Equipo editorial BarSwinger

A guide to Santa Catarina island's beaches by area, with current risks, the bathing-quality report and courtesy rules at the Galheta naturist beach.

What Spicy, Enigma, Asha and Inner publish on their official websites: hours, advance tickets, comanda, consumação, dress code and phone use.

A practical protocol for going out at night in Brazil: taxis and ride apps, drinks, methanol, dating-app meetings, ATMs and beaches, per the FCDO and Wikivoyage.

What sexual harassment means in Brazil (art. 215-A, Law 13.718), why it matters in the lifestyle scene and five concrete habits for respecting consent.

What the CDC, the FCDO and Brazil's Ministry of Health say about vaccines, dengue, water, medical care and safer sex before travelling to the Southeast and South.

What the official advice says about drugs, bar raids, detention and national security in mainland China, and what Article 301 of the Criminal Law says about group gatherings.

Two special administrative regions with their own rules: entry, banned vaping and CBD, national security, taxis, licensed accommodation and emergencies, according to the official advice.

Arrival card, visa-free stay, driving, typhoons, earthquakes, dengue and emergency numbers: what the FCDO's official advice says about Taiwan.

Visa, accommodation registration, passport, mobile payments, blocked internet and emergency numbers: what the FCDO's official advice says before you travel to mainland China.

How to enter Suriname (ICF form, e-tourist card, currency), what to see in Paramaribo and what the FCDO warns about crime, drugs, heat and floods.

Vaccines and habits the CDC recommends for Aruba and Curaçao, focusing on mpox, hepatitis B and sexual health for couples and people in the lifestyle.

How to enter Aruba, what the ED card is, how to avoid theft, local rules (ID, drink-driving, taxis) and which vaccines the CDC recommends.

Entry, yellow fever, risk areas in Georgetown, border tensions, local laws on drugs and same-sex relations, and rain and floods in Guyana.

Healthcare shortages, vaccines, malaria, dengue, Andean altitude and insurance with evacuation: what the FCDO and CDC say about health when travelling to Venezuela.

What Curaçao asks at entry, how to avoid theft on beaches and from cars, what the advice says about drugs and hurricanes and which vaccines the CDC recommends.

A recent closure in Quito shows why a lifestyle venue in Ecuador must display its licence, and how to reduce risk if you are invited to one.

Entry, airport, crime, checkpoints, power and fuel shortages, the June earthquakes and the areas the FCDO advises against: a guide to decide with information.

Vaccines, altitude, mosquitoes, rabies, water and medical care in Ecuador, with what the CDC and FCDO say and what to ask your doctor before leaving.

What Ecuador asks at the border: passport, length of stay, cash, customs and Galápagos requirements, with the official sources and their limits.

What the FCDO warns about crime, taxis, ATMs, express kidnappings, protests and natural hazards in Ecuador, turned into concrete habits for a travelling couple.