From the monthly archives:

August 2012

Let’s face it: you’re not a unique/special snowflake.  Just because you got off the plane departing a relatively wealthy country and landing in a less wealthy country, doesn’t automatically entitle you to have your pick of any girl you want.

Yes, you got her number, but you failed to make a lasting impression and she has already forgotten about you.

Here’re some of the things that went wrong:

  1. You’re too ugly
  2. You have bad breath
  3. You have bad teeth
  4. You’re too short
  5. You met her in a nightclub
  6. You met her while she was drunk
  7. You met her in a nightclub while she was drunk
  8. You had to reinitiate conversation several times
  9. You don’t speak her language fluently nor does she speak yours fluently
  10. You were too aggressive
  11. You were too passive
  12. You are not interesting
  13. Your teasing was insulting to her
  14. You’re too ugly
  15. Your kiss was the sloppiest and nastiest she’s ever experienced
  16. She’s under 24
  17. She knows you’re just a passerby traveler
  18. She’s too pretty
  19. She kept looking away/scanning the room while talking to you
  20. She has tons of girlfriends/friends
  21. She has a set of male orbiters and others waiting in the wings
  22. She knows she’s too good for you
  23. She turned away when you tried to kiss her
  24. She used you for validation
  25. She’s too good for you and you both know it
  26. She used you to make her (ex-)boyfriend jealous in the club
  27. She already has a boyfriend waiting at home but wanted male attention for one night
  28. She’s a 10 and you’re a 0
  29. She’s a narcissist flirt
  30. She only gave you her number so you’ll leave her alone
  31. She’s too spoiled because she gets approached constantly
  32. She realized you’re player right away
  33. And finally: You simply failed to make any positive impact on her existence whatsoever

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To most people, the beaches of Rio de Janeiro spring to mind when planning a trip to Brazil, but Brazil is a huge and underrated country with thousands of miles of gorgeous coastline.

So forget the crime and pollution of Rio and visit one of these cities instead.  You really can’t go wrong.

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Trancoso is located in Bahia, a state synonymous with an image of Brazil most foreigners expect: tropical beaches, lambada dancing, and coconut drinks.  New York Times wrote an article about it sometime back.

 

Itacare

Itacare, located in Bahia and equidistant between the major cities of Porto Seguro and Salvador, was my first exposure to true and almost magical beauty of northeastern Brazil.  The city is small and cozy, and the beaches are absolutely out of this world.  Don’t leave without trying the “moqueca”, a Northeastern Brazilian fish specialty.

 

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Ilha do Mel, which in English means “Island of Honey,” is located in southern Brazil in the state of Paraná.  A picturesque beach that’s well worth the visit after you get tired of exploring the state of Parana and its lackluster capital, Curitiba.

 

santos

Santos, a city in the state of São Paulo is the only medium sized city on this list.  Go here if you get tired of São Paulo and need a break, but don’t want to get mugged on the beaches of other larger cities such as Recife, Salvador or Rio de Janeiro.

 

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Buzios, located only two hours east of Rio de Janeiro, is my favorite beach destination in the region.  It’s a small city with over twenty different beaches, great food and kicking night life (especially in high season when Brazilian and Argentine tourists flock here).  If you’re spending anytime in Rio de Janeiro, book a pousada for 2-3 days and make the trip.

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I get asked all the time: should I go to Colombia or should I go to Brazil?

Having traveled and lived extensively in both countries, I wanted to put this discussion to end once and for all.

Cities

Here’s the skyline of Sao Paulo, Brazil (one of the largest cities in the world)

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Here’s the beautiful and breath-taking skyline of Medellin, Colombia, arguable one of the favorite destination for independent travelers:

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Beaches

Here’s the beach of Buzios, Brazil, a city with over 20 beaches and only two hours from Rio de Janeiro.

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Below is the beach in Taganga, Colombia, a popular destination on Colombia’s Caribbean coast.  It’s a charming little city where a curious traveler can find all kinds of souvenirs on the beach including various used condoms.

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Beaches (up close)

In Brazil, this is what you typically see once you get to the beach.  Tough, I know.

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Not to be outdone, this is a view of one of Cartagena’s tropical beaches.  Whale watching, anyone?

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Here’s another one.

Rio de Janeiro’s scenic beach

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Cartagena’s beautiful beaches.

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Girls

Ok, enough of the cities and beaches, what about the girls?  They say the girls in Brazil are OK, but those in Medellín are much hotter.

Here’s what typical Brazilian girls look like:

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Here’s some beautiful Colombian dancers from one of the top nightclubs in Medellin.

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Let’s take another look.

Brazilian girls:

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Beautiful Colombian girls.  Well, except they just got busted for prostitution.

