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I don't know about that. I've never been there, but the only warning on a website called Pattaya Guide is that people usually go there for sex and some sex workers are aggressive. I'm in my sixties and could quite easily wander in there if I thought there might be a gay bar with dancers. This is all not knowing anything about what happened and maybe this particular fellow should have known better or behaved foolishly, but a blanket statement that married men in their sixties can only blame themselves for being assaulted there seems harsh. I never felt threatened in any way in the Bangkok sex areas.

For anyone who's experienced the exhilaration of a spontaneous achievement, I was unexpectedly named employee of the month once at small company, it must be incredibly intense for elite athletes who have devoted their lives, so far, to this sport and particularly in a team situation. Riobard's response was perfectly on-brand for him and one of the reasons I love him. A different perspective is good to have. But you are also perfectly justified in sharing his joy. I don't know if his reaction was staged to get attention and I don't want to know.

I was driving through the U.S. southwest and took a side trip to Albuquerque to see some of the locations from Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul. Went by the house that was Walter White's home. It's in a typical single family home subdivision, there were four or five other cars with sightseers parked there and an old motor home converted into a tour bus pulled up with five or six more tourists. That was just in a ten minute period on a weekday afternoon. Imagine that every day, all day.Later I saw a story about how much the owners of the house and neighbours hate the tourists. People even throw pizzas up on the roof. Also, for other fans.. I went to the chili dog place.. the chili was so hot I could barely eat it. Same trip went to check out "standing on a corner in Winslow, Arizona" and found out that was based on Jackson Brown seeing a woman driving a Toyota pickup in the parking lot of a Dog Haus in Flagstaff... he was hitchhiking to Los Angeles from out East and had never seen a woman driving a pickup before. I love history.

It's working normally now and I think the dizzy periods I get are from the medication. I inherited a weak heart muscle that in itself is not a killer, but can trigger heart failure in conjunction with things like cocaine use, excessive alcohol use or illnesses.

Absolutely! Last year, I was referred for secondary screening for the first time in my life coming home to Canada because I was away for six weeks and only had a small carry on suitcase. That was because on a previous trip to Barcelona I got dizzy going up two long staircases in a subway station with a regular carry on suitcase. I have some heart issues and decided to downsize my bag to the minimum. Fortunately it was a woman officer who went through my stuff, rather than a macho punk like the one who decided I was suspicious.

I am far from the most expert on this site, but outside of saunas I usually turned to mileroticos/rentman/hunqz for sex dates. They often had their own place I could go to. A few suggested motels to go to. They can range from really dingy to quite nice. A guy I contacted on Chaturbate suggested a upscale sex hotel in El Poblado, but when we went in the early afternoon the guy on the desk said there were no rooms available and wouldn't be anytime soon. He was polite, but I think they had a no gays policy. We ended up in basically a storage room with a bed and bathroom in a building adjacent to a backpacker hostel. Still had a wonderful, wonderful time.

On safety concerns I wanted to invite one of the for hire guys at Phisicus to my apartment for the following day and checked with the guy at the front desk he said I could trust the guy. Like many saunas in Colombia, the front desk guy has a view of the locker area... at Phisicus, he asked another customer to remove his stuff from a locker that was in the front counter for me to put my stuff in. Maybe they're extra careful for tourists, not sure. Had a wonderful afternoon in bed the next day fooling around and eating Doritos. (and then washing the Dorito dust out the sheets after he left.}

I've stayed in El Poblado and Laureles neighbourhoods and much preferred Laureles just because it didn't seem to be trying so hard... although you may find yourself going to other neighbourhoods for entertainment. Laureles does have Carrera 70 that crosses Circular 1 and 2 with bars, discos and restaurants. The sidewalks are full of people laughing and just generally having a good time. I stayed in a great place in Cali, an apartment that is one of the 16 listings by the host Mejia Hoyos E Hijos. The Airbnblisting for the apartment I was in is "204) Modern Loft In Granada". Nice neighbourhood, few blocks to the big Centenario shopping centre and good restaurants. Less than two blocks to Phisicus 21 gay sauna. They have a masseur on staff, or they did, and there may be unofficial masseurs for sex in the evenings or late afternoon. Really enjoyed the market tour, the walking tour had lots of info about the history and culture of Cali. There were some interesting looking bike rides in the Cali area.

So, just did some browsing and saw a story that said the arrival of Venezuelan criminal gangs has more or less doubled the number of serious violent crimes in Cucuta over the past couple of years.... so maybe give it a pass.

A member of this site recommended Cucuta as an out of the way non-touristy city and I enjoyed the few days I was there. It might be a good place to get work done. There's little to do there for a tourist, especially one who doesn't speak much Spanish. But it's definitely different from the bigger cities that get lots of foreign visitors. The people were quite nice. I stayed in a nice airbnb a couple of blocks from a big shopping centre. The owner showed me a walking route to the centre with enough security guards that made it relatively safe. There was a hotel between the airbnb and the centre that had a big pool you can hang out at for the day for a small fee. There is one gay sauna that had a couple of working guys plus the receptionist was also available when he was not working. There's also a gay bar that I didn't go to, but heard had lots of cute young guys. I think finding sex partners you don't have to pay depends on a combination of, are you at all attractive and how skilled you are getting guys into bed. Not sure how dangerous it is compared to other Colombian cities, but the airbnb owner gave me lots of safety tips. And because of the general friendliness in the shops, restaurants, etc, I didn't feel like I was alone in a hostile place. An example, when I left I had to pay for my carry on before boarding the plane. I don't speak much Spanish and the guy at the airline counter didn't speak English so it was difficult for both of us, but we both stayed cheerful and I apparently I was his first Anglo-only customer because when we finished I realized his co-workers had been watching and they gave him a round of applause and he gave me a fist bump.

