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In Cuba they say that the only things which are left to them by socialism are sex and music (and rhum) :-))

Tasso, I think this Marriott is a great choice, particularly if you can get it cheap. Going to Siqueira Campos is a 10 minutes walk : just go up Figueiredo de Magalhaes street until you cross Tonelero street. Pointe 202 is a 15 minutes walk from your hotel. On street Figueiredo, after the metro entrance and the police station, there is a commercial center which has entrances on both Figueiredo de Magalhaes and Siqueira Campos streets. You cross the commercial center and you are on the street of Pointe 202 (Siqueira Campos). Sauna is 1 block up the street. Walking to and from your hotel to Pointe is Ok, whatever the time. Safety did improve significantly IMHO in Copacabana. Usual safety rules to be observed (in particular not showing money nor using phone in the streets). As for 117, the best and quickest is to take metro to go there (to avoid trafic jams). The metro is sometimes terribly full at Siqueira Campos if you take it after 5 pm but it is only during 2 stations since many people get off at Botafogo to change line. To go back from 117, either uber or metro. Do not think of walking from your hotel to 117. It is rather long and uninteresting walk (5 to 6 miles) and you have to go under the tunnel joining Botafogo to Copacabana which is terrible : almost impossible to breathe inside it ! The boys in Rio will change you from the blond guys with blue eyes you are used to in Czech Republic ! Enjoy !

I do not think I will ever go to Cuba again. Compared to Brazil, meeting boys is very difficult. In addition, finding a bottom - and one who is not effeminate - is challenging. I was dreaming of Cuba 15 years ago where these "fiestas de 10 pesos" were taking place and you were taken by taxi to an outdoor orgy. Certainly risky but exciting ! Going to Havana and Cuba is worth : there are so many things to discover, apart from the boys. Go there if you want to be surprised : - music and people dancing everywhere - tourist guide whose main work is surgeon at emergencies at hospital - people collecting garbage while smoking huge cuban cigars - pay with the smallest coin in your wallet and be given many banknotes as a change - imagin that the ferry used to go from Havana to Regla was seajacked twice by people willing to flee Cuba and go all the way to Florida - have the door open for you at your bakery shop by a cute guy wearing black suit, tie and hat - go to a museum in the middle of nowhere and see a female agent with a super short skirt, 3 sizes smaller than it should be, and super sexy black stockings - see people throwing a bucket of water at midnight on Dec 31st to get rid of bad things of passed year - ceiling of your room 12 ft above your head

Cruising The major cruising sites are supposed to be : Praya del Chivo It is called Praya (beach) because it is close to the sea but has nothing to do with the beach Mi Cayito which is 20 km east. Praya del Chivo is just after the tunnel close to the Castillo del Morro. Going there is easy : take any bus taking the tunnel and stop at first bus stop just after what look like toll gates. Cross the road and take a small path following the beach. The beach is ugly, dirty but it is a cruising site which is active all day (and night but I was told that people were attacked during the nite). I went there once at noon (that day, 5 minutes after I arrived, a guy in his thirties came a few meters from me and started pissing (or rather taking his dick out for me to see) and another time around 5 pm. The guys on the beach are either fishing or cruising (if they have a fishing rod, they are fishermen ; if they have only their own "rod", they are cruising). From the number of condoms on the beach and taking into account that not that many cubans use condoms, it is clear that many people come here for various reasons : - it is very close to Havana Centro (to the contrary of Mi Cayito) and easy and quick to reach - no policemen (or only homosexual ones) - lots of bushes to have sex - lot of group sex - many students go there - normally no tourists and no sex for money (but it can be discussed of course - basic spanish needed). In Vedado, most of cruising occurs in specific areas around Calle 23 ("La Rampa") I did not see much during the day and most of cruising occurs at night. The supposed cruising sites are indicated on the map below. Bim Bom Heladeria = B B H At Malecon around avenida 23 and Infanta at night (and after midnight). Not that many guys were alone and cruising though (but I was in Cuba around year end and it may make a difference). Many gay guys around particularly during the week ends. A good way of starting discussion is by bringing a bottle of rhum and glasses or "ron in a box" and share. You will make friends rapidly ! Toke Cafe, close to Las Vegas = L V T Sit outside and close to the street. Perfect location : boys indeed come to discuss, and accept to be invited for a beer first and more. Arbolas Pabellon Cuba on Calle N = A P C This map may be old. I did not see any activity (in fact, I did not even see the "Arboles" (trees) and the park. It is supposed to be almost in front of Capri hotel. Bano Quijote (B Q) Small park close to Cine Yara. You cannot miss the statue of Don Quijote on his horse. During the day, there is supposedly action inside the restroom. You pay the old man on duty at the entrance (you guve him 0.1 CUC). From recent posts, there is indeed activity, not the days I went there at least during daytime. At night it is different. It is obviously a cruising place but the restroom is closed. So you need to find a place to go. It is not always easy to make the difference between the boys waiting for the bus, the boys who are in the park for the wifi and the boys cruising or hustling. Hospital Calixto Garcia (= H C G). This place is worth investigating in more depth at night (I did not find time to do so). There is a University nearby and a huge residence for students. The whole triangle on the map with the red crosses is where action is supposed to happen. Cruising on saturday around 10 pm with the Cafe Cantante nearby is certainly a good idea !To cruise efficiently or even pick up, are needed : lot of caution, some boldness, some language skills, lot of patience and above all : luck. Slang words useful for cruising Tú sí: I like you Cochero, a palacio: let us go Potajera: cruising place Pinguero: prostitute Cheo: heterosexual, who do not like gays Lo más grande: something anormally good, exceptionnal A la lucha: going out with the objective of making money through sex Buenos días: used if you do not like much someone Buenas tardes: used if you like someone Buenas noches: used if you like someone very much Hacerse la dura: para referirse a alguien que “se cree cosas” Fresa: For a situation means that everything is ok For a person, it means that the person is effeminate or that the person is gay Chocolate: means that someone is manly or hetero Yuma : foreigner or local mature man

