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I've been a poster and a reader at that site since 1998 or '99 and read and post here as well. ...have never met the blog/website owner in person, nor have I really communicated with him via email or by any other tech means. Personally, I've found both of these sites valuable; ...have never involved myself in any "cat" fights amongst and between the staffers or the other readers/posters, and will miss the site for a month, for there are a few forums that I read and use regularly. Guess my eyes will get a rest. Glad that I'll be able to keep abreast of my interests by continuing to come to www.boytoy.com and its forums. [I LIKE this size for reading on the net.]

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Day 0: The Setup So I can’t claim the term “newbie” anymore, as this would be my fourth trip to Brazil in 10 months. I do feel that I am not an expert yet, compared to some of you here. But I have gotten over my initial hang-ups with Brazil (dangerous, language barrier, samba overkill) and can honestly say that I am thoroughly comfortable with visiting the country and mixing it up with the locals. To clarify my three hang ups above: dangerous – I still think it is still pretty fucking dangerous, but one can manage the risks when one gets there; language barrier – Portuguese is still a difficult language to learn for me, but I am getting along faster than I thought I would at this stage; samba overkill – this has changed, it is now “funk” overkill, like what reggeaton is to Colombia. This trip was different from the three other Brazil trips I’ve had so far. Those other trips were planned well in advance, with fares bought many months beforehand, and hotels and AirBNBs booked before the good options were snatched away. This trip was spontaneous in comparison. Because of all the fun that was had on the previous trip, I just had to book the next trip as soon as I got home, and only 3 weeks before the actual start of the next trip. My usual preparation: 1. The journey, not the arrival, matters As one would expect, booking less than a month away from the start of the trip yielded far less trip deals ($1000 to $1500 RT) from California. So I buckled down and did a hybrid booking on two separate tickets: I cashed in 25,000 Avios points on my British Airways account from Miami to Sao Paulo on LATAM, and another 25,000 Avios points from Sao Paulo back to Miami, this time on American. And then I paid $350 for a roundtrip from California to get to Miami on American to hop on these Brazil flights. Since these bookings are separate tickets, there was always a danger of missing and losing flights if my first flight from and back to California was delayed. But $350 and 50,000 points were better than $1000 at this point. 2. Show me your friends and I’ll show you your future If you remember last trip, Diego, the garoto de programa who left me and my friends in a sauna for actual paying customers: After the trip I gave him the last 500 reals he needed for him to be able to leave his pimp, and he promised to stay with me (us) on my next trip. After I booked my flights, I confirmed with Diego, and Diego then asked me to buy him his tickets from Rio to Sao Paulo. $88 later, he was set, ready to stay in Sao Paulo with me (us) for 5 nights. As for other companions, Leo, the hairdresser extraordinaire, will be available to hang out with me again. He said he is contracted to work on a TV show the majority of the time I will be there, but will hang out when he can. Alex, Leo’s cousin who is a programmer, said he would be available for the whole time I am there, but will have to see if he can get time off. Hanging out with friends during a sex tourist trip is tricky. On the one hand having local friends can be advantageous with finding out where to go that’s beyond the tourist traps, help with the local language (though I’d rather learn the language too and having friends who speak for you is kind of a double edged sword), and filling out the time in between sauna trips (beaches! Nighclubs! Random orgies!). But traveling with friends meant having to get a consensus on what to do together. Which is like herding cats sometimes. 3. The sky’s the limit if you have a roof over your head With the flights reserved, there was the question of lodging. With my stay in Sao Paulo, I had options. Leo and Alexandre offered their homes up. Leo lived at a house near Guarulhos with his mother and pets. Alex lives in Tatuape, which is situated somewhat in between Guarulhos and Ave Paulista, so it was closer to the action. I tell them to decide for me with whom I’d stay. As we all talked about my week-long stay in Brazil, we determined that staying in Sao Paulo the whole time would be boring. Since Diego was flying back to Rio on Day 6, Alex and I thought that it would be good to also go to Rio the same day (same flight) to spend a few days there (sem Diego of course). So I booked an AirBNB in the middle of Ipanema and Copa (near Aproador), with a sofabed so Alex can stay there as well. AirBNB’s of a certain caliber (24 hour security, full kitchen, washer with gym and pool access) are still less than $50 a night, so not too bad. I paid for the AirBNB, as a thank you to Alex for letting me stay in his house. 4. Variety is the spice of life Finally, as much fun as my newfound friends were, I needed to mix it up. I wanted to see the other people I’ve met in Brasil in the past. So I enlisted the services of Thiago, my find in Belo Horizonte: When he has a break in studies, he tries to take the bus to either Rio or SP to work at the saunas there. While he has had a steady stable of customers in BH, he goes to the bigger cities at times if he needs more money and to mix it up. He stays with friends while in RJ or SP, and charges a little bit more for his programas than he would in the smaller and cheaper Belo Horizonte. He happened to be in Rio the same week I would be. So after my stay with Alex in Rio, I offered to fly Thiago to Sao Paulo from Rio to stay with me for my last night in Brazil this trip. He would take the bus from SP to BH from there in time to be home for his classes the next day. Our terms were simple: he won’t charge me anything to stay with me, in return he would be able to work at Lagoa, the sauna in Sao Paulo, at the same time I was in the sauna hiring boys. Seems like the perfect scenario to me: having someone available during all non-sauna hours, and during sauna hours, having the same person earn money while with me, while I sample for Brazilians. A win-win. No time for Gabriel this trip. I have moved on. So next up, the nightlife in Sao Paulo with Diego, Leo and Alex. Continue or no?

