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Brazil Sep2020 General Observations Comparison to Germany (my fatherland) and Thailand (where I spend a lot of time) and elsewhere in Asia. The problem with going to so many places is that there is always something better or worse than elsewhere, and I want all the good in one place! Exchange rates: 1 EUR = 6.41 BRL (Brazilian real), 1 USD = 5.51 BRL, 1 BRL = 5.73 THB (25sep2020). Some of what I write is exaggerated for humorous effect. Originally published here: https://christianpfc.blogspot.com/2020/09/brazil-sep2020-general-observations.html This article will be published on Boytoy and Sawatdeenetwork as well. Cleanliness of public areas There was more garbage lying in the streets and more people going through garbage looking for recyclables than in Thailand. I frequently noticed smell of pee or poo in the streets (in Paris in 2012, there was smell of pee only under the Seine bridges, in Thailand I didn’t notice smell of pee or poo, in some areas in Berlin there is a lot of dog poo). On the other hand, I saw fewer rats and cockroaches than in Thailand. But there were pigeons picking in a heap of rubbish. Disgusting! More homeless people than anywhere else I have been, most notably in groups or families (with babies and adolescents); whereas in Thailand mostly isolated individuals, and those who live near my room in Bangkok, not sound of mind. There was graffiti everywhere, more than I have ever seen before. Graffiti, tattooing and piercing seem to be national pastimes. Covid In public transport and shops wearing a mask was compulsory, and most people wore their mask outside as well. Some places I wanted to go to closed for Covid. Temperature checks in some places, alcohol gel dispensers for hand disinfection in many places. Flight to Brazil and back My flights (Berlin via Paris to Sao Paulo with Air France, Rio de Janeiro via Amsterdam to Berlin with KLM) were at price (508 Euro return) and times as I think it would have been before Covid. Empty airports, no queues at check-in, security, passport control. Departure and arrival ahead of schedule. Full meal service on Air France, reduced service on KLM but still full meals. Brazilian immigration asked for my length of stay, so I showed my return flight. The flights Berlin to Paris and Amsterdam to Berlin were ¼ full, the flights Paris to Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro to Amsterdam about 2/3 full. Side note: this was my first flight with Air France, my first flight with KLM, and my first flight across the Atlantic. My father asked what kind of airplane I flew with. I’m not familiar with the types, and it doesn’t make a difference to me, so all I can say is: it was a monoplane. (A joke, original in German: "Na so eins mit zwei Flügeln!" I have no interest in cars either, if someone asks me "What car did he drive?" - "I don't know. It was black. Oh, and it had four wheels!") Hold luggage would have cost 40 EUR extra each way. So I took only hand luggage and bought additional clothes in Brazil and did laundry. In the history of mankind, nobody has ever traveled that far with that little luggage. Food In Thailand I usually stay in hotels without breakfast, because I know Thai food and can get breakfast outside easily. But in Brazil, I would not want to start my day having to search for a place to eat and then decide what to eat. That applies to the rest of my meals, I stuck to food I know (pizza, pasta), or places with English menus as I’m not adventurous to try unknown food. Everything I had tasted good (whereas my memories of meals in Cambodia are negative) and was cheaper than in Germany, but more expensive than in Thailand. I’m sure knowing the local food will allow saving money. I spotted a lot of cheese and vine in the supermarket and assume they are regionally produced and cheap (whereas in Thailand imported and expensive). A lot of meat hanging in the butcher’s shop. I didn’t see any vegetarian restaurants (I have vegetarian friends who get along well in Thailand food-wise). Globalization When I was in Taiwan in 2018, I had a meal “Gyudon with 4 cheese” in a Japanese fast-food chain Sukiya that was delicious. By chance, I found the same chain Sukiya with the same dish at the same price and same taste in Bangkok, and now in Brazil! That seems to apply to ATM fees as well. In Cambodia the fee is 5 USD (I tried once to see if my credit card works as a back-up), in Myanmar 6 USD (ditto), in Thailand around 6 USD, and in Brazil Banco24horas showed 24 BRL = 4.5 USD. Same for entry prices worldwide: Eiffel tower 25.90 EUR; Sugarloaf 116 BRL = 19 EUR, Royal Palace in Bangkok 500 THB = 14 EUR. The variation of entry price is much lower than the variation of GDP per capita for the countries quoted. Health benefits Nowadays I can’t imagine how I could endure German autumn and winter for over 30 years, and one of the reasons why I went to Brazil was to escape the weather. I get cold hands and feet easily in Germany (all the time except in summer; a first-world problem). No part of my body feeling cold in Brazil, that alone was worth the trip. Update: my mother bought me a pair of furry slippers, at least I don’t have to suffer from cold feet now. In Germany, I get tinnitus (probably low blood circulation, related to cold hands and feet) that quickly goes away when I’m in Thailand. In Brazil as well! In Germany, I get dandruff and skin rash, but that quickly disappears in Thailand and Brazil. I think it’s because in Thailand and Brazil I shower every day and before and after sex, whereas in Germany only every other week. In Germany, I get athlete’s foot (from wearing closed shoes all the time, see cold feet above), that quickly goes away in Thailand in flip-flops (flip-flops save a lot of time anyway, except for hiking and travel in air-conditioned bus or airplane, I wear them all the time). In Brazil I didn't go to places where you have to take off your shoes (like temples in Thailand, I go to many and flip-flops are very convenient), so I didn't buy flip-flops, but next time I will. Blasphemy? In