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Basic rules (obvious) No public sex, no porn and no obvious sollicitations. Keep secret what the boys are doing in private. Prior to travelling "interesting book to read is “Before Night Falls” by Reinaldo Arenas. It gives some insight into the Cuban Revolution and persecution that LGBT people faced in the 1960’s (forced labor camps). He also talks a lot about cruising and sex in Havana". Better to bring condoms and lube in sufficient quantity as it can be difficult to find locally. Insurance Travelers from US are covered by insurance the price of which is included in the price of the ticket. Visitors from Europe need to buy a specific insurance. Visa Gold card holders can obtain on line a document confirming they are duly insured. Change At arrival at airport outside the airport on the right. Change USD or Euros into CUC. Rate is 1 CUC = 1 USD. Many ATMs can be found in La Havana accepting Visa credit card. 1 CUC = 25 CUP = 25 MN (Moeda Nacional). Weather In December, the weather is cooler and not as good for the beach but it seems very nice in January but can be chilly & windy and many of the guys return to their provinces (Indeed in end of December - beginning of January, I did not see that many boys). Safety All visitors consider that it is really safe to be in the streets, even late at night, respecting common sense rules. I went back home in Vedado often very late at night (2 am) without any problem. The largest dangers might be car accidents and uneven pavements with many large holes and poor street lightning in many areas. I experienced only one problem with a rather agressive young drunk cuban in a shop. I spoke to people nearby and they managed the guy. Internet Wifi in Cuba is difficult. Buy wifi card to be used at wifi spots (many parks, hotels, ...). It can be bought at airport, at booths in the street, at hotels. Some Airbnb flats have wifi (you need to have a wifi card though, but you have permanent access to wifi in your apartment which is quite convenient). People (and yourself) are not permanently on line so exchange of messages can be long and tedious. Gay sites Gayromeo is available and (relatively) pretty much used. Grindr is blocked not because of Cuban government but because of US government. Better to meet guys at the bars or in the street, "but offline cruising can be also time consuming and require patience, language skills, and most important, luck" Where to stay (SolaceSoul) : "Get yourself an additional casa particular or arrange a room at a casa where the host doesn’t mind guests having Cuban “visitors” (check with the host in advance). You can also just wait until you get to Cuba and ask around — there are plenty of Cubans that are renting apartments and rooms as a side hustle, and many don’t mind if the foreigners have Cuban guests (with restrictions, usually they must present their ID and the name must be written in a book, by Cuban law). Cuban locals are restricted from visiting hotels. In addition (Meteorb) : "there are plenty of short time casa particulars nearby, 10 CUCs for one hour". "there are many sex motels around (actually just homes of local people). The guys all know at least a place to go. Some houses advertise in spanish "rooms to be rent by hour or by day" Places to visit If it is your first stay in La Havana, taking the red bus HavanaBusTour line T1 leaving from Parque Central in Centro Havana is certainly a good start. You can hop on hop off during a whole day and have a good view of major touristic sites. Out of beaten tracks is trying to better understand "Santeria". Santería, also known as Regla de Ocha, La Regla de Ifá, or Lucumí, is an Afro-American religion of Yoruba origin that developed in Cuba among West African descendants. Santería is a Spanish word that means the "worship of saints". Santería is influenced by and syncretized with Roman Catholicism. You can do so by going on the other side of the La Havana bay to museums in Regla and in Guanabacoa using the ferry or bus 15. Another Santeria museum is located in Central La Havana close to hotel Saratoga, in front of Parque de la Fraternidade (very close to Capitolio). Gay places to visit According to Whynotcuba : "There are a lot of places you can go to. If you want something more high end and expensive, I can recommend Cafe Cantante or Tablado (in the Gran Teatro de la Habana). It depends on the day of week, both of them its on Thursday. If you want to spend a bit less money you could go to Las Vegas. They have drag queen shows every day of the week. Drag queens are fun to talk to, some of them have the most masculine day jobs. There are a few private bars too, like XY (Thursdays there is a comedian there, lots of gay jokes), El Essencia and El Bar Pasillo. If you are really really low on funds go to the corner of Infanta and 23 close to Las Vegas. Saturdays and Sundays people go to Las Vegas." According to SolaceSoul : "At night I went out to the usual spots - Las Vegas (Tuesday, Thursday and Friday are when Imperio performs and the best nights), Karabali on Wednesday, Cafe Cantante on Saturday" + Cafe