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Introductions I thought I’d recap my week in Recife (and Fortaleza) through my usual ramblings, so if you're pretty averse to my way of writing it is best to turn away. This was the first Brazil trip I’ve taken (out of 13), in which I have not had also gone through either Rio de Janeiro or Sao Paulo, or both. I have used the smaller city Belo Horizonte before as a port of entry (from a Copa Airlines flight), which had its pros (no lines due to not having as many international flights into Confins Airport), and cons (takes a longer time for them to process foreigners because they are not used to it), but the trip after BH, I went to Rio to stay for a few more days before going back to the USA. I’m one of those people who likes to randomly surf Google Flights and Skyscanner for airfare deals whenever i am bored. I would put in dates (usually over weekends and/or holidays), sometimes almost 6 months to a year in advance, to find out if there are deals to be had. I usually get some good deals out of this method. One time I booked a Monterrey, Mexico flight over 200 days in advance for $105 round trip, and I almost forgot I had that I made the reservation till I got a United App notification, reminding me that I am able to check in to the flight 24 hours in advance. I hastily booked a hotel (Crowne Plaza) and packed whatever I could, and thanked the heavens that I still had room in my passport for MX immigration stamps. Still one of my best quickie vacations ever. It’s like finding money between the couch cushions. So this was one of those trips. Early January of this year, sometime after my New Year’s trip to Rio (my incomplete trip report here, sorry for not completing it), I found myself at work, bored, and wanting to go back to Brazil. I used Skyscanner to find out which Brazil cities other than Rio and SP had direct flights from the USA. I found these so far: BH, Brasilia, Manaus, Salvador, Belem, Recife and Fortaleza. The last two I found interesting. Recife and Fortaleza have have been mentioned here in BoyToy, with some members commenting on how beautiful the beaches and cities were, and some had some decent saunas as well, so I knew at least I would not be bored there if I did go. On Google Flights I put in some holiday dates to check for cheap fares, like - MLK Day weekend which at this point was just 2 weeks (too close) and President’s day weekend in February (no availability), Memorial day weekend in May (too expensive). Finally I put in the dates around July 4thand found this crazy fare: a roundtrip from Miami to Recife for $159. I quickly click on the LATAM link in the Google Flights search result to confirm. Sure enough, it was a real fare. Without any regard to whether I can get the time off from work or not, I booked it. If I can’t go, throwing away $159 isn’t the end of the world. I end up going every time anyway. Luckily for me as well, there were awards flights available to Miami, from my city in California (United), and back (American Airlines) through points. Which was very lucky indeed because sometimes it’s hard to find award flights around the holidays (especially around July 4th here in the USA). The good thing about point redemptions is that you can get the points refunded back to you if you decide to cancel (some nominal fee, $25 to $50 per leg), so this was some low risk high reward shit I was dealing with, which was a no brainer. The one quirk with this booking is that the flight back to Miami had an almost 24 hour layover in Fortaleza. Which to me wasn’t a bad thing, since it will give me a chance to check out the Fortaleza before heading back home. Since I was trying to visit all Brazilian states, getting two new states crossed off the list (Pernambuco and Ceara) in one week is kind of amazing. During the time of the booking of this flight, I had a Brazilian boyfriend who was from Minas. I thought about taking him with me to this trip but decided against booking his flights as well, since I was not entirely sure I will go. Sure enough, 2 month later, we have broken up. And from this booking in January, to the time I had to leave in late June, I would have taken 6 more trips to Brazil, and found another boyfriend on trip 3, this time, someone from Santa Catarina. In these 6 trips I would visit new states, to bring my total to 10 visited so far, out of 27 possible, in 12 trips. This 13th trip would bring it to a total of 12 states visited. Still not half but I have a whole lifetime to get there. And in these 12 trips, I have run into the same problem: I always intend to go to the saunas in the city I am in but never seem to quite make it there in the majority of the trips. I find myself just trying to make local friends and using Grindr for both free and paid encounters. Part of me is intimidated by saunas, another reason is simply because that I prefer to just have sex in my own (better) AirBNB bed and use my (better) bathrooms and facilities. With Brazil, it was really never just about sex with me, and the saunas do give me a hypersexual venue that I sometimes crave, but not always seek. Overall though, it’s good to have options. Also it is hard to go to a sauna with a bf. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. Oftentimes I just have to go by myself before or after bf time. Next up, AirBNB recommendations, my choice of companion, and the journey to Recife…

