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Those who read this forum regularly know that I have a 2nd home in Merida Yucatan, Mexico. I have been asked many times why Merida? what's the gay life like there? Costs to live there? etc? I, like many people had never heard of Merida(it is 90 miles west of Cancun). Florida Rob on this site is a good friend of mine for close to 15 years and he had moved there and opened a restaurant and told me I should visit him. His stories about how all the guys in Merida "are gay or if they aren't they want to be" lol, sounded so over the top that I wanted to go and find out. Merida is the capital of the state of Yucatan and has a population of over !,000,000 It is considered the safest city in Mexico as it is not a route for drugs to the U.S. Unlike Cancun, there has been no killings, robberies assaults of Americans/Canadians. The city has a expat community of approximately 5,000+ Americans and even greater number of Canadians! Canadians seem to have discovered Merida years ago as a 6 month winter get away that was very inexpensive. It is also the number one city for Medical tourism in Mexico. Merida has a International airport(MID) and has direct service from Houston on United, Miami on American and Atlanta on Delta. It is about a 1-1/2 hr flight from either Houston or Miami. Airfare from SoCal to Merida is usually just under $400.r/t The Centro part of Merida has the Historic Homes that are over 100 years to 200 years old. This is the area where most of the foreigners have bought homes as the younger Mexicans would rather move to the new suburbs rather then in the town center where their grandparents lived. Merida is about 20 miles from the beach area which really doesn't have any major hotels...Yet. but a 4 mile long pier was built to accommodate cruise ships. you can still buy individual private homes on the beach for $300,000. The city is dominated by one of the oldest churches in the Americas, built in the 1500's the park in front of the Cathedral is where all the activities take place every night in Merida, with music, dances, food fairs, and a number of hustlers always there. the photo of the guy is one of the strippers at one of the four gay bars, who often swings by in the late afternoon on his way to work to ask if I want to do anything. if I say no not today he goes "ok will check with you tomorrow". He is tall compared to most as he is 6'1", he is from a village about a 100 miles away.

Grindr is great but it will depend on how well you know Rio and how the guys operate there...Knowing some Portuguese is great as well I have had guys come back from Grindr and guys I have met in the saunas...never had any issues but I dont look like the type of person you would want to fuck with If you are asking these questions...Stick to the saunas...you can do anything and everything there... If you have to ask the same question two different ways, meeting random guys and having them come to your apartment is probably not a wise option....

Merida has 4 gay bars/clubs in town and a sauna about a 1/2 hour from the centro, 2 of them are approximately 5 blocks from my house. Grindr is very popular and so far about 70% of the guys i have met on there have been “free” even thou i have in my profile i am looking for business! most have been between 20 to 24 yrs old, although there is one persistent 18 yr old that i am not interested in but he keeps messaging! my last 10 day stay, 9 out of the 12 guys i met up with were free. also even paid hookups last several hours to all night! If you have beer they are happy to spend the entire nights! Paid encounters run $500.Pesos ($25.US) I have had two guys i have seen multiple times not charge after the first time!! they just want to relax and drink beer and have sex! Most of them have jobs so usually they get up at 6:00am to go to work, that is the only hard part, getting up to let them out! but they are back the next night to do it all over! I have not been to the sauna in Merida but Rob has! They have special party nights, there are no escorts but as i have said in Merida that is not a issue! :-)

Hmmm, "we are the only two"???? I wouldn't believe that statement if you had said we were the only two in the tub, the broom closet , under the bed, lol

LOL! I have been doing the same for about three decades now. It works!

The one painting and one photo I posted may look "off" in comparison, but the complex underwent several expansions and renovations throughout the mid-nineteenth century. The royal family dispersed following Independence in 1889 and the main museum, previously located in Centro, was transferred to the palace in 1892.

My experiences over the past 17 years has been very good! 90% of the guys that come back to the Apt are from the saunas. I have also had guys from Grinder, never a problem. This last trip i had a bartender overnight after his shift ended at 3:00am. One thing i do is if i am having a first time visitor i tell them we have to be quiet as my friend is asleep in the 2nd bedroom even thou we are the only two there. There are a lot of escorts on Grindr

Was the bill for two persons or more? If the bill was for only one person, there was a mistake in the bill unless your order included imported liquor.

Thx for the love motel info. The news here seems mostly about the upcoming election. Some news about the Palace / Museum fire. Not sure how it started nor why they could not limit the damage. Perhaps the entire building burned. Entire roof looks gone, but the walls are still up. Quite sad. Separate issue, each am after the bf (which seems reasonable) I have had the trots. Maybe due to overdoing the fruit. The pineapple here is not very acidic and is very tasty. Much better than Hawaian pineapple !! Watermelon tastes different too as do the bananas. Bought some pro biotics. Hope to be fine for lunch soon. The Siquiera Grill food was fine, but the bill came to about 100 R$. Very expensive for Rio. I think I will try Caretao churrascarea across the street or go to Leblon for a nice dinner later this week.

At least half of the twinks working at Escape were Ukrainian. Prague is full of them, probably because of the language ease.

airport is close, immigration is fast. however 10 hours is little, and i have no idea what to do with luggage.... if you check to final destination, which is not in colombia, luggage will stay in transit system. i have done 3 internal flights in colombia in 2016. on any one of them luggage came 1 flight later, and it was delivered to my hotel. but it arrived.