I am asking you all that have used hotels in Rio to contribute here if you have just 5 minutes. I found that it is very hard from a hotel website to figure out what their guest policy is, in Rio, short of asking every single hotel that you are interested in. To save time to everyone, we should maintain a list of known hotels and put them in one of 4 categories based on their guest policy. I know now many of you will say ”just get an Airbnb” but no, I want my bed to be made, my towels changed, etc, etc. I will I’ll start by putting my own short list into these 4 categories. 1. Policy: anyone allowed, and no id checks (this category I assume will be love-hotels only) - Lido Hotel, R. Ronald de Carvalho, 190 - Copacabana 2. Policy: guests allowed with registration and no fee - ??? 3. Policy: guests allowed with registration at a small fee - South American Copacabana Hotel, R. Francisco Sá, 90 - Copacabana 4. Policy: no guests allowed, only those individuals registered at check-in time. - Arena Leme hotel, Av. Atlântica, 324 - Leme - Arena Copacabana Hotel, Av. Atlântica, 2064 - Copacabana If you let us know the name of the hotel you have stayed and whether you put it in categories 1, 2, 3, or 4 (based on your experience of trying to bring in a guest), I will consolidate the list.

RH: Clearly, that blogspot link was meant as a dig at HB and there are many other, authentic, heartfelt eulogies out on the web that better serve his life. Oz is the only guy here who has accurately explained what happened following M's death.

Nope! http://archives.starbulletin.com/2005/03/04/news/story9.html "Michael Jones, who was known by his on-air name Michael Qseng, in honor of his mother, Magdalena Quiseng Jones, died of a heart attack while in a hotel pool in Bangkok." __________________________________________________________________________________ A real pioneer in the escort arena. He started what no one else thought of or had the balls to do.

iPhones have a step counter you can access using the built-in Health app. It's usually turned on by default but if not, here's how to turn it on and access it. You do not need to download any other apps.

It amazes me that someone who is broke and clearly doesn't hire any escorts is the person in charge of that other site. Just about everything to do with the user interface is a disaster.

Brexit has made London a less expensive city for American visitors, which is a small silver lining for this self-destructive policy.

Why would anyone care to know?

The author nonchalantly accuses a recently deceased man of criminal behavior without evidence (screenshots etc).

I agree with you that the link is a dig at HB. Not only that, there are several totally false allegations in the article. The author of the article must not have had much to write about the day considering he invented a lot of the false nonsense about HB. The author should be ashamed of himself.

Actually, i miss his random posts.. found them entertaining. I hope he is ok as i don’t think he has posted anything in the last week the other site was up.

And he wonders why he can’t find clients?

No, they were not even friends. Hooboy died in Bangkok the night after his lover and myself had dinner with him. I was on my way to the USA and heard about it when I landed. I immediately got back on a plane and headed to Amsterdam where they lived to be with his long-term boyfriend. Hooboy and I spent months together on 4 different continents. I knew his friends well. All the vultures that wanted to take his business without his family knowing headed to Hawaii to his funeral.

