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Floridarob meets Olddaddy at last!!
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Now if Dept of Agriculture would have the balls to do the same 🤷♂️ Wasn't planned, he was supposed to go to BKK today but stayed in Pattaya one more night, no doubt to meet me 😝 I was out the night before in BKK, didn't sleep until 7am, Mike Taxi to Pattaya at noon and was exhausted when I arrived.... by the time I got settled in and ate, I took a 3 hr nap. I had planned to stay in Boyztown for the night but saw he posted that he was at Cocka2 bar when I woke up and headed over there... I met one of his personalities and we talked about an hour, he's too nice a guy to become my replacement for @gayinpattaya 🤷♂️ We talked about Madagascar guys, and I went with one ultimately a while later.... I'd also 100% hang out with @Olddaddy and have drinks again. He says he's top only , Madagascar, not Old daddy , might be possible but I have a feeling he would bottom if asked.... He said it's ok to post his pics here, as he's looking for customers.... we did short time for 1200 thb, we were together over 3-4 hrs, went for drinks, chatted via translator mostly, but I'll go with him again. He's someone I'd expect to see at Bangu sauna outside of Rio, with a bit smaller cock....but was def fun and willing to do everything I asked 😁 His name is Bruno goes by Chocolate on Grindr +66-97-078-64706 points -
Do you ever have a "rest" day ?
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and waiting for floridarob to show up ?3 points -
Its always good to keep a bunch of regulars and also keep finding new regulars as you will never know when your top guy will disappear from the scene. Unless of course if you found the one and made a commitment to be monogamous. Just this year, ive lost 2 regulars, one of them was my top #1 and both of them have travelled with me. I sooth myself with an impromptu visit to bangkok and tries few more new guys, and i think at least one of them warrant another session next trip. I still hope i might meet the two regulars ive lost this year in the future though, especially if they remained attractive hehe but life goes on.3 points
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A lot more African boys
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Xpaulo - thanks for your contribution. I’ve been wondering about making a short visit to Morocco. It’s much easier to go there from my base in England. Would you recommend it for gay tourists wanting some sex in addition to general tourism ?. Perhaps you could message me with any advice. The African boy I had last year from Grindr did not mention any particular bars where he and his pretend-student friends met in Pattaya but two of them did visit him briefly when I was with him on the beach.2 points -
I stands for intersex, A stands for asexual, + is added to hold space for the ever expanding alphabet soup.2 points
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Trump seems to forget that this is 2025 - not 1913. Interconnected supply chains are everywhere now. They were not then. Besides, in 1913 the USA had just become the world's strongest economic power. It remains in that position, but add China, Japan, Germany and India as one block and you have an even greater economic power. Granted, these four countries all have their own economic problems at present. But together they are in a position to create a trade war that will likely end with either US consumers paying a lot more for many products which ultimately will hurt his electoral base - or Trump will once again be shown as the emperor with no clothes when he has to withdraw or significantly reduce his new tariffs. He also seems not to remember that the Chinese think in the long term - not in four year electoral cycles.2 points
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Is 1 month too long to stay in Brazil ?
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Come to Brasil! I am going to spend much more time there. Tomorrow I am leaving to SP.2 points -
forgive her , she was on her period or had bout of hot flashes2 points
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I had far too many guys wanting to bb with me there but I was the one who wasn't interested. I am not sure if this was the same experience with the others on this forum but unless I ask them to bring condoms, nearly all of them don't even bother to bring condoms to the cabin. With some regulars, they even actively ask me if I want to do it BB this time... Even with prep the chances are not zero for hiv and I want to keep myself hiv and help c free for the rest of my life. Many of the guys in the sauna grow up in developing countries where help c is very common so I try to stay away from bb with them. In my recent trip to Brazil, literally 90% of sex in the club, dark room was bb...it is a bit insane... In the end whether it is BB or with condom I realized it's my brain that triggers the difference, but the actual feeling is not much different. Once, I thought I had a BB with someone I knew well and met regularly with prep and just thinking it was bb because that's what we discussed and prepped, I felt it so nice but after the sex I realized it was with condom because he was not comfortable without tell me 😂 another incident when I was topping, I actually did it BB but it was not better than with condom so these days my willingness to do it BB is even far less than before. These days I try to have sex with someone who actually gives me a good feeling even with condoms2 points