Germany, I gain weight (eat a lot, sedentary lifestyle); in Thailand, I lose weight (walk a lot). In Brazil, my weight was stable. The only negative is sunburn. After two days in Sao Paulo without sun protection, my skin was red and I covered up to avoid a sunburn. Health insurance I took “Hanse-Merkur Jahres-Auslands­Krankenversicherung” at a cost of 17 EUR (valid for one year, each trip maximum 56 days). I asked them for a document that states the exact requirements of Brazilian immigration and got it the following day. My health insurance was requested at check-in and at Brazilian immigration. Hotels All hotels I stayed in (SP Hotel Moncloa in Rua Augusta, RJ Hotel Atlântico Rio and Augusto's Copacabana Hotel, both near metro Cantagalo) had breakfast included and a room safe and were reasonably priced and I would recommend them. Hotel Atlântico Rio, booked for 80 BRL per night on agoda, was the best value for money I ever stayed in. They had a full breakfast buffet. Breakfast was busy with guests, always guests at reception or in lobby, and when I wanted to stay longer they were fully booked. Room safe was 6 digits which had to be entered twice (elsewhere 4 digits, enter once). Early check-in (8 or 10 am) was not a problem in the two hotels I arrived early. Booking at reception competitive with agoda in two cases I extended my stay. Different to Thailand, Taiwan, Hong Kong, where receptionists told me they can't match the price on agoda and advised me to book on agoda to save money. Reduced breakfast (individually packed and served due to Covid and low number of guests) and full breakfast buffet. Language National language of Brazil is Portuguese, with little English spoken outside hotels for tourists. I can read French fluently as a foreign language, which allows me to understand half of written Portuguese (the laundry instructions in next article I understand completely). But understanding spoken Portuguese close to zero, same for writing or speaking. In preparation of the trip, I had a look at Portuguese phrasebooks and videos on youtube and spend some hours. But after a few days in Brazil it became clear that I will not spend extended time in the future and I abandoned learning Portuguese. German is spoken in Germany, Austria and most of Switzerland. English is spoken in UK, Ireland, USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Why oh why do there have to be Portuguese and Spanish? It’s a nuisance like driving on the left or right side of the road, or different power plugs in different parts of the world, and creates a mental block in my brain. Each language for itself is below the threshold worth of learning for me, but if they were one language I would learn it. Laundry I did not bring enough clothes for the entire trip. Washing my clothes in the bathroom sink was not convincing. Results could be improved by bringing a plug. Tip for drying: wrap clothes after washing in towel from hotel and wring it. Thus, the towel will absorb some water and the clothes will dry faster. Or use a hair dryer (during rainy season in Myanmar in 2018, that was the only way I could get my clothes dry). Laundry at my hotel was outrageously expensive (for trousers/pants wash and iron 28 BRL; that means for 6 times wash and iron I can buy a new one!). A friend told me that laundry is expensive, and numbers I saw at laundry services in the street where high and there is the language barrier, so I decided to use a public laundry. The closest (1 km away) to my hotel that I could find on google was Lavanderias Laundromat in Shopping dos Antiquários (open 24/7). Payment only cashless. I asked people, cannot pay with Riocard (whereas in Taiwan easycard can be used for everything), only with credit/debit card. My credit card (consorsbank Germany) is accepted! Else I would have had to ask other customers to pay cashless for me and give them cash in return; I was wearing my last set of fresh clothes. Washing was 18 BRL which is not cheap. And had I known that drying costs the same, I would have taken my clothes home to dry in my room. Detergent and softener added automatically by the washing machine. Thailand wins hands down (laundry available everywhere and cheap). In Myanmar I had similar problems (had to walk 1 km from my hotel to laundry service, not cheap compared to Thailand). Money exchange and ATMs 10sep2020. In GRU (Sao Paulo international airport), go to ATM Banco24Horas (red). A fee of 24 BRL is shown, followed by an offer for DCC (Dynamic Currency Conversion with a very unfavorable rate) which I decline. Afterwards error message and card ejected. Go to blue ATM24hs. A fee of 39.90 BRL is shown, followed by offer for DCC which I decline. Afterwards error message and card ejected. Both attempts were with comdirect visa card (bank account in Euro in Germany, bank offers worldwide cash withdrawal without fees which worked well in SEAsia). Go to money exchange booth (at least there I deal with people). Their exchange rate is 1 EUR = 5.44 BRL. But that does not include fees/taxes. For 100 EUR I get 520 BRL, a loss of 17% against xe.com 6.29, my worst money exchange ever. In SEAsia, I have it down to 0.5-1% loss against xe.com. In Frei Caneca shopping mall, try again at Banco24horas: communication failure. Try at bradesco: card declined. (Upon returning to Germany, I find that my comdirect credit card has been cancelled by my bank because there was fraud attempt two days before I went to Brazil. The first time such thing happened to me, and that explains why my card was rejected.) I have another visa card (consorsbank), Try at Banco24horas: communication failure. Try at bradesco, finally works and I get 1000 BRL from ATM. Processed at 1 EUR = 6.21 BRL, a loss of 2 % against xe.com 6.30. At money exchange (“Confidence Cambio” blue on white) in Frei Caneca shopping mall get 575 BRL for 100 EUR (a loss of 9% against xe.com). Both money exchanges did not have rates displayed, and it took the clerk at Confidence Cambio a while to calculate the effective rate (5.80 before, 5.75 after taxes/fees). In both exchanges, passport was required. 