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not Thai, but sounds interesting if you have Netflix - Korean drama called Wish You https://dearstraightpeople.com/2021/02/13/wish-you-review/

PART ONE: My work had taken me to Manila for a four week stay last January and again this past December. This is a compilation report of my own personal experiences. HOTEL: Makati was certainly the place of choice for straight titty bars and female prostitutes, but it seemed from the gay guides that Malate was the place of choice for gays. After checking out the various web site gay guides, I decided to stay in a cheap business hotel across from Robinson’s Mall. My gay work colleague decided to stay in an Airbnb but quickly moved out because the place had security guards either registering your guests or not allowing you to have guests unless you provided the guest’s driver’s license 24 hours ahead of the visit. In fact, I am absolutely sure that the Philippines must employ 90% of their citizens to work as security guards… they are in those same white crisply starched shirts as you will see in front of every business. The cheap hotel I stayed in offered breakfast and I chose it precisely because of location and not comfort. It also had no security other than the bell hop. At the Mall across the road was the famous gay meeting place of: Starbucks! I had thought Malate was filled with gay bars, but I was mistaken. However, like Makati it IS filled with karaoke bars and women strippers at the bars and massage parlors. GRINDR AND PLANET ROMEO: I was getting over 20 messages an hour from my profile when I opened it on these apps. I laid out what I was clearly looking for in sex, as well as noting that I would be happy to help with donation for a young student’s debt (so as to bypass the app restrictions). I quickly learned how deceiving the profiles of guys can be. You will note that the profiles usually say something like “not a trace” or “manly” to reference being masculine and “tropa” for group action. Two types of guys started messaging me: FIRST TYPE--Most of the profiles that contact you will show “masahe” (or some similar way of writing massage) or “not for fun” or “available” or “hagod” to describe the massage they can provide. They will usually just message you with a set price list. This list is for the massage only. The “ES” or “extra service” is something extra you pay for. As was reported on another review, the guys do NOT like to say how much the ES is, if they would offer it, or even what it would be if they offered it. I decided to try a massage for my first afternoon and the guy came to my hotel. The price he quoted was 1,000 pesos ($20.00 USD) for the massage. He also happened to be the one guy that said on messaging that he would offer ES but would only talk about what the ES was when we were in person. I had to meet him outside the hotel and we walked in together to my room. Well, he showed up and he clearly was much older than the Grindr profile photo. In fact, he was wearing so much makeup to make himself look younger that it was just weird. When we got to room, he proceeded to the bathroom and then disrobed to his underwear. He had me lie down on the bed nude with a towel over my ass. He then proceeded to do a fairly decent massage. He then asked me if I wanted ES. I asked what he had to offer. He then said 1,000 more for a hand job, 1,500 for a blow job, or 2,000 to fuck him. I just couldn’t get past the 40 year old in make-up that had used photos of when he was 20. So, I declined and we parted ways. I learned a lot from my first mistake. Thereafter, I always asked to video chat with the guy to see what he looked and acted like before we met. It quickly became clear that a large majority of guys were using photos of themselves when they were much much younger. I also made it clear thereafter on my profile that I did not want a massage, but sex only. Further, I wanted a great kisser with the use of the tongue. Interestingly, I learned a new phrase I had not heard of before: Side Fun! This was their way of saying you can kiss, cuddle, and suck each other, but not engage in anal sex. So, I became very explicit during my first meeting a guy by saying I wanted side fun, a great kisser with the tongue, mutual sucking, and both cumming. If a guy came to my place and would not kiss once I got inside the room, then I asked him to leave and gave him a little money for travel. They never got angry as the culture is not one that likes confrontation. I finally became very clear with them… if you lie about what you offer then I will not pay you at all. I should also mention that HUNQS on Planet Romeo had guys offering sex for 2,000-5,000 pesos, but the very same guys in regular profiles texted to offer their time for 1,000. I finally settled on some regularly guys that came to my hotel every other day for sex. It started as “side fun” but they quickly started offering more for the same price since I was a regular. Because I could trust them for a good experience, I also gave them tips and other items over time. SECOND TYPE: You will have tons of messages from 18–25-year-old guys that look very young. Simply put, they are looking for a sugar daddy. They are very very specific (to the point of getting angry) that they are NOT there as “money boys” but are looking for just friendship and relationship with an older man. Make no mistake in your mind, it is not as if the entire young male population of Manila has been genetically bred to like old gay men. As you befriend them, they will start to ask for travel money, then other small “gifts”, and then BIG gifts. Suddenly their mother or grandmother is in the hospital needing care, or their laptop just broke, or etc. The story is the same for many of them. The positive of meeting these guys? I had some of the most passionate and incredible sex of my life with these young sexy men. They were simply amazing and incredibly kind. Most were straight or bi needing money, with the others being gay and needing money (usually for school). The negative? They are ready to marry you after one sexual encounter, they are clingy, they don’t want you to have sex with anyone else, and they expect their daddy to treat them (their son) appropriately. The sad part is that I had heard so many stories from these guys about older western gay men who started a relationship with them and then just dropped and ghosted them after a few weeks. It was heartbreaking to hear them say, “You’re not going to leave me too, are you?” In turn, this also hardened some of these younger guys (knowing the old men might drop them so quickly) to start asking for things early on in the encounters. So, make clear your expectations up front with them. When you write that you are a white foreigner on your profile you will be inundated with messages of guys wanting you to be their daddy. PART TWO TO FOLLOW…

