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Does anyone have any advice on the latest strip club status? Went to BB Show Bar a few years ago, and loved it. Anything similar now? Thanks in advance for your help.

Are the dancers available? When I was there, most guys I saw were not like that.

I was in San Jose briefly. I felt pretty safe, and I don't speak Spanish. The taxi I took from the airport was safe.

That's a good piece of information to know before Christmas is buyers market. But why is it high season right after? Thanks

Which months are the slow travel season for good airfare deals based on your experience? Flying out of DFW seems always double that from Miami. Thanks

Couldn't believe someone else is doing the same. I love documenting expenses/encounters. It is so much fun doing it. Tartegofo, Thank you so much for your detailed travel blog, and your responses to all the comments. I enjoy every bit of it and find them informative.

Looks like even the classic version is pointing to their beta version now for the escort section. Can't figure out how to search escorts at my travel destinations beforehand now.

Do you mind giving out a bit more detail on how the Instagram works in Russian escort and what agencies are reputable. Thanks

Their website is accessible, and they have 5 guys listed there. http://ferchomasajes.com.co

Could you kindly share your experience? Planning a trip there in March. Thank you.

When I went there in May, most guys are not that attractive. Guess the good ones have gone overseas to Europe or other places with much higher pay.

Went to Action bar Satuday, Jul 9th. Got there around 12, and there were around 20 guys. Didn't see any visible rent boys. Couple of guys hanging around near the dark room, and few others chatting at the bar. Pretty relaxed. Striping started around 1am. Pretty sensual and sexy with full hard on. The guy danced for like 10 minutes. Didn't see anyone tipping or touching the stripper. Thought maybe oral academy would be later. Then the stripper went to change room and left. Waited for 30 minutes and nothing is happening. So I went and checked with the bartender, and he said oral academy is Friday only now. What! I came here just for that! So think people may need to know this change. Left around 2am. Judging by the crowd, maybe it doesn't make sense profit wise?

Went to club 17 on a Thursday night. There were 3 rent boys when I left around 12:30. Probably more as night life start really late. A lot of scammer around Takshim square area while I walked around, approaching me asking for lighter for their cigarette then small conversation etc, so I personally don't feel safe to bring anyone home. To me, Istanbul is a nice city for sightseeing, not a destination for boys.

Axiom one does speak decent English, one doesn't. I didn't spend enough time to recommend any.

The new android phones let me remotely lock and erase the content with factory reset, and whoever has it will need my user name and password to use it. But I bet very skilled hacker can break and reflash it. At least they won't see my compromised photos and accidentally leak them.