16sep2020. There is an ATM in my hotel lobby (Hotel Atlântico Rio near metro Cantagalo), how convenient! WRONG! This ATM offers up to 2200 BRL (others maximum 1000), I go for 1500 and decline DCC. Without any further communication, a fee of 193.89 BRL is shown and the transaction is processed. That is 11% of the withdrawn amount. Exchange rate was 6.14, a loss of 2% against xe.com 6.24. There is a small chance that DCC was displayed in a way that is misleading/confusing and I pushed the wrong button and accepted. The take-home message is: avoid ATMs in airports and hotels, and when DCC is offered, rather press “cancel” on the keyboard than on screen. For money exchange, SEAsia wins hands down over Brazil. People Brazil is a mixture of races like I have never seen before. There were White, Yellow, Red, Brown and Black; only an Eskimo would stick out of the crowd. That means everyone can blend in (whereas in SEAsia a White immediately sticks out as a foreigner). The downside is that everyone will approach you in Portuguese, and with mask they can’t see my helpless look because I don’t understand what they are saying. Everyone I met was nice to me and tried to help, with or without speaking a common language. Public transport I took buses or metro wherever possible. Riocard is useful as it can be used on various public transport. Metro in Rio is 5 BRL, bus 4.05 BRL per trip (high inflation, on the internet you still find outdated cheaper prices). I spotted these devices in the metro: rent a power bank, rent an umbrella, free condoms (size 52, too small for many of the dicks I saw in the saunas) Quarantine in Germany During my trip to Brazil, a 14-day-quarantine for people coming from risk areas was introduced. That does not affect me much, as I don’t work and spend most of the day home anyway. Now I have to keep a diary and measure my temperature twice per day, and health officers call me every day to ask how I’m feeling. Since my birth, I haven’t gotten that much attention! Safety My biggest concern was safety. Warnings and stories about muggings and robberies are plentiful on the internet, and this video From: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4x23ie9hNc Thieves stealing a phone on a walkway in the centre of São Paulo look The speed of these Jan 24, 2017 To be on the safe side, I left my good mobile phone in room and took only my old phone (bought in 2016) outside. I left my main wallet with cards in my room and carried money on two places on my body (a habit I have been following for years, everywhere). The only thing I did not have backed-up was my camera. In SEAsia I carry it on my neck all the time. I got advice not to carry my camera around my neck, and I didn’t see anyone in Brazil carrying a camera around his neck, so I put mine in my pocket and took a second camera (bought in 2009, doesn’t work any more) as a decoy. Thank god I didn’t need any of these back-ups and decoys! While there are signs of increased safety measures (compared to Europe or SEAsia) like money transport cars look like tanks, presence of police in bulletproof vests and carrying rifles, most properties walled or fenced, with barbed wire / razor wire or electric fence on top, entrance via a (lock chamber? what would you call it in English? In German "Schleuse" like the lock (water navigation)); I never felt insecure (and I did plenty of walking around town SP and RJ at day or night). People I observed behaved just like anywhere else I have been (i.e. wear wristwatches, use their phone in public, carry backpacks or tote bags). On my first trip to Cambodia in 2014 I almost had my mobile phone stolen. I was standing at the road and holding it high and away from my body to get GPS when two men on a mocy drove past and tried to grab it but failed. Since then, I stand on a wall or on a post when using my phone in public. SIM-card Couldn’t find the TIM shop closest (by google maps) to my hotel. But I spotted Claro in Frei Caneca shopping mall. Go there and with help of google translate get a SIM-card (10 BRL for prepaid SIM-card and 40 BRL for 4 GB data within two weeks, the card will be valid for 3 months). Tap water I drank liters of tap water in SP and RJ without negative effect. Now I can add these to my long list of cities where I drank tap water (Bangkok, Pattaya, Chiang Mai, Phuket; Vientiane, Vang Vieng, Pakse; Hanoi, Danang, Saigon; Yangon, Mandalay; Phnom Penh, Siem Reap; Taipei, Taizhong, Kaohsiung). Wile hiking in the mountains, I drank water from a stream. Uber I prefer walking and public transport over taxi. Everything under 5 km I rather walk, everything over 10 km I rather take public transport. I used uber only twice during two weeks. What I did not consider was that you either have to verify your identity with a CPF (individual taxpayer registry identification, which I don’t have) or submit your credit card information (my credit card was in my room, and the paper where I wrote down the numbers were in my room, and I don’t know them by heart), so my first trip I wanted to make failed and I had to walk. Weather/Climate Most of my trip, weather was great. Only my last days in Rio gave an outlook of what their next months will be: rainy. I didn’t have big plans, so staying in all day because it was raining all day was not a problem for me. Rainy season in Thailand usually one short and heavy downpour in the evening. But I had travel plans spoiled by rain in Thailand. Climate has a strong influence on my travel. With rainy and hot summers in SP and RJ, I rather go to SEAsia where it’s dry and cold (by local standards). Yellow fever No vaccination against yellow fever required for SP and RJ. I checked in Germany and it would cost me 160 EUR and I would have to go to Berlin to get a vaccination. A friend from the USA said it would cost him 450 USD there (doctors and the pharmaceutical industry are holding the entire USA hostage!), whereas in Brazil it’s free for everyone. In hindsight, I should have gotten a vaccination this trip (for possible future trips in Latin America), and will do next trip. Copyright 2020 ChristianPFC

