Fortaleza Nightlife

Brazil has long been a destination often listed on people's list of most desirable places to visit. Yet, most people never make it there. It is a shame because Brazil offers some of the most amazing places on earth.

Fortaleza is a city in the state of Ceara in Brazil's north east that is slowly becoming a favorite travel destination of Europeans and Americans alike. People are lured to Fortaleza for its year long perfect weather and legendary beaches, but they stay for its night life.

Nightlife in Brazil is always known to be an unique experience, and Fortaleza is no different. On a 3 mile stretch of beach called Avenida Beira-Mar you will find everything you can possibly need to enjoy yourself. Whether your joy comes from sitting on the street at an outdoor cafe and watching the endless parade of beautiful women strolling by, or your in the mood to chow down at one of Brazil's famous churrascos, or sitting for an espresso in Fortaleza's own Little Italy in Iracema, ultimately your night will wind up at one of Fortaleza's famous clubs.

Fortaleza Nightlife

When the lights go off in Fortaleza the party starts- 7 days a week. Starting on Monday with the biggest party of the week over at Pirates in Drago del Mar. The pirate shipped theme club is only open one day a week, but never fails to have a packed house of locals, foreigners, and tourists of all ages.

The rest of the week is a toss up. If you're into rock and roll you will most likely end up at Orbito in Iracema. They have bands plowing through covers of all the popular American rock and roll. This place gets mostly the young rebellious crowd looking to rock out. If you're feeling a latin themed night then you would want to check out Club Amoza. This is filled with locals looking to dance to tribal rhythems late into the night. If you're more of the techno/trance type then you must visit Macuripe. Macuripe is a giant club with 5 different rooms, and in each room a different DJ spinning a unique sound. The best night to visit this club is Friday and Saturday. And then there are the Cafe bars in Drago del Mar. These are bars that open late and cater to the traveler looking for a night of romance with a local. These cafes include: Europa, Cafe del Mar, Bikini Beach Bar, and Titanic. They all offer the freshest new music, friendly women, and an all night atmosphere.

Whatever your looking for in terms of Fortaleza Nightlife, you are sure to find it. It is a big city with much to do so I would not generally recommend coming for less than 7 nights. Any less than 7 and you'll feel you were cheated. If you've already visited Rio de Janeiro and want another taste of Brazil than put Fortaleza on your list.

Fortaleza Nightlife
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A Collection of Weird Massage Stories

Whenever I travel somewhere in Asia I always try out a local massage for better or for worse. Sometimes it was definitely for the worse, and here are some of my more bizarre experiences.

Bangkok massage trauma:

I went to the tourist district on Kao San Road in Bangkok and went to a typical Thai massage shop. Many floor mats were lined up in a big room with many sessions going on simultaneously. I ended up with a male therapist. The first thing he did was turn on a fan that blew cold air on me in a room that was already air conditioned to arctic temperatures. When I told him that the fan made me cold, he insisted that he needed it since he felt hot.

A Collection of Weird Massage Stories

A few minutes after he started my massage he got up and started to prepare a pot of tea. When he was done he came back to me and continued the massage without any explanation. A few minutes later another client was done with his session. Apparently my therapist was the main cashier since he got up and collected the money from him. Again he returned without offering any explanation and kept working on me.

At this point I felt like getting up and walking out. But I decided to stay just to see how far this could go. And incredibly enough the fellow kept stopping my massage every time someone needed to pay for their session. His main job was cashier and he also did massages as an afterthought it seemed. I felt like I was a piece of meat being pushed around mindlessly, I was freezing, and I even had to pay for the abuse.

Luang Prabang, Laos - What Kind of Oil is that?

I went to a massage shop in Luang Prabang to get an oil massage. There was nothing wrong with the session, but when I took a shower afterward to wash the oil off my body, I realized that the oil did not come off. After three rounds of soap and water, I decided they must have used petroleum mixed with super glue, because I still felt greasy and sticky. Soap and water had no chance against this incredible massage oil. It managed to prolong my experience way past the one hour session that I paid for.

Burma 'Hole-in-the-Wall' Massage

I was traveling in Burma and one evening I was excited when I saw a sign for a massage shop. I signed up for a session and was directed to a wall with a curtain. When they pulled the curtain aside, I saw a cut-out in the wall. It was a rectangular hole in the wall with the dimensions of a coffin, just higher. A super thin mat rested on regularly spaced pieces of wood. The effect was that the mat was sagging in all the spaces between the wooden slats and the slats dug themselves into my back.

