Before you say, “another Rio de Janeiro thread,” let me just preface this thread saying that I am trying to help out people that have/or will have undesirable experiences in Rio and dispel the myth that Rio is ‘overrated for women.’ I have been looking through many of the older threads on Rio and other unrelated threads that seem to talk down about Rio. For example:
http://www.rooshvforum.network/thread-7453-page-6.html
http://www.rooshvforum.network/thread-33231....de+janeiro
http://www.rooshvforum.network/thread-25143-page-5.html (more so other people rather than the OP)
http://www.rooshvforum.network/thread-11509....de+janeiro
Warning: this is a long post.
Now, first things first, I will tell a little about myself. I am white, blond hair, average height (well actually taller than average in Latin America), mid-20s. I lived in Rio for 5 months and have been there a number of times. This thread will mainly be about my 5 month stint there. I arrived there right before Carnival (which is probably one of the better times to go to Rio).
Many people say that it is hard to do well in Rio and I disagree. I realize that experiences are relative, but I really believe that many people do Rio wrong. They come into the city thinking it is some pussy paradise with beautiful women everywhere; this is true actually, but only if you play your cards right.
First of all, some functional Portuguese is an extremely valuable asset. Doesn’t have to be even an intermediate level, but at least enough to hold down a simple conversation and understand some of what people are saying. The more Portuguese you have the better however. Even in Rio, the majority of people do not speak English.
Night game:
Forget the nightclubs, or even the bar scenes (depending on where you go, there are of course decent ones). Like many countries in Latin America, social classes are quite stratified. Typically, the majority of girls who frequent night clubs and high end bars are wealthy, a low status gringo will have trouble with these girls.
What are you want to look for are street parties. The two best in my opinion are Lapa and Baixa da Gavea. You think day game at universities is the place to be? Well Baixa Gavea on Thursday nights is where the vast majority of PUC-Rio college girls go to party. It is so ridiculously easy to stockpile prospects here that it shouldn’t be allowed. Any gringo can go there on Thursday night (the party actually ends quite early so evening I should say) can kiss upwards of 25 girls and get contact information from dozens if they so wish. Lapa is well known. It has two components, the street and a smothering of bars and nightclubs all around. I prefer the streets. Dollar Caipirinhas and Antarctica beers are all over the place and women are everywhere. Do simple rounds; follow the aquaducts, up around the corner, down the side street and back to the main street. Rinse and repeat. Another good method is to hit up the lines for venues, whether you are going in or not. I cannot count the times on my hands that girls pulled me over and approached me in Lapa. Why do I suggest street parties? Because they are cheap for you and the people there. That means that you will find the run-of-the mill cariocas there that are easier to pull. You won’t see as many stunners like in the night clubs, but there is always enough talent in Rio to go around wherever you end up.
Day game:
I am not much of a day game enthusiast. However, from spending so much time there I know good spots. The beach is always an easy target; there are enough girls by themselves and in small groups to approach quite easily. Another good place is the trolley from Lapa to Santa Teresa. On the weekends the lines get very long and it is a good place to make casual conversation. Three quarters of them will be tourists, but many of them will be Brazilian tourists. Brazilians like to travel in their own country, and if you get those small groups of single girl Brasileras, these can be jackpot. Another good spot is street approaches on Rua Visconde de Piraja. This street goes from Ipanema to Leblon and is probably where many of the hottest girls walk during the day. Lastly, Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas is great. Find a piece of grass along the promenade and many girls will pass by all day if the weather is nice.
Pulling Brazilian girls:
Forget about relying on one night stands for pulling 8 or 9s. It just isn’t that common. Brazilians are very liberal sexually, but that doesn’t mean you are going to hit it on the first night. One night stands are certainly possible, and half the girls I pulled were from that avenue, but you need Brazilian pulling skills to pull this off and at least some Portuguese unless you get real lucky and find a perfectly English speaking Brasilera. Good news is: second night fucks are the norm, so if you build up a decent rapport with a girl on the first night, get her contact info, and do fine/well on the second night, chances are she will put out. This is one of the keys to Brazilian game that I cannot stress enough, build up a prospect list.