Not sure what the measures are, but on just a couple of visits to Colombia I didn't sense it's particularly dangerous for gays or that they are oppressed. Could be totally wrong of course. But the gay saunas were in regular and working class neighbourhoods and not hidden in any way. In Cucuta the gay sauna is right next to a motorcycle sales and service business with a dozen or more young guys squatting around motorcycles out front that I had to walk right by to go into the sauna. It's not even the kind of thing you'd see in Canada I wouldn't think. The doorman at the Airbnb building didn't care about the young guy I brought back one night, didn't need to see his ID and they chatted a bit, not sure what it was about, but it was friendly.

It didn't occur to me they might be available. I just think they're beautiful and probably hoping for modelling gigs.

Wow!!!

I was given a handicap seat in the front of a highway bus in Brazil and didn't know why at first... then I saw the fat person symbol.

Very true. I have spent most of my life in parts of Canada that still have communities of Indigenous people, but they are largely invisible in large urban areas. The history of Indigenous people in Canada has been betrayal after betrayal after betrayal by politicians and bureaucrats, from the arrival of the Europeans to present day.

An American who has travelled a lot told me once that black people are hated everywhere and there is that weird thing that people fear the darkest people the most. It's very sad to see disheartened looking black men, even in poor countries like Laos, trying to earn a living a selling stuff on the sidewalks. Has anybody ever seen research about blackness including the night being instinctually feared.

All in Rio?

I took a motorcycle taxi in Vietnam once. It was a relatively long ride on a highway. I've always had balance problems, so I kept my arms firmly clasped around his waist. He didn't like it and at one point I think he asked me to let go. While it did feel good, it was the safety his firm masculine body provided that I needed, not some cheap thrill, well maybe that too, a bit.

Sounds like wise advice Neyger. My one experience with a webcam guy in Colombia was he milked me for as much as he could ( and I can't blame him) before I got to Colombia and even after I arrived. I finally told him no more communication unless I get a time and price.... and he turned out to be fantastic in pretty much every way. May be best to avoid a paysite like OF.

I've used Uber without any problems. My last visit, an Uber driver offered to take me to Guatapé which I accepted. We had a great day, he was great and we did two sightseeing days in Medellin after that. There is also a taxi option on the Uber app. I like Laureles better, but I think it is a matter of personal preferences. I went to St Moritz in January three times, there weren't many customers and the same two or three tops each time. The bartender at the time was one of the tops. I had a great time with him.

This is a passage above of texts from Perry's phone, Among these included Perry declaring "I am a racist," and comparing the Black Lives Matter movement to "monkeys" multiple times, and also as "animals at the zoo". He also stated in a text, "To [sic] bad we can't get paid for hunting Muslims in Europe." It was also revealed evidence obtained when Perry's phone was seized, How does that not make him an avowed racist? I have no patience for protesters of any kind who want to block other people from going where they want to go. But the evidence suggests he was looking for an opportunity to shoot people.

That makes sense. I had some enjoyable hook ups in the saunas. But not as great as I had hoped. The one incredibly hot guy I met in a sauna turned out to be quite scary. He asked for the money up front, which I paid. Then he immediately asked for more. I said no. His glare at me pretty intense. Then he just laid on the bed without engaging. It was a short session. The next guy the complete opposite, lots of fun. When I was leaving the original guy approached me in the locker room and again demanded more money while staring into my eyes with an angry expression on his face. It was uncomfortable. None of the other hookups in the saunas were memorable. It seems like a really interesting city, but I was alone and every time I walked in an area outside of the heavily sanitized tourist zone..... lots of police and tourist shops... a local would tell me it was dangerous for me and I should go the tourist zone. I have no doubt they were concerned about me. By coincidence a guy met travelling in Turkey was in Salvador visiting his parents and picked me up the airport and took me to their place in a gated suburban community for lunch. They weren't rich, normal middle class retirees with a small home. It was a block from a nice beach which we went to for a walk. It was a weekday afternoon and the beach was almost empty. He told me his mother was very worried about our safety. So it was a short walk. He said Salvador is the kind of place where you never want to look like the most vulnerable person.

Same situation with me re Colombia and Istanbul. I'm now adding another destination on those trips so I don't feel like I should lie when co-workers ask where I went.

I see you're in London, and will assume you don't mean London, Ontario. House parties almost always end up centred in the kitchen in Canada, especially for younger people and I'm curious if that's pretty much the same around the world.

Canada is even more fucked up. A Liberal government started a phased in program to make Canada metric in the early 80s. We got as far as kilometres and celsius when a Conservative government was elected and stopped the transition. But it didn't reverse what had been done. So some things among the citizenry are celsius and kilometres while others like inches and pounds are used. People in some industries and fields use metric because it's a better system... ie health care workers use kilograms and centimetres. I think kids are taught metric in the schools, but it still hasn't taken complete hold for some reason. One of the last vestiges of the Empire along with the monarchy, I guess.