Landed in Havana airport late Friday afternoon. Immigration, customs and currency exchanges took about 2 hours. I didn't notice any restrooms throughout the processing areas, or they are not obvious, so plan ahead if bathroom usage right after landing is the plan. It Cost me 80 CUC to buy the travel card at the airport. The lady said the price was raised starting March 1. it's still less than 20 USD from airlines. The apartment I rented at Vedado looked like it needed some maintenance, but clean, and the host is nice. It had toilet paper, soap, hot water, 2 huge bottles of water in the fridge for me, window air conditioner in the bedroom, a balcony from the living room with a view of the bay. The first guy I contacted from Planetromeo arrived on time, looked exactly like his picture except that he is shorter, and kind of out of shape when he took off his clothes. He was very nice. We went out and bought a wifi card for 3 CUC for an hour, and enjoyed some tasteless pizza. He was also very accommodating in bed. Had a good time. After everything was well and done, I volunteered to offer him taxi fare back home. He seemed happy with the 20 CUC I gave. I have no doubt he would stay overnight if I had asked. He is really nice, never asked for anything. After saying goodbye, I was truly tired after a long day of flight, so didn't venture out. The second guy from Planetromeo didn't show up Saturday late morning as planned, so I visited a few landmarks in old Havana in the afternoon by myself. So many tourists everywhere in old Havana. Quite a few constructions here and there. Old cars were abundant and billowing out black smoke, but also a lot of more modern European and Asian cars. Dining in the tourist area is comparable to US. 10 to 25 CUC. 5 dollar seemed to be the norm for taxi from Vedado to Old Town which is less than 2 miles. Didn't see any boys during the day, maybe too hot, or resting from night activities. Hustlers were abundant, trying to sell all other stuff. Went back to my apartment in Vedado early evening for the third guy I contacted from Planetromeo. He showed up on time. Looked like his pictures. Very cute with a slender built. Instead of getting to business first, he said he was hungry and wanted to eat something. I said sure. Then he asked whether he could bring his friend. Sure. His friend is skinny and effeminate, not my type. Bummer. He guided me to a restaurant named Toko if I remembered it right, right next to Las Vegas, and it had decent food. During the dinner, I noticed a good looking hunk trying to get my attention. Well built, which is not common compared with most local guys. I tried not to reciprocate as I had a cute guy next to me, so he disappeared from my view eventually. After the dinner, my Planetromeo guy asked whether I could buy him and his friend a pack of cigarette, sure. Thinking that's probably it, and we should go back to my apartment doing our business, well no, he proposed to go to a night club with his friend. Hmm, now I feel like a walking ATM. I wouldn't mind going clubbing if we had the business first. Who knows what else he would propose after the night club? So I decided to cut him loose. I already had people doing all the tricks throughout the day when I was out earlier, I was really tired of this. Now without anyone scheduled, I walked out from my apartment to Avenue 23. Realized my apartment was right in the middle between Bim Bom and Las Vegas Club. How convenient. So walked to Las Vegas first, at around 10:30, there were a few guys outside the club. Peeked into the club and it's empty. Walked down to Bim Bom and a bigger crowd, younger and queenier, so I walked back. There, a tall, handsome, gym built hunk, was standing outside the Toko restaurant in the shadow of a tree, posing and smiling at me. It's a score 10. He doesn't speak a word of English, so I had to use my translation app. Ok, he wanted to go into the club, I wasn't sure what would come out of this, but guess let's wait and see whether he would go home with me afterwards. The doorman at the club didn't have changes for my 20, and I didn't understand what he was saying, and he just walked away after seated us, guess I lost the changes. The tall hunk was actually eager to make some bucks once we ordered drinks and started the conversation. He proposed 50, I thought that was much higher than What I heard for not staying overnight, so we negotiated it down to 30, no overnight, and left the club after 10 minutes of getting in. It was slightly after 11, the club was still pretty empty. Maybe the 3 CUC cover prevented a lot of local guys from coming in? Had fun, he maybe be completely straight, couldn't get up during the whole process, but I didn't care at all. His hole is tight, but had seen dicks. Still enjoyed it overall. Wanted to check out the scene after the tall hunk left, so I went out again. A large crowd, I'd say, 150/200 maybe, gathered