How do you do this you might ask? Well, I’ll tell you. Go to Lapa or a street party, survey the scene, and pick out girls in approachable groups (ie, small groups, particularly ones with mixed genders). Approach or let them approach you and build up. Kiss quickly, this will tell you if there is mild attraction, but doesn’t tell you anything else. Make some effort to make friends with her friends. Spend some time with them, focusing or isolating your girl, then get the contact information and say you have to meet a friend. Rinse and repeat. You can get a few prime prospects or spray gun that shit for numbers. You might not go home with a girl that night but you have an arsenal of weapons for the rest of your time you spend in Rio. This is worth more in my opinion.
Second key to Brazilian game is letting the girls come to you! Brasileras are aggressive, they will approach you. You obviously can make approaches and balance it, but that’s the beauty of Brazilian girls, they will come to you if you look like you are having fun and are good looking. I have had multiple occasions where I am eye-fucking a Brazilian girl and her friend comes up to me and says something like “my friend wants to kiss you.” It really doesn’t get any easier as far as approaching girls.
Now, just because you have been making out with a Brazilian girl for 30 minutes doesn’t mean shit. They will drop you like a piece of garbage like nothing ever happened. If the girl is really into you, ask if they want to leave; who knows if they will or not but it doesn’t hurt to ask. If they say no, get their contact information.
Second day game:
I think, especially if there is a language barrier, that going out on casual and with friends on the second day is the best approach. I’ll tell you about a successful second day I had later. This is where bars and clubs actually come in handy. Tell her to bring a friend and bring someone else or go alone to the club with her. You don’t have to talk, that’s the beauty of clubs. Just dance, make out with them, escalate and try to take them with you or go with them home. It’s as simple as that. If you strike out on the second night, then just move on to something else at the club or bar.
If you are more advanced in Portuguese skills then you can try going to the beach, going to sugar loaf or some shit but I do think your best chances are at night at a club or bar with dancing.
General game with Brasileras:
It really depends on what class/type of girl you are working with, but as a general rule, outside of the elite and upper classes, cairocas are super chill. Being cheesy/romantic/touchy-touchy/confident is what works for me. Brasileros are very aggressive, often crass, and quite “gamer.” Being a gringo and pulling away from that type of game may actually score you aversion points with girls who are sick of that schtick from Brazilian guys. Of course, do what works for you. But there is a simple formula that works best no matter which type of girl: escalate and be physical, lots of touching, smile, give compliments, and center on them. Forget that mentality where you don’t show your cards/American aloof style; Brazilian girls love to be chased and put on a pedestal, but obviously don’t put off a vibe of desperation.
My experiences/story time:
I had sex with 6 Brazilian girls in the first month I was there, then shacked up with one of those girls as a girlfriend until I left (didn’t cheat on her). This isn’t mind-blowing numbers by any means, but this was the result of really only going out on the weekends. Three were in the 7-8 range, one was ugly, one was average looking, and one was a stunner (and my perfect type of girl, so it was a 9 for me).
First one (these are not in order of meeting): Had some, quite extensive, pre-game drinking with some people from my hostel, went to Lapa. And the first girl I see is dancing away on the street separate from her friends and eye fucks me. I go over, don’t even say anything, and just start dancing with her. 10 seconds later I am kissing her. A few minutes later, much to my surprise in perfect English, tells me she has been partying all day (but hadn’t even had a single drink, which was fucked up), is tired and is going home. She straight up asks me if I want to go with her. She drives her car home with me and her friend and that’s all she wrote. Some of the best sex I have ever had. Verdict: chalk this one up to right place, right time, lucky, Carnival madness.