So, I check out Moonlight tonight. It was fun. It was VERY light on customers and lots of attention from boys. That was good. Babe was there. I didn't talk to him as I had a twink sitting with me I liked. I thought for their first few nights, it was pretty good and a good group of boys and models. They are having a big party of Oct 3 they told me as I left.

From The Thaiger Viagra is facing stiff competition from the markets in Bangkok. Police last night arrested eight foreigners and five Thais for allegedly selling fake viagra and sex toys during a search of 17 locations along Bangkok’s Sukhumvit strip. Immigration Bureau chief Lt Gen Surachate Hakparn says the operation took place late last night and into this morning. Crime suppression police and tourist police searched 17 tourist locations on Sukhumvit Road along with Kevin Harrington, a representative of Pfizer, the makers of the erectile dysfunction drug ‘Viagra’. Harrington says that the fake Viagra was potentially dangerous as it was made of powder and dangerous chemicals. The fake Viagra was being sold for just 200 baht a box, compared to 3,000 baht for the real drug from a pharmacy, Surachate said. The operation seized 118 fake viagra boxes, 1,667 items of controlled medicine, 396 sex toys and 345 fake brand-name goods, Surachate said. Just in case you want to know the difference between real and fake Viagra, or were asking for a friend, firstly, you can’t buy real Viagra from street vendors at a market! The packaging is also different.