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Long abandoned 'Ghost Tower' that survived the quake
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From VN Express The Sathorn Unique Tower, a 49-story building abandoned for decades in Thailand's Bangkok, recently went viral on social media after miraculously surviving a 7.7-magnitude earthquake in Myanmar that shook Southeast Asia. However, the Sathorn Unique Tower, located in Bangkok's Sathon District and abandoned for more than 30 years, remained standing, surprising many. On social media, numerous users shared images of the building, questioning how such an abandoned structure could withstand the powerful earthquake. Originally conceived in the 1990s as a luxury residential and office complex, the tower was designed to be a 49-story high-rise offering stunning views of the Chao Phraya River. However, as construction neared its midpoint, the Asian financial crisis hit in 1997, devastating the Thai economy, The Telegraph reported. Many real estate projects, including the tower, were abandoned due to a lack of funding. With its incomplete state and eerie, skeletal appearance, the building was dubbed as the "Ghost Tower," with the eerie allure making it an ideal destination for daredevil tourists. A tourist shared on Travelfreak that he paid 200 baht (US$5.84) to a security guard to gain access for 15 minutes. https://www.msn.com/en-xl/lifestyle/other/49-storey-ghost-tower-in-bangkok-goes-viral-after-surviving-powerful-earthquake/ar-AA1CbeNQ2 points -
He won't go no tariff. Even with countries like the UK, with whom the US has a broadly neutral trade balance, are subject to 10% tariffs.2 points
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Thailand, which imposes a 72% tariff rate on goods imported from the US, today announced its strategy in response to Trump's imposition of a 36% rate on Thailand: cut tariffs on US goods and purchase more US imports. This begs the question: why didn't both parties choose to negotiate this well before instead of waiting for push to come to shove? Extracted from Pattaya News In response, Commerce Ministry Permanent Secretary Wutthikrai Leeveeraphan held an early morning press conference, outlining Thailand’s strategy to mitigate the impact. The government is preparing aggressive trade negotiations and considering measures such as reducing import taxes on U.S. goods and increasing purchases from the U.S. to balance trade. https://thepattayanews.com/2025/04/03/u-s-president-imposes-10-percent-base-tariff-thailand-hit-with-36-percent-rate-in-trade-crackdown/1 point
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Trump's 44% tariff on Myanmar is absolutely outrageous! I could say the same about the tariffs on Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos, but at least they have not been fighting a multi-decades long civil war with a junta that cares nothing about the lives of ordinary people. Nor have their countries suffered the most devastating earthquake in years which Trump's policy has resulted in aid from the USA being held back. Shame on him!1 point
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Have you ever had your dentist accuse you of being a liar?
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Well, I had a 2 PM appointment, clearly after lunch, when I'd not be expected to have flossed immediately before coming in, and could be expected to have some food between my teeth. I would be concerned that she has a mindset like a Trumpster: someone who, once his mind is set, simply believes what he wants to believe, and doesn't keep his mind open to other possibilities, disregarding any evidence which doesn't fit in with his pre-conceived idea. Although this is probably more dangerous for a physician than for a dentist, I still don't like the attitude.1 point -
Have you ever had your dentist accuse you of being a liar?
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Some people pay extra for that 😉1 point -
A lot more African boys in Pattaya and asking lower prices then thais eg 1000-1200 baht However I noticed in Bangkok the BIG African guys asking 3,000 baht and more 😱 😂 I would like to be gang banged by 3 African guys ,but trying to work out the logistics would be too hard I imagine laying on the bed with my legs in the air up behind my head as they take turns dominating me ,but in reality it probably won't work out as imagined ,1 point
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Floridarob meets Olddaddy at last!!