Second one: Social circle. I had hung out with this girl with a friend at the Botanical gardens one day and she was pretty chill. I didn’t make any moves, just hung out and was myself. Later that month my friend and a bunch of his friends got together to go to a beach party in Ipanema. She was there, somehow we ended up alone and started making out. I took her to my hostel, got denied at the door by an irregular night guard (the usual guy, who I was down with, wasn’t there) cock blocker, then we went to some love motel on the outskirts of Leblon. Got into the room, start going, major whisky dick, no bang. I rectified this mishap a week later by going out with her and her friends to a club during an all you can drink caipirinha night, things got messy, took her back to my hostel and banged her. Little did I notice, one the guys at the hostel was sleeping in the hammock on the other side of the room and was not too happy to be woken up in the middle of the night to two people going at. He saw me at the club with this girl, his fault. Verdict: social circle bang/second night bang, the girl was down for anything.
Third one: This was the ugly one and I would rather not totally relive the experience. Let’s just say she and her friend were from Sao Paulo and were shitfaced beyond relief and I fucked her in the bottom of her hostel bunk bed with her friend passed out on top. Probably could have slammed her friend as well if she wasn’t such a god damn mess. Verdict: Two Brasilera turistas shitfaced, easy pickings.
Fourth one: Went to Lapa solo. Got drunk on octane level caipirinhas and ended up in some large concert venue (it was like a stadium) with a shitty band playing. Went outside for a smoke and was approached by some girl by herself. Talked a bit and started making out with her. Turns out she was working at a store/snack place in the venue so we headed back to there. We talked a bit more, she made me a sandwich, kissed a bit more. She got off work with her co-worker and we went to a bar. Had some more drinks, danced a bit. I asked if she wanted to come back with me, she didn’t; said she had a kid at home and had to get back there. Whatever, asked her if she was working next weekend, she said yes. I went back the next week right before closing time. She got off and we went straight back to my hostel. Verdict: typical second night girl, all I had to do was just show up again and it was on.
Fifth girl: I went to Baixa Gavea with a friend (hope you are seeing a trend here – hint: street parties) on a Thursday night. We approached a group of multiple girls. Both me and my friend started making out with a girl each. I got her isolated and hung out with her alone for a couple hours. Played the lovey-dovey game and told her I was falling in love with her. Asked her she wanted to leave, she said she had class in the morning. I said I’ll meet you tomorrow after class. She was down. Next day showed up and we went to her dorm/apartment and banged. Verdict: another second night girl, all I had to do was show up (once again, hope you are seeing a trend).
Sixth girl: This girl I actually did fall in love with. She was gorgeous, unbelievable body and just such a sweetheart. I met her at a pre-Carnival hostel party. She was friends of a friend with one of the girls that worked at the hostel. This one had a slight social circle element, but very weak. I knew the girl she was friends with because her friend worked at the hostel. She took me to the group of about 6 girls and introduced me. I instantly zeroed in on this girl. I told the friend that introduced me that I thought she was beautiful, the girl didn’t speak English but understood and turned bright red. Bingo. Asked her to dance, we kissed at the end of the dance then we hung out the rest of the night with her friends. I gave her my contact information and peaced out. The next day she phoned the hostel and asked for me, I gave her my facebook because my Portuguese wasn’t quite advanced enough for extensive phone relay at that time. We ended up meeting up a few days later at a bloco, I brought a crazy Irish guy from the hostel and she brought a friend. We partied at the bloco, got drunk and had some fun together. My friend started hooking up with the girl’s friend. We then went to Lapa and bought a big 40 pounder of vodka. My Irish friend of course was downing the thing like an idiot. All of sudden, the dude just massively face-plants into the street curb, gets up face all bleeding; just absolute mess. I am thinking this is going to ruin everything and I am going to get cock blocked by this dude. Whatever, I say let’s go get this guy home so we jump in a cab. We get to the hostel and I ask if I can come with her, she says yes, so I kick the guy out of the cab and we go back to her place. I ended up dating that girl for the rest of the time I spend in Rio. There is no doubt I could have continued this debauchery and slammed a number of girls, but I was perfectly content with her. I ended up partially living at her place, spending about half the week there and half at the hostel. Verdict: another second date girl, even a bad situation that could have killed my chances of going home with her didn’t stop the second date destiny.