BER isn't open yet. I flew from TXL (Berlin Tegel airport). There is a joke: Instead of continuing construction of BER airport, wouldn't it be cheaper to demolish the city of Berlin and build it new next to an operational airport? (Original in German: Wäre es nicht billiger, Berlin abzureißen und neben einem funktionierenden Flughafen wieder aufzubauen?) There will be more. I have four articles in mind: general observations, gay activities, sightseeing, costs (i.e. how much money I spent on what).

I just saw it. I thought it was excellent. I loved the characters and the acting was great. I especially liked Matt Bomer and Charlie Carver.

Shut off his microphone may not work. He can scream

Will the failing Trump Campaign agree to changing the rules for the remaining debates? Donald Trump also frequently interrupted Hillary Clinton four years ago, although not as badly as Joe Biden. Reading Micheal Cohen's book, he constantly compares Trump to a mafia boss. Many years I did volunteer work in Philadelphia with the sister of the City's mob boss, Angelo Bruno. Even his sister had a strong authoritarian manner.

I saw it live in New York and it was quite well done. Glad to see it getting a bigger audience.

I should post on here more, but when the virus dropped in march, all my int'l travel plans died, so I had less of a reason to be on here. I'm still conflicted about the ethics and safety of visiting Mexico City and other open regions in Mexico right now, but I really want to go back sooner rather than later.

In Pattaya, Kamagra jelly can be bought for 1200 to 1500 Baht for box of 50.

no need to buy cheap fake Viagra or expensive real Viagra when you can get real Kamagra in pharmacies here for 400 Baht per 4 pills (or 80 Baht for jelly), or about 250 Baht for real thai-made Sidegra (4 pills). All same same but different, but both safe and effective

Everyone is aksing for a friend ... the little friend down there.

Gracias! I am not the only one. Instead of buying purified water, buy impure boys.