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Yes good to meet you too FR👍 Glad the African guy worked out well 🎊1 point -
Helicopter tour over Iguazu falls
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Wow beautiful scenes, thanks for sharing!1 point -
GAY ICONS 8: "ONE NIGHT IN BANGKOK"
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Ah! Poor Davy Jones. The cutest of The Monkees died too early aged 67. I actually met him once. Decades ago in the UK there used to be a touring production every year of J.M. Barrie's "Peter Pan". The year Davy Jones was one of the Lost Boys. Through a friend, a group of us met him after the show and went to his hotel for drinks (I imagine given our youth, drinks of the non-alcoholic variety!). All I recall was that he was great fun and aggressively cute! Re "Peter Pan", there is an amusing story of one of those annual productions. This one was directed by the former Australian ballet dancer (and a very fine one, I should add), Robert Helpmann - later Sir Robert. At a technical rehearsal, he had by his side at the production desk one of the great lighting designers of the day, Charlie Bristow. At the point in Act 1 when the windows have to completely open to let Peter fly in, Helpmann was not happy with the look of the sky. I should add that Helpmann was very gay and had a slightly fey way of speaking. Bristow on the other hand was aggressively straight and spoke with a deep voice rather like a parade ground sergeant major. Allegedly the conversation went something like this. RH: Charles, I think we need to do something about the sky. What would you think about adding some clouds? CB: Yes, Robert. I think that is an excellent idea. What kind of clouds would you like? RH: I'm not sure, Charles. What would you suggest? CB: Well, Robert, I would suggest we need some poofy clouds. RH: Excellent Charles. Give me some poofy clouds please! Another story about Helpmann was when he was doing something at the Metropolitan Opera. Walking across one of the large avenues on Central Park South, he was not aware that he had dropped his umbrella. The big burly New York cop on duty shouted after him, "Hey, fairy! You dropped your wand." At this, Helpmann looked at him, picked up the umbrella, waved it in a sweeping movement across his face, and shouted, "Vanish!"1 point -
Confirm use of substandard steel in collapsed high rise
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Sao Paulo Pride Weekend 2025 - side trip recommendation
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The infamous accident happened in Leblon.1 point -
Thailand announces tariffs strategy
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Thailand does not impose a 72% tariff rate on all goods imported from the US. I believe the actual number is in the single digits. I believe that Trump used trade imbalance as the proxy for determining what tariff to impose. A 72% trade imbalance makes perfect sense. The average Thai cannot afford to buy most of the products that the US exports. This is why the tariff rates that Trump came up with are disproportionately high with regard to low income countries.1 point -
That is what you wrote yesterday. The WEST! Today you completely contradict yourself. You just wrote this - "4. Western Countries (U.S., UK, EU Nations) - Western nations have imposed sanctions on the junta and provided non lethal-aid to pro-democracy groups, but there is no confirmed direct military support to the rebels." Which is it? The West supplied weapons - or the West supplied no direct military support? I suggest you get your facts straight!1 point
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Have you ever had your dentist accuse you of being a liar?
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Maybe you're doing it all wrong! https://youtube.com/shorts/gCT7GZxSsTY?feature=shared1 point -
With many countries like China, Japan and even Germany having diversified their manufacturing to a number of different countries using part of end products actually made in more than a few, how does the USA plan to implement the detail of tariffs? Are Nike shoes made in Vietnam, China and other countries treated as American products or products from Asian countries? How will tariffs affect the price of cars in the USA where Mercedes, for example, have several factories? Will a Mercedes made in Thailand become more expensive than one made in the USA? How about the Boeing 787? It has 28 key parts made outside the USA. Will these parts be subject to tariffs?1 point
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+1 never ever I felt rushed there, quite opposite1 point
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Bangkok Trip Report: August 2024
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glad you finally nailed guy you dreamt about for a while. as often happens when we meet our dreams - there's bit of disappointment. Since he is soo busy let him be and look for less busy but more satisfying companions. I dropped two otherwise excellent regulars from my roster because they did the same mistake , told me they need to cut meeting short because they had other clients in line. Fine and see you never again I thought to myself and sticking to it despite advances from them each trip.1 point -
Thailand’s tourism strategy to restore confidence
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I think it is partly a result of Thailand's history. Unlike all its neighbours, Thailand was never colonised. It used diplomacy to keep the British, the French, the Spanish, the Dutch and others at bay. Diplomacy frequently uses language that one side believes means one thing and the other, another. It is I think one reason why Thai logic is so difficult for non-Thais to understand. Another reason historically is it learned not to trust other countries who might have designs on its territory. Over recent centuries that has led, not a mistrust of foreigners in general but perhaps a belief that the Thais are best going it alone. Of course the world has changed massively since those days. Unfortunately, Thailand hasn't even with many major international corporations now based here. It has just become inbred into Thai culture.1 point -
A lot more African boys
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I got to experience a longtime fantasy in Marrakesh in February with three sub-Saharan African escorts. Technically not a gangbang, no buttsex, but three big dicks in my face was heaven. It was expensive, but worth it for me. They were all hot, the youngest must work out a lot. He wasn't a body builder, but his whole body was as hard as a rock. Is there a specific place where the African men hang out in Bangkok or just at random bars?1 point -
Have you ever had your dentist accuse you of being a liar?