A little old man showed up and I was wondering how he could give me a massage in a space that was just big enough to accommodate my own body. Somehow he managed to climb over me and squeeze himself in a squatting position between my legs. He pulled the curtain shut and did some pressing and squeezing on some parts of my body that he could reach from his contorted position. I would have gotten up and walked out, but I wanted to experience it just for the weirdness of it. After the session my body felt worse than before, but I had another memorable travel experience.

Vietnamese Massage with Happy End Offer

I was in Hanoi and wanted to experience a Vietnamese massage. Since I had heard dubious reports about massage shops in Vietnam, I went to the tourist office and stated that I was looking for a real massage without any sexy content in a classy establishment. They gave me the name and address of a spa. When I arrived there, it looked very clean and professional: nice reception, private massage room with individual saunas, uniformed therapists, and the massage was actually quite good.

Towards the end of the session, the girl put her hands on my private parts and asked if I wanted massage there. I declined and got up to get dressed. Before I left, she put her hand on my arm and asked what I was going to do now. To her disappointment I told her that I would go home - alone. She must have seen her big tip vanish and I hurried to get out of there.

Later I asked a Vietnamese friend of mine if there was such a thing as purely professional therapeutic massage. He told me that there was not much of a market for such incomplete work, since most Vietnamese men prefer the "happy end".

Bali - Younger Therapists

I was walking on the street in the city of Kuta and was accosted by a girl who wanted me to sign up for a massage. As a massage therapist myself, I am always interested in massage, so I followed her. She led me to a dingy and unclean room that would have been the last place where I ever wanted to receive a massage. So I turned on my heels and walked out. She chased me down and pleaded with me: "Mister, wait, we will give you a younger and prettier girl!"

I guess she did not know that my personal rule for female massage therapists in Asia is that the older and less attractive ones are generally the more experienced and more professional ones. If she would have said: "Mister, wait, we give you an old and ugly one and we will put clean sheets on the table", she might have had a chance, but she blew it with her offer.

Chiang Mai Belly Attack

I went to get a massage at a shop that is known for therapeutic work. An older woman who seemed quite experienced got to work on me. Everything was fine until she got to my belly area. There she started to press really hard with thumbs and elbows which was registered by my tummy as very painful.

So in a natural effort of self-preservation I kept my stomach muscles tense enough so that she could not do any serious damage. When she was done with the massage, she told me in a concerned voice that I had real issues in my belly area since I was so tense in there. She advised me to go see a doctor and come back to her for regular belly treatments.

Luckily most Thai massage therapists don't touch the belly. Otherwise I might end up needing a surgical belly replacement.

I have to say that later I received excellent massages in very professional settings in Bali, just to set the record straight. In Thailand I have received countless wonderful massages, and I have not totally given up on Vietnamese massage either. I will try again on my next trip, but then I will go with my girlfriend, just to be on the safe side.

A Collection of Weird Massage Stories
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Shama Kern practices and teaches Thai massage and other Asian therapies. He lives in Thailand and shares his knowledge of the culture, natural beauty and healing arts of his adopted home country through writing, photography, and video. He also conducts specialty tours of Thailand. Blog: http://www.shamakern.com Website: http://thaihealingmassage.com

Bermuda Triangle Facts - or Fiction?

One of the few Bermuda Triangle Facts that can be confirmed is the Bermuda Triangle location. In fact, the location of the Bermuda Triangle is somewhat arbitrary as well. There are no official boundaries. However, the triangle is generally assumed to run from Bermuda to Puerto Rico to Miami and back to Bermuda.

A fact that is unexplained about the Bermuda Triangle is that electro-magnetic compasses that normally point to the magnetic north pole, point to the true north pole when used inside the area of the Bermuda Triangle. This phenomena happens in only one place other than the Bermuda Triangle - the Devil's Sea off the east coast of Asia.

The term Bermuda Triangle was in fact first used in an Argosy Magazine article written by Vincent H. Gaddis in 1964. Since that time, a number of "nicknames" have immerged for the Bermuda Triangle - Limbo of the Lost, Hoodoo Sea, and even Devil's Triangle - some coined in literature.

Bermuda Triangle Facts - or Fiction?

One fact is undeniable about the Bermuda Triangle. There have been a number of strange and sometimes unexplained disappearances in the Triangle. The tale of Flight 19 - a group of five Navy torpedo bombers and one search plane disappeared in the Bermuda Triangle area (perhaps!) - is the most notorious of these.

