I don't post on this board or read it, because there is very little useful information, and a lot of opinions. And here is mine, mainly, for the newbys, "it's an addiction", shopping the web for desperate women, that will promise to love you forever, or two years, whatever comes first!!!!!
Flame away. I don't care, I won't read it.

However, with jrm's final comments he reads somewhat like a troll although who knows.

"I don't post on this board or read it, because there is very little useful information, and a lot of opinions. And here is mine, mainly, for the newbys, "it's an addiction", shopping the web for desperate women, that will promise to love you forever, or two years, whatever comes first!!!!!
Flame away. I don't care, I won't read it."

However, with his comment about not reading or posting here because there is very little useful information --- well perhaps if he had read here and asked some questions etc. maybe he would not have had such a negative experience. Or, maybe he just manifests negative regardless. How you approach this certainly alters the odds of what type of end result you are more likely to get.

Attractive looks, age over 22, and height over 5'5" seem to feature occasionally... but not often all in the same women.

The sites specialising in Latinos seem less sophisticated, the photos and supporting information seems generally more sketchy.

The places they come from are often crime-ridden areas of extreme poverty, I would be most careful about where I went (yes, I think human life is cheaper in some of those places than it is anywhere in Russia or Eastern Europe).

On the plus side, I didn't see any "professional" photos (you know, the kind of photos that bear not the slightest  resemblance to the woman who turns up at the restaurant!)    

Also, I have had the fortune to visit Brazil (Rio and Recife) and Colombia (Bogota); I did not feel at all relaxed in Bogota, and I would challenge the claim that South America offers anything remotely approaching US (or UK)living standards. Maybe for 0.05% of the population, possibly..

Brazil was better, and I was impressed by some of the women I saw walking around (keeping fit seems to be a national obsession!) I was also impressed by their apparent warmth, they seemed more approachable and responsive than their RW counterparts; but that might not be a good thing in the longer term. A Brazilian business associate advised me to forget Rio and concentrate on the touristic areas of Natal, Recife etc (to the North) as all the menfolk have migrated to the big cities to find work, leaving many women "on the shelf" with nothing to do except lie on the beach...

But before I forget that this is the wrong board to be discussing Latinos, let me conclude by saying that having looked at both sides of the coin, my inclinations remain unquestionably towards Eastern Europe.

2.Mugged- So Russia aint Disneyworld!  There are plenty of American cities that you could do worse in.  Being from Detroit, I learned to avoid such situations.  Maybe jrm should never leave Kansas again.

3.Jack- ripped off?  I highly doubt that.  More likely jrm is an unrealistic man with too high expectations.  Better to blame Jack than take personal responsibility.

4.Expense-Stay in Kansas and ride the bus.

5.Interesting and depressing sites-welcome to the real world.

6.In "love" without meeting- Enter any chat room for the same experience (refer to my #1)

7.Lots of sex at high cost- jrm sounds like a man bedding women above him, cash is the equalizer, others can accomplish(?) the same with charm and personality.

8.Not married, too much to lose- Stay in Kansas and continue to live with Mom.

In closing, there will always be foolish men that women will take advantage of, no matter what country they do or do not visit.
KenC