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I'd go back to the same dentist , but next time I'd eat a box of Oreos beforehand 😏1 point -
My Santo Domingo Trip
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Just got back from Santo Domingo and loved it! This was my first time going and I will be back! To start off, Manny Manny MANNY Is the freaking man! He made my trip excellent and I highly recommend his services. He will pick-up/dropoff at the airport, give tours and provide you a LARGE menu of sexy guys. I like to do threesomes/foursomes and he was able to get that set up for me with no issues. If your going to Santo Domingo then contacting Manny is a must. I was in Santos Domingo for 5 days and though Manny guys are great I didn’t want to pay the entire time. I visited Apollo Spa which is a gay sauna and found some pretty sexy guys. On sundays they have a foam party. By the way, I’m a 34 year old black male from the states, a top. The highlight of the trip has to be Esedeku Bar. It’s opened Thursday-Sunday and is the major gay spot in Santo Domingo.They also have a dark room upstairs. ALOT of hot guys. Here I was able meet several local guys, no charge for some hot sex. I would highly recommend this spot. I tried out Marlowes and did enjoy but the selection of guys wasn’t always my type. I would usually hit Marlowes for a pre game and then Esedeku bar. Ill be in Rio Starting May 24, lets have some fun1 point -
start with the obvious - it will never happen. Some countries will try to accommodate USA demands while other will find other channels to purchase what they need or even may start at looking for way of producing it themselves.1 point
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Confirm use of substandard steel in collapsed high rise
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that's the very good point, enough to smell something suspicious1 point -
Thailand’s tourism strategy to restore confidence
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we may not like it but as a host country they have full right to tell us exactly that. After all in a s sea of colonies they maintained their independence so must be doing something right No foreign monarch ever graced face of their currency or postal stamps1 point -
looks that Trump administration is very detail oriented. Trump and tax PLAN ? that 'plan' part must be a joke1 point
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Nah, I just go to Jey Spa instead. Consistent quality and centrally located 😜1 point
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Thailand announces tariffs strategy
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And furthermore, what I don't understand is the following: Trump states that he will eliminate the IRS and replace it with the ERS - which will collect all of these tariffs for the USA Treasury. But, if every country follows the path of Thailand and Vietnam to reset their tariffs on incoming USA goods to ZERO --> then the ERS gets nothing. Please explain how this strategy will work if every country on planet earth will reset their tariffs on incoming USA goods and services to zero. What happens then?1 point -
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Hit Grindr or the saunas or if your desperate I'm back on Sunday 😂1 point
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Bangkok Trip Report: August 2024
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Yesterday was my turn to taste JJ. I spent most of the day at the amazing IconSiam (my first time), which is very easy to reach via BTS and then one stop on the fully automated (no driver) Gold line. Consequently, I was too tired later in the evening to march over to the 15M shop. So, I contacted them via WhatsApp, as shown on their contact page: https://www.mmassagebkk.com/contact/ After about 1 hour they were able to hunt down JJ (he is a very busy in demand guy) and send him to my hotel here near Sala Daeng. They alerted me when to go downstairs to let him into the hotel. At first I did not think that it was him, because he was wearing glasses. I brought him into my room and he took a shower with an already erect cock. Hmmm.. Viagra oral gel ? Nice cock he has. He massages me on my hotel bed - first without massage cream with a nice medium level strength. Then he applied my massage cream that I had brought from Pattaya. I turned over and he worked my legs and inner thighs with my third leg arising to attention. He asks me, are you top. I reply, yes - same you. Then he understood that it would be a chak wow finish but first I wanted his yummy Myanmar cock in my mouth. After a while of me blowing him, he stops me and says, sorry, no cum, I have more work after you. That was disappointing after waiting all of these months to finally have him. so, I taught him how to slowly edge me to completion and it was a very good edging session with my JJ fantasy man. I was satisfied with JJ, as he is super masculine and has been one of my fantasies after @CallMeLee excellent trip report from last year, which featured JJ. Would I meet JJ again? Only if he would guarantee me his orgasm - otherwise no. Note that I was quoted 3.000 baht by the 15M shop + taxi money for this outcall service.1 point -
A lot more African boys