Day 0.5: Preparation 1. AirBNB Recommendations One thing that stayed in my head from my December trip to Salvador, where I hung out with @Latbear4blk for the first time, sauna boys usually asked me where I stayed because they said that most hotels in Salvador did not allow guests to have visitors up to their rooms. While this only happened exactly once in my life (in Yangon, Myanmar - I was so disappointed, we had to do it in the hookup’s apartment), I believe @Latbear4blk was able to play with his boys in his hotel in Farol da Barra. Still, I had this in mind when I was booking Recife and Fortaleza accomodations. I never even thought about booking a hotel and just looked at AirBNB. Fortunately, most Brazil AirBNB’s allow visitors, because usually the unit is in an ordinary residential apartment building, where of course visitors are allowed, unless the AirBNB listing specifically says NO GUESTS. I stay away from these. And most nice apartment complexes in Brazil also had a pool, a gym (usually simple but serviceable), a parking spot and a 24 hours porter for security. When I look at an AirBNB listing, I check if the name of the apartment complex is mentioned, to do a quick Google search of the complex that tell you where it is exactly in relation to the beach, markets or shopping, what kind of facilities it has (some photos in the apartment’s website usually are available) etc. I asked the boyfriend as to where he wanted to stay in Recife, since he spent almost a year of his early 20s in Recife. He preferred to stay in the relatively safe and rich beach district of Boa Viagem. Looking at AirBNB for my dates, filtering for “pools”, “24 hour check in” and “gym” I was able to find way more than I could want. I put in “<$40 a day”, “1 bedroom or more” and the most important “kitchen” filter and found a more manegeable ~50 properties. I found several that didn’t specifically say “NO GUESTS”, and had the name of the property either in the listing or in one of the listing’s photos, looked at where the building was in Boa Viagem, and narrowed it down to 3. I let the BF choose which he liked. He chose the property that had a big kitchen, 2 bedrooms and baths and nice faciltiies. It was going to be our home for a week. As for dates, it was a little bit tricky. If you look at my dates in the previous post, I will arrive at 7 AM in Recife, and leave at 2:30 AM. So I book dates starting with the night before I arrive, so I can check in early the next day (making sure the place has 24 hour check-in, I checked), and then check out will be the day I leave. For Fortaleza, it was less clear to me where to stay. I did not intend to have the BF go with me in the tiny 24 hour connection I had before flying back to Miami. So I did a similar search for Fortaleza like I did above, and found a lot of nice properties along Beira Mar Avenue (along the beach) in the Meireles district of Fortaleza. Google maps showed that there were also a lot of hotels near the properties I looked at, telling me that the area was touristy. So I just book a place that looked nice and had my requirements (no NO GUESTS for example). Since I arrived in Fortaleza at 3:20 AM, I had to book dates starting the night before, and the next night as well, even if I was only going to stay for 24 hours. But for a total 2-day stay for $71, it hardly mattered that I was booking 2 nights. Was I right with my choices of habitation? Stay tuned. 2. My Choice of Companion I do not go to Brazil to look for a boyfriend. So it’s strange that I always have one. I am a very good solo traveler, but I do not like to be alone when I get to my destination. In past Brazil sex vacations I’ve tried a week of just going at it alone, and just subsisting on free Grindr hook-ups, sauna visits and paid dates with site boys, but invariably, almost alway, my experience turns into inviting some old (and new) friends to the apartment and just letting the magic of Brazil run its course. I would get less sex probably this way than if I do it the other way, but Brazil does have a way of giving you what you really need instead of what you want. In my case it was friendship and companionship, as well as a view of the culture not readily available to tourists (not to mention my Portuguese fluency gowing leaps and bounds with every trip), instead of just sex and checking off tourist spots. I find that once you get to know people well in an area, it is inevitable that one finds a companion, a boyfriend, that matches your own needs and quirks. I long stopped fighting the urge to pair up and just went with the flow. I really think that I open myself up to be boyfriends with Brazilians precisely because it is not a huge commitment: I get the benefits of having a relationship (love! sex! companionship!); I still get to live my life in California, and ultimately, and this is important, it never ultimately works out because of a myriad of things (infidelity! fights and disagreements! distance!). When I booked this trip I was dating this beautiful, worked out, green-eyed, 27 year old Mineiro who lives in Rio. He was a very popular Garoto de Programa who was able to get himself out of the sex trade by saving enough to buy a car and motorcycle, and then became a motoboy, at a favela and a sometimes Uber driver (only on busy holidays and festivals). We started dating late last year, and he also started being friends with my friends in Sao Paulo. I’d visit him monthly, sometimes twice a month (did I mention he was beautiful?). Things were hot and heavy the first few months and then it got a little weird the last month. I then got a harried Whatsapp message from his girlfriend(!), who found out about me while she snooped in his phone. Turns out he started dating her a month prior, and she had no clue I even existed. I sent her messages (prints) to the Mineiro, and afterwards, the inevitable drama, crying, explanations followed. He told me he was pressured to have a girlfriend after his sister found a photo of him and me together, being lovey dovey, in a friend’s facebook. So he had to deny this to his family and pretend to date a girlfriend to quash the gay rumors. Whatever. This was exactly what I thought would happen (in one form or another). I never really hoped that any of my relationships here would last, so this was the perfect time for me to bow out. I bid him goodbye but he didn’t accept it. I blocked him on Whatsapp and he messages me on Facebook, then Instagram. After all those blocked he texts me on iMessage. It took me about a week of this back on forth to finally get him to admit defeat. He also lost my friends in the process. I really liked the guy and maybe the relationship was going to work, but the promise of single life and being able to Grindr and sauna in peace has taken over me once I was given the opening. And just when I was planning to fully take a huge juicy bite of the single-life apple, I met another former Garoto de Programa to become boyfriends with. Sigh. Yes he is also beautiful, worked out, blah blah, everything you need out of a seemingly genetically engineered Brasileiro. I met him in March, been boyfriends ever since. A month before this trip I bought him tickets to meet me in Recife. I carved some alone time (not enough, but some) to hunt on my own. We shall see what happens with that. 3. The Journey to Recife I was looking forward to spending time with the BF in the Northeast, since I’ve only hung out with him in Rio, SP and his home state of Santa Catarina. But I also, at the very least, wanted to carve out solo time for myself, to hunt either on Grindr or the saunas. This is THE constant stuggle of my life actually, the push and pull between how awesome being in a relationship with a sexy, interesting and amazing man, and the freedom, wonder and intensity of meeting new pople. The struggle is finding a good balance of both. Ultimately I fail, but the fun is in the trying. My first attempt at balance: I wanted to see the BF on my very first day (I missed him!), but booked his flight to arrive later in the day (early evening) than my own arrival, enabling me to at least get some hours of rest and hunting. No sauna time possible the first day, but a week before my trip, I did a GPS spoof with Grindr and found a massive treasure trove of boys who were interested. This was promising. Weather forecasts for the week showed sunny conditions during the day and some showers at night. Since it was “winter” in Brazil, and the Northeast, the temperatures were a little bit cooler than summer, so it was looking good. Which meant packing mostly tank tops, shorts, and flip flops, with the odd t-shirts and pants for date nights. Ordered my usual suite of travel sized items, including 5 cans of spray sun block, which I found came in handy in Brazil, since the stuff they sell in the beaches are easily 5 times more expensive, and in drugstores at least 3 times more. Once I got to Miami I flung my way across Miami airport to get to Terminal J, which was at the very end of the South Terminal. Here is where I am thankful for my status in American Airlines: despite the very cheap economy fare in LATAM, I was able to reserve a seat (window), line up to LATAM’s priority check in, spend time in LATAM’s lounge in Miami (where there was a Copa America Quarterfinal match between Chile – Colombia watched by very lively Chilean passengers waiting for their flight to Santiago), and get priority boarding (Group 2). Once on board, I see the usual old and tired LATAM décor and colors, but fairly dependable and benign anyway. Leg room was reasonable, but found out that the flight was not full (maybe ¾ full), and therefore the seats at the back (where I was) had passengers, including me, who had the whole row to themselves. After takeoff and getting to cruising altitude, I took off my seat belt and laid flat on my whole row. I didn’t bother waiting for dinner or breakfast, knowing that LATAM’s dining offerings were not worth the giving up the extra minutes (hours) of shut-eye I will need. If I was going to spend 12 hours alone in Recife before the BF arrives, I better have all the energy I can muster. This is my 13th trip to Brazil, and by this time I know very well that rest (more than money) is the most important thing to have in abundance. Recife immigration was pretty quick and hassle free, and I actually had a nice conversation with the officer, in English. He made some remark about my passport, because it was full of Brazilian entry and exit stamps. I usually had my stock response ready (one that was fairly benign and safe), but I was excited to start my Recife adventure. So I told him the truth: that I was going to spend a week with my boyfriend who was from SC. He laughed, and found this amusing, and gave me some tips on where to go and what to do. “Bom trabalho,” I said, wishing him well with the rest of his shift. He winked, and said “I’ll see you soon.” Not sure if that was a threat or a an invitation. I zipped through customs, and the classic welcome sign greeted me: Two other things I do that is almost second nature to me by now when traveling to Brazil. (1) One was buy bottled water at the airport upon arriving. If I was going to hit the ground running, I won’t waste time looking for the basics necessities on the first day, and while I had everything I needed in my luggage (condoms, lube), not all apartments had drinking water in the fridges. If I was gonna have sex marathons, water is usually required in breaks to refresh one’s body after exchanging fluids with strangers. The other thing is to (2) get Brazilian Reals at the Banco 24 Horas. I’ve always just used my Charles Schwab ATM that was ATM fee free, international transaction fee free, and had competitive exchange rates in Brazil. The challenge was to find ATMs in Brazil that would accept them. It works *sometimes* with the big Brazilian banks like Bradesco and Banco do Brasil, but *always* at Banco 24 Horas ATMs. Again, I don't want to waste time looking for this ATM in the city, while I could be just getting laid. Airports usually had them, and Recife airport was no different. 1000 reals to start the vacation: Next up, it was a cum 4 times a day kind of day…

But, I emphasise, not "gay" business. My suspicion is that, if it thrives, and the successfully-expanding Ambiance becomes even more reliant on the Chinese/Asian market, the "Boyztown" sign will soon be taken -down as an embarrassment. Perhaps it doesn't matter; it makes commercial sense. Nevertheless, it is sad for my generation. Back in 1995 I recall the sheer joy of sitting in Panorama surrounded by guys just like me, watching the go go dancers saunter past on the way to work. I'd never felt so much at home.

welcome to the forum try again tonight, boy should be there, you don't want to return home with regrets

I am not sure if there are any recent books on his life with new information on what might have happened to him. Two years ago there was a showing in Bangkok of a new documentary "Who Killed Jim Thomson The Thai Silk King" with new details supplied in interviews with relatives of several men who were involved with both Thomson and his disappearance. The director and relatives were in attendance for a Q&A session after the showing of the film. Unfortunately I cannot locate it on the internet. But the long Q&A is interesting - Basically the documentary suggests that Thomson went reluctantly on his trip to Malaysia. The purpose was to meet the leader of the Malaysian communist insurgency, Chin Peng, who was going to arrange for him to be flown secretly to Phnom Penh. There he was to meet a former Prime Minister of Thailand who had fled to Beijing in the early 1950s and could not return. At the time of Thomson's disappearance, China and Cambodia had diplomatic relations and so travel between the two capitals was easy. The ex-Prime Minster had wanted to meet a member of the Thai government, but this person was reluctant to do so in case word of the meeting got out. So at the last minute he asked his good friend Jim Thomson to go in his place. With his spy background Thomson knew about the Malaysian communists. He knew he had to be careful. He also knew that Moonlight Cottage where he stayed on his trip had at one time been the centre of the Malaysian communists. Thomson had to wait for several days at the Cottage before contact could be made. On a Sunday morning he had walked down the road from the Cottage to attend a Church further down the hill. That afternoon it is assumed he received word that the communists were ready to meet him. He quickly left the Cottage to walk down the hill where transport would be waiting for him. His departure was obviously hasty as he left behind several personal items. He then vanished. The documentary claims that Chin Peng and his associates did not know Thomson before being advised he would be the intermediary. In doing their research, they discovered he had been a senior US intelligence agent. They became alarmed. The last thing they wanted was a spy providing information about their exact whereabouts and capabilities. The film decries previous theories that Thomson could have mistakenly walked into the forest, got lost and was killed by animals. Thomson knew the area well. It claims that Chin Peng had in fact laid a trap. When Thomson found the transport due to take him to the plane for Phnom Penh, he climbed in and the vehicle drove off. It is known that tracker dogs discovered that his trail on the road suddenly ended, suggesting that he entered a vehicle. It is then assumed that Chin Peng had him murdered and his body buried far from Moonlight Cottage. Hence the search which was limited to the environs of the Cottage could find no evidence of a body or his clothing. It is of course merely a theory, one of many. for example it was also well known that not everyone in Thailand liked Thomson. In particular some of the other silk manufacturers were very angry that a farang had come and had much greater success than they had achieved. He was also taking market share away from them. One or more of these businessmen would have had a good reason for wishing to get rid of him. So this is just the latest theory. After watching the documentary it seemed to me to have more than a degree of authenticity. But it will likely always remain one of lifes great mysteries.