outside Bim Bom at around 1am. Strangely, didn't see many dirty old men, only a few dotted the hundreds of young crowd. Guess things would change quickly after Americans could come easily. Walked up avenue 23 towards Yara threater, and saw the first club right after Lucky Strike, a local lotto place I assume. I was pretty sure it's a straight club with the ladies around. Curiously, I sat down on the fence and tried to take a peak at the inside of the club. A masculine voice interrupted me the moment I sat down, turned around, a beautiful young face brightened my eyes. His facial feature is quite uncommon for Cuban, kind of like young Collin Ferrell, with thick beautiful eyelash and kissable full lips. With his broken English hard to understand, I intentionally put my hand around his waist, pretending listening attentively. He wanted to recommend some girls to me. You look attractive, I replied using my app, and he chuckled, apparently not his first time getting compliments, then he smiled back at me. I guess that's the sign for me to make an offer. So I offered him to accompany me the next day for 30 CUC to tour the city. I didn't want to scare him away with sex offer directly, he looked so innocent, so young and so straight. He said sure, and looked happy too. To my surprise, he asked whether he could stay with me tonight as he lived far to come on time tomorrow morning. Sure, why not. Started to think he had some experience with men. He said he was a sophomore at the university, I believed him based on his youthful look and demeanor. He told me he fucked 3 other guys altegther once we got to my apartment. His hole was off limit, still, I had fun. Woke up Sunday morning, we went out grabbed some buffet breakfast, and toured a few places Iinside the city which I didn't go on Saturday . Nice time, so far, the weekend had been a blast. He really liked my phone, and kept playing with it when I wasn't playing him, very curious about all the features. So I watched this innocent young kid enjoying the phone with fatherly love while he was exploring the phone. Not sure where we were in the city after visited a few places, it was a relatively quite, cobble stoneed narrow street with twist and turns. suddenly, he just ran away when I looked away. Before I could think, he disappeared around the block. Whoops, he had my phone and some extra cash he said he would use to pay for food and taxi because he would get it at better price. Damn, Guess I fell for another scam. Totally let my guard down by his innocent youthful look. Cuba is safe, but scams abundant. I guess, in this business, caution should always be exercised, regardless how safe it may feel. The phone is password and fingerprint protected, so not sure how useful it'll be to him without any professional help. guess it was too much a temptation, and he had to have it. It bothered me a bit as I had to figure out where I was since I really wasn't paying much attention to the surroundings while he was guiding me. Now without the app to help me ask directions, I headed to the direction where I could see the tip of the dome which I knew was the Capitol building. After getting back to the apartment, a nap is a must to sooth the small incident. Didn't think I was a gullible person until now. Now had to use another phone which couldn't get wifi in the apartment. So I had to walk out to get connected after the nap and some snacks. A English speaking hustler was quite persistent this time while I was checking my emails. I wasn't interested as he was not my type, so I just said no to all his offerings from cigar, rum, girls and himself. Finally, he said, I could get any men you want here in Havana. Really? Any men? Eyebrow raised. He nodded with absolute confidence. I stood up, looked around, but I didn't see anyone around me attractive. Most people around me were older regular folks happened to be there using wifi. Hmm. Maybe he does have high success rate to get the majority of the men tourists asked for. Maybe next time it's worth a try to use a hustler and get some straight asses? Since its my last night here and an early flight the next day, I thanked him and walked away. Sunday night was slower at both Bim Bom and Las Vegas, there were a few attractive guys, but were either snatched away or went back home when I went back for them after finishing the survey of the stock. Most men have to work Monday I assume. Based on my quick weekend experience, the boys situation in Cuba is unique. I was only able to go to a couple of places, and couldn't find the posting of other parties people talked about. Looks like the streets around Avenue 23 can produce some unexpected good results if one digs straight/bi guys. I haven't tried, but feels like one may have a high chance of getting amateur attractive straight guys if one shamelessly and boldly proposes off the street discreetly, but be aware of scams. It's safe but poor.