However, there have been strange occurrences observed in the area of the Bermuda Triangle as well. Even as far back as the 1492 crossing of the Atlantic by Christopher Columbus, these have been recorded. Columbus documented in his logs of strange occurrences with his compass in the area that we now consider the Bermuda Triangle.

Another fact about the Bermuda Triangle that is undeniable is that the area has claimed over 1,000 lives in the past 100 years. Some of these are a result of "human error" in navigating the area. However there are always suspicious or unexplained disappearances happening in the Bermuda Triangle.

There is a vast array of lore surrounding the existence of the Bermuda Triangle. Some of this stems from the idea that with-in the Bermuda Triangle lies the lost city of Atlantis in the depths of the Atlantic Ocean. Off the coast of Bimini, there is a set of underwater steps believed to be part of that civilization. Little exploration can be done because the Bermuda Triangle includes some of the deepest trenches in the Atlantic Ocean - much too deep to explore.

Today, thousands of passages are made through the Bermuda Triangle every year. Virtually every Caribbean cruise originating from the east coast of North America passes through part of the Bermuda Triangle. Modern planes fly to the Caribbean hotspots and from southern United States to Europe through the Bermuda Triangle. Perhaps the next time you travel through the Bermuda Triangle by air or sea you will think of the lost civilization of Atlantis and her mighty power?

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Living in the Philippines - Most Popular Rural Retirement Cities of Foreigners

When it comes to retirement locations in the Philippines, one has many options - major urban cities, larger rural cities, beach resorts, mountain retreats. Each has its own unique and attractive features. The major advantage of retirement in a major rural Philippines city are (i) lowest cost of living, (ii) opportunity to take in the local culture and lifestyle, (iii) small town living, and (iv) a much slower, provincial lifestyle pace. Upscale mall shopping, high rise western style condominiums, and lots of night life are not present in these major rural cities. Yet, all of these cities have a busy airport and readily available daily travel to Manila and other cities within the Philippines. In this category of major urban cities are Butuan City, Tacloban, Cagayan De Oro, Puerto Princessa, and Dumaquette.

Butuan City

Butuan City has a population of approximately 300,000. It is the earliest know place of settlement and sea trade in the Philippines. It used to be a logging capital of Mindanao. The city is sprawled along the banks of the Agusan River in Northern Mindanao and is a typical provincial city. It has some great restaurants, a very low cost of living, cheap housing, and is a logical overnight stopover for tourists travelling between Camiguin and Siargao Island, which has just recently become famous as one of the top surfing spots in the Philippines. North of Butuan City is the 4th largest fresh water lake in the Philippines.

Living in the Philippines - Most Popular Rural Retirement Cities of Foreigners

Tacloban

Tacloban has a population of just over 200,000 and it is the political capital of Leyte, and the geographic and commercial center of both Leyte and Samar. Historically, Tacloban is best known as the place to which General MacArthur returned with his forces to liberate the Philippines back in 1944. It is also where Imelda Marcoq was born and raised. For its size and remoteness, it is fairly cosmopolitan. It has great food, a busy wharf area, and efficient transportation links.

Cagayan De Oro

With one of the larger rural city populations of approximately 550,000, Cagayan De Oro is a thriving provincial city. What makes this city exciting is that it is a university town. It is the energy and promise of youth that drives this town. The city has a good per capita income and much of the wealth comes from the jobs created by the Del Monte, Nestle, and Pepsi corporate offices located here. It has exciting river rafting and relatively cooler climate than other Mindanao cities.

Puerto Princessa

Puerto Princessa has a population of just over 200,000. This city is the capital of Palawan, an island paradise with seascapes the equal of any in Southeast Asia. However, this city is just a jumping off place point for excursions elsewhere on the island. It does have great restaurants, great day trips - from island hopping to remote beaches to drives through a beautiful countryside. The city is known for its strictly enforced no-littering laws. I have found it to be the cleanest city in the Philippines. There are daily flights in and out of Puerto Princessa, but one must realize it is one of the most physically remote provinces in the Philippines.

Dumaguette

With a population of just over 100,000 Dumaguette is small, but like Cagayan De Oro, it too is a university town. Thus, it is far more urbane and hip than the average provincial city. What draws foreigners here is its indifference to foreigners. Expats can walk up and down the street relatively unnoticed. It is therefore a very comfortable place in which to assimilate. It is the city to live in should one want to reside in Negros Oriental province.

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