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Streets

Ok, enough of the girls.  What do the actual cities look like?

Here’s downtown Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.  Nicely architected building with bustling activity. 

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A beautiful day in Medellin, Colombia.  Notice the beautiful architecture and the gorgeous local beauty in the purple top at the bottom right of the picture.

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Street Vendors

Ok, but what about the average local, what are they like?

Below is an inviting street vendor from Brazil.  Ready to fix you up a drink of your dreams.

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Here’s her counterpart from Colombia.  She sure looks eagerly ready to sell you anything you want.

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Gringo Love

Who loves gringos more: Brazilians or Colombians?

Being a gringo in Brazil gives you another excuse to go to a café and mingle with locals and other gringos. 

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Colombians seem to feel differently about gringos, however.
(It says: Americans OUT from Colombia and the world!)

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Food

Here’s to Brazil’s gift to the world: churrascaria or a steak house (try the Picanha).

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Colombia’s culinary gift to the world is the fried and healthy Buñuelo. Mmmmm.

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Drinks

In Brazil you can order from a selection of tons and tons of different juices – most juices which do not even exist outside Brazil.

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In Colombia, you can proudly order Columbiana, a local flavored soda.  Of course, Pepsi and Coco Cola are available as well.

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Street Parties

In Brazil, every Friday and Saturday expect to see tons of people in the Lapa district of Rio de Janeiro.

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In Medellin, Colombia, the go to place for street parties is the always-fun-and-full-of-life Parque Lleras:

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Tourist Attractions

Brazil’s most recognizable tourist attraction is Rio’s magnificent skyline with Corcovado (Christ stature — in the foreground) and Pao de Acucar mountain (in the background)

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Colombia’s only tourist attraction is Medellin’s Botero Plaza.  It’s a plaza that contains various sculptures of fat women.

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It seems to me the two countries are fairly close in terms of what they offer a perspective visitor. 

Still undecided? Flip a coin.

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Happier with non-American Women

My last encounter with an American woman was such a soul-crushing and thought-provoking event that I was forced to go back to Europe on a yet another soul-searching mission.

It made me realize how much less I’m able to connect and “get” American girls; where as before I could at least tolerate them.

Over the years I’ve adjusted my interaction with non-American and non-Western women in many ways — ways that I’m afraid could be completely irreversible if I ever need to get into the pants of an American girl.

I Almost Never Tease or “Neg”

With American women it’s always a contest: who has a better job, who makes more money, and who has bigger balls.  If you prove worthy to merit her limited attention span, your reward will be a series of tests designed to elicit self-validation and put you off balance.  One misstep and game’s over.

You’re supposed to bring out this so called “alpha male” persona — the one women have been conditioned over and over by Hollywood and other media to accept as the only one worthy of their time.  If you don’t possess the movie-star looks of Brad Pitt or Tom Cruise, then you better make that up by out-dueling her with witty conversation.  And that’s why teasing and “negging” works so well: you’re finally able to showcase your natural or learned “alpha” traits and win her attraction.

In the rest of the world being a confident man is more than enough to win attraction from most women.  You just have to approach, and the rest naturally falls into pieces.

I Compliment More

On one of my most memorable nights in one of Rio de Janeiro’s best nightclubs, I remember approaching a beautiful woman without any games, lines, or gimmicks.  I simply smiled and said that I couldn’t believe a beautiful woman like herself was sitting all alone (she was truly stunning).  She smiled, and feeling flattered responded whether I start a conversation with every woman like that.  Can you imagine a beautiful American woman responding the same way?  She sure wasn’t bitchy and defensive like a typical American woman in similar situation.

Women love compliments they deem as sincere and genuine.  Know the typical Italian behavior towards women?  How they usually go overboard complimenting every woman by calling them “bella donna, beautiful, etc”?  Well, that stuff works very well because non-American women usually respond very warmly to compliments.  Of course, you must fine a fine line between being too stoic and too complimenting, and recalibrate that line for every woman you meet.

Overtime my game has naturally adjusted more to the complimenting and sweet-talking side rather than my dick and combative side.  It has worked pretty well.


I’m More Chivalrous

Many years ago when I went on one of my first dates with an American girl (most of my conquests in US were South American and Eastern European), I behaved the same exact way as I used to with other girls: I opened doors, let her go in first, got the check — except this time my date couldn’t help by blabbing out, “are you going to keep doing this all night?” as if her state of femininity was somehow threatened by my “condescending” behavior.

Being of Eastern European descent, I always felt it was important for men to be chivalrous to a certain extent.  I find it natural behavior to let a woman go in somewhere first, open doors, and help them with putting on coats in winters.  I’ve done it for my mother all my life, and continue to do it with women in certain situation.