Cantante was really good as usual, it is probably the biggest gay party of the week. Lots of cute guys, a lot of transgender girls hang out there also". My personnal experience on Las Vegas was disappointing. On Friday nite for instance, I arrived at 10 pm (Las Vegas opens at 11 pm) and sat down in nearby Toke Cafe, outside and close to the street. Perfect location : boys indeed came to discuss with me, and I could invite to join me for a beer first whomever I had a good feeling with. I did not really like any of them and waited to be inside Las Vegas hoping to have a better choice inside. Wrong move ! Maybe because it was very beginning of January, but most of people inside were parties of 2 to 4. Single guys were just a few. A few came to me, immediately very friendly, putting their arms on my shoulder but none attracted me at all. I watched the crowd and spotted a cute guy in his 30s. I went close to him but he was a customer and not at all interested in me. I then spotted another one. Cute. Manly. Since it was extremely crowded, it took me some time to be close to him. When I arrived, a cuban was already speaking to him and they left soon after. :-(( Better to find someone outside of Las Vegas, pay his entry fee and drinks and enjoy the evening with someone you like, which I did the saturday. Gay night club Karabali on La Rampa only certains nights. Bilatin mentions there are drag shows and stripper shows. Night Club ?? on Thursday nights near Parque Central close to the Inglaterra Hotel Bar La Esencia (Calle B between 21 y 19, Vedado) (not visited) : various feasts on mondays including drag queen shows. Other days are gayfriendly with people dancing in this nice mansion on cuban musics. Opens at 6 pm for great cocktails. Bar Fresa y Chocolate and Cine Club Diferente on Calle 23 (intersection wih 12). Nice bar worth a visit. It is supposed to hold, once a month, one of the biggest regular gatherings of LGBTI Cubans and friends. I was told it was the second tuesday of each month and I went there that day. But dates have been changed and it seems it is now on sundays. The cine show movies tackling themes of sexual diversity—some quite polemic. Past screenings have included Outrage, Harvey Milk, ... The name comes from the movie Fresa y Chocolate (strawberry and chocolate) which was a cuban gay movie from the beginning of the 90s. Fashion Bar La Habana (not visited) San Juan de Dios, intersection with Aguacate, Habana Vieja Waiters are cute and bare chested. On saturdays it opens at 9 pm and later there is a show, a mixture of drag queen, erotic, sexy aerobics, ... Beach "When you go to Cuba, make sure to check out the sanddunes at Mi Cayito beach Saturday and Sundays are the best days to go. There is a trail that goes through the sanddunes, but you have to walk east a little ways from the main entrance to get to it". Mi Cayito in Boca Ciega has a gay flag next to the Cuban flag. It has about 10 km of beach. I also heard from someone that in Cayo Santa Maria a new hotel opened, just for gay tourism (from Whynotcuba). To go there : taxi (30 minute cab ride from Havana) or there is a cheaper option which is a tourist bus HabanaTourBus line 3 that leaves every 40 minutes from Parque Central in Old town. You must leave bus at last bus stop (Hotel Atlantico - bus stop number 6). Walk to the beach and then follow the beach on your right until Mi Cayito Boca Ciega which is indicated with a gay flag. It’s about a fifteen minute walk. At the beach there is a local restaurant, Las Palmitas, where you can get good cuban food and drinks at reasonable prices. Restaurant the following link can be useful : https://cubaexplorer.com/best-of-cuba/restaurants Prices Taxi from airport : 25 CUC To beach Mi Cayito Taxi :25 CUC - Bus HavanaTourBus T3 : 5 CUC. Cafe Cantante : 5 CUC Club Karabali : 2 CUC Las Vegas : All tables are reserved for people ordering bottle of alcohol (bottle of rum + 3 colas as mixers) : 25 CUC. Possible to pay 10 CUC as table fee (no bottle) + drinks to be paid. Service : average : 20/30 CUC. Can go down to 15 or even 10 and up to 40 and more (locals pay 5 to 20 CUC) . No discussion as in Brazil on what is going to be performed and for how much. Average monthly salary for Cuban is 25/30 CUC, with little variation according to job or education level. Casa Particular : 25/35 CUC per night Motel : 5-10 CUC for an hour Bottled water : 1.5 CUC / 1.5 l Wificard : 2 CUC one hour To be paid in CUP (= MN = Moeda Nacional) Bus : 1 CUP (or coin of 0.05 CUC) Ferry (to Regla) : 2 CUP In popular feasts, it is not easy to be sure if we talk of CUC or CUP. Sometimes price in CUP for cubans is the same as in CUC for foreigners (eg Museo de la Revolution : 8 CUP or 8 CUC). Sometimes it is different as in Teatro Nacional ... Cine Yara : 2 CUP (I was not sure if, as a foreigner, I could pay only 2 CUP so I gave my smallest bill in CUC ie 5 CUC. The lady at cashier looked desperate as it was corresponding to entrance fee of 60 persons, same as if you were paying entrance to cinema in Europe with a 500 Euros banknote ... So I gave my 2 CUP. No doubt my cheapest movie ever !

