Where are the best gogo bars in the world?

[Guest]

I do not claim to have travelled everywhere, far from it.

 

However, from the places I have visited, the best gogo bars would be:

 

1 Pattaya

2 Bangkok

3 Phuket

4 Chiang Mai

5 Prague

 

OK, so I have classed Escape in Prague as a "gogo", as the staff may often be seen in swimwear, or less.

As a bar for, er....., meeting local people in Prague , "Club Temple" is vastly superior, but it's more like a freelance host bar (fully clothed).

In fact, rather than visiting anywhere in Prague, I would much rather visit freelancer bars such as Blue Chilli (PP) or Linga Bar (Siem Reap).

 

So what else is out there?

As once said on a famous British comedy programme: "The world is your lobster......"

[kokopelli]

Montreal, Canada has some good go-go bars. The routine is for the stripper to first dance in street apparel and then, for the follow up dance, to appear "tout nu" all naked with an erection. These go go are then available to do a "danse prive" in the back room for a price.

The Gay Village in Montreal is the place to be if in that area of the world.

[Guest thaiworthy]

Koko is biased and he can speak French. But I can confirm his report. I've been there too and can honestly say Montreal is worth a visit. The private dances or lap dances if you wish, can be expensive if they go on for too long, but it is definitely exciting.

 

I have also visited Amsterdam, but street urchins abound and some of them are downright ugly. I would not recommend Amsterdam only because it is very rough trade and doesn't even compare in any way to Thailand. It is also expensive. The place is a magnet for some druggie Eastern Europeans who want to send money home to their families.

 

The Philippines might be worth a visit, as I suspect they do have go-go, but I have never been there. Certainly would like to, though. The idea of hooking up with a macho Pinoy seems very exciting and they probably could speak more English than the above two aforementioned places.

 

I would love to hear some reports about Rio. But it is my understanding that the guys you meet there are largely in bathhouses, rather than in bars. I know of a certain poster here who may know more than we do. But mebbe he's not telling.

 

If you want the very best in go-go, I agree with Z, there is no place quite like Pattaya.

[Guest]

Considering we have such an enormous global population, it's unfortunate that there are so few recognised gay gogo bars (or near equivalents).

Some might say that's a good thing, because of the commercial sex element. However, that is already widespread in many countries, via cruising, websites or other hook up methods.

So considering that side is in place anyway, why not more gogo bars, where people can just watch events on stage for a couple of hours, or go further if they choose?

[KhorTose]

Why not more gogo bars, where people can just watch events on stage for a couple of hours, or go further if they choose?

 

Listen, I would not stop anyone from going to a go-go bar., nor would I judge them in any negitive way for going. However, I do not like these bars. I get a very uncomfortable feeling like I am in a meat morket, and I feel like I am in an explotive situation. Therefore, I rarely go, and when I do I really go for the show to see if it has changed. I think from talk and experience that I am not alone with my aversion to these bars, otherwise there would be several hundred more of them and they would not always be going broke and changing names and owners. Different strokes for different folks, but I am giving one answer as to why there are not more of these bars.

[kokopelli]

Why not more go-go bars? I believe it all has to do with local laws which either allow or prohibit nudity. Also necessary to have a pool of customers for these venues such as in established gay areas. Canada/Montreal has a very tolerant view of gays and not so staight laced as the USA.

[Guest fountainhall]

As mentioned in the Soi Twilight Revisited thread on this forum, there was considerable enthusiasm for more nude go-go bars. Sadly, since Thaksin’s moral crusade a decade or so ago, I think fully nude dancing in go-go bars here will never return.

[kokopelli]

I think fully nude dancing in go-go bars here will never return.

 

You should have been HERE last night!!!

[Guest thaiworthy]

You should have been HERE last night!!!

 

Well, don't keep us in suspense, WHERE is HERE? I want a full report!

[kokopelli]

Well, don't keep us in suspense, WHERE is HERE? I want a full report!

 

Sorry Kuhn Worthy; you have to be HERE for a full report. Absolutley revolting, not for a man of your caliber! I was so appalled that I left after two hours.

[TotallyOz]

Koko, what a shame and how horrible. You had to sit through 2 hours of nudity. I am so sorry. I hope you are OK.

 

As for the world's best gogo bars, this changes often. 10 years ago, I would have said Montreal. That scene has really changed over the years as well. If you say the word gogo, I think Thailand wins out for sure. If you like younger looking or fem boys, I think Pattaya is great and if you like more manly men, Bangkok is tops.

 

If you use the word nude, I'd say Brazil beats out the others. In Brazil, I'd give my favorites to Porto Alegre and then Rio and then Sao Paulo in that order. They are saunas and not gogo bars but most of them have gogo dancers at night. Some aren't comfortable in this scene as they don't like to go into a place with 150 nude guys. I'm OK with that.

