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Update, Monday 26 January 26 at noon in Rio. Friday I went out with a forum member’s non GP friend. Not much in the way of gay nightlife in Ipanema anymore. The security guy at Pink Flamingo was incompetent in checking my small bag and insisted I remove everything and, of course, there was no place to put anything. I gave up and went for drinks elsewhere at 2300 hours or so. Belmonte had a line to get in and we did not want to stand in the drizzle outside under an umbrella table. Went 1 block away. Then to La Cueva, as he likes older guys. I did not even know they had a small darkroom until I was about to leave at 0230 hours or so. No free drinks with the now 60 RS cover anymore. But drink prices seemed reasonable. The disco music and videos were fine. Overall, just not my cup of tea, despite maybe 4 hot younger guys. The light clouds came out Saturday and Sunday even had some am sun, despite predictions for rain, so I went to gay beach. Look for the purple umbrellas across from Boteca Belmonte, at the of rua Farme de Amoedo, about 2 blocks east of Posto 9. No gay rainbow flags unlike in the past few years. Ended up at Taurus Cruise / sex club rua da Lapa 8, from 0030 ish until about 0230 hours. Took the M to Gloria and walked in the light drizzle. Lots of nightlife. The 3 interactive guys started around 0100 and mostly favored heavy bears, but I had fun with 1 or 2 of them as well as did many others of all types. Good mixed crowd, but not as many folks as in late 2024. Perhaps I should have arrived at 2300 hours or so. Who knows….. Because I stayed so late, I skipped The Home. It was also raining when I left, so I just wanted to head back to the bnb. Strangely, prices were reasonable, maybe lots of folks did not go out or left earlier. Sunday was busy. Went to the Hippie Fair and the gay beach. Made a mistake at the beach in letting some older guys from Delaware watch my stuff. I was alone and usually ask a small of folks if its ok to leave my few things while I take a dip. Was not getting great vibes and heard these folks speaking English. Usually, I ask folks speaking PT or SP, as I can meet new folks and experience the other cultures while hanging out. Well, I think we know folks who are loud mouthed, verbally pushy, and of course, all conversations must be about them. One of guys even asked me if he was being more than a bit too much. I tried changing the conversation and speaking to one of the others. Did not go well. His partner was talking to someone from Sao Paulo and asked him if he was a kept boy (of about 35 yo). Two of the 4 were Ugly Americans, to say the least (the other 2 quiet folks were neighbors in the US. I felt so bad for them.). And yes, it happens with all nationalities, types, etc. Well, I should have left earlier. – Please, no hate replies, just reporting the facts as I understand them – Skipped Gloria as it was getting late for going to Bangu sauna, Boite Casa Nova. Drizzling just a bit in Ipanema. 4 UBER drivers canceled and I arrived 30 minutes after promised time in part due to this plus heavy traffic out of Ipa near Lagoa. LOL. FWIW, UBER has been of bad quality and reliability this entire trip. Always late on pick ups or drop offs, poorly maintained cars or simply clueless drivers have occurred on every trip. On the return trip, the UBER parked on the other side of the street from the sauna and would not pull over. The road was like a busy highway at the time, and I guess he wanted me to be run over. LOL  You pass many many moderate sized fundamentalist churches with services going on Sunday night in Bangu and when on the 101 detour noted below. Coming back from Bangu the BR 101 was essentially closed with a huge backup heading west towards Bangu from Coelho Neto Metro. Reminded me of accidents on the German Autobahn. Even going east from Bangu there was at least a several km delay / back up. Had 4 GPs at Bangu. One did not deliver, LOL. 2 tried to change the deal in the room during sex and when a 3rd started, I quickly put an end to it in my poor PT and told him to keep to our agreement or I was leaving. Two of the 4 ending quite well, 3rd so so, and the 4th, well I should have not paid, though I did. LOL. Entry was 45 or 50, and included a locker this trip, sodas were 10- and boys were 100, although like I stated, some wanted up to 200 in the room during sex. I know the GPs talk but I never agreed to an up price in the room. So a mixed night in Bangu. Took almost 2 hours to get from check out at Bangu back to my Ipanema Bnb. I also felt very very tired returning, but did not see anyone dope my drink. The M to Coelho Neto is quite safe. You can uber or cab to bangu from there. On my way back, huge crowds entered after the football match at Maracana between Flumiense and Flamengo. Despite some drenching rain during the delayed matched, all seemed dry ! A couple of hook up app meet ups never happened over the weekend, Again, LOL. Did not have any further contact from forum folks. Its truly sunny and not too hot at noon on Monday, so off to the beach !!!

I’ve been trekking in Nepal - wonderful experience in the high mountains. Companionship in lonely tea houses eating mainly fried potatoes and eggs. Did it twice but need to get much fitter to do it again even with porters carrying our gear. Kathmandu like a mini Bkk but no gay bars I’m afraid. I forgot the boys whilst on the trails. Everything cheap but BASIC.  

I'm merely curious. How does a present member digging up a post from the far distant past not have his name listed as the poster - with reference back to the old post? He is not credited as being the poster and he claims no credit in the post which follows. There surely seems to be something tin the regulations that needs to be changed to avoid this sort of issue becoming more common. 

So now, after a weekend of Trump admin LIES, and several POV videos that debunk their false narrative that victim Alex Pretti "attacked" ICE, they are walking that back BUT now coming up with EXCUSE #2 to justify the killing. NOW they say he was killed because "he brought a gun to a protest" which meant in their minds he had intent to arm ICE, with NO proof that is true. Pretti was a legal, licensed gun owner, something the Republicans have consistently FOUGHT for, and Minn is an open carry state.  So Pretti, having a gun at a protest, which was secured in his holster IS NOT A CRIME, or worthy of DEATH !    Lets remind these asswipes that KYLE RITTENHOUSE, the young crybaby that bought an assault rifle to a protest, and DID KILL protesters was defended for HIS actions and later acquitted.   Why wasnt his possession of a weapon at a protest labeled CRIMINAL and worthy of death.... And then, lets remind the asswipes that EVERY Jan 6th insurrectionist brought a weapon, many gun toters, to a protest, and used those weapons to overturn an election and harm law enforcement....  and yet Trump and his Liars posse labeled them "patriotic Americans" and worthy of his pardon and no accountability. What's perfectly clear is that the situation "is whatever Trump says it is"..... whether its a LIE, unlawful or slanderous.    The Dems hollering about "defunding ICE" will not fix this situation....   We ,must combat Trump and Miller.  IF our only option now is "Comply or DIE",  we are NOT FREE !