Look, toots, I could get repetitive strain injury writing pages upon pages but I am not going to fall into that trap. You are being somewhat obsessional and want it all laid out perfectly. The working guys would be herniating themselves in stitches over this exchange. The sauna brothels such as Clube 117 are fairly structured. You pay the house for 30 minutes of room use and the garotos are accustomed to using up the time. With a shower before and after, the time flies. You won"t likely get a break from the house if you go over the limit even by a few minutes ... they will charge for two periods, unless you are well known or able to wear them down, as most Cariocas or repeat visitors would. On free cabin nights only the first period is usually gratis. The privilege resets when you vacate the room. I often do an hour any time because I do not like to rush and often the guy will accept a small extra ... for example 30 minutes 125-150 translates negotiably to 60 minutes 180-200. That works for me cuz I generally do not see two guys I must have, prefer one robust orgasm, and make contact for a deferred date if another guy captures my interest. Social time with prostitutes onsite outside of the private room costs nothing but possibly optional refreshments. A lot of that interaction can be quasi-erotic if the client wants and the garoto knows he will get a programa. There is no "short", only the conventional 30 minutes. "Long" is 35 minutes to infinity, there, "love motel", accommodations, etc, with a limitless array of price and sexual choreography contingencies. I have completed a few dozen versions of arrangements and have barely grazed the surface of the dating vistas beyond dinner and sex. It would be insane to stratify and categorize. Frankly, since you seem to be asking for advice, and do not speak the language, I suggest you stick to the two venues in your neighbourhood, possibly also Point 202, for at least a week, getting the lay of the land, ramping up some skills with respect to the smooth-operator games that may become evident, and not committing quickly to one guy. You seem anxious to quickly replicate your Thai-based playbook and I doubt I am the only reader who suspects this is unrealistic and naïve. The go-to staffperson at 117, if you need support, is likely young little Patrick J, if still employed there. He is low in the hierarchy, usually pushing a broom, but warm-hearted, no attitude, whip-smart, and completely bilingual. I usually spend minimum 25 tipping the group of cleaners, distributing according to whim.

This Dreamboy mamasan is an uncle of Jupiter ‘s mamasan Nueng.

Yesterday, after Wagner, I was exhausted. I have been planning a walking excursion to the beaches in Copacabana and Ipanema that is always being postponed. I canceled it for the second time. Although I needed a nap, I wanted to catch up with my writing, I am so behind. I am working in a new post for my blog that should have been published last Tuesday. By the way, if you guys have not seen Rhyheim Shabazz and Jay Alexander last scene, you are missing something. When I am back to working, brribrrip, Grindr again. A pretinho very sexy offering me a program for R100. He was so sexy that made me horny again, even sent me a video playing like a puppy with his dick hard. I was in. We set an appointment at 5 (it was noon), I would text him at 4 to confirm. I tried to keep writing but I was too sleepy and now had an extra motivation to rest and recover strength. I took a nap. At 4 I text him to his WhatsApp to confirm. He responds it is ok. At 4:30 he texts me he is on his way. According to Grindr, he is 12 miles away. At 5:30 there is no sign of him. So I use the translator and text a joke: "Brazilians' only flaw, besides Bolsonaro, is that they are never on time", adding a big smily to make clear is a joke. He did not like it, and responds that he was having lunch with his family when I texted at 4 (an earlier agreed confirmation time), and asking if I wanted him to turn around and go back to his home. This reaction was a yellow flag for me. He would be the only guy I was inviting to my place without being recommended by a third party. His reaction made me quite distrustful. I asked him what was his estimated time for arriving. He would be arriving at 6:15 for an appointment at 5. I canceled. It was not a big deal, I wanted to have some energies for my first visit to 117. As I was frustrated with my saunas experiences, I decided to do some homework. I reread the thread Brazilian Saunas. I had read it three years ago, when I started fantasizing about traveling to Brazil. Now, with four Brazilian saunas in my background, I was impressed at how accurate, detailed, and useful @Tomcal posts were. After the reading, I head to 117, the best sauna to go on a Thursday according to a table posted in page 5 of that thread. I arrived about 7:15, sat in the bar after a walk around, and summoned the spirits of @Tomcal, @Tartegogo, and @numazu1. Actually, I just texted with numazu who calmed my natural anxiety and helped me to relax. If this was one of the popular days, I was underwhelmed. Many boys but not so many clients, the place looked semi empty. Many gorgeous boys seemed to be more interested in watching porn in their phones than in paying attention to the clients. Sitting in my table I rejected about 2 bodybuilders and 2 guys in their thirties. Out of the crowd of hot boys, I had selected about three I was interested in, but they were ignoring me. How did they dare. Finally, one of them made eye contact and came to my table. Edouardo, 23 y.o., from Niteroi. He works during the day in a street post selling burgers and street food with his aunt and his big brother. Tall, broad shoulders, beautiful muscular arms and huge butts and dick. I asked him whether he liked women, as I am tired of bad sex with "straight" G4P boys. His response was "women are difficult". Point for him. He insisted on going to a suite. As I still had fresh in my memory Tomcal's anecdotes, I told him that I wanted to kiss with several boys and would choose the one who kissed me the best. Edouardo asked me how I would determine that, and we immediately started kissing. Damn he was good, of course, as most Brazilians, and his dick got immediately hard without playing with it. It was a little weird that when he was sitting with me, he was less attractive than when I would look at him from some distance. So I kept sending him to the counter to get drinks and contemplated his beauty. The other boys I wanted seemed to be busy, it was early, so I took the programa with him. When I asked his price, he told me 150. I know that means I could have had him for 100, but I feel bad paying so little, 150 is my price to go. The suite was very roomy, much better than the one I got in 202. We did not waste time, as soon as we closed the door, we started to make out passionately. He was the first sauna GP that did not need to clean his ass for me. He was ready to bottom, a very good sign. He did well, the first sauna GP I fuck and I feel he is enjoying it and not doing me a favor. An additional extra good point for him: I do not even know whether or not the room had a TV to play porn, he did not need it, and made me feel he was actually into me. I would not say this was excellent sex, but was good, the best I had so far in the sauna setting. He asked me if I wanted him to cum, but I told him he could save it for other programas, it was just 8, and I busted jerking off and kissing him once I pulled out after fucking him in a couple of positions. When we finished I payed him (I was not using the locker) , freed him and the room, and went back to the bar to see if I was lucky and could get another one. The two boys that would worth a second fuck were with clients, so I finished my drink and went back home. I think I like more 202. Please, notice I have been very few times (once in 117 and twice in 202) in these saunas to have a strong opinion. I am sharing just my initial impression. I prefer 202 layout although 117 seems to have better quality facilities. I like that the boys in 202 seem to concentrate in the downstairs bar making it easier to see the offer, while the guys in 117 are spread all over the place and sometimes just flash through the bar without paying much attention to the folks hanging out over there. It looks like the guys in 117 are less in the Twink side and more in gym joke type, with many body builders. They also seem to come from a less challenged social background than the boys in 202. Something that definitively like more in 202 is that all the boys are working the clients, paying attention to you and trying to get a programa. In 117 at least half of the boys struck me as divas waiting for you to go to them. If possible, I will go again to 117 tonight (please anyone let me know if these are not the right choices) and my last night here, tomorrow Saturday, to 202. Let's see if that is enough to turn my impressions in strong opinions. Last night I slept like a baby. I was exhausted. Right now I am waiting for Diego, it is going to be our third day together. Hopefully we will go today to the beaches in Copacabana and Ipanema. By the way, I just remembered one of tomcat's comments about the sauna boys. He points out how affectionate they may be in private, as opposite to no public demonstrations of affection at all. This was true in my interaction with Marcelo back in December, in Salvador. However, it is not an accurate description in Diego's case. I am making this point not to argue with tomcal (I would not dare) but to highlight how special Diego is. When we are riding Uber around, he always makes sure his leg is strongly against mine, and holds my hand. He has also held my hand in public when we were having lunch in Praia de Grumari. See you all later.

I totally agree. Faulty Thai logic. The interesting news I can report is: in the past two weeks, the few times I have managed to find Dragon open, with boys, they were thrilled to accept 300B...I guess times really are dire.

Great to read again on your adventures in Brazil. It is already your 13th trip to Brazil ? I remember your first trip back in 2018 and reading comments on your 6th trip on February this year ! You are coming more and more regularly ... Enjoy (and report) !

I checked from LAX and SFO and found airfares to Bangkok of $520 per person. This is not a basic fare, but a regular fare. The husband and I booked for December and paid $1038 total for both. United will give us a measly 2000 frequent flyer miles each for the travel. Our flights are on ANA, which I think is pretty good. We'll find out! This is roughly a half-price fare.