Interesting - I’ve had neither yet but out of friends and relatives that have been jabbed, they have experienced the opposite with some of the Pfizer people feeling poorly and flu like for 36 hours but Astra Zeneca no side effects other than feeling a little tired the next day.

Walk. By time you will get there quarantine requirement will be cancelled

I had my 2nd Pfizer vaccination two days ago. No side effects noticed. I'm in northern California where the health authorities are expanding the vaccination program - now includes front line workers, over 65', and in three weeks anyone with an underlying condition (generously defined). Now to figure a way to get to thailand without a mandatory quarantine of 14 days.

Interestingly, here in London, everyone I know who has had the Pfizer jab, including me, had no side effects, and we are all 70 or over. I believe Pfizer is an mRNA vaccine. Many people I know who have had Astra Zeneca, have had moderate side effects, rigors, nausea, fever etc, though none of these lasted more than 36 hours.

Also very true for the rentboy market

Went on bike ride from my apartment at Posto 10 to Posto 1 and back started at 18:00. Covid has not keep gay men from the beaches in Rio at the start of non-Carnival. Easily 3,000 men at a party on the beach at Posto 9. Several older men walking with their Toy Boys.

PART THREE: THEATRES: I could never get a definitive answer from the internet if the sex theatres were still open. Most said they were closed or no longer operating. If you look at them from the outside, you might think the same. I found three that were open and operating with NONE having air conditioning. It was like being back in a Times Square movie theatre from the 1970’s. The first two are located in that place in Manila where you can buy anything illegal that you want… right next to the Recto train stop! The largest place was Dilson Theatre located at 1608 Recto Ave, Quiapo. When you walk in, there will be trash around the entrance and the escalator will be broken. You pay for the 100 pesos ticket there on your right at the entrance. Then you go up the non-working escalator to a reception area where you will see about 15-20 young men standing around. As you go into the theatre, trust me when I say that about 15-20 young men inside there will suddenly start coming towards you. They will ALL say hello and start touching your dick even as you are only in the back section. They will ask you, “Would you like service?” I just say “Maybe later”. Get your bearing and find a seat where you can scope out the place. Guys will continue to come to you to offer their service. Now, this lower section is the section where you usually pay for the young men to give you a blow-job. Some will also engage in some passionate kissing as well if you ask. I actually had a number of my threesomes here with one guy kissing me while the other was giving me a blow-job. They would switch back and forth and it was amazing. Obviously, I had learned to keep my money safe since I was told by a gay older man that the guys would go through your pockets whilst giving the service. You should know that theatre is hot, reeks of smoke, and the guys are insistent. You can then go up one level to the upper section via the stairs in the reception area. From there in that massive section, you will have the free no-pay sex amongst gays with a few young hustlers standing around to offer as well. You need only show an interest in any young man, tell him what you want, and then tell him “500 pesos?” If it is just a blow job or kissing then that price is the norm. If you want something more like anal sex, then you will need to go offsite because there is no place to do it there (including even in the worst bathrooms I have ever seen there). There are many cheap hour hotels around this area. I went to look at one by myself to see what it was like. Let me just say the beds had bed bugs and there were roaches everywhere in the room. Chance it if you want, as the guys will know where an hour hotel is nearby. The second theatre has no name (that I know of) but is further east down Recto about 100 feet past Dilson on the same south side of the road. It has two levels but is much much smaller. I was told it is filled with young men that have been kicked out of Dilson. I ventured in and