I watched the whole Pelosi interview this morning. It was a master class in how to outsmart President Toxic. Of course, it's not the hardest thing to do in the world. She's been doing it since that first meeting in the Oval Office right after she became Speaker again, when she basically allowed President Toxic to be the mean asshole who would shut down the government in what turned out to be his last gasp in the losing battle to publicly defend The Wall. Geez. Why aren't we hearing about The Wall in 2020. I'd give Nancy much of the credit for that. The polls suggest to me that maybe 2 in 3 undecided voters are just starting to break for Biden. It's too early to tell. But the basic structure of the race suggests that the majority will go for the change candidate, which in this case is Biden. The language that the focus group types use is that they know that they don't want to vote for President Toxic. But Biden has not yet closed the deal. Even Republican pollster Frank Luntz asked this in a focus group he was running: The legitimate answer is that undecided people wanted to actually hear about policy. From Biden in particular, because they got the memo that President Toxic has no policies. He just rants and insults. Luntz has also suggested that perhaps Trump's goal was to prevent Biden from closing the deal. Or perhaps just discourage people from voting altogether. This answer Luntz drew out ought to concern anyone who fervently dreams of President AOC: Progressives who think Bernie would have done better winning the debate and persuading swing voters like Joe in swing states like Arizona might want to consider that. I've already decided to be cynical about this. Regardless of what Biden does, or how many Senate seats Democrats win, Rich Mitch will likely be around in 2022 to argue that Biden (and Treasury Secretary Warren) turned out to be socialists, after all. Joe in Arizona will buy the message, and vote Republican in 2022. The good news is that in 2022 Republicans have to defend the 24 Senate seats they won in 2016, including i blue states like Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. So even if Joe in Arizona flips back, Democrats have a good chance of having four years to get important things done. The latest polls released, including one by Rasmussen (!), all show Biden with a 8-9 % lead over President Toxic. But let's go with the latest RCP average, which is Biden 49.7, President Toxic 43.1. That leaves about 7 % undecided. Let's be generous and give Biden 5 and President Toxic 2. This could be a 55/45 race, minus some for third parties. After last night, it's quite possible Biden wins by a 10 point margin. It's hard to believe Trump will do better than Biden in a Town Hall format. Mostly, Nancy's interview this morning was a clear indication of how strong the hand of the Democrats is. Ideally, if Biden wins by 10 points, it's just game over on Election Night. But she's back stopping Biden by working on the weird, unlikely, but not impossible contingencies. Like what happens if the contest is thrown into the House, where the slave owners made sure that the slave states were protected? In modern terms, that means that California's 39.5 million residents get one House vote for President, just like Alaska's 750,000 residents. How democratic is that? I'll be broken record. We need to get rid of all anti-democratic vestiges of the Slavery Electoral College. Nancy's immediate goal is for the Democrats to take over one more House delegation, which would deprive President Toxic of a second term based on winning a majority (26) of votes from the 50 House delegations. Her other immediate goal, which was quite transparent, is to pull more principled Republicans away from their party. I don't even know that she was working on the election itself, since there are so few undecided. My read is that leading Democrats are already thinking about the post-Trump era. It is in the Democrats' interest to dig the trench between Trump Republicans and Party Republicans deeper. It's a 60/40 split, so the odds favor the Trump Republicans. But I think Nancy's goal is really to help them split apart, so that what we saw last night becomes the symbol of the losing Trump Republican Party. They'll whine, bellow, and feel like losers. It's sad that progressives who don't feel Nancy is open-minded enough to progressives are rigidly opposed to her sounding open-minded about bipartisanship. It's one more data point that suggests that some progressives, like Kute Kyle, are mostly interested in purity, not power.

Would everybody be okay with making Sandra Bernhard moderator of the next debate?

Yes that is so true for example I was pretty sure the main 2 actors at 'Oxygen' the series were at their early twenties I was shocked when I read they actually 27 y.o. !

I'm going to chime in on this. I have posted on many sites both good and bad reviews. In all honesty most of my reviews have been positive because I do a fair amount of research in advance of my travel. I would guess 80-90% of my bookings were for leisure travel and thus it is much easier to do some research vs. Business Travel which might not give you the same time to read reviews etc before booking. I also use a mix of Big Chains because of the past ability to earn ridiculous amounts of points just for spending on normal purchases and getting credit card bonuses etc. I always took Trip Advisor reviews with a grain of salt and would look for confirmation on booking.com. Unlike many of the Hotel sites , you cannot post a review until you have actually checked out of the Hotel. Thus % of fake reviews are greatly reduced. Of course then Airbnb came along and you can definitely count on the reviews there for the same reason as Booking. Still 2 people will see things differently or possibly have an unusual experience which could color their review. It takes very little time to read reviews of say the last 90 days and you enhance your chance of picking a Hotel that will give you value for money. Surprisingly even the big chains will have dogs in their portfolio either because of location , age with no renovations etc.

Nope. Michael gets a copy of ID before spending 20k baht on a BD!