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I posted my experience with an 20 year old African boy during my August 2024 trip to Pattaya. I found him on Grindr and had him for 3 nights and two days. He was a French speaker from Mozambique and was on a student visa, although he admitted that his attendance at classes was minimal or non existant . He had several friends on the same viva status (see picture) and was fairly tall with a brown toned slim body. A real contrast to the twinks I found in the Complex who were the other occupants of my bed during my stay. I estimate that he cost me about 12,000 baht all told, which included speedos to wear on the gay beach where we spent two afternoons. He was a good versatile performer with a cock which was the best I came across during the 3 weeks of my stay. During my next trip I search Grindr for him without success, so maybe him and his pretend students have lost their visas .1 point -
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My typical holiday is 21 nights, occasionally longer and I try and have a succession of room visitors, mostly as singles, but often as threesomes; maybe a couple of afternoon/evening short-times and usually a long-time. I try and 'perform' for each, but consider myself lucky if I can manage to 'cum' once a day. But I am getting older (71) and my energy levels are not what they once were. If I try and squeez in two ST a day, then I try and ensure that with one I will top and the other I will bottom. With my long-times I either just cuddle and sleep, or arrange a threesome where I can play until I tire and then watch the other two go at it until they finish. Not everyone's style I suspect, but it works for me and makes up for the months of lonely celibacy back home between trips. So as to 'days off', well I try to have none, but tiredness/tummy troubles ususally conspire to enforce a 'day off' maybe once a week. For those days I revert to paying a boy 'cash for cuddles' or even just nurse/house boy for the day. I do plan 'short days' when I am back in my room when the bars close about 1am, but I try also to include some 'party nights' when I take a few friends clubbing or to karaoke. But I am finding that I can physically (and financially) manage less and less of those.1 point
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Confirm use of substandard steel in collapsed high rise
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Moses has made his Russian propaganda bonafides pretty obvious. Is he moonlighting now for Chinese interests? Enquiring minds want to know.1 point -
"Good authors too who once knew better words Now only use four-letter words Writing prose. Anything goes." These lyrics from the opening of Cole Porter's gorgeous 1934 musical "Anything Goes" could well have been written with the writer and novelist Christopher Isherwood in mind. Although Porter and Isherwood may never have met, both were gay. While Porter married in part to mask his sexuality (the fact that his wife was rich no doubt also helped!) the English-born Isherwood was one of the 20th century's most openly gay men. 1950s photo of Christopher by William Caskey with whom he had a tempestuous 5-year affair Deprived of his father killed during the First World War and thereafter of life with the remainder of his family when, as was customary for those of the upper middle class, the young Christopher was packed off to boarding school, he quickly made friends. Equally quickly he discovered his homosexuality. Boys' boarding schools in those days were notorious havens of homosexuality, an activity that was often more innocent than romantically serious and usually discarded when young men advanced to university. One school friend who followed him to University was the young poet W. H. Auden. The two became best friends and frequently shared a bed, even though Christoppher was at Cambridge and Auden not far away at Oxford. Unlike Auden, though, university for Christopher was not to be taken seriously. At the end of his second year in 1925, he was sent down, the polite phrase for being expelled, after he wrote joke answers on his end-of-year exam papers. This caused great annoyance to his mother who had expected her son to become a Cambridge don. Christopher did not care. He took a variety of part-time jobs – as a private tutor, as secretary to a music group, as an attempted writer of novels and attended medical school. Like many Cambridge students of the day, he had dabbled in Communism, believing like so many others in the Russian propaganda which painted a picture of a superior egalitarian society than the very unequal society then in Britain. Perhaps fortunately he was some years older than all but one of the infamous Cambridge ‘five’, the British spies Donald Maclean, Guy Burgess, Kim Philby, Anthony Blunt and John Cairncross, all recruited from university who went on to betray many of their country’s secrets to the Russians, the first three defecting to the post-war Soviet Union after their discovery in the 1950s and 60s. The austere face of Sir Anthony Blunt, exposed as a dangerous spy for the Soviet Union in 1964 as “the fourth man”, but permitted to retain his position as Surveyor of the Queen’s Pictures provided he confessed what he knew. He was finally unmasked and disgraced in parliament in 1979. Christopher was far more interested in what was happening in poverty-stricken Germany. When Auden moved to Berlin for a few months in 1928, he wrote to his friend extolling the availability of gay men in the Weimar Republic. Isherwood followed a few months later. Berlin had earned a thoroughly deserved reputation for sexual freedom and debauchery. The words of Cole Porter were never more true: sexually, in Berlin “anything goes”! As his lover of many decades, Don Bachardy, later made clear, "To Christopher, Berlin was boys!" (Isherwood did