 

Instead of saying gogo bars, can we just say where in the world are the best guys who will take care of you for money? That would be a different list for sure. But, if you use the word only gogo bars meaning that is the only purpose is to have boys in shorts in front of you, you limit yourself. I guess it all depends on if you are a looker or if you are looking for more than just watching them on stage. If you are only a watcher, try Montreal. If you are a doer, try Brazil. I love Thailand and the scene there but I hope others venture out to see boys in other areas of the world.

[Guest]

Instead of saying gogo bars, can we just say where in the world are the best guys who will take care of you for money? That would be a different list for sure. But, if you use the word only gogo bars meaning that is the only purpose is to have boys in shorts in front of you, you limit yourself. I guess it all depends on if you are a looker or if you are looking for more than just watching them on stage.

 

Some of us might prefer watching followed by doing. I imagine money boys would be readily available in the majority of countries in the world, for those who look. However, meeting people on line or in some dingy freelancer bar or even cruising around a railway station wouldn't provide the same entertainment as gogo bars.

Perhaps the combination of laws and lack of customer demand ensure gogo bars only exist in a small number of countries. That's unfortunate.

Actually, Berlin has a large gay scene & liberal laws, but still nothing that could be considered as close to a gogo bar.

 

The only time I've encountered widespread sauna prostitution was in the former "Club Sauna Brasil" in Berlin. All the hookers could be easily spotted as they wore swimming trunks, rather than towels. They certainly looked cute, but the customer could still get lucky and hook up with (for example) some cute Chinese visitors for a non-commercial encounter. No pressure from the money boys.

 

That sauna has been remodelled, renamed and they've kicked all the hookers out. On my last visit, there were no attractive customers at all.

 

Prostitution exists with or without gogo bars, so that's a subject which can be debated in another thread.

[pong]

define what gogo is, define what best is. Sorry- I once studied statistics and methodology, so this chitchat seems a bit senseless to me without definitions.

As pointed out-most countries in this world do not allow gogo-do not start screaming out -discimi etc-it also applies to ladies. Most likely even they had only ladies in mind.

Have not really been sitting down in a Thai gogo since 5 yrs by now, I guess. That dancing as such hardly appeals to me-if at all. Nudity in the public by now even looks like indecent or impolite to me. But good hot dancing, with some clothes that suggest more, with a good undertwist is certainly arousing. LOng, long ago Midnight Cowboy in Sapan Kwai here in BKK would do that-the 1st bar, not that icy cold oversized 2nd one to which their success forced them to. After 1 week management could not stop the boys from wearing jackets etc to turn off the cold.......

Manila (and I think that city only in PH) has its macho-dancing bars-who seem more aiming single ladies nowadays, also from Korea etc. BRasil-thats not gogo for me, its sauna. Read from dear Micheal on maleescortreview.com.

I think that the last years the ''best'' nr 1 stars will likely go to East-Europe places, CZ has been mentioned but I think HUngary-Budapest has more to offer. Hungarians-being not slavic-tend to have more appealing fysics to most of us.

[kokopelli]

. Sorry- I once studied statistics and methodology, so this chitchat seems a bit senseless to me without definitions.

 

There is a lot of CHitchat on this forum that is a bit sense-less to me also. Often I cannot fig what posters are say-ing; some spk and wrt in cryptic terms.

[Guest fountainhall]


define what gogo is, define what best is.

pong’s first question is interesting, if only because I had never thought about it before. Looking it up on wikipedia, it seems it was first introduced in discos in 1960s New York when girls in long boots were hired to dance on special raised platforms to entertain patrons.

 

I can’t speak for the girlie bars, but since the late 1970s, most of Thailand’s male go-go bars have never been anything more than an excuse to exhibit acres of male flesh to a seated audience. I can recall a few bars where the boys did dance, but that has gone along with total nudity. I suppose the nearest thing now are coyote boys similar to those I saw in Hotmale last Sunday who were energetic dancers – and did wear boots!

 

As to the question “what is best?” That with respect is surely somewhat superfluous! Even if a poster was to define “best”, it would be a personal description with which others might well disagree. And as we have already seen in this thread, various interpretations/nuances have been posted.

 


Often I cannot fig what posters are say-ing; some spk and wrt in cryptic terms.


 

kokopelli’s point is also interesting. A look back shows that over the last year or so pong’s writing style has developed very considerably from the sort of English and prose most posters use into a much more cryptic form. Is this perhaps a result of using abbreviations so often in text messaging?