A few trends lie through these stories. One, to pull the hotter girls, a second date is more probable, especially as a gringo. It’s almost like it’s a given to pull on the second date if you don’t fuck anything up. Literally twice all I had to do was show up and it was a done deal. However, to accomplish this, you need to build a good rapport on the first night. Two, I was approached by many of these girls. Three, street parties are where all the action happens (at least for me). Use nightclubs and bars as second date venues and bringing friends/them bringing friends doesn’t dampen your chances, at least not in my experience.
Logistics: I got lucky. I got down with the people who worked at my hostel and had the whole upper terrace to myself at night. I got cock blocked one time by chance, but it didn’t cost me. However, I would think the chances of getting this are quite slim. And if I hadn’t, I would have found an apartment. The best way to find an apartment is through a friend, they can be quite expensive in Rio. I had an apartment offered to me from someone who worked at the hostel, but decided against it because my set-up was top notch and I liked the steady inflow of people in the hostel to go out with. Ipanema, Copacabana, and Leme are my favourite places. Flamengo and Botafogo are not bad (actually more central), but Leblon is too far and too expensive. Santa Teresa is right next to Centro and Lapa, but all the fucking hills are annoying. If you like the beach, Copa and Ipanema are the way to go. I personally was right where Ipanema and Copa meet, which is about as good as it gets.
Rio is a long-term investment. People who come in for approximately a week do poorly. It takes a night or two just to get prospects. It’s also better to backburner a bunch of girls and just hit them up when you don’t have other options. Secondly, Baixa Gavea and Lapa are really only good on Thursday and Friday night respectively. I would almost be willing to bet, that if you have some game and learn quickly, that you will at least triple your count by extending your stay. Obviously 5 months is outside the norm, but people should spend at least 3 weeks in Rio to really experience the city. Not to mention, there are a million things to do there so it’s not like you will ever be bored.
Anyways, I hope I didn’t ruffle anyone’s jimmies by posting another Rio thread. Just want to help out around here, and this is one of the best ways for me to do that. I have other information about other places in Latin America that I will post somewhere down the line.
http://www.rooshvforum.network/thread-7453-page-6.html
http://www.rooshvforum.network/thread-33231....de+janeiro
http://www.rooshvforum.network/thread-25143-page-5.html (more so other people rather than the OP)
http://www.rooshvforum.network/thread-11509....de+janeiro
Warning: this is a long post.
Now, first things first, I will tell a little about myself. I am white, blond hair, average height (well actually taller than average in Latin America), mid-20s. I lived in Rio for 5 months and have been there a number of times. This thread will mainly be about my 5 month stint there. I arrived there right before Carnival (which is probably one of the better times to go to Rio).
Many people say that it is hard to do well in Rio and I disagree. I realize that experiences are relative, but I really believe that many people do Rio wrong. They come into the city thinking it is some pussy paradise with beautiful women everywhere; this is true actually, but only if you play your cards right.
First of all, some functional Portuguese is an extremely valuable asset. Doesn’t have to be even an intermediate level, but at least enough to hold down a simple conversation and understand some of what people are saying. The more Portuguese you have the better however. Even in Rio, the majority of people do not speak English.
Night game:
Forget the nightclubs, or even the bar scenes (depending on where you go, there are of course decent ones). Like many countries in Latin America, social classes are quite stratified. Typically, the majority of girls who frequent night clubs and high end bars are wealthy, a low status gringo will have trouble with these girls.
