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Am I missing some irony or ‘fake news’ here @JKane ? Whether you like or dislike him, there’s no doubt he’s a significant thinker on international affairs. He wrote a forthright opinion piece last month in the WSJ on how failure to address the adverse impacts of the pandemic would be disastrous.

I hope that Aussies returning from India are a lot more responsible than some British-Indians/-Pakistanis who have been found to ignore the UK quarantine regulations on re-entering the country. In the UK, there have been a couple of clusters of infection directly attributed to those recently returned visitors. Luckily so far the infections haven’t spread out.

Has the Federal Government in Australia yet decided when it will reopen the borders to Australians returning from visiting India @TMax?

The famous Brazilian humorist Paulo Gustavo died from complications of Covid19. A Brazilian obituary in English can be found at https://brazilian.report/liveblog/2021/05/05/comedian-paulo-gustavo-dies-covid/ He was aged 42 and as reported he was in good health prior to contracting Covid19.

Gosh, I’m exhausted from just reading about your exploits @Arabcreamer When do you rest? You most certainly deserve a vacation.

What is it?

Is that because you happened to ask them in front of their friends what they would do? I’ve had a similar experience in other countries with a ‘masculine’ culture (such as Argentina) where guys profess to be tops…but in private they’ll happily bottom for me and/or suck cock to completion and swallow my load

That must have been startling. You had a lucky escape @Enlgishman

I guess the answer will depend on Brazilian laws. But these may be overridden by whatever regulations govern the particular building and which the owner has signed up to observe. These regulations can be very restrictive. (For example, I live in a building that prohibits any letting unless it is for at least 12 months and where the renters have to be interviewed and approved in advance.) I feel the caution by @Riobard is timely. I can’t imagine any ‘renter’ arriving from overseas is going to want to find themselves unwelcome and likely to be thrown out on the street suddenly.

No misunderstanding on my part. I read what you wrote, but it’s simply not practicable to manufacture “millions of doses” in advance of the regulatory approval. The necessary ingredients are in short supply nowadays. What you may think of as possibly the simplest thing - the vial for the vaccine - is now in short supply worldwide. The shortages are such that more conventional but needed products (eg insulin) are having their supply restricted.

If you can access Al Jazeera TV @TotallyOz I recommend their excellent news service. They have corespondents based in Bangkok and this Sunday morning there was an lengthy report on the situation in Thailand. There was film of people testing positive and even if asymptomatic, being quarantined in isolation facilities for 14 days. No at-home quarantine is allowed. If symptoms develop, they are transferred to a hospital. Against the rapid rise in cases, it was mentioned that less than 1% of people have been vaccinated. A profound misunderstanding @z909. The UK Government took a “venture capital” approach to vaccines, ordering large amounts and prepaying before any of the vaccines had been developed. It also intervened to prevent Oxford University working with Merck in the US to develop a vaccine to be produced in the US because it feared that the US Government would use its existing powers to prevent the export of any vaccine that proved successful. Also, Merck only offered “reasonable best efforts” to supply the vaccine to the UK. (This is the same clause that the EU Commission has in its contracts). The UK Govt persuaded AstraZeneca (a company with no prior experience in vaccines) to work with Oxford by offering to pay all the development costs. In return for assuming all financial risk, the UK Govt insisted on an absolute guarantee of supply and that the Oxford-AZ vaccine be provided at a very low cost, not only to the UK but also to low-income countries around the world during the pandemic. The EU wasted some months arguing with Oxford-AZ trying to get them to supply their vaccine at a lower cost than the UK had paid. Having failed to lower what is essentially the cost-price, the EU signed a contract with only a “reasonable best efforts” clause (see above). Of course, vaccine manufacture is a complex process. It involves various facilities, mainly in the UK and Belgium. Recently the Belgians acknowledged the significant financial injection by the UK and its lending a team of technical experts to improve the production process at the main plant there. IMO the UK Govt has done an excellent job. The EU seems to be good at the ‘blame game’ but has been shown to be bureaucratic and incompetent.

