Rio is a city of surprises. For example, I would never have thought that on my first day in the city, I'd find myself bouncing up and down on a large black cock - the biggest I've ever had - in a public place, and coming so dramatically that I thought I'd pass out. But then they say that travel broadens the mind - although in my case, it most certainly stretched my pussy!
I'd checked into my hotel in Ipanema after a long and rather tedious flight from London via Salvador. I had at least managed to sleep on the plane, but having walked along the famous Ipanema beach and across the headland to Copacabana, I was already getting bored with it all. There was little evidence of bronzed lovelies of either gender. Lately, I'd found myself attracted to beautiful women almost as much as handsome men, but there were few of either in evidence on the day I arrived. There was a threat of a storm, and the weather was humid and rather oppressive, so few people seemed to be on the beach, and those that were there were mostly fat and/or ugly. Without the attraction of people-watching, there's only so much appeal to a wide strip of sand and a seemingly-endless parade of high-rise hotels.
The clouds were low, so there was no point in heading for the Sugar Loaf or Corcovado; the views would be non-existent and the Christ statue would be lost in the mists. So I took a cab and headed for the botanical gardens, with a rucksack containing a light, waterproof jacket, my camera in a soft case and enough money to get back to my hotel and maybe buy a drink. I'd heard stories about muggings and decided to travel light.
Though I was here mostly for a holiday, I'd also hoped to take some pictures I could sell on my website. I make a few thousand a year from selling photos - just a paying hobby, really - but lately I'd been considering making more effort and seeing if I could turn professional. I suppose I thought that if I could cover the cost of the trip with the shots I took, that might set me on the right road.
The gardens were deserted, and I saw almost nobody as I wandered around with my camera, feeling stickier by the minute in the oppressive, tropical heat and humidity that seems to precede a storm. I was wearing just a light, cotton sun-dress and a pair of flip-flop sandals, but even so, I felt stifled. By the lily-pond I put my bag down on a bench and carefully negotiated the stepping stones to get some interesting angles on the small waterfall and the reflections in the pond's surface, though the light was far from perfect.
It was about then that I felt the first drops of rain. By the time I'd reached the bench, it had turned into a heavy shower, and before I could get my jacket out of the bag I was already soaked. At least I'd managed to put my camera back into its case, which I wrapped in the jacket and dropped into the bag for additional protection. By that stage, there seemed little point in trying to protect myself from the increasingly-intense downpour.
The torrent of heavy raindrops on my skin stung, so I ran as fast as I could in my flip-flops towards the only nearby shelter, a grotto made of rocks and concrete. I dashed into the covered space, gasping with the relief of not being violently hosed-down.
I was, quite literally, soaked to the skin. My thin white cotton sundress, which had been relatively comfortable in the oppressive heat and humidity of a few minutes earlier, was now completely drenched. It felt cold and clammy, stuck to my body, rivulets of water pouring from the hem of its skirt. Even my little white panties were soaked through. My hair was plastered onto my head, and I checked with some concern that my camera was still reasonably dry. The few banknotes I'd slipped into the rucksack pouch were damp but had fortunately not disintegrated; at least I had taxi fare to get back to my hotel.
I set my bag back down on a rock shelf on one side of the space, and looked out to see what my options might be. I knew it would take at least five minutes to walk or try to run to the gate, by which time I'd probably be washed away. The only option seemed to be to stay here until the storm ended, or at least abated a little.
Then I heard a noise from behind me, and realised that I wasn't alone in my shelter. I turned and saw a tall black guy, stripped to the waist, wringing out a white t-shirt. The strong muscles in his arms stood out as he squeezed the liquid from the fabric. I watched, fascinated, as he stretched it out over one of the concrete benches inside the little cave and then extracted a towel from his bag and started to use it on his body. At first I was a bit scared. He was big - tall and muscular. But then he looked up at me and smiled. He seemed like an ordinary guy who'd been minding his own business when, like me, he'd been caught in the rain.
Actually, he wasn't such an ordinary guy. Back in London, I'd never found black guys attractive. Perhaps it's mostly to do with attitude, but the ones I'd been unfortunate enough to meet treated women with a lecherous contempt. All they wanted was a quick shag, and they were arrogant enough to think that they could be fat, lazy and aggressive and still get it. The sad thing was that it seemed to work for them far too often. Apparently, many girls liked the thrill of having a 'bad boy', and were prepared to put up with the degradation it brought them. It had never worked for me.
But that doesn't mean that I can't appreciate a good body, black or white, and my companion certainly had a
very
good body. His dark-chocolate skin was glistening with the water, and the sheen seemed to accentuate the attractive curves of his broad shoulders, the nicely sculpted planes of his strong pectoral muscles, the washboard contours of his amazing six-pack. This guy was seriously fit. I guessed he may have been one of the many Capoeira performers who seemed to be on every street corner, performing their strange cross between martial arts and dance as a way of earning money.
He said something in Portuguese that I couldn't understand. I know a few words - hello, please, thank you, enough to order a beer in a bar or get a taxi back to my hotel, but, like most people who speak English, I'm totally rubbish at other languages. Also, Portuguese as spoken in Portugal is very different from that spoken in Brazil, so what little I knew only drew uncomprehending stares here in Rio. So I managed to convey that I was English (i.e. crap at languages) and he just smiled and switched to sign language.
He offered me the towel, which I took gratefully, drying my face and hair. Then he pointed to my dress, and through sign language, suggested that I take it off. Now this is the sort of thing that usually only happens to me when I meet someone who is seriously drunk at party. I mean, why would I show my body off - such as it is - to a complete stranger? It wasn't as if we'd been introduced... I shook my head.