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crawdaddy
I have just got to Rio yesterday and after first two nights in Gloria /centro area will be in Flamengo beach area from tomorrow.
Very hot and sweaty here at the moment and bits of rain. Not much cooler at night.
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crawdaddy
It's safe enough in the area of my place in Gloria, but very rough looking just 100 metres away. That's not the problem .Went to one of the typical street bars in the area last night and had a great time with locals and small samba bands playing the streets till about 5am or even later.
It was tonight when I was in local street bar further towards beach area and got ripped off and really annoyed.
Had a drink outside and paid guy at the bar, as I was just having one pint/litre/gallon .,and back to hotel.
Decided to have another drink and was going to pay at the end when I went.
A differant guy had taken over and charged me for drink I had paid for.
When I told him to piss off politely ,he got his mates round me until I paid. Only a matter of a couple of quid but you don't need that crap. M
Not a great start in a city, country, continent you never been to.
No wonder the cop car on Flamengo Beach had their rifles, A K 47's or whatever, sticking out the windows while they were having lunch.
Had a couple of drinks just now in same sort of bar 50 metres away and he was so happy I had left a 70p tip as that was all my change gone.
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crawdaddy
Rio is not my favourite place at the moment for various reasons.
Mixed feelings about the city, but hope when I get to Flamengo beach area tomorrow for the rest my stay, things will get better.
Nothing serious happened, but things went wrong soon after I got to my hotel in Gloria / centro area.
Wouldn't stay there again, but let's hope when I visit neighbouring areas Copacabana and Ipanema, I will feel better about Rio.
Really looking forward to the gigs in Brazil on a positive note.
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spikenyc
"Discotheque Help on Copacabana, a good place for a beer and meeting beautiful Brazilian Womaen."
Help is no longer there. Closed about 5 years ago. It was mostly a place where tourist went to meet prostitutes.
They are turning it into a music museum now.
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Nate
I have created a page on Facebook called Rio De Janeiro Rolling Stones Fans Meet Up
Thinking maybe Friday evening the night before the show for a meet up of fans?
What do you think?
If you're interested let me know.
Nate
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RobertS
Hey guys, can anybody accept me into Facebook group? My name is Robert Szulc, I added myself yesterday evening!
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DEmerson
Another transportation question: is there Uber in Rio now? I read that it was 'outlawed' in Oct., but that a judge over turned that decision shortly afterwards.