Due to arthritic joints age 59 the doc said do NOT RUN but just walk aerobically and you will get the same benefits.

+1 Fonts should always be sans serif online and M4M has the worst.

stand... but I will sit if there's a glory hole to look through. :-)

Join the club!

I'm amazed by the number of guys here who sit when they're urinating (peeing); I prefer to stand as I voted. But remember fellows, "to each his own!"

Unless they're very social.

I just got off a plane and the guy next to me was scanning thru “Asian Wife” shopping web sites. He’d scroll down thru the pics... open one... send some kind of text message... then continue. I suppose that technically it was a “family oriented” site. (It sort of reminded me of something similar I do. .)

The cynic in me says those who have contributed feel cheated and may not again contribute to a site that accepts donations then shuts its door without good cause.

Well (hehe) it is the only reason that I can think of, and therefore it is the one I will go with!

I don’t think that was it...

As you all (maybe) know, I have the honor of having been unceremoniously BANNED from that site. I guess it was their way of telling me that I am just too good for them!

Love to get 10,000 steps in. I also run a few times a week and try for a 5k or more once a month, where I generally finish in th ectopic fifth. Hike, road and mountain bike, and do x-fit. Lifting is actually superior to running, but combined is even better. Keep up the activities, gentlemen! Your providers will also appreciate it.

8000 to 10000 onmost days. Sometimes up to 15-20K if I’m walking around a lot or feeling energetic.

Maybe the forum will return as a monthly pay for use site.

Daddy has been in a hurry to lose some of his best posters. Deej is hopeless. If the site is to survive, it seems clear that the owner wants to de-emphasize the escort part of it. Just what we need are more city reviews. Oz has already done a great job on that, not that updates aren’t necessary. But, I am in New York seeing great theater and shopping like a true gay person. Maybe next week I could help...oops, sorry, I will be in Puerto Vallarta. i am sure Avalon and Marylander can give the guiding hand. But say, if the staff will all be off work, they could join me in PV! Well, not all of them!

The software is ugly as shit (IMO) but there's a reason why it's the most used forum software out there. Ease of use, reliable functionality, and customer service. Daddy continually likes to play the "sweat" card. As I said, the "sweat" card is his way of making it appear that he's working very hard for your pleasure and donations. It's a feel-sorry-for-me ruse. And some suckers buy into it. I know too much about IT. I never bought into it. Time's almost up. I'm a great fan of re-invention, but I'm also a realist. Daddy has no experience with marketing. He never should have used the word "Mature" to describe his customer. The surest way to limit your audience: use the word "mature." If you want to play the perception game, which is crucial in marketing, NEVER use the word "mature." Hopefully is the key word here. Got to figure out a way to squeeze more revenue out of this endeavor since porn ain't cuttin' it. The idea of expanding the scope of reviews has always been a good one. However, what legit company wants to mix restaurant dining and hotel interiors with the subject of an escort's skill at sucking cock and eating ass? I'm just not seeing the ad dollars here. Any creative idea is probably too late for Daddy. He's not talented enough to build a site or a marketing plan with pizzazz. He's not a designer. His taste is very low-rent trailer park. To attract younger users (30's and 40's), you need clever and creative design ideas. You don't get that by using the word "mature," and wearing construction clothes on a pot-bellied body.

For many years I stood. Then I experienced a few male house guests who were pigs. Some from my own family. I felt sorry for my housekeeper. I tend to keep a very clean home. I like luxurious bathrooms the smell of freshly clean. I don't like the stench of dry, stale urine. I'm not a cleaning fanatic, but I've been known to clean the house before the house keeper arrives. Even though she's been employed by me for almost 30 years, I don't feel comfortable with her doing certain things. I have since found that if the males sit when using the toilet, they make much less of a mess. The toilet smells better for longer periods of time. Our building conserves, so we're not allowed toilets with large water tanks. With less water, the toilet bowl requires maintenance to keep it smelling fresh and clean. I don't want to clean the toilets every day, so I now ask male guests to sit when they need to piss. It is amazing how helpful this has been. My housekeeper recently asked me if I ever use my toilets. My new system of sitting is working. I also ask guests to not flush in the middle of the night. My building is older, and the plumbing noise can disturb neighbors who struggle with sleep.