Grindr and Scruff are working better, I just do not have much time for more hook ups. The few GPs who contacted me via apps all asked for R150. This is the best looking (to me) who contacted me via Grindr: On Monday I was supposed to go to the beach with Diego, who I was expecting at 10 AM. However, the day became slightly cloudy and it was too cold, so instead we stayed at my place. First we played for a long time, he is a good kisser and gets hard very quickly. He told me he was versatile, but he is not. He really tried, though. I mean it, I may be a newbie at Brazil, but I have been with many G4P guys who would fake they were trying to get fucked. He really tried, but I did not feel he was enjoying it, and raping guys is not one of my fantasies. After we both busted kissing and jerking off, we got lunch, some weed, and returned to the nest. This is Diego, you can find him in 202 or 117, I am sharing this picture with his permission. Someone told him that pictures published out of the USA cannot be seen in Brazil, hopefully I educated about that. He has a girlfriend and do not want to put his face out. But trust me, his face is damn sexy. We spent the whole afternoon smoking and chatting, he was very opened about his life and I am not going to share here. Just let me say he is another good guy struggling with life. He is very honest, my place was full of temptations and he behave better than most escorts I have met in America. He did a great job an entertaining and treating me like his boyfriend, we were all the time hugging and making out. Until of course we were ready for another session of full sex. This is when he really tried to get fucked. My dick would go only half way and after keeping it there for a while he would not be able to take it anymore. The whole process was kind of hot. I would feel I was hurting and try to pul out, he would stop me and push me to stay inside and trying, and this process would repeat as I was getting deeper and deeper, but never getting to a full penetration. He is very accommodating, and was clearly a guy used to be in control struggling to be in a submissive role. If you are into bottoming with a sweet but dominant man, he will be your dream boy. Right now I am waiting for him, he is coming at 10 and we will try again to go to the beach. He charged me 150, I paid 250 plus perhaps 100/150 more in food, drinks, and maconha. I was happy and not in the mood for more sex, so I did not go to the saunas. Instead, I took a walk around Copacabana. The concerns for security are obviously visible. All buildings are caged and staffed usually 24 hours. Mine is. However, so far I have not witnessed or feel any risky situation. Yesterday I went to the National History Museum and the Museum of Modern Art, and walk around the XXII memorial, Flamengo Park, and Flamengo neighborhood. I absolutely love this city, it is indeed the most beautiful I have been to. Not only the architecture is very diverse and beautiful, but the landscape, the geography is just amazing. I am not going to post pictures here, most of you can lecture me on Brazil. I feel very much at home. When I was in Cincinnati grading AP exams, I befriended a colleague from Recife. When I told him about how surprised I was when I visited Salvador at my comfort with the people and the city, about how safe and welcomed I felt, contrasting it to the horror histories often shared in America, she told me that the security concerns in Rio are real, but exaggerated by the Gringos, who feel in Brazil as a Black or Hispanic person probably feels in America. She also made a comment about me being able to pass as Brazilian and not being targeted by thieves. I know that some of you are going to get upset, but that was her opinion. I am aware of the security concerns. I do not walk around with a backpack or anything that can be taken. I try to be aware of my surroundings when I am using my phone. I am not bringing to my place anyone who is not recommended by a friend or acquainted. I specially liked the Museum of Modern Art. Their permanent collection is impressive. However is not close to its similar in São Paulo, when I visited back in the late 80s. Even the MALBA in Buenos Aires is better, I think. Then I had Italo Andrade visiting me. He was one of my best sexual experiences ever, for free or for a fee. He charged me 200, and I offered him 300 to include a photo session for my blog. This is Italo: I save the details for a future post. The only reason I am not hiring him for the rest of my staying is that he is right now traveling to Recife, to visit his family. I cannot recommend this boy more. You can check his work in Flavaworks and several Brazilian porn outlets, he has been working in porn since he was 17, he is now 22. I know, he started with Marcelo Maestro with illegal age. Right now I am waiting for Diego. The plan is going to the beach and then to a sauna, whatever is the best sauna to go today, he will know. He will do his programs, and I will do my thing. Hopefully. I am definitely not a fun of saunas, but of course I must go as often as I can. Diego's phone was stolen in a sauna, and he has insistently advised me to be very aware of mu possessions and my pockets, as he has witnessed GPs making out with clients and in the process getting into his pockets and taking his money. See you all later.

yes , don't forget about us, waiting patiently for HotMale, Tawan and Jupiter chapters

don't go by ethnic origins , go by what you see and your heart beat, passport is irrelevant , how they look and perform is what we should care. I happened to have always good luck with Lao but I credit exactly that - luck , not their nationality. Lots of great Viets in Bkk to sample although Pattaya seems not to be that popular with them.

I'm pretty sure that then there were guys who were complaining how good it was in 1985. I'm not trying to be sarcastic but nostalgia for good times past seems to be recurring theme on gay forums and can't help but wonder if we really missed those good old days or rather our good younger years and more disposable income. No doubt scene changed and shrunk but for one's need we still have plenty of entertainment on our disposal . perhaps more than we can digest during 2-3 weeks vacations

About midway between Clube 117 and Lion's, water source from the downflow system.

The aduaduct arches then (likely not long before bodies piled up during Spanish flu epidemic) and now ... just a few walking steps up from new Lion's.

Wait! Just checking something: did you go all the way to the second bar, the one that is behind the stage, where smoking is allowed? That is always a first timer's mistake at 117: no body knows that the second bar is there and full of boys. The first bar is always half empty, no matter what day you go, unless there is a show on the stage.

Thank you, Peter, for a fine contribution. The FCCT presentation, coupled with your analysis, do a great job of bringing the man to life. The last—and I believe most recent (2011)—book on Thompson that I’ve read was “The Ideal Man: the tragedy of Jim Thompson and the American way of war.” Here’s a review from The Asian Correspondent. https://asiancorrespondent.com/2011/11/review-of-the-ideal-man-the-tragedy-of-jim-thompson-and-the-american-way-of-war/ Although Thompson was many things to many people, I believe some members of this forum share one thing in particular with him: a love of Thailand and its people. I think readers may well find it difficult to read about this man without identifying just a bit with him.

Riobard, nice job on a nice post - I am rescinding your Bavarian clock forthwith. Job well done -

Thailand prices mentioned above definitely not for Bangkok and even a bit low for Pattaya. Bangkok. Short time. 2000. Long time 2500/3000. Drinks in gogo’s 350. Off fee. 500.

You said saunas, plural. I don't think people on this forum would likely visit more than one sauna in Barcelona - Sauna Thermas. Sauna Thermas is the only true hustler sauna in Barcelona. It has been operating about the same since it was remodeled several years ago. Most people, including me, like the place. You will find a variety of guys from various countries. There are some regular gay saunas in Barcelona. I have not been to any of them. I heard the regular gay saunas are nice.

Found it and booked thanks https://www.agoda.com/le-cafe-royale-hotel-pattaya/hotel/pattaya-th.html?checkin=2019-07-30&los=12&adults=2&rooms=1&cid=1744603&tag=948fa426-9b1b-7d50-bc56-4a4be86624a5&searchrequestid=82602306-6360-4a44-b2ff-0cc752f85c4b&travellerType=1&tabbed=true

OMG! Does the face match the body??? I can’t wait to visit Rio!! I have been debating doing 3 or 4 days in Salvador, is this what most of the guys in Salvador look like? My god that’s a beautiful body!

You put in the phrase "it depends" for one of the pricepoints. If you truly reviewed the relevant sections of the forum you should grasp that cost depends on a multitude of variables, some of which you mentioned, and a lot of others referred to here on the Board. Many of us have found it fairly easy to assess costs within the brothels without having had the benefit of the forum. There are usually other customers to guide. There is likely no clear price table for Brazil as you describe for Thailand, which looks like one of your making, that is, based on your "mileage". Most sex workers in Brazil have not likely given much thought to their own paycheque expectations across all of the time frames, or given much though to their differential value based on looks. There is no clear menu beyond a fairly established range for 30 minutes of sex plus/minus their ejaculation, perhaps also hinging on active versus passive. You will have to do your own integrating of the breadth of info here combined with your own trial and error, as we have done. One member here I have never met could come up to me in person for a five minute chat and a second random member could do the same. It is quite possible that I would estimate two very different costs for an equal service. Same goes for me, based on my particular characteristics. Did it take you some time to get critical mass in BKK before you could establish 2-week BF experiences? You may need to have several visits to establish cost trends. But I will try to give an estimate that I would expect for myself, notwitstanding that I would prefer to have hot tar poured up my nose and bamboo splinters jackhammered under my fingernails than be tied down to one prostitute fulltime for two weeks. If I happened to fall for one and wanted a BF experience with the type of garoto I like, shacked up in basically OK Gloria, based on his foregone earning potential and his time away from home and relational commitments, probably 1,000 reais plus his expenses per day. Considering what I pay for an escort's time at home, that would be a steal. Bear in mind that much of my paid sex in Brazil runs no more than R$100 by the half hour. If I were treating him to a "trip of his lifetime", for example, two weeks in Europe, I would cover all basic costs but likely not pay at all for his time. But hell will likely freeze over before any of them could persuade me.

Went to Lucky boys today and it is by far the bar with the most boys...the show was nice and the mamasans not too pushy. Was tempting to off some guy (#60) but then decided not to do so. Already regretting

hopefully you let us know how you liked it, no pressure though, LOL

I went to Koh Samet in August 2018 when I bought a 2 night package with Malibu Travel. This included a mini bus to Ban Phrea, ferry, National Park entry and a bungalow. it certainly for me was worth going as a change from the madness of Pattaya and the beaches are really beautiful. I did visit 20 years ago when it was almost like a Robinson Crusoe island but now it is much more developed with low rise hotels, restaurants and bars. i did take a boy with me and there was no particular problems with that, apart from the usual knowing looks from farang str couples. However the boy was rather bored until I rented a scooter for him on which he spent a lot of the daylight hours zooming up and down the single tarmac road, whereas I liked to stay on the beach reading and swimming in the crystal clear water.