Risks of Grindr : What happened in Manaus recently. A group of 4 persons made contact with victims, have them come to a closed place, told after sex they were rentboys and threatened victims with arms if victims did not accept to give money, phone and threatened victims if they went to police ... Conclusion : Better to take someone you meet in a motel or to your place and not go to the boy s place. What happened in Manaus happened elsewhere in Brazil.

Street art ... Seen on a wall in Salvador (generally speaking, people in the Nordeste region of Brazil are more against Bolsonaro). (If military schools are so good, why is Bolso so stupid ?)

Tell us what it looks like currently boywise

Street art in Manaus, Salvador and Rio I saw many nice pieces, particularly in Salvador (and I considered it was safe to use my camera) The one below was seen while going down to Pelourinho in Salvador

Another interesting case of an uber driver in Curitiba who made campaign on social networks as "motorista gato" (cute). The type of driver you would like to give more than 5 stars ... He says that he never had affair with passenger ... "Who called me?"

From a Uber driver in Rio, for the ones willing to have new sexual experiences Hello. Looking for something different ? I am a uber driver and I offer my services. I can take you to a motel or wherever you want. If you want you can have sex in the car while I drive around the city. Very discrete and safe. I do not participate. We can also make your boy think it is a normal uber ride and you fuck during the ride.

Sure !

For the ones who like to go to really good restaurants and enjoy new tastes, the Emile restaurant in the Emilano hotel in Copacabana is a great choice. From Michelin guide : "Boasting a separate entrance to the Hotel Emiliano, this restaurant's standout features are its lobby and a lush vertical garden in a patio-style area crowned by a retractable roof. The French-born chef, Damien Montecer, uses Brazilian produce - in particular fish and shellfish - to prepare cuisine with contemporary, international flavours, and often surprises guests with his focus on presentation, which showcases high attention to detail". The pirarucu served in Emile is a great discovery (the pirarucu is the largest fresh water fish which can reach 3 meters and 200 kg. It lives in the Amazone) (pira means "fish" in indio (cf pira-nha) and I think rucu stands for red ie the color of a fruit called urucu). Price : 1 to 1.5 programa In a totally different style, the Fogo de Chao in Botafogo is great for meat (all types of meat lol).