Does anyone have any experience at Ukraine? I'm going in 2 months. Looks like Planetromeo has quite a few hotties there, but not sure they are real or a trap to be robbed/extorted. Any information would be appreciated.

Hey Tassojunior So how's your trip to St Petersburg? Was it easy to have fun? Can you share some of your trip experience? Thanks

Hello Handlebreak I'm going to Cuba at end of May via Mexico City, and will stay there overnight for one night. Do you have any recommendations on non -online places such as stripper or escort bar/sauna, etc? I like masculine European looking bottom, built to slightly stocky. Do you have any to recommend? Thanks

What are the upscale spaces? Do you recall the names? Thanks

How much did you pay to bring them to hotel?

Porto Alegre seems to have better chance of fun from your description.

Have gained so much knowledge from members of this forum, so I'd like to share my experience in Brazil from a first timer's perspective, hoping my experience will provide a bit insight for other novice travelers. (Disclaimer: my experience is limited and i don't speak Portuguese, so take it with a grain of salt - ) Currency exchange - ATM fees are high and withdraw limit is low. At some places I felt comfortable using credit cards, and carried cash, both methods got me the best exchange rate, at least 8% more than any ATMs. Power outlet - US plug won't work 99% of the places and I had to buy a power outlet converter. Language barrier - for sure having knowledge of Portuguese is a major advantage. However without did not impede major activities for me. I bought a couple of offline translator apps but never got a chance to use them. Google Translate app did the job even with 3G connection. Only drawback is Google sometimes get the voice wrong or mess up a complicated sentence. But for most communication, it worked. Transportation - Used radio taxi, regular taxi, uber and metro. Uber is by far the safest, especial for foreigner without Portuguese skills, fast, friendly and affordable. I had such a good conversation with a cute friendly 26 years old driver, I even got his number and email with the intention to hire him as my driver/guide. Safety - all advices given by those experienced travelers on safety are good and should be followed. I personally felt it's safer than I expected at where I stayed. I saw a lot of restaurants open and people walking around in groups or family with kids after 11pm at Jardim area at São Paulo. Even at downtown Rio, after 8pm, there's still a lot of people waiting buses, including single female. As foreigner with limited Portuguese, sure need to be much more cautious than locals. Therma Lagoa - São Paulo, Saturday night packed, probably 100 guys. I would consider half of them attractive with nice body, 10% my type. 70% muscular or athletic build, rest skinny twinks. Maybe 30% Spaniard looking, 50% mixed to a degree and rest African looking. Among the 5 people I talked to, 2 self identified as gay, 2 top only, 1 is pretty effeminate. All started with R$150, 3 would take 100 when I countered. One of the top guys agreed to bottom, however he was way too tight and made the I'm hurt faces and noises, so ended up doing nothing. The guy kept asking whether I'd pay him in US dollars as he liked it better and kept asking for tips. He ended up with no tips and only Brazilian Real. Other encounters were smooth. I was expecting to be approached from the guys, to my surprise, I had to take the initiatives half of the time even after eye contacts. The place is clean, and there's a sauna employee outside helping customers getting taxi and feel very safe at night. It was much slower Sunday with maybe 20/30 guys, all from Saturday. Talked to a couple of guys and they all started with R$100 (supply and demand rules) and one even offered to do everything. Thermas Fragata- the facility is older and probably needs updates. Guys are more twinks and African looking Brazilians. It was busier than Logoa on Sunday. Monday - Meio Mundos - Rio, pretty busy with 40 or so guys when I got there around 630, and quite a few more checking in when I left around 7. Most guys there were African looking Brazilians with nice body and big dicks. Could be a heaven for size queens. I didn't like the locker I was assigned to as it felt like it could be easily broken in or manipulated, and they wouldn't give me a new one, so I walked for 20 minutes fully clothed and decided to leave. The entrance area is brightly lit, Maybe added by the owner as most street lights around are much dimmer, feels safer. Tuesday-Club 117. Pretty busy with 80 or so guys, similar to Logoa in terms of looks and body types, maybe slightly older garotos. Guys here are more aggressive than Logoa, but will walk away after a nao. 2 guys who claimed to be versatile couldn't perform as bottoms. I kind of think they say that to get customers and know customers will give up/in eventually. 3rd guy I talked to is my type and active only, I really like him, so we agreed on a price for a little bit foreplay. After we did it for 2 minutes, he said time's up for a little bit foreplay. He pointed to the word a little bit that we agreed on when I questioned. So I ended up paying 100 for 2 minutes. Thought it'd last 15 min at least from experience with other guys, guess I set myself up to be ripped off by using ambiguous words. After that, there are 3 things I always want to be clear: how long, how much and what. 4th guy was really sweet and had a wonderful time. Friday - club 117. Slightly busier than Tuesday, some new faces. Saturday - club 117. Less busy than Tuesday. Pretty much the same crowd. 100 is generally the asking price in Rio. I do tip for people who try to provide good service to show my appreciation. But I stopped buying them drinks as I noticed the moment I offered the first guy, all guys asked me for drinks. I'd say, for a first timer foreigner speaking no Portugese, 50% try to impress and are sweet, 25% do not try or do not deliver what they said, 25% will rip you off whenever they can. I bet things are better for regulars and Brazilians. Using a translator app might hurt, but I tried to keep it simple and short to avoid miscommunication or to offend them. In general, it feels like a buffet, you have a lot of options, can dab into different types for a quick 15 to 20 minutes encounter, and share the same dish with other customers. It won't feel like a exquisite dinner at a nice restaurant for a full hour. Maybe next time will try online ones and see how that goes. For the huge population of Rio and São Paulo area, seems like the garotos population is not that much higher than comparable cities in population like NYC or LA metro area.

I downloaded a couple translation apps and found them helpful. So communication is probably not an issue. I was concerned before. Now equipped with the apps, I feel much more confident in social settings. I even tested out with a acquaintance and went smoothly.

Hey mvan1, Thank you for your insight. Your suggestion of taking a garotos out as company from sauna is enticing. Can I assume they are pretty safe since the sauna has their ID? Also what would be the going rate for taking them out so I can use that as a base? I may take them out as a company later that night or the next day during the day. Does anyone have experience with whether Renaissance on overnight guest? Thank you in advance