 

Clearly it is up to each poster to write in his own style. But when a poster who has English as his first or second language writes cryptic posts which some have difficulty interpreting, isn’t there something a little strange? I ask only because I have been for some time expressing the hope that the Board would gain more Asian members - but that I guess is a separate topic and I will therefore refrain from further comments about posts which are difficult for even native English speakers to interpret.

 

What I do find curious, though, is there is a ‘pong’ registered on a number of other Boards – just as there is a ‘fountainhall’ registered on a couple. I have no idea if our pong and the others are one and the same – although some very basic details in at least one other profile seem to match. And that ‘pong’s’ posting style on that Board is less cryptic than the style here. For example, from a fairly recent post on that Board (I will list it if so requested) –

 

Showers are out in the open-bit Balinese style and not all are completely view-proof. Beds are custom made wooden high withfacewells, clean thick towels, nice aroma air under, there is choice of what oil-aroma you want and there is ginger tea and fruits after. Most boys seem to work quite some time there and have good experience. But its a wooden house and thus has easy noise to hear. There is a fotobook with all essentials in it, but no line up (can see boy if so wished). Free motosay ride to road or BTS offered afters (but is just as far as Albury from BTS). 1 hr oil is 500 bt-min. tip same, and there are various packages for more work to your body, scrub and all that.

This visit I seem to be quite lucky in the quality of massages offered in various shops-lets hope it stays that way.

 

The post adds “Posted via Mobile Device”, but no evidence of the usual texting shortcuts.

 

So I am just curious! If the two pongs are the same poster, why two quite different styles?

[Guest]

As to the question “what is best?” That with respect is surely somewhat superfluous! Even if a poster was to define “best”, it would be a personal description with which others might well disagree.

Perhaps including the word "best" in the original title was superfluous.

After all, it seems there not that many places with gogo bars in the world, so we can probably find the space to discuss the locations with bad ones too.

 

As for the definition, well what I had in mind was scantily clad young men on a stage to entertain clients.

 

In Europe, the only place I can think of which comes close to fitting the description of a gogo bar is Escape in Prague. http://www.escapeprague.eu/en/club/

[ChristianPFC]

There is a lot of CHitchat on this forum that is a bit sense-less to me also. Often I cannot fig what posters are say-ing; some spk and wrt in cryptic terms.

 

ChristianPFC likes kokopelli's post. (Continued in "Brainteazer".)

 

I have no sexual interest in White men, so I wouldn't visit any gogo bar that's not in Far-East Asia.

[Guest thaiworthy]

There is a lot of CHitchat on this forum that is a bit sense-less to me also. Often I cannot fig what posters are say-ing; some spk and wrt in cryptic terms.

 

I said this a few months ago and I got bitch-slapped by Michael Gay-Thailand. However, I have learned to appreciate Pong's style and find it much more interesting now.

[Guest thaiworthy]

kokopelli’s point is also interesting. A look back shows that over the last year or so pong’s writing style has developed very considerably from the sort of English and prose most posters use into a much more cryptic form. Is this perhaps a result of using abbreviations so often in text messaging?

 

Exactly. Sometimes mebbe I/we deserve a good bitch-slap now and then. With all the ill manners that occur on these boards, I find critiquing one certain writing style the least worthy of objection.

[Guest fountainhall]

I'd hardly call a comparison of an individual's writing styles "ill manners". It's purely a matter of fact.

[Guest josan]

Does anyone know anything about gogo in Taiwan?

[Guest fountainhall]

I visit Taipei quite regularly. There are gay bars and gay saunas, but I have never heard of go-go bars. I don't go to discos and don't know if any have either male or female go-go dancing. I'll be there again in early April. If I hear of anything, I will post the information.

[TotallyOz]

Interesting post on MER:

 

One poster said the best sex shows are:

1. Action bar in Budapest, Hungary

2. Tawan in Bangkok, Thailand

3. Stripper Shows in Rent Boys Saunas in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (particularly Meio Mundo and Club 117)

4. Stock and Campus in Montreal, Canada

5. Swinging Richards in Atlanta and Miami

6. Boardwalk and Johnnys in Miami and Fort Lauderdale

 

http://www.maleescortreview.com/forum/index.php?/topic/9828-hottest-shows-worldwide/

[Guest]

Interesting post on MER:

One poster said the best sex shows are:

1. Action bar in Budapest, Hungary

2. Tawan in Bangkok, Thailand

 

I visited Budapest last year & Action bar was not open during that time. This wouldn't be a problem in Bangkok, as there would be another bar to go to, but choice in Budapest is severely limited.

 

Must confess, I also prefer gogo type shows to anything that's more like a sex show.

[TotallyOz]

I have been to all the ones listed but the one in Budapest. I should give it a try though as I'll be in Prague later this year.