female tourists in Manaus beware!

[abrstipe]

i must unfortunately report a very bad experience I had in Manaus.
the guide is called ANTONIO (or Clevanio) and works for Eco Discovery Tours. He is nothing but a lier, cheater and a thief. First of all Eco Discovery will try to overcharge anyone who doesnt protest.
Once the tour is finished, guide Antonio will persuade female tourists to sleep with him and get them to pay for everything. this could go on for days or weeks. He denies having wife and kids at home although I know for sure he has. He also spreads s e x ual diseases I have been told. Actually everything he says is a lie. He basically stole USD 500 from me.

This is what he looks like: Native Indian, well built, long black hair etc.,
DO NOT TRUST HIM UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES!

[kellromen]

Sounds to me like you wanted to have some loving and got stuck paying for the hotel or something. President Clinton had a wife also so what. Hope you learned a good lesson.

[davss]

There are hundreds or thousands people like him there. I lived there for six months and it was quite depressing and annoying to not be able to find a person with genuine intentions towards you. The poverty is transforming people into cheating machines who learn ways of getting things out of you pretending to be your best friend or lover like in your case. Speaking bluntly, if you are a normal tourist vising that country you will get ripped off at some point for sure or robbed in worse scenario. $3000 disappeared from my friends room, they stole my electric tooth brush (i still keep the charger so they won't use it), my gillette with shaving gel - can you believe that! i knew it was the cleaner cause she was the only who entered my room but she denied! from about 100 people that came up to me maybe 2 of them i could trust little bit. The good people though usually don't approach you unless you do it. it's a lesson you learn when you are living in BR and takes months so someone who comes over for a hol might not even be aware that they for example have two menus in restaurants :| it's a beautiful country though... and those gorgeous women sometimes breaking your heart...

[abrstipe]

glad someone reads my ad still.
yes, i have learnt a lesson, not to trust anyone, no matter how trustworthy they seem. And i'm usually the cynic and untrusting type. once i wasnt, and boom!
oh well, i hope he dies from some ***ual disease or something.
did you have similar experience in brazil?

[travelnotes]

Female tourists need to tread with cautions wherever they go.

As do males.

[davss]

Yes, I returned to Brazil for one girl that met on holiday. I was tired of London anyway so that was just a trigger to complete change in my life. I don't regret it not even for one second. She turned out to be so called "malandra" so a clever street person who uses tricks to get something out of you whether it's money or things. I was very vigilant but my heart was just breaking when she tried more and more tricks on me slowly killing my feelings for her. In a way I was happy because better sooner than too later. So, gave her two final tests after 5 weeks of our "relationship" and she didn't pass. Handed in a letter translated by one of my ex ex from London living in SP explaining why I want to break up. She cried maybe for 5 min then completely forgot what just happened and went off smiling and very cheerful. That was a culture shock I understood at that moment. Basically, in such environment full of lies and very limited or no trust you this is the only way of survival otherwise you'd go depressed full time! hope your experiences where not to bad with that guy cause they are artists in those games... like their soap operas (think it originates from there but it's a part of the culture).

[Essential]

does give food for the thoughts now doesn't it... well am glad that you learnt something from the experience even if it wasn't a pleasant one.