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Every Apollo mission was MORE than hairily close run. If they knew then what we know now, no one would have dared go on such missions. Except for the test pilot credo, " I would rather die, than look bad". Best regards, RA1

Agree with all posters above - you just could not be more central than that in Copa. And in between Nossa Senhora de Copacabana and Barata Ribeiro you're a block and a half from the beach.

Rua Figueiredo de Magalhães is one of the busiest streets in Copa. If you do choose to rent, find out what floor and if the apartment faces the street or not. Depending on location and floor, there can be lots of street noise from trucks and buses, Let alone music from neighbors.

mhm, yes. i was staying at Celebrities suites, Cl 74, # 10-33 do not be be mislead by name. it is a hotel. it is nice. i liked it. rooms are very big. actually it is sleaping room and living room, with a nice bathroom with a big shower..... i recommend. as the room was reserved for 2, and we came together we had no problem being inside the hotel together. However, the faces of the guys were saying: " we know what kind of relationship you have...." and besides that one guy, cute, but small, was extremely friendly... my gay radar said that he would willingly join us for a modest reward after working time. at this point we have to know, that this guys gut very small payment for their regular job. if they work full time somewhere around 250 US$, and they are cronically without money. next day, my friend Mauricio and myself went to Zipaguira.It is a salt mine, with under earth catedral, and according to some travel guides, the biggest tourist attraction in Colombia. As I had my "companiero" i didn't want to spend money on travel agencies, who try to charge you 80 $ for a trip, we went by bus for small money as locals do. Zipaguira is 80 minutes from Bogota by bus. it is a salt mine from last 2 centuries, which has a big catedral on the bottom. the place is similar to salt mine near Krakow in Poland, a little bit smaller. However in Poland is everything black and white, but here the add various color lights and is more colorful pls a few attractions inside, as well as outside. think that 2 pictures will speak for itself..... next time I move to Medellin............

I sent this to some of my nerd (pilot) friends. One response was, "read every word twice". Best regards, RA1

Make sure you check you listings on vrbo and airbnb...some do explicitly state that you can't have guests over. I had apartments in Sao Paulo and Rio and had no trouble bringing guests up. Make sure you know exactly where you are renting as there are favelas near ipanema and copa. Just because it says that doesn't mean its necessarily in a safe area try and get a sense of the street address. Beachfront or a few blocks back is best.

i was interrupting my reporting from Colombia, because i was not able to post pictures correctly from my phone. as now i am home and i have access from PC, i hope i will have better luck.... next day my friend Mauricio and myself went to mercado de usaguen. the big market is there only on sunday, however the neighbouring shops are open all days. there are some tourists, however 90 % of the visitors are columbians. they sell variety of domestic goods, like t-shirts, candles, soaps, ponchos, leather and textile goods. prices are very low and the quality of goods is nice. Mauricio was drinking juice of lulu fruit, which is micture of lemon and pinaple taste. fruit itself can be seen on a picture behind mauricio. for the evening we went to andres de res restaurant, that is located in a shopping mall in bogota. superb grill - parilla food. i highly recomend it. however don't forget the reservation it's packed. from restaurant we move to teatron. i have to see the largest disco club, particularly if it is gay. nice place to go and watch young colombians to dance. however, i think that on avarage guys are much nicer in brazil. maybe because, they are taller..... we don't try to connect to locals and retorn to hotel around 1.30 in the morning.....

Mauricio is a cutie.

The first morning we went to fruit market in Palaquemao in Bogota. It is nice and clean place. A lots of various fruits. We have bought a small quantities of 5 types of fruits that i didn't know and strawberies for my friend. Very interesting tasting, and also Strawberries very delisious. Mauricio looks tired on this picture because we got drunk a night before with aguardiente. Then we went to center of the city and we have joined a free walking tour. The tour is organized by Bogota Pass as a teaser for other tours. Nice walking with a great looking guide. He told us a lot About indians, spaniards coming to columbia, and a city itself. This was followed by a trip to Monserrat, which is a mountain over Bogota. View was not much up to, because of hazy weather, but the air is fantastic. They even have a tree, with a strong pleasan smell, which is a drug. Therefore, it is not recomended to sleep under it. On the average the boys in columbia do not look as good as in brazil. Fitnes awareness is not that high, and boys are smaller. However, because of unemployment and low wages they are very available. Most of the boys do not want to talk about sex, also my mauricio. But when he is in hotel room, he turns into little devil. I was surprised, because on two occasions he actully wanted sex without condom, which i have thanfully declined.

I have arrived to bogota on friday afternoon. All arrival procedures were very swift So i could finally hug my bogota guide Mauricio. His english is not very good, but we can communicate. He knows llittle about Bogota sights, but i have prepared progran, so he just has to get us there. He shows me his ID. He was born in 1993 and he looks me very strange, why should i check his age as this is not important here. We went for a romantic dinner in restaurant called Santa fe, which i found on tripadvisor. Food and chillean wine are supurb. We continue to gay bar el perro y candelaria. My guide sad the place is not good. Well, i can Understand him, because it was for guides over 30, but it is very alive, crowded and good music. We have destroyed a small bottle of agurdiente, which brought us in a very hot moot. Mauricio is very cute and has a body of a twink. He was really hot, and he also enjoyed the night. The story continues....

It's really not that hard to figure out who the person is. Who has been recently talking about his trip to Rio, and asking lots of questions about the saunas there? Who here is fresh off the plane from Rio? It may not be "the one" who has most recently made a recent negative impact here, but there are others who made the board aware of an upcoming Rio trip.I don't think it's a good idea to post photos of anyone on the Internet without his of her prior permission. If that person has already posted a photo somewhere on the Internet, like an ad advertising sex for sale services, then of course, he is fair game. However, a sauna worker deserve just as mush discretion and anonymity as we would expect. Anything that appears on the Internet is no longer private. This board may require a password and user name but it can easily be obtained. There is no other screening method for entry and for viewing posts and photos. Of course, we as indosvials may expect gentlemanly conduct from all board members, but with no screening or membership requirements, there is no way to guarantee this. Therefore, posting photos of sauna boys (or escorts who do not advertise their wares) without his advance permission just should not be done. This is a natural consequence of such action.

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I appreciate your response and experience....Again, "charm" is relative to what you are looking for.... In both DR and Rio, I understand the game and don't fall for the boyfriend of the week scam...I don't fall period...I enjoy the time and when it's over, I send them on their way... In DR, on one of my last nights in town, with my boyfriend of the week knowing it, he was prospecting at an even that we went to together.....No problem...I understand he needed his next "boyfriend" and I would be flying out the next morning In Rio, I have seen guys that I keep in contact with and can never wait for me to be back in town because they "miss me!" The biggest different for me was the culture and subtle-ness that Brazilians offer....In both countries, it is acceptable to be a male escort for guys who have girlfriends and wives because it is all about the money, DR just seems lower budget "TO ME" both with the guys that visit from the states and Europe and the escorts there....