A Latvian girl I met in Sweden commented right away how she found it strange when Swedes never opened the door for her.

This is has nothing to do with somehow pedestaling the girl, but more about being a bit more considerate to the weaker sex in non-feminized countries (which includes most of the world).

I’m Willing To Spend Money

Typical American dating rituals involves going to a bar, jumping through a few hoops so that you don’t buy her drink (i.e., I’ll buy the first round, if you buy the next), getting her drunk, then taking her home.

But the expectations are different in other parts of the world.  In Eastern Europe, it’s fully expected for the guy to pay for the girl (at least initially), since he was the one who invited her initially.  In exchange, you get to have a great interaction with a quality woman, instead of some crackberry addict with prepared interview questions or an over-the-hill stalker with family aspirations.  You may pay for dinner and drinks one day, but next time she’ll gladly come over and whip up a great meal for you, or even clean your house wearing nothing but high heels.

One night at a salsa club in Medellin, Colombia, after I bought a bottle of rum, my date quickly fixed me up a drink without me saying a word.  She then asked me if I liked the drink, else she would fix it to my satisfaction.  When was the last time an American girl EVER did something like this to you?

And I’m perfectly OK paying more than my share if I get non-tangible benefits in return.


I Don’t Play Games

When I called an American girl 3 days after our first date to see how she is and possibly schedule a future date, she immediately asked if I’m running some “3 day rule”.  It’s hard to describe in words how pissed off I felt when the first thing someone tells you is not a simple “Hi” or “how are you?” but throw a test your way to see how you would react.

Are you that insecure that you don’t believe some guy actually called you without any premeditated planning whatsoever? That perhaps the world is not a series of planned steps to be executed in perfect sequence?

In most of the world outside US and Canada (e.g., in Brazil, Argentina, Romania and Ukraine), one can invite the girl out the same night after meeting her earlier during the day.  I invited a Brazilian girl I met at a cafe for a drink the same evening, and since she had no plans yet, she gladly agreed.  In America you can forget about this tactic mostly because the girl will think you’re desperate by not keeping yourself busy seven days a week like she is: by attending Yoga, Pilates, Cycling classes or simply having a slumber party with her girlfriends even though she’s well over 25 or 30 years old.

I’m Happier

I no longer view seduction as “work” like I did in America, but a fun and fulfilling activity for both parties.  Where as in America guys strongly believe in the numbers game since that’s the only way to rationalize the amount of work one must put it, abroad things are skewed towards quality.  I know for a fact that the cute brunette sitting at the coffee shop will most likely be polite to my advances whether she’ll want to talk to me or turn me down; and regardless if she had a bad day, etc.

I don’t get cock blocked, I don’t get into fights with aggressive “mother hens” and it’s back to actually seducing women instead of “gaming” them.  And truth be told, why would you have it any other way?

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"So, what do you do?," she asked as on cue.

The brief name exchange was over, and now it was down to business.  She was a cute Latina, with dark long hair and dark eyes.  Maybe 30 years old.

On an invitation of my friend, Ronnie, I came to this fashionable lounge for a happy hour in San Francisco’s fashionable SoMa district.  I’ve been back in my stumping grounds of San Francisco Bay Area less than a week and still in Brazil mode both mentally and literally (by proudly demonstrating still being on Brazilian time by being 45 minutes late).

I originally met Ronnie in Brazil through an old friend.  He was only to be in the country for a week, so our mutual friend arranged for us to meet up.  I showed him a great time by taking him to some of Rio’s less known clubs and areas where only locals go.

I was upbeat to be back in San Francisco, a city where I lived for many, many years before I left on a one-way ticket to Brazil.  My libido was at an all-time high, and I was eager to restart gaming local girls after having a blast in Brazil.

Immediately after entering I noticed a group of rather cute girls seated down not far from the bar, and thoughts of a great evening followed by a great night began to make me feel all warm and fuzzy inside.

I imagined approaching one of them, starting a conversation, quickly winning her interest, and just enjoying each other’s company in the lounge and then at my apartment.

"I, umm, well I just came back from a long trip abroad…" I usually pause in order to sense the girl’s interest if I should continue.

Unmoved, and devoid of any emotion – be it excitement, curiosity, fear, jealousy, enviousness, anything — she sat there waiting for my response to her original question.

At this point, I didn’t need to date this girl for six months to know that she’ll never be my soul mate or my "other half".  Still, I wondered, how does a relatively cute Latin girl with beautiful long black hair and big brown eyes managed to squeeze every last ounce of charm of the interaction so effortlessly and precisely?