We are going there from Bangkok on Sunday for 4 nights. From what I have read, take your guy there, rather than expect to find someone there. My Thai BF says it is discretely very gay, but not Silom soi 4 or Patpong 2. If you want party time, go at the weekend, when lots of locals come down from Bangkok. Week days are quieter. Just 2300 Baht from Bangkok with The Limo Pattaya.

I've noticed that my typos and mistakes have increased. Gladly, I am quite busy and writing in a rush. As my health is doing great in this trip, I do not have all the extra time I had in Salvador, when my back was acting up. Diego is a wonderful companion. Not only is 100% reliable and honest, but also very aware of budgets and look after me paying the best prices when we are going around. Yesterday he took me to Praia de Grumari (in some places it is called Praia de Abricó), about one hour and R$80 in Uber. The views are paradisiacal and it is a nudist beach. According to Diego, you must be naked on weekends, but nudity is optional during the week. After hanging up around we had a generous lunch in the beach restaurant, the most expensive check I had to pay so far, but eating and drinking with that view worths it. I am told you can easily have sex in the many discrete little corners in between the rocks. I was not looking for doing anything and just relaxed and enjoy the sun with Diego. A guy not far away from us was jerking off, I am not sure whether he was looking at Diego or at a group of women working in a nude photo shot. Here you have some pictures. Back in Rio in the afternoon, we relaxed at my place. As the sex he is able to give me is not what I am looking for, I was not really interested in doing anything, but Diego insisted that he wanted sex. He insisted a lot. So we played for a while, took a shower, and went to 202. It was a big night in the sauna, many GPs of all sizes and kinds. Surprisingly, the A/C was on and the feeling was very comfortable despite the crowd. There was a lot of people but not enough to make the place feel full. A beautiful drag performed a few songs lip singing and two strippers did a show. I loved the drag, I was underwhelmed by the strippers. Hot guys, one of them a very good dancer, but in my opinion they were not sexy performers. I made a mistake that is not helping my appreciation of saunas. Instead of following my guts like @numazu1 advises me, I went with a friends recommended by Diego. He was not able to take my dick. It was the day that cabins are free, and we had a long wait to go in. Once the fiasco sex was over, I felt like everyone was leaving and went home horny, frustrated, and hating saunas. I am better now and will keep trying. However, I must say that out of my several visits to the three saunas en Salvador, and my two visits to 202, I am only getting class C sex. My experiences with GPs out of saunas are much, much better. I am not ready yet to definitively judge that saunas are not for me, but I am close. Probably if I had more time to explore the offer and find the guys who truly enjoy bottoming, I would have a better outcome from my visits. I am not quitting yet. I went to sleep horny, and I woke up horny very early. My plan was devoting the morning to writing, but I was hit in Grindr by this: Wagner, carioca, 25 y.o., GP two blocks away from my place, R200 in calls, 250 outcalls. We quickly established compatibility and made the appointment. The guy was dynamite. Without reaching the highs of Italo, but indeed excellent outstanding sex. He may start publishing his escort services and you may have a full review in that case. We are planning a second meeting on Sunday. I have to check out at 10am and my flight departs at 9PM, so I will probably stopped by his very nice apartment for a last farewell. See you all later.

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Good things those mattresses can’t talk. Lol. Each one must have 30+ years of tales.

never had sleep disruption in BT due to soi noise and I stay in all 3 hotels there in various rooms, only caution is that it was before that new Music bar opened. It looks that LCR is back in business on Agoda

Exactly. This might be the most sensible (and easy to read) piece of advice you have ever posted here. In short, one day, somebody's gonna get their ass kicked, or worse yet, killed for doing this (public posting of face / identifiable photos of working boys, along with their sexcapades). Personally, @Latbear4blk, I don’t understand the payoff or thrill that you or others get from continually doing this — but if you won’t think about the respect of sexual privacy these guys need in their culture, at least consider the harm you might be placing yourself in when (not if) it gets back to an embarrassed or shamed young man who (rightly or not) feels he must defend his honor, manhood and reputation.

One of the traits I really admire about Thais is their ability to get along with others. I believe it comes about naturally at a very early age because they coexist in close quarters. They find themselves dependent on highly developed social networks of family, friends and neighbors. Children learn to share before they can walk. Parents who work in Patpong bring their youngsters along. You can’t help but notice how they acclimate to what might seem to us to be an impossibly hectic environment. Yet somehow they find themselves looked after by the other vendors. The spirit, and the need, to cooperate is imprinted by these experiences. They’re better socialized beyond anything I’ve seen in the west.

90-Day reporting is your responsibility. If you want to nerd-out, the form is TM-47. You can report online. It doesn't involve your landlord. (But TM-30 usually involves the landlord, see below). The 90-day clock restarts every time you re-enter the country. You can report online, but the window to do so is 15 days before-but-not-less-than 7 days before the 90th day. 90-Day Reporting Online. Now there is also a phone app for that called Immigration eServices for Foreigner or something like that. In the Apple App store you can find it by searching for "Royal Thai Police." (There is also an Android version.) When I signed up for the app it took several days just to register, so take that into account. The online reporting and apps are notoriously finicky. I certainly wouldn't wait until the last day when you can report using these methods. If for whatever reason you don't make the online reporting window, if you are in Bangkok you make the 90-Day report at Chaengwattana. I think 90-day reporting might be one of the few situations where you can send someone to do it for you, but I don't know for certain. You get a receipt (or you print out your receipt if you do it online) and it goes to the immigration officer along with your passport and departure card when you leave.. There are lots of reports of Immigration officers check to see if you have have complied at departure. There is a fine. A different reporting is TM-30 reporting. Bangkok didn't used to care about TM-30 reporting, although offices in some other districts did. But all that has changed very recently and Bangkok is now enforcing TM-30 reporting. To put it mildly, expats have gone bat-shit crazy over this. But it is what it is. Right now it has been coming up in situations where people have had to go to Immigration to "do" something - such as file for an annual extension of stay. They are forced to get current with their TM-30 before anything else will be processed, and there are reports of an 800 baht fine or something like that. The basic rule is that whenever a foreigner stays the night at a hotel or home, a report is supposed to go to Immigration. Hotels do this online and you don't even know about it. The "change" is that Bangkok Immigration is now enforcing it strictly to everyone - not just hotels. So, for example, when you go to stay in your rented apartment, a report is supposed to go in to Immigration. It's easy if your landlord or condo juristic person (office) files the report. The law, however, effectively makes the landlord and the tenant jointly responsible for making sure that the form is filed. So if your landlord doesn't do it you can (and should). You can complete the TM-30 form as "possessor", rather than as owner. I believe that in the Thailand Apple and Google app stores an app is available, but it is not available (or not available yet) in Apple App stores outside Thailand. You can also complete the form on-line. TM-30 Online Reporting (Thai Language). I believe that registration to use the on-line form requires uploading the lease and other specified info. There are reports of people waiting for approval for many weeks. You can also file the TM-30 by mail, just enclose a return stamped envelope for the receipt. Or file in person. Immigration, for whatever reason, seems to be in the midst of a "work to rules" phase, so this is all a bit new and some of the more bonkers fact patterns are still unclear, and practice differs from office to office. For example, if I go visit Chiang Mai and stay in a hotel, the hotel will file a TM-30, but then when I go back to my apartment in Bangkok am I supposed to file (or tell the juristic person to file) a new TM-30 to update the info? Some Immigration offices say yes, some say no, and we don't know what Bangkok Immigration thinks on this vitally important question that is more important than anything else in the world (to some people on Thai Visa). One of Big Oud's recent press conferences was to showcase Immigration making an example of two ladies fined ฿2,000 for failure to report foreigners. The Thai Visa forum is the best resource for finding up-to-date info and read pages and pages of outrage about this (or that). Basically, just look for answers by "UbonJoe" and ignore everyone else. He knows his stuff. Most of the rest are just miserable and cranky complainers. If you are entitled to use the special Immigration Office in Silom (Chamchuri), things might be different for you. Personally, I am not in the country on an annual renewal extension of stay, and I travel in the region enough that I've only had to file a 90-Day report twice, so I expect I'll just ignore TM-30 until I think it could come back to bite me. But that's not advice.

I would think it would have more to do with others taking their jobs away. Just like the Americans and the Mexicans. Americans are really upset that the people from South America are coming to the USA and taking all those hard outdoor jobs that Americans love. Just like the Thais are upset that the other Asian countries are coming here taking all their clients from the bar business. However, one of these I believe and the other is total BS.

@Latbear4blk, Im really glad you and Diego are hitting it off. And I’m glad my harem is working out for some too lol. So far my Airbnb and boy recommendations have worked out for you. Maybe I should do Brazil travel planning as a hobby lol. Sorry I couldn’t be there, I am (was) in brazil, just not where you were.

If fun is what you're looking for stick to Silom-Surawong area .You'll not find better than that.Please beer in mind that at other neighborhood hotels might be less tolerance to joiners at your room.

Depends on what you like to do i supposed. If u like massages, some neighbourhood like sathorn, suan phlu might be fun. If you like shopping, the siam paragorn area, pratunam are great place to be. Staying along the river are also great but transport (unless u dont mind the boat) is a bit difficult. Khaosan is backpackers area if you are into that.