was quickly grabbed by a very young guy that look to be on drugs. So, I decided to just exit for the day but came back a few more times. Most of these boys are from the Tondo section of Manila which is very poor. Same price, same services. I also tried the Baclaran Cinema as listed on the net, but it was boarded up and closed. There was another theatre further east towards Quezon City that was of a similar size to Dilson, but the name and location escape me at the moment. I went once but it was simply so far out to try again. ROBINSON’S MALL AND STARBUCKS: If you enable your Grindr while in Robinson’s Mall, the profiles will all show 5 feet away and every young guy will be messaging you to find a daddy. I met many a young man at the entrance by the escalators. We would chat, I would ask if he would like sex for 1,000 pesos at my hotel 1 minute away, and WHAM… off we went for an hour or more of fun. It was as if I was at Robinson’s “young horny male buffet” instead of a mall. As for Starbucks, well… this place is well known to gays in Manila. It has an outdoor section with tables, an indoor internal section with tables next to the cash register, and another outdoor section that juts out into the interior of Robinson’s Mass. The past time is to get a coffee, sit at that indoor mall section and watch people come and go. Female prostitutes are in front of the two small vendors next to Starbucks so you can watch them. Then, you can also meet your sex prospects here by having them visit you at your table. I would tell the young man, “I am an old man, sitting at Starbucks in blue jeans, a white shirt, tennis shoes, and having a coffee. If you want to chat after you see me and maybe do something more for a little cash, then text me you are interested, tell me how you are dressed so I can see you, then introduce yourself to me”. If he looked like his photo, then we might have action. If he did not or seemed just weird, then I’d hand him 200 pesos for the conversation and simply say I’m too tired for sex right now. Starbucks is also a great public place to meet a guy if you are concerned with first bringing him back to your hotel. SEX: I am a 6 foot overweight 61 year old white man. Pinoys are very short and I clearly stand out in the crowd as a giant among the hobbits. Just know that many can even be less than 5 foot tall. It took a little adjustment to having sex with such smaller guys. Likewise, their dicks are also on the small side as you will see from Grindr where guys are considered massive when they advertise their 6 inch tools and tall at 5 ft 10. The young guys that sucked were simply overjoyed at sucking my average size dick and calling it massive. If you are into feet, which is not my thing, these short guys also have the most massively wide feet that I have ever seen. Most seemed to prefer the side fun, but others were the usual of active and passive. I did have to bring my own condoms (and lube) since the pinoy dick sizes (and the condoms at the pharmacy I checked) were usually very small by my western standards. If you are passive or want to try being passive, then a young short pinoy stud with his sexy body and smaller cock may be the perfect choice for you to start with. PRICE: 500 pesos ($11 USD) in the theatre (75 pesos ($1.56 USD) for an entrance ticket); 1,000 ($20 USD) plus travel for app/parlor/Robinson guys to your hotel (excluding massage); up to 5,000 pesos ($104 USD) for HUNQS or “A list” masseurs (excluding massage) LANGUAGE: Filipino (Tagalog) and English. You will do fine with just English as it clearly shows you are a sexy foreigner!!! SUMMATION: I typically worked in the early morning, arranged for a B list parlor guy or Robinson guy to come to my hotel at 1:00 pm, then got a young man from one of the apps for 3:00 pm, then visited one of the theatres between 4-6 pm, then had supper and sex with an app guy or Robinson’s Mall guy from 7-9, and then did work for the next day. I usually averaged 5-6 guys a day. I went to the massage parlors on my first trip, but had no desire to go to them again for my last trip since I had so many other options including bringing the guys to me. I also travelled to Cebu and Davao City which offered pretty much the same items with the same prices. In all the cities I used Grindr, Planet Romeo, Twitter, and Facebook.

