’t have classes the next day.

I would not go to Mirroir. It is pretty expensive to go in there (70 Real) and there are usually not so many people. The club tries to attract some high-society people. The girls are pretty hot, but they are usually with guys there, who pay their drinks.

Girls

The brazilian girls are in general really nice and are always open for a conversation. I would suggest to have some basic portuguese skills, because English speaking girls are not that common. But I would still say that more people are able to speak English than in Colombia or Argentina.

Living

I lived during my stay in Ipanema. A very nice neighbourhood right next to Copacabana and Leblon. The Ipanema Beach is kept very clean and a lot of people visit it everyday. The beach is seperated in different „postos“. I would suggest to go to „posto 9“ where most of the young people hang out. „Posto 8“ is the beach for the gay community of Rio. So not really worth to go there

If you have any additional question, just send me a PM.

[Prince8]

i left Rio(and brazil) and hope to never go back

[Lino]

(08-01-2015 10:57 AM)Prince8 Wrote:  

i left Rio(and brazil) and hope to never go back

Why? can you elaborate a bit? security issues? bad results with chicks? you didnt like the city, people...?

[the_ox]

good report man, you really did well

I'm brazilian but I've never been to Rio

it seems the girls u pulled were really hot

well done