What are you want to look for are street parties. The two best in my opinion are Lapa and Baixa da Gavea. You think day game at universities is the place to be? Well Baixa Gavea on Thursday nights is where the vast majority of PUC-Rio college girls go to party. It is so ridiculously easy to stockpile prospects here that it shouldn’t be allowed. Any gringo can go there on Thursday night (the party actually ends quite early so evening I should say) can kiss upwards of 25 girls and get contact information from dozens if they so wish. Lapa is well known. It has two components, the street and a smothering of bars and nightclubs all around. I prefer the streets. Dollar Caipirinhas and Antarctica beers are all over the place and women are everywhere. Do simple rounds; follow the aquaducts, up around the corner, down the side street and back to the main street. Rinse and repeat. Another good method is to hit up the lines for venues, whether you are going in or not. I cannot count the times on my hands that girls pulled me over and approached me in Lapa. Why do I suggest street parties? Because they are cheap for you and the people there. That means that you will find the run-of-the mill cariocas there that are easier to pull. You won’t see as many stunners like in the night clubs, but there is always enough talent in Rio to go around wherever you end up.
Day game:
I am not much of a day game enthusiast. However, from spending so much time there I know good spots. The beach is always an easy target; there are enough girls by themselves and in small groups to approach quite easily. Another good place is the trolley from Lapa to Santa Teresa. On the weekends the lines get very long and it is a good place to make casual conversation. Three quarters of them will be tourists, but many of them will be Brazilian tourists. Brazilians like to travel in their own country, and if you get those small groups of single girl Brasileras, these can be jackpot. Another good spot is street approaches on Rua Visconde de Piraja. This street goes from Ipanema to Leblon and is probably where many of the hottest girls walk during the day. Lastly, Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas is great. Find a piece of grass along the promenade and many girls will pass by all day if the weather is nice.
Pulling Brazilian girls:
Forget about relying on one night stands for pulling 8 or 9s. It just isn’t that common. Brazilians are very liberal sexually, but that doesn’t mean you are going to hit it on the first night. One night stands are certainly possible, and half the girls I pulled were from that avenue, but you need Brazilian pulling skills to pull this off and at least some Portuguese unless you get real lucky and find a perfectly English speaking Brasilera. Good news is: second night fucks are the norm, so if you build up a decent rapport with a girl on the first night, get her contact info, and do fine/well on the second night, chances are she will put out. This is one of the keys to Brazilian game that I cannot stress enough, build up a prospect list.
How do you do this you might ask? Well, I’ll tell you. Go to Lapa or a street party, survey the scene, and pick out girls in approachable groups (ie, small groups, particularly ones with mixed genders). Approach or let them approach you and build up. Kiss quickly, this will tell you if there is mild attraction, but doesn’t tell you anything else. Make some effort to make friends with her friends. Spend some time with them, focusing or isolating your girl, then get the contact information and say you have to meet a friend. Rinse and repeat. You can get a few prime prospects or spray gun that shit for numbers. You might not go home with a girl that night but you have an arsenal of weapons for the rest of your time you spend in Rio. This is worth more in my opinion.
Second key to Brazilian game is letting the girls come to you! Brasileras are aggressive, they will approach you. You obviously can make approaches and balance it, but that’s the beauty of Brazilian girls, they will come to you if you look like you are having fun and are good looking. I have had multiple occasions where I am eye-fucking a Brazilian girl and her friend comes up to me and says something like “my friend wants to kiss you.” It really doesn’t get any easier as far as approaching girls.
Now, just because you have been making out with a Brazilian girl for 30 minutes doesn’t mean shit. They will drop you like a piece of garbage like nothing ever happened. If the girl is really into you, ask if they want to leave; who knows if they will or not but it doesn’t hurt to ask. If they say no, get their contact information.
Second day game:
I think, especially if there is a language barrier, that going out on casual and with friends on the second day is the best approach. I’ll tell you about a successful second day I had later. This is where bars and clubs actually come in handy. Tell her to bring a friend and bring someone else or go alone to the club with her. You don’t have to talk, that’s the beauty of clubs. Just dance, make out with them, escalate and try to take them with you or go with them home. It’s as simple as that. If you strike out on the second night, then just move on to something else at the club or bar.
If you are more advanced in Portuguese skills then you can try going to the beach, going to sugar loaf or some shit but I do think your best chances are at night at a club or bar with dancing.
