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Overview
Brazil has everything except snow. While it is the most expensive country in South America, you are rewarded with better food, culture, girls, and scenery. Every man owes it to himself to spend a couple weeks in Rio hitting on Brazilian girls in clubs and on the beach.
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The Girls
It doesn’t get better than this. The girls are not as beautiful as the ones in Argentina but they are warmer, sexier, and most importantly, speak English in far greater numbers. They are also hornier, so one night stands are not uncommon between gringo and local. Sex it not guaranteed here but bring your favorite condoms anyway. The key is to make the effort and approach often; many girls will invite you to conversation with eye contact but will not do all the work for you. I’ve wrote extensively about Brazilian girls. Check out these four posts: Introduction To Brazilian Girls, Brazilian Girls, Brazilian, Argentine, & American Girls, and Brazilian Gym Culture.
Prices
Basic lunch: $5.00
Bottle of big beer: $2.00
Can of Red Bull: $4.00
Internet per hour: $2.00
Hostel dorm bed per night: $16.00
Nice steak dinner: $15.00
Short taxi ride: $4.00
Postcard stamp: $1.00
Safety
With such wide disparity of wealth and close living proximity of rich and poor, petty crime is a serious problem, and stories of pick pockets and muggings are not rare among other gringo travelers. But simple travel precautions reduce your risk of getting robbed to almost zero. Always take taxis at night, do not display any wealth in the form of jewelry, and do not get so intoxicated that you make yourself an easy target. Keep in mind most people visit Brazil without serious incident.
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Related Resources:
Brazil Guidebook
If you're only going to visit only Brazil then I recommend you get this guide, which is far more detailed than the continental guide below, with options that cater to a range of budgets instead of only the shoestring backpacking crowd. Also it gives more respectable treatment to small cities and towns that the larger guide breezes over with a paragraph or two.
South America On A Shoestring Guidebook
This is the guidebook that I used in my six month trip in South America. The maps are excellent, the information is complete and thorough, and the reviews are accurate, which is why it's often called "the bible" by many travelers. The only problem is that everyone else has this book so if you are the type of person that wants to hit the isolated small towns you will be disappointed. My advice is to use this book for its maps and information on getting from city to city, but talk to the locals and other travelers for those isolated gems that Lonely Planet for some reason didn't find worthy to include.
Brazilian Portuguese Phrasebook
Brazilians don't speak Spanish! The language of Brazil is Portugese since it was the empire of Portugal that colonized them in the 16th century. Luckily Spanish and Portuguese are similar enough that most Brazilians will understand you if you speak slowly in Spanish, but if you want to better communicate with them then you'll need to do some studying. It's tough to find a good Portuguese textbook so this phrasebook and dictionary is good enough to get you started. Most useful is the pronunciation guide with common phrases to get around, order at restaurants, and secure lodging.
man kind of wish you made it to some other places in brazill so much i wanted to hear about.
really want to go to Flioronopolis..natal.. island of san paulo,
have been to Salvador,san pualo, rio, and fortaleza…
atleast you made it to Rio though.. SALVADOR sucks!!!!
What about Brazilian men?
yo my mans you say some true shit on your site. What you think about the ladies from Central Brazil, like Goiás? I´m in Goiania right now and I´m leaving in 2 weeks so I´m trying to get as much info about where to go and how the girls are generally, me speaking Portuguese as a gringo is usually a pretty good interest starter but hey it never hurts to know more right?
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$4 my ass for a red bull! At the clubs it was $R16, more than the alcohol!
Oh, check out Minas Gerais. It’s not a big tourist spot, but a good locals spot, with some of the best food and best women in Brazil. Juiz De Fora and Bela Horezonte have a 10/1 girl to guy ratio. This is coming from Brazilians, not just some American tourist. I have lots of good conections in Brazil, so I have a pretty good idea what I’m talking about. Also check out Floripa (Florinopolis).
i’m brazilian, and the things you’ve said are really bullshit, ridiculous
So … I think you travel just looking for “Meat Shop”!!!
Brazil is bunda capital . I want to visit this great paradise, and bang everything walking.
i want to knockup a couple chicks, and leave without having to pay child support .
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Salvador is LOVELy..but if you don’t speak portuguese its tough. Everyone with portuguese game can win up there..but ive noticed Italians/swedish/germans usually get a lot of play from locals (without talking lol). Rio is def. is the sh** . This place will motivate any man to go hard in life . The women are just so exotic..tan lines and all that..thats what i like
It is so sad that you write all this mean things about brazilian girls!!I know you wrote about some of them but don´t treat all of us like a piece of meat!!!We´re not that different from your american women,that goes to the clubs with no underwear and look horny from the moment you look at them!
I will say this, I think this stuff is spot on! I met a Married Brazilian girl here in the states, she found me attractive and I realized it right off the bat. Unlike most american girls. She didn’t go right for sex or anything but she did make most the moves, all I had to do was look at here like she was beautiful. And of coarse, she was. Normally I would rank her a 8 I think.
But something about her, made her 9 1/2. It was the Brazilian in her. lol
Anyway, we hooked up. She originally just wanted to kiss me. But things escalated fast and we ended up doing a lot more than kiss. She told me that in Brazil it is common for people to meet and HOOK up. Kissing parties, things like that. I feel in love fast! Didn’t end up working. But it was a fun week!
Now I am fascinated with Brazil. I have got to get there. Funny thing is, I don’t like the easy girls. No matter what they look like. She really wasn’t as easy as I make it seem. She did tell me she has only been with 2 people. Make that 3 now lol. I think that is what got me.
I have read all of your stuff and it seems spot on with my encounter and the talks we (the Brazilian girl I hooked up with) have had.
this americna is full of shit, we only writes shit that other americans want to ear…in return this guy sells stupid books to other stupid americans, i guess its a family thing.
this roosh is a loser, dont know shit about womans and in my opinion all girls that read this if you girls see this guy anywhere just call the police, cause is promoting sex industry in brasil at the moment, thats exactly what is doing, promoting the sex industry and profit from this.
this american roosh its like a PIMP.
I THINK IM GOING TO CALL THE POLICIA FEDERAL IN BRASIL, and inform then about what this guy is doing, i think he will have a surprise when try to leave the country.
Cordobes, stop hating hoe. Wouldn’t be real vacation without banging chicks. This site is for men. Effortless sex with dime pieces of ass is what 99.9% of men want.
Hi, I’m brazilian guy, I also can Speak chinese and espanish, I”m 26 years old. I’m looking for people who wants to come to Brazil, and I can be your tourist guide. FYI: Brazil is a very large country, and we’ve got all the problems that all the countries have, and we really apreciate the tourists who came here to visit and see Brazilians beauty, we don’t like those guys who came here just for sex. my e-mail fredericoseis@yahoo.com, Have a good day,
… any question… ask me CUS
I’ve been to a lot of places in Brazil, stayed in Soupalo got mugged and then whent to Rio, I have to say the girls over there are more of a family type not one night stand unless there prostituts.