I am in Rio! Azul's flight from Baires was great, I was in my Airbnb in Copacabana by 8:30 PM. As I was tired, instead of going to 117, I went to 202. The lady in the counter warned me that Sunday was a slow day. I walked in and a group of about 7 GPs were hanging out in the bar, and I was the immediate focus of attention, as there were not many clients around. Carlos, a mountain of muscles (not my type) gave me a very warm welcome, but I invited him with a drink and did my best to get ride of him. When I was starting to regret my decision to go to the closest sauna instead of going to the best one, I hooked up with Diego. Diego is a pretinho I had met in Salvador, who is one of @numazu1's boys. Our friend (he still reads the forums now and then) likes sending me pictures of his harem to make me jealous, and Diego is actually the only boy in his crew that I always loved. I was not in the mood to fuck, so we just made up, he did a programa, and came back to me and we kept making out. He is an excellent kisser and exactly the kind of guy I like: athletic, smooth, and not over muscular. We left together just a few minutes ago and made an appointment for tomorrow. We are going to spend the day in the beach, besides playing, and he quoted me only R150. Of course, I am going to be much more generous than that, the guys is delicious. I am disappointed at Grindr. When I arrive to Baires o Corrientes, the app does not stop hitting me. I have been here for about 4 hours and just 3 hits, all of them not appealing. I need to do grocery shopping, I am starving.

And now guys, 2 conclude my report...that night, I visited again my most fave go go bar Dreamboy. Actually Mr. Perfect Guy told me will have a day-off at that day and he will not be jealous when I off Mr. Runner-up since they are friends. That's what I also like about him, its totally okay for him when I off another boy, just like Mr. Cute Cute Guy b4 in DB Soi Twilight since he is also supportive 2 his brothers...but of course he is still my most fave!!! Upon arrival, I asked Mr. Runner-up from the papasan who is setting-up a gym equipment infront of Dreamboy. He recognized me and told me 2 seat 1st while he called Mr. Runner-up. I was so excited (and horny, lol)!!! @ last, he came-out and he was really attractive 4 me...with his round, expressive eyes and long eyelashes, pointed nose and kissable lips which shows a pearly white teeth...and his gym-fit, white skin body filled with muscles and tattoos (except 4 the abs, as I told b4) which complements his overall look. Mr. Runner-up asked if okay, I said "yes, yes", then told me he will wear top...I like what he's wearing, only boxers, ha ha. I supposed he will also wear on his bottom, bcoz literally its just undies, he he. The papasan invited me 2 go inside 1st while waiting. He said Mr. Perfect Guy did not report that day, I guess he already knew I'll ask about him since he is my regular, haa haa. When Mr. Runner-up returned, I was stunned by his looks...he was wearing a semi-formal dress with long sleeves and slacks, that's quite a change. I said 2 him "ur so formal" and he smiled in response, omg, I love those sincere smile!!! I paid the off fee to the long-haired mamasan who also told me Mr. Perfect Guy did not report that day. I'm really associated 2 him, that's all I can say, lol, I miss him though. Then Mr. Runner-up and I walked 2 my hotel and we had a very nice and interesting conversation. I learned more about him and I love looking at his gorgeous face, especially when he smile. At last we arrived 2 my hotel and as soon as we go inside, I asked him if he needs anything and he said water so I get 1 from the fridge. After drinking, he stripped his clothes, WOW, I LIKE this!!! When he only wears his boxers, he asked me 2 strip. I LOVE looking on his muscles and tattoos and even ask him if I can touch it 2 which he agreed. While touching him, ahem, he undress me which excites me!!! Then, he left my undies as he pull down his boxers...WOWOW, he is UNCUT. In my sweetest voice I asked "can I touch it?" and he agrees with a smile. Tbh, I did not noticed that he's uncut during the show since he's wearing a condom at that time. I love touching it, with the head peeking in and out the foreskin. It already looks gigantic eventhough its still soft. He invited me 2 the shower and gave me a puzzled look why I'm covering my m*nh**d with my hand. I said "I'm shy" and he smiled, but actually I'm having a h*rd-*n already, haa haa. At the shower, he soaped my body while I also do the same, holding his gigantic, semi-erect, uncut m*nh**d and said 2 him "ur so BIG"...and he whispered 2 me " u 2", I think I blushed with what he said and got shy bcoz I'm fully erect, lol. I also love soaping his unshaved armpit, mmmmm, and his round, hard b*tt. He even said "baby, baby" as we rinse in the shower, woah, I like that, I hope he carries me, haa haa. After the shower, he dried myself with the towel and I also does the same with him. Then, we wrap the towel around our waist as we go to the bed. I asked him what he can and cannot do, idk why I asked, just 2 be sure? I think...but tbh, I want 2 grab him and give him a deep kiss, but of course I need 2 behave 1st, haa haa. Afterwards, I invited him 2 the mirror bcoz my s*x usually begins with muscle worship, as u all know by now. While he was infront of the mirror, and I'm on his back, I slowly run my hands 2 his muscles and touch his m*nh**d and j*rk it *ff. He starting 2 get fully erect now. I kissed and licked the back of His neck, his shoulders, his back, his b*tt (ch**ks only, lol), and even the back of his legs and thighs. God I love his muscular, tattooed body!!! Then I asked him 2 turn-around as I saw his back in the reflection, omg I love those round b*tt. I asked him 2 flex his arms which I kissed and licked, doing the same 2 his chests, nipples, abdominals, legs and thighs almost slapped in the face by his gigantic m*nh**d. I asked him to turn sideways as I stroked his m*nh**d feeling its hardness and gigantic size. I kneel down and d**pthr**t him immediately and starting to move it in and out my mouth. Then, I l*ck the head and run my tongue to its body, all the time seeing the bl*wj*b in the mirror. Then, I also l*ck*d his b*lls then continue to bj him. He was sooo BIG and LARGE!!! Then, we moved 2 the bed where he romanced me with his tongue and goatee which really tickles me, adding horniness to my body, starting with my neck, then chest and nipples and even my tummy. I asked him 2 stand-up in the bed so I can see the bj in the mirror and d**pthr**t him again. I gag as I do it...and bl*wj*b him again and at the same time m*st*rb*t*ng him. Omg, I love s*ck*ng him!!! And then, the moment I've been waiting for, he put a condom to my m*nh**d, and begin 2 move it up and down his mouth!!! God I love looking at his gorgeous face while he s*ck*d me with a condom. I'm gasping for my breath. I even asked if we can have 69 to which he agreed and we both turn sideways. We bl*wj*b each other and I can't believe this is happening, he looks more handsome as he did it 2 me!!! When I noticed he is getting tired with the bj, I asked him 4 a hj 2 each other. I removed the condom 2 my m*nh**d and put a lube 2 his hand and 2 my hand and str*k* our m*nh**d firmly and quickly. He even l*ck my nipples as he m*st*rb*t* me. I was sooo excited with the whole experience!!! When I still did not c*m, I asked him to stand-up in the bed and me his muscles while he j*rk-*ff. He flex his biceps and triceps then make his chest and abs hard while he str*k* his self. This was sooo intense looking on his muscles and tattoos I c*m and it sp*rt HARD. He smiled when he see it and then we showered together again, dried-up and paid him as soon as he wear his clothes which really made him smile. He hugged me and pointed his lips for a smack, WOWOW, I finally kissed him, lol...then hugged him again as we said goodbye!!! After Mr. Runner-up left the room and I wear my clothes, Mr. Perfect Guy called and we had a video chat...he is still my #1...<END OF REPORT>