As I felt our chemistry seemingly evaporate into the thin air, I leaned back to recompose myself and scan for more possible targets.  There were certainly more women than men in the lounge, but they all seemed too businesslike, rarely smiling unless on their fifth drink.  None seemed particularly approachable; they seemed perfectly happy mingling in big sets of women, as if radiating a hidden force field that men weren’t allowed to penetrate.  A marked difference to what I was used to experiencing when I went out every single night during my last week in Belo Horizonte, one of Brazil’s most awesome, but underrated cities.  In Brazil, women seemed to always just eagerly wait until men approached them.

As the evening was winding down, and the charmless women were making their way towards the exit alone – exactly how they came in, I offered to buy Ronnie a drink in order to reminisce our adventures in Rio.

We sat down, and he immediately wondered what I thought of the cute Latina he introduced me to.

"She was nice, I guess, but we just didn’t click."  I summed up my thoughts

"Oh, that sucks.  When I saw you guys chatting, I was sure you’ll hit it off.  You like Latinas don’t you?"

"Yes, of course.  But she was different than the Latinas I’m used to."

He shot a quick smile easily piquing my interest.

"How well do you know her? Did you guys ever go out?" I felt there was something he wasn’t telling me.

"Kinda," he replied as he put his vodka tonic down as to prepare before a long story.

They met via a colleague from his work, and they’ve been friends for a few months.  The relationship was purely platonic (my friend isn’t much of a "hunter"), and every now and then he would invite her to a happy hour, or she would invite him to some after hour party. 

One late night they after yet another bar outing, they decided to share a cab home.  His Marina neighborhood apartment was first en route, so the cab pulled over and stopped.  My friend reached for his wallet, pulled out the money and handed it to the driver.  Just as he was about to get out, the girl grabbed his shoulder and asked "if he was going to leave her alone for the night."

Ronnie paused, turned around to look at her, confused and dumbfounded.  She stared at him, her face devoid of any smile, instead having a facial expression of someone without a home to return to.  A homeless puppy, perhaps.  My friend, still speechless, shot a quick glance at the rear view mirror only to find the Jamaican cab driver’s huge ear-to-ear smile exposing a perfect set of white teeth.  "I know what I would do," was the cab driver’s wordless response.

Shy, but not an idiot to squander such an opportunity, my friend grabbed the girl, got out and went to the corner liquor store to load up on some booze.  As he remembered, the sex was good, although not great.

They continued to "see" each other for several weeks.  But things started to quickly get weird.  She became more and more jaded proclaiming her hate for men, saying how all they wanted was "pump and dump" her and not single one wanted any real commitment.  He traced her issues with men to never having a real father after her parents divorced when she was five.

He continued to deal with the drama only to be rewarded by wet pussy from a passionate Latina, but overtime it became less and less worth it.

Finally she dropped the bombshell.

She told him that since she’s already 37, she wanted to freeze her ovaries so that she can still become a mother later, if she chooses.  She was desperate to start a family, but her unabated loyalty to work and unyielding hate for men were a barrier to making that dream a reality.

At that point, my friend has had enough.  He thought she was a complete psycho, so he promptly cut all contact with her and refused to answer her barrage of phone calls and emails.

She continued to pursue all means to reestablish the relationship.  She even stalked him by waiting by his apartment door few nights.  Eventually she got the point and left him alone.

Ronnie slowly grabbed his drink and took another sip, while I sat there speechless trying to process the story of a girl I had just met.

It was hard to believe how such a nice looking Latina could ever do such things.  First, thanks to her great Latin genes, I wouldn’t had given her more than 30.  However, I do know that in most of the world, a 37 year old single and childless woman is pretty much a pariah; it’s an obvious sign of something seriously wrong and no one would consider starting a family with such a person.  Successful and healthy men would rather go for much younger women in the 20-26 range, than 30+ or 35+ year old woman.

But in America things are different.  Such women can keep asking "So, what do you do?," of every potential suitor, while secretly cursing men and pretending their biological clocks matter less and less thanks to the wonders of modern ovary freezing techniques.

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Everyone wants to be rich
But few are willing to toil day in and day out instead of jerking off to “how to make money online” blogs all day

Everyone wants to fuck hot chicks
But few are willing to approach and get rejected endlessly and at any price until they get that ‘Yes’

Everyone wants to travel and live abroad
But few are willing to give up their cozy comfort zone

Everyone wants to speak few foreign languages fluently
But few have the discipline to devote few solid hours a day to actually learning ONE foreign language well

Everyone wants to eliminate debt and live within their means
But few can resist buying stupid crap thanks to constant advertising

Everyone wants to be in shape and have a six-pack
But few are actually willing run and lift heavy-ass weights

You don’t fucking deserve it.

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