PART TWO: BARS: Google “Boy Bars” and “Manila” to see a number of reports about what is one of the most confusing bar situations to me. Most of the strictly gays bars had closed down in Malate, but the remaining ones are scattered across several sections of Manila. That was a bit frustrating as I had thought I was staying in the gay section known as Malate. I visited a few of the gay bars (two remaining in Malate) and they were underwhelming… just your standard gay bar or dance floor with gays… BUT, the Pinoy version MUST MUST have karaoke (their national sport, it seems). Two had dancers, but no nudity and no touching. The “Boy Bars” that you will find are especially strange. These are another type of bar where virtually all the guys are sexy straight pinoys who will dance in front of you. If you like them, then you pay them to come down and sit to talk with you. Mind you, you are not touching or engaging in sex, but you are just paying them to talk with you. One guy said he would come back with me after hours and his price was 8,000 pesos “to have sex with a sexy straight guy”. I tried two nights of this and ditched it because I realized I could have been having wild passionate sex with 3-4 equally gorgeous guys from the apps for the amount I spent on one hour of talking with some partially clothed straight guy at the boy bar. If that is your thing, then good for you. Google and learn. MASSAGE PLACES: Manila is simply filled with over 20 massage parlors for men to get massages from other men. About half are legit massages where they will NOT offer sex or extra services, while the others are full blown places for massage and sex. These places open and close regularly. There are two ways that I found to tell the difference: FIRST, go on twitter or facebook and search for Manila and massage. Start to follow the parlors where they usually post photos of their massagers and you will see that 1-some make it very clear they are completely legit, 2-some have sexy boys and are very coy about what they offer, and then 3-some are very explicit that ES is offered. You can come to their place or the boys will come to your hotel. Further, they will text you their price range (usually 1,000-4,000) without the price of the ES which is usually 1,000-2,000 pesos and THAT is decided on by the boy. Secondly, start to follow the Manila Massage review profiles on Twitter and Facebook. There are some great reviewers of these parlors that are found on twitter. These reviewers will write in Filipino, but you can use the translate feature to see what they wrote. They will let you know whether the massager offered the ES. Keep in mind that THESE massage parlors are the upscale kind with social media, websites you can google, uniforms, etc. These “A list” parlors are not the same as the “B list parlors”. These “B list” parlors (where the guys always offer ES) do not advertise other than maybe a sign outside their establishment or on Grindr/Planet Romeo. I found six such places around my hotel by Robinson’s Mall. You find them by looking around for their signs and just walking in to ask what they offer. You can also find them by moving your location feature on Grindr around the city. You will see a profile of a guy offering massages and saying he has his own place (which usually means he is operating out of a B list parlor). He usually has one or two other profiles as well. If you come to their place which is usually quite sparse, the price for the massage is usually around 500-700 pesos. ES will be another 1,000-1,500. Going to these places is like being in a surreal movie. You go in, the guy leads you to a darkened room with music that is divided by curtains with a table in each section for a massage. You disrobe and then lie down naked with a towel over your ass. After the massage the guy will talk about ES. It was quite weird having sex on the table whilst another three guys were getting massages and having sex right next to me in the same room divided only by curtains. After those experiences, I decided to pick the guy from the parlor (or the profile on Grindr) and arrange a later visit at my hotel for privacy. To see an example of these “B List” parlors, use your Grindr explorer and center it around the cross streets of Remedios Street and Leon Guinto Street. There are four parlors there only 30 seconds apart from each other. You can see the profiles of the guys on Grindr, and then you can even see the locations in google maps. PART THREE TO FOLLOW…

Part 5 - foursome: Per our discussion, Claudio sent me photos of 3 of his willing friends. Before I opened them I already thought that a 5some would really be toooo much, but one turned out to be unattractive, so I told him to bring 'only' the other two. They came on Thursday; this was to be my farewell-sex. He texted me from reception, but when I came down - a problem arose. The lady receptionist (who previously just took IDs) said that according to the rules only two guests at the same time are allowed. I answered that this isn't mentioned in the paper with 'list of rules" handed to me upon check-in (which was true), and that I checked it with them when making the reservation (which wasn't). She repeated again and again the rule, disregarding my objections. I broke the stalemate when I added that turning away a guest is unheard of in terms of hospitality and good manners, anywhere in the world - let alone in a hotel. She relented. Everything was managed politely, and the guys waited patiently. Since neither of Claudio's friends spoke a word of English, we proceeded immediatelly to undress, and I was looking at three handsome coffee-colored youngsters. Louis was thin and tall, Claudio is lean-athletic, and Roberto is a bodybuilder. What's more important - I told Roberto that his dick is like a" cannon" in term of length, girth, firmness and angle. He liked the concept and laughed at the way I pronounced it. This was my first time to enjoy three dicks simultaneously, and I savoured the moment. First, paying my respect to each one individually, then dealing with two together, and then all three. We started me kneeling on the floor, sucking one while rubbing the the others on my left and right. I felt like I was in a porn vid. After executing a couple of rotations, we moved to the bed. Claudio focused on pleasuring me, whie I was enjoying his friends. They were tops so they didn't suck, but at least Roberto invested in caressing me and my nipples (staying away from my dick). I wish I could report I held out for 3 hours, but all this went on for half that time. I climaxed again in Claudio's mouth, while sucking on roberto's cannon, and fondeling Louis' dick. JOB WELL DONE! Arranging this without Manny, I saved paying him 3,000 pesos for 3 guys. Each got the customary 2,500. I added 500 to Roberto, and 1,500 to Claudio. The photo doesn't do justice to their dicks. I was too excited to focus on the best moment and angle. Next time I'll devote more to directing and photgraphy. However, it DOES serve as a great reminder of me my eyes my hands my mouth being within centimeters of 3 cocks!!!