I think good sex is all in the head, so if your partner is not someone you would be very attracted to or turned on by, you’re less likely to think the sex is great. Or maybe that’s me! Some people are just wired to be (or maybe are trained or conditioned to be) sexually attracted to specific types, while others have broader sexual tastes. I can give examples from my Immediate social circle of wolves — one likes hairy, swarthy Mediterranean / Arab types; another is only into smooth twinks; another likes tall, dark, skinny basketball player types with huge dicks; another likes short, fire hydrant-height bottoms; another likes street trade with “character faces”; another wants them to look like a model fresh out of GQ Magazine; the last one wants to get fucked by anything with a huge dick, looks be damned! I prefer masculine, muscular men, dark or olive-skinned. Sometimes, my friends and I can overlap in what we like, but not that often. One of my friends told me that “I’m missing out on the good twinks”, yet I remain unmoved. I try to get him into one of my favorite guys, and he says “there’s nothing that a statue can do for me”. As one of my good friends likes to say, variety is the spice of life.

I’ve found this true during my recent stay. The guys I like are 150-200, and they have provided exceptional programs. I’m not into the too muscular guys, but I’ve had a couple this trip. In the sauna, their cost seems to be only marginally higher. But Online guys are a bit pricer. I offered a muscular black GP off of https://garotocomlocal.com.br/ $250 for an overnight here in Salvador. He told me that was his hourly rate. I read the message and never replied; he messaged me back an hour later saying he could do it for 400 which is still high for Salvador. I passed in favor of a 150. The second overnight program is almost always a lot less expensive than the first. One guys charged me 400 the first night then only 150 the second. I guess it all evens out. Prices really vary wildly based on the boy. To say your personal looks or attitude has nothing to do with how much you are charged is inaccurate. If the boy is truly “straight” then your looks will not matter but your attitude will. But really they are all about the dollar. But the gay boys I’ve had conversations with def change their price based on you! Some members here are wealthy and 150 vs 400 is of little consequence to them. I know some members on this forum must pay the highest amount because their attitudes suck! Lol And if their faces match, it might be scary lol. A small warning though before my trip I made a mistake of agreeing to a 400/night program with guy staying with me for 3 days while in Rio. I ended the agreement a day early and understandably the boy wanted his pay for all 3 days. We came to an amicable compromise but be careful of what you agree to. Just like you would want someone to hold up their end of a agreement the boys will as well.

What is a Greek God to you, may not be to me. For me, covered in Tattoos and full of attitude and they live on Mt. Olympus!

They have a report like this for Brazil?

Thanks for the “long game” diligence. Apart from location, what stands out for me is Sept 1st has about twice as many listings across the board as most other of the six 1st of months in the dataset. I wonder if this is partly an artefact of traditional August vacation months, outside of local events about which I know nothing. Aug 1st was a Thursday and may have slightly predated holiday start-up. Sept 1st was a Sunday and may have fallen within the parameters of many holiday time blocks ... spikes in Mykonos, Lisbon, and Gran Canaria. The assessment, so far, suggests a closer look next year for August and September; when does the inventory start increasing and then taper off?

From Bangkok Post Thailand eyes 50,000 foreign tourists in Q4, down 99.5% hailand is expected to have 50,000 foreign tourists in the fourth quarter of 2020, down 99.5% from a year earlier, an industry body said on Wednesday, as the country tries to support its battered economy by gradually reopening to visitors. Foreign tourist receipts are seen at 4.5 billion baht in the quarter, down 99% year-on-year, Chairat Trirattanajarasporn, president of the Tourism Council of Thailand, told a briefing. The council predicts 6.74 million foreign tourists this year, down 83% from a year earlier, after a record 39.8 million visitors last year, he said. Next year's outlook remains uncertain, Mr Chairat said, although the official tourism agency predicts 20 million foreign tourist in 2021. "If there is no vaccine and we still have a 14-day quarantine, I expect only hundreds of thousands of tourists next year," he said.

That was less about my post about a walk around gay Bangkok, and more about your foray into being a bitchy queen who doesn't know how to pass on posts they don't like.