Pedro Dias is always stunning ...

In Rio, the saying should be : "in Rio, there are many lids for every pot, particularly in 117".

That name (James) was indeed the name which was given to me. Acyr might have the C and D lists, but he has also gems in his adress book. 6 months ago, I met in Lions Alessandro who was personnally invited by Acyr to come to Lions. Nice muscular body, cute face, nice smile, great look, friendly. A-list for me. He now goes more often to 117 than to Lions (I am not even sure he still goes to Lions).

I always thought that Acyr was owner of Lions. But today I was told that he is manager and that one of the owners is American ? Is that so ?

Could be. In addition, even though the price was actually won by a garoto, I heard from a boy who attended that there were not so many boys and not so many customers. Boys are mostly the former Meio Mundo type, the best looking ones going then to 117 or Pointe and increasing their prices.

There were many many boys in 117 yesterday but many left around 7.30 pm to go to ... Lion's which is just around the corner. The reason is that there was a lotery in Lion's with possibility to win an iphone. To the contrary of what was happening at the beginning where no advertisement whatsoever was made on the activities in the club, Lion's is communicating a lot for instance on netgay.com.br. I am not sure it will be sufficient to bring sufficient boys and customers to make the place profitable but at least they are trying hard. There are also many bargains at Lion's : free suites, reduced entrance fees. It is good to have a look at Lion's for instance on a Friday nite which is supposed to be a good nite in Lion's. Generally speaking, the boys there are not the same as the ones going to Pointe or to 117. If Lion's not good, it is easy to walk to 117. I did meet there a couple of great looking guys (whom I meet now in 117 since they no longer go to Lion's - prices went up from 100/120 to 120/150 R$).

Tuesday in 117 Started slow since there was a soccer game with Flamengo and people came after the game. But the place became soon packed. Around 8 pm, I counted more than 150 persons in the bars, corridors, saunas, changing rooms + the persons in the 20 rooms or so i.e. altogether around 200 persons present !! It was Ramiro's (big manager) birthday and a big party was to be held. The famous ratio boy/customer was certainly close to 1 on an average during the evening. My personnal indicator which counts the absolute number of boys met during the whole time I was in the club and whom I would be happy to have a session with, was above 20 ! Plus around 10 whom I would certainly not kick out of my bed ... I had a perfect threesome since the chemistry between the boys was excellent. I already had many sessions with each of them separately and was sure they would be a match. The 3way tongue kissing, the double sucking and flip flop fucking was one of my best 3somes. There were some new faces, including a guy from Belo Horizonte, another one from Manaus and a super cute Carioca who was coming for the 3rd time to 117. I was too exhausted after the 3some and not ready to go with him but hope to meet him before I leave. One of the strippers was hyper sexy Pedro Dias who danced with 6 boys of the house, all good dancers and sexy as hell. 5* evening in 117

IMHO, Likeohmygod is certainly one of the best specialists of recent and current situation at Brazilian saunas and boys working in them.

Some of the Greek Gods who used to be in saunas in Brazil are now in the European scene : they go from Brazil to Portugal using relatively cheap direct from various cities in Brazil, arriving in a country where people speak Portuguese then spreading to major cities in Europe (Barcelona, Zurich, Paris, London, ...)

I must plan a trip to Fortaleza to discover Dragon !

As a customer, I am not at all interested by the boys:customers ratio which is good for a consultant willing to publish a study on prostitution. I am only interested by the absolute number of boys who are present and available during the whole time I am in the sauna (*), of which I consider the boys who appeal to me and with whom I can think of going further. As a matter of fact, in my case, this number has always been higher in 117. As a voyeur, I also enjoy to see the boys (whom I like or not) undressing, showering or wanking and 117 is much better than Pointe. (*) I tend to arrive at sauna around 5 to 6 pm and leave around 9 pm. If one boy leaves at 7 pm and another one arrives at 7 pm, even though the ratio boy/customer is unchanged, I count 2 boys. I am happy when there are more than 6 or 7 guys I might consider going with. I am very happy even when there is only one boy in a sauna, whom I like and whom performed well in private (happened to me in a sauna in Sao Goncalo (2 customers ... 1 boy only) and in Belo Horizonte).