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I don't think it would help.  I think the rates that CP advertises online (cheaper for payment in BRL, more expensive for payment in USD or EURO) appear the same wherever you log on.
I signed up and purchased credits (in USD) about 3 years ago when I was in Sao Paulo. 
I don't think the rates shown then were any diffferent to what I can see today when I log in from outside of Brazil.
 
The only real hurdle is the CPF number.
If you decide to pay the more expensive USD or EURO options, then you pay for it like any credit card transaction... wherever you are in the world.
If you want the cheaper BRL option, then you have to add a CPF number... wherever you are in the world.
 
If anyone is considering signing up and buying credits, I think it's always worth bearing in mind what 100R$ would buy you in a sauna setting.  It's very easy for interactions to cost a lot more on CP.

That amounts to a 75% mark-up for my CameraPrive beef compared to a 34% mark-up for a Big Mac in Canada relative to its price in Brazil.

CameraPrive   https://cameraprive.com/us/guys
Riobard questions payments to CameraPrive in the "Lagoa Last Night" thread... pointing out the discrepancy between payments made by Brazilians and those made by foreigners and asking in what currency appears on your bank statement...
 
CameraPrive is indeed massively skewed against foreign users. 
You can only purchase "credits" in either Brazilian Reais, USD or Euros.
The cost of "credits" for  foreigners is something like $99 or 99€ for 300 credits... whereas it is only 300R$ ($56 or 47€) for Brazilians to purchase the same 300 credits.
One solution is to register and then make your initial payments in Reais. 
Paying in Reais involves using a CPF generator such as  https://theonegenerator.com/generators/documents/cpf-generator/ or  https://www.fakeaddressgenerator.com/World/Brazil_address_generator
And then paying for your "credits" using a credit card.  It is wise to have a credit card that charges low currency conversion and foreign transaction fees.
Transactions are smooth and safe. 
On my credit card statement, I am charged in my home currency and the conversion (to Reais) is shown in the description
Cannily, CameraPrive does not allow you to initially purchase in USD or EURO and then switch to Reais once you realise that you're being fleeced as a foreigner.  Instead you have to create a new account. 
Another disadvantage for foreigners, is that CameraPrive run regular time-limited discount codes on their Portuguese-only twitter account.
On the plus side, they do have occasional well publicised discount weekends (normally around Brazilian public holidays, Valentines Day, Black Friday) where credits are sold with a 5-15% discount.

During lockdowns, many stepped up their appearances on CameraPrive https://cameraprive.com/us/guys

YOUR LOCAL BRAZILIAN GAY BAR NEEDS YOU!
What will you be doing this coming May Day?  Sitting at home, counting the days until lockdown is lifted?  Driving your tank past the Kremlin?
Whatever the answer... if you fancy some good old Brazilian sexy fun then let me direct you to Fortaleza's Barbarizou online offering... which this month is called HOT OFFICE
(I think they're giving it a "workers" theme for Labour Day)
 
It all starts at 6pm (PDT), 9pm (EDT) and 2am Sunday (UK).
If you haven't joined in before... it's a great big ZOOM meeting... but instead of 3 hours with Karen from Finance... it's a live cavalcade of Brazilian gogoboys and porn stars stripping, wanking and having sex.  This month features Lagoa's favourite gogoboy Lucas Alves, who will likely be stripping from his dressing-up room at his house.  Pornstars Allan Carlos (aka Irmao Dotado's Jean Carlos) and Daniel Cadengue (aka Hotboys and Meninos Online Kadu Nunes) will probably be going a bit further.  As the night goes on, it all gets a lot more "sexo".  And eventually towards the end, you get some of the more extrovert members of the audience joining in with their own "leite" tributes.  It's all a bit of a hoot... it's all a bit "organized chaos"... and it's all very Brazilian.
 
More information here:
https://www.facebook.com/barbarizou
Tickets available from here (they work out around $6 or £5):
https://www.sympla.com.br/live-hot-office---barbarizou__1197135
(I think the Portuguese instructions are easy to follow... name, surname, email... choose "ingresso No1" from the drop-down box... make sure you click to pay with an international credit card... it's all safe and secure)
No, you don't need to turn your camera on!
 