Part 4 – Grindr: In the first 24 hours I received literally 100 messages. [Scruff was also very active; Hornet and Romeo – less.] Most didn’t mention money upfront; about four were explicitly “prepago”. The first one wanted 5,000 pesos; I answered “hahaha, I can find here for 1,000” (that’s what I read in the forum); he went down to 3,000; I stood my ground; we compromised on 1,500. The second one started with 3,000 and ended up the same. Didn’t meet them, but it taught me about market rates. Despite being a newbie in SD, and contrary to some cautious advice here, I do go for online hookups because of my strict protocol for such places: 1. I stay at a hotel with an ID procedure. 2. I meet at a café beforehand. 3. I speak basic Spanish. 4. I use my instinct filters. 5. I’m very clear about money. If the guy doesn’t mention money in the chat, I bring it up very apologetically-politely. If he says he isn’t for-pay, later at the café I mention it again in a complimentary manner, commenting how nice it is not to talk about money afterwards. If after the deed is done he DOES bring it up, I act surprised-hurt and stand my ground. To date, nobody became aggressive. If the guy is for-pay, I find a way to tell him in the café, in a light mannered way, a story about how once a guy demanded from me more than the agreed; a story that didn’t end well for the guy. The story is fabricated, but I think it helps. Both of these tricks don’t prevent me from being “generous”. If I hit it off with a non-pay guy, I give him afterwards at least “for taxi”, sometimes more. If it’s a for-pay guy, as usual I tip for better service. I had three Grindr hookups in SD. The first was for-pay, and the protocol operated like clockwork. The guy was sexy and hung just like Manny’s guys, and I paid him 1,500 + 500 tip, instead of Manny’s 1,000 +2,500. The second was a quasi English-speaking student who likes to play with white matures. We had a nice time both at the café and in bed. I gave him around 1,300 pesos. The third was an outlier. He said he wasn’t for-pay and he looked attractive and sounded nice in the app, but when we met he was less masculine and more introverted. After five awkward minutes I apologetically told him this isn’t going to work, and offered to give him money for the taxi and his time. He was disappointed, but wouldn’t take the money. I tried to convince him, but he was adamant and left. I don’t know if he was very principled or very hurt, but I felt very uncomfortable about it. Between my sessions with Jorge and Gago, I told Manny about the scores of Grindr messages. He said I should avoid them because these are “dangerous guys”, but of course he has his own ulterior motive. After Gago, when I declined to make another immediate ‘reservation’, his manner turned cold. He IS nice and helpful, but above all – a businessman. No critique meant. My two cents: even as a newbie – stay at a hotel, take commonsense universal precautions, and bypass Manny.

Part 2: On Tuesday morning Manny was almost two hours late. [Everybody at the hotel seemed to know him.] We went over the relevant photos, connecting dicks to faces. Experiencing a non-anal period, I decided to start with the two vers - Claudio and Jorge, and then the almost-biggest dick - Elgaro. [Manny said the biggest one is Burro, but I didn't like the rather flacid dick in his vid.] Per BlkSuperMan's important tip, I asked who’s the only guy who speaks English; it turned out to be Claudio - all the better! I wanted him immediatelly, but due to distance plus Latino time management – he arrived only at 3 pm (half a day of horniness lost). Claudio was everything his photos (upward curved hard erection) and blksm promised. It was great being able to converse with the guy, both in general and to clarify preferences. He was hot, sexy, lean-athletic, said he would do everything except being fucked - and so he did. I told him I want to fuck only his throat, and he cooperated willingly. Claudio intuitively pleasured me in all the ways I like - kissing, nipples, cuddling, sucking, etc; passionately so! I climaxed in his mouth without any hint of disdain on his part, and he cleaned me up almost-lovingly. In the "after" pillow talk, there was no rush. Claudio exhibited intellectual curiosity which quite delighted me. He said he was a graduate of 5 academic years in tourism, but was working as a policeman making $150 a month (so one sex session is worth a third of his monthly salary). Claudio also mentioned, by-the-way or not, that he pays Manny 500 pesos from the 2500 paid to him per session. He seemed genuinely angry to hear that customers pay Manny 1000 pesos (bringing Manny's cut to 1500 of 3500 = more than 40%). I seized the moment to ask him whether he wants to meet again without going through Manny. He readily agreed, but of course said that Manny shouldn't know about it. I then took it a step further, asking if he could bring with him one or two additional guys, so I would finally realize my fantasy - a suckfest with three huge cocks. He said he probably could, so I got all fired up. I added a sizable tip to his 2500, and invited him to a dinner date the next day - sin sexo. GREAT FIRST SESSION !!!