As we can continue with my report...I remember to give my gift, so in his bday suit and me woth a towel, I gave my gift 2 him which surprised him. It gives me fulfillment when he liked my gift and thank me 4 it!!! I can feel the happiness in his smile (as well as in his hug & kiss). Then he put my gift in his bag and carry me 2 the bed. Then he removed my towel and lie on top of me, giving me deep kiss, feeling his tongue on mine. Then I kiss his upper and lower lips before our tongue meet, omg, I love this kiss!!! Then, he licks my nipples and biting it gently which made me gasp for breath due to pleasure...he continues with it while I moan and groan as I feel his tongue on my nipples. Then, he kiss my neck again while he pinch my nipples, wow, what he's doing was sooo erotic. Then, I ask him to lay in the bed and placed myself on top of him. We deep kiss again, then necking and then lick his nipples, chest, armpits, arms, abs, legs and thighs...I really love 2 muscle worship especially when he flexes his muscles. Then, I d**pthr**t him again and bl*wj*b him again, feeling his gigantic size which made me gag. In his full *r*ct**n, he slides a condom 2 his m**nh**d and put a lube on it while I also lube my *ssh*l*. I'm nervous while doing it tbh. While he seats in the bed, I sat on top of him (seesaw position) and try to insert his gigantic m**nh**d on my tiny *ssh*l*. I can feel the pain again. He spreads my cheeks and tried 2 push his on mine, but it won't enter to me. What Mr. Perfect Guy did was he lay me on the bed, placed a pillow on my *ss and raise my feet and legs, my knee touching my shoulders totally exposing my *sshole (launchpad position). Then he lie on top of me, holds his gigantic m*nh**d and slowly insert it to me. I gasp for my breath and I can feel the familiar pain again as he push the head and now the body of his m*nh**d 2 me. Mr. Perfect Guy sense this, pause a bit and give me a deep kiss while pinching my nipples. When I got relaxed, he pushed again, inserting his entire m*nh**d 2 me. Then, he slowly pull it and I can see he's enjoying my tightness. Then, he push it again, and then pull it slowly at first, then gets faster and faster. The pain is gone now and I can feel the pleasure once more. He pumped me for a few minutes before he spreads my legs and holds my feet (pile driver position). I can see his muscles tensed and veins popping out on his muscles. Afterwards, he raised one my leg and rest it on his shoulder and tilt me sideways (pirate's bounty position) as he continues pumping me. I love looking at his muscles, especially his abs as I felt his m*nh**d going in and out me. Then, he slowly lift me a little, his still inserted to mine, and lay on the bed as I sat on his gigantic size (cowboy position). This time I'm the one who pumped up and down while I said 2 him "u like it? u like it???" and he responded "yeah!, yeah!!!". After that, he stopped and he is the one who pumped upward and downward which made me moan and groan. Then, we both seat facing on each other, still not yet disconnected, lol (fusion position) as we both pumped. I was gasping for my breath as we did this position. After that, he slowly twist me around in a doggy position as he moved closer 2 my *ss (bulldog position). I said "c'mon, c'mon", and he pumped me faster and faster. I loved seeing our p*n*tr*t**n in the mirror...and I love the reaction on his face. Whew, the last position is his fave position where I lie facing the bed and my head buried in the pillow, open my legs wider to fully expose my *sshole as he entered me from behind and pumped me in his fastest movement (jockey position). We both moan and groan, our lower body slapping on each other while our upper body rubbing on each other. When we're about to reach the climax, I asked Mr. Perfect Guy if he wants 2 release it on my mouth, he said "no, no"...and asked if he want it on my body, he replied "yes" so he c*m in my body, woah, that's a lot...but when I c*m, he said "that's more" as it sprayed like a fountain and it spurts a lot, my one month load!!! He smiled and kissed me deeply again. Afterwards, we showered, dried-up and I paid him for a very memorable and pleasurable (s)experience. Then we said our goodbye and we hugged tightly as I said "I'm gonna miss you"...<TO BE CONTINUED>

U guys want to know the continuation of my report, right? Here we go...I immediately moved closer to Mr. Perfect Guy and gently lean him against the wall saying "u miss me?"...he immediately said "yes!"...to which I responded "seriously?"...he smiled and to my surprise, he kissed me on the lips, wow, I kissed both his upper and lower lips which is slightly open while I can feel his tongue, omg...I leaned closer to him feeling his muscular, hard body...while our bulges was pressing hard to each other. Then he leaned me against the wall and started kissing me on my neck...I love how it feels sending shivers to my body...I did the same to him, I really love kissing his neck and even his adam's apple. Then, I removed his shirt and when its halfway removed and his arm was raised, I paused a bit and sniff his armpits...what I also love about Mr. Perfect Guy is he smells sooo good, he is hygienic and conscious to his body. I started kissing and licking his armpits, one-at-a-time while completely removing his shirt. God I love his muscular body!!!...his arms, his abs, his chest, his back, his shoulders, his everything, actually, lol...even his exposed armpits which is shaved actually, yum!!! Time 4 muscle worship, yeah3x!!! Afterwards, I kissed and lick his hard chest before moving to his nipples which I played and run my tongue to it, while pinching the others, doing it 1-@-a-time also. Then I asked him to flex his arms which are both big and bulky with muscles, veins showing up. I then run my lips and tongue to his biceps and triceps. Then, he removed my shirt and run his tongue to my nipples, both of it...wow, it sends another shivers to my body and started to moan and groan. My m*nh**d was hard the entire time. After that, I kneel and unfasten the button of his pants, then unzip the zipper of his pants and slowly took his pants down. Wow...he's wearing the undies (or speedo) that they used during the show. I touch his bulge while looking at him. He smirk and then give me a teasing smile. His bulge is really hard now. I put it in my mouth while looking at him then slowly took his undies down. His m*nh**d was so hard it almost slap in my face, lol. I ran my hand to it, feeling its hardness and its gigantic size. Then I swallowed it while looking at him, d**pthr**t which I always do. Then I started moving it in and out my mouth, running my tongue to it, I really like to bj him. With the expression of Mr. Perfect Guy's hansome face, he also like it. Then I paused and slap it to both of my cheeks feeling its hardness. He was surprised I think when I look at him. Then, raised his m*nh**d and lick his b*lls, then carefully putting it in my mouth 1-@-a-time. Then I swallowed m*nh**d again. Afterwards, I run my lips and tongue to his legs and thigh...wow, he's really flawless!!! Then, I stand-up and Mr. Perfect Guy removed my pants and undies while saying "let's shower" to which I nod. We proceeded to the shower and he soaped my body and teasing my m*nh**d, haa haa. I also did the same to him, soaping and touching his gym-fit and muscular body. He turn me around and hugged from behind, feeling his gigantic m*nh**d in my *ss. Then he turn me around again and face-2-face, he hugged me while our m*nhood pressed at each other. Afterwards, we rinsed and dried ourselves with the towels. Mr. Perfect Guy was the first to get out of the bathroom. When I got out of the shower room, I saw Mr. Perfect Guy was already in the bed, still with a hard-on and giving me a teasing smile. I got excited and horny at the same time. I walk towards the bed then...<TO BE CONTINUED>

Today was at Lucky boys for the first time ever, and the best twink line up in all of Patpong. Fresh boys around 20.15 was a disappointment. Hotmale had about 1 twink that was interesting. Lucky had many many interesting twinks. Rarely been in a bar where I liked many boys. Normally it is 1 to 3 you like. Or none. Soi 4 also has some sexy boys at the bars. I offed the most cute little Vietnamese twink, 18 years old. A beauty that is hard to improve. Amazingly cute. Still impressed. Most beautiful off this holiday. And he does everything. Unlike many other Vietnamese. So also kissing. To be honest I think it is better now then when Soi Twilight was still around.