not meet Bachardy until 1953 on a beach in California when he was 49 and Bachardy 18 - they remained together until his death in 1986). Whereas Auden had left to teach in England, Christopher stayed on and positively revelled in Berlin's thriving gay scene. He was later to say he had had sex with at least 400 boys. In staid old England and indeed the United States to which he would emigrate in 1939, 400 must have seemed an outrageous number. The compendium of the three novels based on Christopher's Berlin days Then in 1932 he met his first real love, a handsome 17-year old German named Heinz Neddermayer. But storm clouds in the form of the Nazi Party were on the horizon. In 1933 the pair escaped to England, but Neddermeyer could not obtain a long-term visa. After a second short visit in 1934, they gave up trying and started four-years of wandering around Europe. The relationship had to end when the Gestapo finally caught up with Heinz in 1937 and enrolled him in the German Army. Neddermeyer survived a short period of forced labour and military service. In 1938 he married and had a son named Christian in 1940. Heinz met Christopher only one more time, in 1952 when Christopher was researching what was to become one of his most famous books of his time in Berlin. In 1938 while getting over the split with Heinz, ever the wanderer Christopher had joined his old pal Auden on a trip to the Paris of the Orient, the very permissive Shanghai. They had a commission to write a book on the Sino-Japanese war, but it was Shanghai that fascinated Christopher far more. He wrote – “The tired or lustful businessman will find here everything to gratify his desires . . . if you want girls, or boys, you can have them, at all prices, in the bath houses and the brothels. If you want opium you can smoke it in the best company, served on a tray like afternoon tea.” Just before war broke out in Europe, Auden and Christopher moved to the United States, the former to New York and Christopher to California. In addition to writing and working on various movie scripts, he became a disciple of the Ramakrishna monk, Swami Prabhavananda and remained a Hindu for the rest of his life. Soon after arriving in California he became one of the celebrated European émigré set, mixing regularly with the likes of Thomas Mann, Igor Stravinsky, Charlie Chaplin, Bertolt Brecht and Greta Garbo. As he left for the USA he had written a novel based partly on his experiences, "Goodbye to Berlin". In 1951 one of his friends persuaded the playwright John Van Druten to adapt the novel into a Broadway play, "I am a Camera". Eventually it was fashioned into a movie of the same name, Later this was refashioned to become the Broadway musical "Cabaret". With its haunting music, provocative story and lyrics, all set against the backdrop of emerging Nazi Germany, "Cabaret" became a huge Broadway hit. Soon the new movie version was to make it into an even bigger worldwide sensation. Liza Minnelli instantly became one of the world's top stars (and a gay icon in her own right) and the first person ever to appear on the cover of TIME and Newsweek magazines in the same week. Liza Minelli as Sally Bowles - YouTube Allied Artists In one scene, Sally Bowles is confronted by her erstwhile English lover about another man she has been seeing - Brian: "Oh! Fuck Maximilian!" Sally: "I already did!" Brian (sheepishly): "So did I!" Even for 1972 that was close to pushing the limits of public acceptability! Isherwood continued to write and Bachardy became a noted painter. Their partnership had its ups and downs, especially when Bachardy started a series of affairs. Yet the relationship survived. Indeed, it became a model for many gay men of the time undertaking long-term relationships in the new openness of the gay liberation movement. The cover of a DVD about Christopher and Don’s relationship A frequent visitor to their home was the gay artist David Hockney and the couple feature in several of Hockney’s paintings. Christopher and Don at home painted by their good friend David Hockney Christopher died in 1986 aged 81. In recent years 90-year old Bachardy has overseen the publication of Christopher's voluminous diaries and the republication of his novels. Even if only his Berlin stories and "Cabaret" are to survive into the future, they must surely be a fitting tribute to Christopher Isherwood, one of the celebrated gay icons of the last century.1 point
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Tourist Killed in Pedestrian Crossing
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From Khaosod English KANCHANABURI — CCTV footage captured the moment a sedan struck a French tourist while he was using a pedestrian crossing, sending him flying and resulting in his death. Local residents point out that accidents occur frequently in the area due to excessive speeding. Officials investigating the incident in downtown Kanchanaburi reviewed video footage from security cameras near JJ Market, which showed that at 10:50 p.m. on April 2, the tourist was crossing the road at a zebra crossing when he was violently hit. The footage shows the man initially stopping at the median strip while looking at passing vehicles. As he stepped onto the road to cross to the opposite side, the tourist appeared startled and attempted to run away when he saw a black sedan approaching at high speed. He couldn’t escape in time and was thrown to the roadside upon impact. Continues at https://www.khaosodenglish.com/news/2025/04/03/french-tourist-killed-in-pedestrian-crossing-accident-in-kanchanaburi/0 points