DISCLAIMER: I'm not involved in organising this - I've just been a viewer a few times.

YOUR LOCAL BRAZILIAN GAY BAR NEEDS YOU!
What will you be doing this coming May Day?  Sitting at home, counting the days until lockdown is lifted?  Driving your tank past the Kremlin?
Whatever the answer... if you fancy some good old Brazilian sexy fun then let me direct you to Fortaleza's Barbarizou online offering... which this month is called HOT OFFICE
(I think they're giving it a "workers" theme for Labour Day)
 
It all starts at 6pm (PDT), 9pm (EDT) and 2am Sunday (UK).
If you haven't joined in before... it's a great big ZOOM meeting... but instead of 3 hours with Karen from Finance... it's a live cavalcade of Brazilian gogoboys and porn stars stripping, wanking and having sex.  This month features Lagoa's favourite gogoboy Lucas Alves, who will likely be stripping from his dressing-up room at his house.  Pornstars Allan Carlos (aka Irmao Dotado's Jean Carlos) and Daniel Cadengue (aka Hotboys and Meninos Online Kadu Nunes) will probably be going a bit further.  As the night goes on, it all gets a lot more "sexo".  And eventually towards the end, you get some of the more extrovert members of the audience joining in with their own "leite" tributes.  It's all a bit of a hoot... it's all a bit "organized chaos"... and it's all very Brazilian.
 
More information here:
https://www.facebook.com/barbarizou
Tickets available from here (they work out around $6 or £5):
https://www.sympla.com.br/live-hot-office---barbarizou__1197135
(I think the Portuguese instructions are easy to follow... name, surname, email... choose "ingresso No1" from the drop-down box... make sure you click to pay with an international credit card... it's all safe and secure)
No, you don't need to turn your camera on!
 
DISCLAIMER: I'm not involved in organising this - I've just been a viewer a few times.

In the sauna, 100 is usually the rate...some may ask for more.  I offer 150 to come back to my room, some 200...this is BRL

I've been to Sauna 1097 a few times, it was pretty rundown, but I love the less polished guys.
 

You have to copy and paste in your browser...clicking won't work for some reason.
https://adult.noodlemagazine.com/watch/345520544_456239073

Sawadee krap!
Promising news:
Thailand is set to waive its onerous quarantine for tourists who have been vaccinated!
https://www.ttgasia.com/2021/01/26/thailand-to-warmly-welcome-inoculated-travellers/
Next week would be better but the relaxed rules are supposed to start July 1. 
Excellent incentive to get your shots if you haven't yet.
Impressive NYT assessment of the vaccine's potency here:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/18/briefing/donald-trump-pardon-phil-spector-coronavirus-deaths.html

Good to know about other options but -- while it is not as rainbow-clad as in the good ol' days -- I found the Tarntawan Hotel Surawong -- despite the new owners -- to still be ideal.  Modest price, large rooms, and very quiet (way back from the street) yet in the middle of the main scene. 
And they continued the practice of returning visitor's ID only after calling my room and confirming all is well.

Thanks again for detailed info!
You got them to last as long as two minutes sometimes! Impressive.  My guys always blasted in less than a minute, sometimes somehow within seconds!
I found that, rather than resident pros who know the score, it was always extra fun, when the opportunity arose, to connect with excited Egyptian tourists who had never talked to a white guy, such as young men from El Fayoum visiting Cairo, from Matrouth visiting Alexandria, from a western oasis visiting Luxor. 

I've been all over Egypt, including the western oases, with the exception of the Sinai.  I figured: Why go see all French and Germans at Sharm El Sheikh when I can see plenty of Egyptians elsewhere?
So... one more question to the master santiaodc:
Have you visited Sharm and, if so, do you recommend it at a place to see and to play?

Based on a large sample of regular, masculine, working-class guys (not like the self-selected extreme who, in other countries, might display themselves online or in saunas or in porn) the answer is that most are a resounding average to slightly above average -- with the usual bell-shaped curve around the mean.
Throughout the Middle East and Maghreb, nearly all are cut of course.
Most notable was that they were invariably hard as a crowbar and so horny/excited that they often blasted very, very, very quickly.