Day 4: Better Late than Never The past three nights were pretty intense. It was a holiday weekend and a lot of Paulistas were in Sao Vicente for some beach time and fun. While the beaches in Sao Paulo were not as picturesque and beautiful as the Rio beaches of Ipanema/Copa and Arrail do Cabo, and the water not as clean as one would want, it was still a pretty nice alternative to just spending all our time in the city of Sao Paulo. No saunas as well, but there were enough gays and gay things to do that it hardly mattered. But we were now in the city for this next phase of my vacation, and Diego, my Garoto de Programa companion, told me he wanted to explore. A life of crushing poverty and tragedy has not afforded him the time nor the resources to travel. I always takes these things for granted, the fact I can travel with abandon without even thinking about it. I was motivated to show Sao Paulo to Diego, with the help of Leo and Alex. Because of the late night we had last night, and just general fatigue, I woke up at 1 PM. I got woken up by Diego, still sleeping, putting an arm around me in his sleep. Nothing like a good-looking and sexy guy to wake up to. With all the sex and partying and talks we’ve had, this, now, is probably my favorite time with him thus far. It was nice the first time I met him in the upper bar level at Ponte 202, but the sauna’s sexually charged atmosphere obscured his more subtle charms. And my time with him with our friends is also great, but it is in these quiet times that he shines the brightest. “Bom dia amor,” he says, as he opens his eyes and catches me staring. I give him a peck on the lips. He smiles and then shakes his head and mimes a brushing teeth motion and puts a hand on my check and squeezes it. He’s always a guy who wants a clean workspace, which meant I had to do the same. I joined him in the bathroom to brush teeth and shower. We start making out while soaping up. We towel off and head back to the bedroom. We go back to the bedroom all naked and hard and kissing and such. We had Alex’s apartment all to ourselves right now with Alex at work, and we made use of the space pretty well. Diego was hard as a rock today, probably the hardest I’ve ever seen him. I took advantage of this and looked for a condom. I look at the drawers by the bedside and I see a shit-ton of condoms and three bottles of lube in a drawer. Well of course, this was a gay man’s apartment after all. I wrap Diego up and lube his monster and myself up. I get him to lie on the bed and I sit on him. Slowly at first, up and down. After I get over the initial pain and get a groove on, Diego takes me and sits up and lays me on my back. He pile drives me into oblivion. We find ourselves in the shower again. I thank him for the extra intensity this time around. Probably the most intense we’ve had ever, I tell him. He laughs out loud and then lets me in on a secret. He tells me that our first time, at the sauna Pointe 202, he had a difficult time getting hard with me but eventually was able to. The second time, which was the next day at the apartment, he took no chances and took a Viagra before and that ensured him and me a hard time. He had some Viagra with him for Sao Paulo, but he said the last few days, he did not need it. He admitted he was attracted more to women, but he was getting used to me and he said being close to me made him randy as well. I am not sure if this was Garoto de Programa talk, but it was interesting that he told me this. I will take him hard or soft. We get dressed and I get an Uber for us and we cab it to Mercado Municipal because he always wanted see it, and to shop at Rua 25 de Marco. We get there and have our late lunch. I get a Mortadela sandwich that was to die for, but it was bigger than my head: We do our rounds, we take our photos. We walk to Rua 25 de Marco, the popular shopping street. I always walk away with something from here. This time it’s a screen protector for my iPhone. 10 reals. Diego gets a few things: a cellphone case, a wallet, shorts, a t-shirt. All adding up to less than 100 reals. He paid for his own things. There were a lot of carnival barkers out on the street, trying to entice people to go into their stores. Diego chats it up with one of them, who then refers us to another barker, who then accompanies us to another man two blocks away. We meet with this man, and after a few words exchanged, the man disappears into a shop for a while. Diego then explains to me that he was trying to buy some “hormones” or “steroids” and found that they have what he wanted for only 100 reals. He says he gets the same thing in Rio for 200 reals or more, so he had to get it here to save money. I was not about to be judgmental about steroid use. I am sure half (or more) of the man gods in Club 117 or Pointe 202 did some sort of steroids. It would explain the great bodies. And Diego did have a drop dead gorgeous body. I guess buying hormones was a work expense. His 100 reals would get him hundreds to thousands of reals. He tells me he was about to do a cycle of intense working out again. He usually does it every 6 months. It’s not as fun to know how the sausage is made but I guess steroid use is a reality with these boys. At 6 PM Alex picks us up and we all go to Shopping Cidade on Paulista to get dinner. I ask Alex how he was doing and he says that he was exhausted but wanted to know that I was having a good time. I told Alex that he did not need to babysit me and he could just go home and rest. Alex tells me not till we go to a sauna. It was almost 8 PM and I tell them that it might be too late to go to Lagoa. Alex insisted. He still thinks I need to go to a sauna everyday I am in Brazil. I am thinking right now Diego is more than enough. I look at Diego and he shrugs. “We can go for a while, see what’s up.” So after dinner we drive to Lagoa. It was 8:30 PM when we get there. We get our locker room keys, slippers and towels. Diego does not change. Alex changes into a towel. I just change into the slippers. We get to the main area and the place was deserted. There were a few customers and some boys, but the place was almost empty. “We got here too late,” I tell the guys. “Relax! Let’s have a beer and see what’s out there,” Diego, always the calming presence, tell us. We sit down among the tables and order a round of beers. One by one, the boys who were still in the premises passed by our table to get our attention. The selection was not very impressive. “I hope it is not always like this,” Alex said. “It’s Monday, maybe they’re slow on Mondays,” Diego comments. “But we’ve been to a sauna in Rio on a Monday night, and the place was packed!” Alex then says. I remember that night in Pointe 202 with Alex and Leo. It was kind of disappointing that it was a slow night, even this late. Then a tall drink of water, in tight blue boxer briefs, passed by. He was really handsome, and exuded a cocky sort of attitude about him. He was super muscular and had a giant ass and a bulge. Diego noticed me eyeing him and asks me if I liked him. I shrugged my shoulders and smiled. “Vamos ver, ok?” he says, and then waves the boy over. “Miguel,” the boy introduces himself to everyone. Diego pulls up a chair in the next to me and Miguel sits. Diego asks Miguel if he wanted a drink and he said he didn’t need anything. Diego then asks Miguel a few things. Can he bottom? (Yes) Does he kiss well? (Yes) How much with cum? (150 reals), among other things. It’s nice to have someone you’ve had sex with a few times to interrogate someone else who I wanted to have sex with, if that someone agreed to do all the filthy things I liked. Diego then turns to me and tells me that he checks out and says 150 reals for all that with gozar was reasonable. I guess the choice was made for me. Miguel gets us a room and we head over to a cabina. When we get to the room, Miguel thanks me for taking him. He was worried earlier that he got to the sauna late of an hour (8:30 PM) to get any clients. I compliment him and tell him he was a knockout and would think there will always be customers wanting his services. He was the type. He was a white guy, possibly some indio around the eyes. He was really tall (probably 6’4), handsome, with a button nose and nice thick lips. He had muscle upon muscles. He took off his underwear to reveal a soft but swinging cock, and large ass. This was great. We make out and get down to business. He strokes his cock and it takes a while but he gets hard and that thing was a monster. I am glad everything was in proportion. He was proud of it too, showing off his monster erect cock and looking at himself in the mirror. He smiles. I put it in my mouth. I put his ass in my mouth. He works on my cock too. We roll around. He sits on top of me and grinds on my cock. He suits me up, and then sits on it. A face of pain, then some thrusts. He knew what he was doing. I come in the condom. He takes my cock out of his ass and starts jacking off. He puts his balls in my mouth, and then when he was ready he puts his cock in my mouth and cums inside. Diego has briefed Miguel really well. We shower and exchanged WhatsApp numbers for the future. I would like to do that again. I pay him and return to the table where Diego and Alex were. I sit next to Diego and Diego asks me if Miguel turned out good. I give him a thumbs up. He kisses me and then stops for a bit and asks me if I washed my mouth. I told him it was safe to kiss me. The cum was gone. He proceeds. We laugh. I notice that Alex had a boy sitting next to him. The boy was fully clothed, but what I saw was gorgeous even with the clothes. His name was Lucas. 20 years old. From Rio but here in SP to work at the saunas. It was his last day in Sao Paulo, he said, and was about to head over to the bus terminal to go back home. I ask him if he worked in the saunas in Rio. He said he would never do that. He was too known in Rio. I tell him if I can invite him to the AirBNB when I get to Rio in a few days. He gives me his Whatsapp and a link to his Instagram. He bids us all farewell. All you guys know I have a thing for hot Cariocas who dye their hair blonde, like the guy in my avatar, which is a picture of the model Pietro Baltazar. Lucas was like a lower-rent version of Pietro. Probably not as handsome as the real thing, but good enough because you can actually pay him to be with you: Maybe I will see him soon.

I've never been with a boy that gave me a reason to fear for my life. And the boys that step out with me out of the sauna and with me in my apartment bed have been all wonderful and trustworthy. BUT, it is always good to know what is out there. I won't link to the various news clips that have been posted here showing that crime is still rampant, and getting worse. Whenever we go by a sketchy area, usually going by a favela, even when we were in the safety of a moving car, my companions always warn me of going to these favelas. When we leave Ipanema and start walking back to our AirBNB, which is usually just blocks away, I am always told to mind my things and just look straight ahead and look like I belonged. All my friends have stories of being mugged, either in the Metro in Sao Paulo or the Novo Rio bus terminal, or even just walking home. It is easy to manage the risks, and by all means come because the good throughly outweighs the bad, but just be mindful that there are some risks to going to Brazil. Take the necessary precautions and have fun! It's worth it, I promise. The boy wasn't paid, so maybe it wasn't illegal. I did show this wiki page to my friends and they were either ignorant of their own laws, or the wiki is wrong, because they insisted it is illegal. Maybe it is legal, though drinking for minors may be illegal, because this sign was at Quiosque Point G when the boy was with us. The boy may or may not be drinking alcohol (whoops). I may have took a photo of the boy drinking right next to the sign. I may have deleted it lol. I have been thinking a lot about this Russian, and some of you have already given me some information about him. Please let me know if you know him! I want to know him too LOL. Thanks for all the wonderful feedback so far!

In the USA, Black is an ethnic group generally characterized by darker skin and/or a family experience of multi-generational forced labor. I say generally, because there are those with extremely light skin, see Obama aid Valerie Jarrett who considers herself Black and people with no family history of being worked to death, see Barack Obama, who also considers himself Black. Moreover, in the USA, by law in half the country, for centuries, anyone with any perceptible or provable genetic connection to an African was considered Black no matter what they looked like or how remote the connection. This meant that the condition of Blackness was permanent and permanently heritable. Thus, it was impossible to simultaneously believe in the inferiority of Blacks and yet think yourself better than an animal if you were visibly or provably Black. In Latin America, this was/is not the case. It is possible to "mejor la sangre" (improve the blood) by copulating with a European and producing offspring who were not Black. Thus, it was intellectually possible both to internalize the racist lies and yet love your children because they were not Black. Hence, national movements for civil rights came much later to places like Brazil and Cuba. My Brazilian and Cuban friends often say to me that Pardos/Mulatos are doing well in the USA because we have had a pardo potus, Obama, two pardo secretaries of state ( Powell and Rice), a pardo attorney general ( Holder) Pardo governors of Virginia ( Wilder) and Massachusetts ( Patrick). They say, then, perhaps things will be looking up for Blacks someday too. In an American context, each of those people would be horrified by the idea that they are not Black while in Brazil, or Cuba, or Panama, or Colombia or the DR, none of them is Black.

I haven't posted my review yet. But, I went to Havana a few weeks ago. I went to Medellin ad Cali late last year. We should travel together as we seem to have remarkably similar taste.

The Raya is not run by gay people. It caters to straight Japanese men. I was never very happy with the service there. They do allow boys to the room and check IDS. And since I stayed there, lurkerspeaks died there. I couldn't stay there again.