I wish you well on your trip. I know you’re an experienced traveler @floridarob but please report back on how things are and what you find on this trip in particular.

In answer to the question in the title of this thread, Yes if you’re Brazilian. IME different cultures have different views on this matter. Argentines may be more shy about it but Brazilians can be more relaxed and quite open.

Then (several years ago now) it was relatively easy if you were based in Spain or Italy and willing to finance the whole process. It was mainly a cumbersome administrative process with fees and documentation. It was quite a well-used exit route for young Cubans. I know of 2 young Cubans who left their sponsor…shortly after 3 years which was (then) what it took to establish their own residency rights and legal status in Spain. I guess each of the men got what they wanted from the arrangement.

I discussed a vacation in Cuba about 3 years ago with 3 different, experienced travellers to Cuba. 2 of them were European and 1 was Cuban working as a model in Spain. All said Cuba was now not what it was (with the economic difficulties etc) and all the young handsome gay guys had managed to get sponsorship to leave.

Hedonistic @AlexThompson I lived in central Amsterdam and central London in that decade. There were some gay bars and very few gay clubs (and they were small). But it’s also the decade when large gay dance clubs opened. There was street cruising, openly in certain locations. The downside was that very few gay men were open at work or socially. Most men were discreet and didn’t talk about their romantic lives.

He stated several times that he didn’t want that, and preferred a minimum of fuss. Details of the funeral arrangements have yet to be announced but I hope his wishes are observed.

My heart goes out to The Queen. Both she and Prince Philip epitomize devotion to duty and public service.

Isn’t it more likely that, as you put it, you “pissed off a model”? I can’t imagine anyone here with similar interests would be so petty as to report you. And is it possible for you to use another name/email to register on F4F?

Thanks for sharing @traveller312 Do you think it’s something cultural in how locals react? I can appreciate that local young men are sex-starved in such a restrictive society. So it may be that getting sucked off by you does not mean they’re gay; it’s just that they’re horny and have no heterosexual outlet. I’m a top only and I really enjoy getting sucked off to completion. Would I be left frustrated by visiting Egypt? Or do you think I would encounter ready cocksuckers in North African countries if I were generous?

Forgive me @davet but I’m keen on facts and observations here being accurate. Fredrik Eklund is the broker and he doesn’t hide his past. He’s married to an Australian husband, and they both featured in a reality TV show Million Dollar Listing when they were based in NYC. They recently moved to LA where Fredrik continues to sell real estate.

Beautifully written @numazu. Over the years, I bet most of us have been tempted to restart with an ex, and it never works. It’s great that you could enjoy friendship with Diego.

In the UK (where I’m in lockdown) 0.6-0.9 In Spain 1.25 but in the Balearic Islands (where I have a house) 0.92 Both countries show the calculation based on the last 7 days.

If you can post photos of the guys that interest you @johnmatt it might help jog the memories of other posters. As it happens, I know the real names of 5 Brazilian guys…but I simply cannot remember any “working names”, yet I know for sure at least 2 did “work”.

Yes but it was a few years ago when I was single. He was a gogo in Brazil who became a successful fitness model in Europe (on the covers of several magazines). He had a handsome face and a stunning physique. His income was erratic and he was saving to study for an advanced degree. So he chose occasional sex-work to supplement his income. We had a torrid affair for a while. But it was all about his looks, as he wasn’t that passionate in bed. He needed to drink quite a bit of alcohol to relax and get wild in bed. Only then would he bottom (with condom) for me or let me face-fuck him and unload in his mouth. He was great arm-candy socially. He did suggest he become my boyfriend and look after my apartment for me…but after I’d played with him several times, I lost interest. Anyone else who hired him for sex would remember him. Not just for his physical beauty but also for his decent-sized cock, which had a pronounced hook shape at the head. Last I heard, he earned his MBA and was working for a bank in Brazil.