General game with Brasileras:
It really depends on what class/type of girl you are working with, but as a general rule, outside of the elite and upper classes, cairocas are super chill. Being cheesy/romantic/touchy-touchy/confident is what works for me. Brasileros are very aggressive, often crass, and quite “gamer.” Being a gringo and pulling away from that type of game may actually score you aversion points with girls who are sick of that schtick from Brazilian guys. Of course, do what works for you. But there is a simple formula that works best no matter which type of girl: escalate and be physical, lots of touching, smile, give compliments, and center on them. Forget that mentality where you don’t show your cards/American aloof style; Brazilian girls love to be chased and put on a pedestal, but obviously don’t put off a vibe of desperation.
My experiences/story time:
I had sex with 6 Brazilian girls in the first month I was there, then shacked up with one of those girls as a girlfriend until I left (didn’t cheat on her). This isn’t mind-blowing numbers by any means, but this was the result of really only going out on the weekends. Three were in the 7-8 range, one was ugly, one was average looking, and one was a stunner (and my perfect type of girl, so it was a 9 for me).
First one (these are not in order of meeting): Had some, quite extensive, pre-game drinking with some people from my hostel, went to Lapa. And the first girl I see is dancing away on the street separate from her friends and eye fucks me. I go over, don’t even say anything, and just start dancing with her. 10 seconds later I am kissing her. A few minutes later, much to my surprise in perfect English, tells me she has been partying all day (but hadn’t even had a single drink, which was fucked up), is tired and is going home. She straight up asks me if I want to go with her. She drives her car home with me and her friend and that’s all she wrote. Some of the best sex I have ever had. Verdict: chalk this one up to right place, right time, lucky, Carnival madness.
Second one: Social circle. I had hung out with this girl with a friend at the Botanical gardens one day and she was pretty chill. I didn’t make any moves, just hung out and was myself. Later that month my friend and a bunch of his friends got together to go to a beach party in Ipanema. She was there, somehow we ended up alone and started making out. I took her to my hostel, got denied at the door by an irregular night guard (the usual guy, who I was down with, wasn’t there) cock blocker, then we went to some love motel on the outskirts of Leblon. Got into the room, start going, major whisky dick, no bang. I rectified this mishap a week later by going out with her and her friends to a club during an all you can drink caipirinha night, things got messy, took her back to my hostel and banged her. Little did I notice, one the guys at the hostel was sleeping in the hammock on the other side of the room and was not too happy to be woken up in the middle of the night to two people going at. He saw me at the club with this girl, his fault. Verdict: social circle bang/second night bang, the girl was down for anything.
Third one: This was the ugly one and I would rather not totally relive the experience. Let’s just say she and her friend were from Sao Paulo and were shitfaced beyond relief and I fucked her in the bottom of her hostel bunk bed with her friend passed out on top. Probably could have slammed her friend as well if she wasn’t such a god damn mess. Verdict: Two Brasilera turistas shitfaced, easy pickings.
Fourth one: Went to Lapa solo. Got drunk on octane level caipirinhas and ended up in some large concert venue (it was like a stadium) with a shitty band playing. Went outside for a smoke and was approached by some girl by herself. Talked a bit and started making out with her. Turns out she was working at a store/snack place in the venue so we headed back to there. We talked a bit more, she made me a sandwich, kissed a bit more. She got off work with her co-worker and we went to a bar. Had some more drinks, danced a bit. I asked if she wanted to come back with me, she didn’t; said she had a kid at home and had to get back there. Whatever, asked her if she was working next weekend, she said yes. I went back the next week right before closing time. She got off and we went straight back to my hostel. Verdict: typical second night girl, all I had to do was just show up again and it was on.
Fifth girl: I went to Baixa Gavea with a friend (hope you are seeing a trend here – hint: street parties) on a Thursday night. We approached a group of multiple girls. Both me and my friend started making out with a girl each. I got her isolated and hung out with her alone for a couple hours. Played the lovey-dovey game and told her I was falling in love with her. Asked her she wanted to leave, she said she had class in the morning. I said I’ll meet you tomorrow after class. She was down. Next day showed up and we went to her dorm/apartment and banged. Verdict: another second night girl, all I had to do was show up (once again, hope you are seeing a trend).
