If this was baseball CR would be double A and Rio would be The Show.
Rio is all of that and more. Have been going for close to 10 years. If you want information your best source is
www.clubhombre.com which is your best single source of information about South America. It also has the famous Bwana Dik's Guide to Rio which details everything you need to know about Rio from the Hotels to the Termas to the Restaurants. I'll shoot you a copy if you email me.
As for the girls. You will soon find out why so many of the world's super models come from Brazil. And you will find out there there is no such thing as sin South of the Equator.
While the famous Help is gone there is the Balcony Bar.