Sixth girl: This girl I actually did fall in love with. She was gorgeous, unbelievable body and just such a sweetheart. I met her at a pre-Carnival hostel party. She was friends of a friend with one of the girls that worked at the hostel. This one had a slight social circle element, but very weak. I knew the girl she was friends with because her friend worked at the hostel. She took me to the group of about 6 girls and introduced me. I instantly zeroed in on this girl. I told the friend that introduced me that I thought she was beautiful, the girl didn’t speak English but understood and turned bright red. Bingo. Asked her to dance, we kissed at the end of the dance then we hung out the rest of the night with her friends. I gave her my contact information and peaced out. The next day she phoned the hostel and asked for me, I gave her my facebook because my Portuguese wasn’t quite advanced enough for extensive phone relay at that time. We ended up meeting up a few days later at a bloco, I brought a crazy Irish guy from the hostel and she brought a friend. We partied at the bloco, got drunk and had some fun together. My friend started hooking up with the girl’s friend. We then went to Lapa and bought a big 40 pounder of vodka. My Irish friend of course was downing the thing like an idiot. All of sudden, the dude just massively face-plants into the street curb, gets up face all bleeding; just absolute mess. I am thinking this is going to ruin everything and I am going to get cock blocked by this dude. Whatever, I say let’s go get this guy home so we jump in a cab. We get to the hostel and I ask if I can come with her, she says yes, so I kick the guy out of the cab and we go back to her place. I ended up dating that girl for the rest of the time I spend in Rio. There is no doubt I could have continued this debauchery and slammed a number of girls, but I was perfectly content with her. I ended up partially living at her place, spending about half the week there and half at the hostel. Verdict: another second date girl, even a bad situation that could have killed my chances of going home with her didn’t stop the second date destiny.
A few trends lie through these stories. One, to pull the hotter girls, a second date is more probable, especially as a gringo. It’s almost like it’s a given to pull on the second date if you don’t fuck anything up. Literally twice all I had to do was show up and it was a done deal. However, to accomplish this, you need to build a good rapport on the first night. Two, I was approached by many of these girls. Three, street parties are where all the action happens (at least for me). Use nightclubs and bars as second date venues and bringing friends/them bringing friends doesn’t dampen your chances, at least not in my experience.
Logistics: I got lucky. I got down with the people who worked at my hostel and had the whole upper terrace to myself at night. I got cock blocked one time by chance, but it didn’t cost me. However, I would think the chances of getting this are quite slim. And if I hadn’t, I would have found an apartment. The best way to find an apartment is through a friend, they can be quite expensive in Rio. I had an apartment offered to me from someone who worked at the hostel, but decided against it because my set-up was top notch and I liked the steady inflow of people in the hostel to go out with. Ipanema, Copacabana, and Leme are my favourite places. Flamengo and Botafogo are not bad (actually more central), but Leblon is too far and too expensive. Santa Teresa is right next to Centro and Lapa, but all the fucking hills are annoying. If you like the beach, Copa and Ipanema are the way to go. I personally was right where Ipanema and Copa meet, which is about as good as it gets.
Rio is a long-term investment. People who come in for approximately a week do poorly. It takes a night or two just to get prospects. It’s also better to backburner a bunch of girls and just hit them up when you don’t have other options. Secondly, Baixa Gavea and Lapa are really only good on Thursday and Friday night respectively. I would almost be willing to bet, that if you have some game and learn quickly, that you will at least triple your count by extending your stay. Obviously 5 months is outside the norm, but people should spend at least 3 weeks in Rio to really experience the city. Not to mention, there are a million things to do there so it’s not like you will ever be bored.
Anyways, I hope I didn’t ruffle anyone’s jimmies by posting another Rio thread. Just want to help out around here, and this is one of the best ways for me to do that. I have other information about other places in Latin America that I will post somewhere down the line.