Santiaodc, your most practical, detailed posts with cruising details yet!  Thanks!
When I was in Manila twenty years ago, I hooked up twice with very handsome, young salesmen who were working at Robinson's and came to my room at the Holiday Inn when they got of work.
When I was there for a conference ten years ago, the sexy, mini-bar guy was hungry for white guys, stared at my crouch, and asked if he could help me in any other way. I screwed him every morning from then on.

santiaodc,
There used to be one or two theaters where the balconies were filled with action. And even in the more proper theaters, when an action movie brought in almost entirely young guys, I'd always have a few come sit beside me for a hand job.  Did you check out any theaters in your recent trip?  I guess they are all closed.
Are all the awesome hammams closed too? Those used to filled with horny young workers and soldiers looking for someone to drain them.
Speaking of soldiers, I'll never tire of watching fit, masculine, young Egyptian soldiers kissing each other on each side of the mouth, holding hands, and walking along entwined.

Thanks for another brilliant north Africa post! 
After a five year absence, I'm returning to Egypt in April/March.
It is indeed the working-class guys who love to be serviced, but the more middle-class guys are more prissy about it. However, the Nile Hilton health club steam room used to be a nonstop orgy.
Don't you find that extra eye contact plus a grin will trigger a horny young Egyptian's interest on the street just about anywhere in the evening!?

Be sure to check out santiaodc's Tunisia report too:
 

Wow, thanks for the thorough post!
Any thoughts on pickup on sellers in the souk? 
A few years ago, I had some luck with hot guys working there.
Do you go into the desert Berber areas?

Back to the subject of Tawan...
If you do find a hunk you like at Tawan, my main recommendation is to get very explicit agreement, ideally in front of the mamasan, about consent to do X, Y, and Z.  I found Tawan guys were the worst in BKK in terms of promising but not delivering. Their default is to just want to be blown.

Yes, the best way is Grindr, although at some hotels if you flash friendly, admiring glances at the handsome staff you'll get offers to help them out sooner or later, along with a tip.

Say it ain't so.        
Big fan of Mezzaninu.
Hate to see those great PA guys forced to retreat to the filthy, smelly squalor of Plataforma.
Yes, wmcemdub, surely with a metro area of over 4 million people Porto Alegre ought to draw an entrepreneur to buy the purpose-built Mezzaninu building!

I tended to use the following websites...
vivalocal - probably the best all-rounder
fatalmodel - I can spend a good hour just watching video's of guys twirl round in their undies - the most difficult for guys to register on
skokka - I think this is the cheapest (free-est) one to advertise on... so you get a fair number of young students
 
I'd echo everyone saying that the sauna is safest... followed by the love motel...
But once I had enough confidence, I did venture to guy's apartments.  I remember one place in POA, where he ushered me through a sitting room full of people to get the bedroom!  So embarrassing.  More memorable than the sex itself.
Another thing about being in someone's bedroom, is that you'll probably have to endure a 10 minute conversation about Pabllo Vittar, Katy Perry, Ariana Grande, working out, baseball caps, "tenis" shoes or hardship at the end.
In SP, I often splash out on a pornstar/stripper/gogoboy... and you get to see some very different people once you're on their territory... one guy who wanted to dress up in all his costumes for me! (I just sat and took photographs)... another who told me how much disliked his work in porn ... and another who lived in such a hovel that I paid, made excuses and left.
 

I tended to use the following websites...
vivalocal - probably the best all-rounder
fatalmodel - I can spend a good hour just watching video's of guys twirl round in their undies - the most difficult for guys to register on
skokka - I think this is the cheapest (free-est) one to advertise on... so you get a fair number of young students
 
I'd echo everyone saying that the sauna is safest... followed by the love motel...
But once I had enough confidence, I did venture to guy's apartments.  I remember one place in POA, where he ushered me through a sitting room full of people to get the bedroom!  So embarrassing.  More memorable than the sex itself.
Another thing about being in someone's bedroom, is that you'll probably have to endure a 10 minute conversation about Pabllo Vittar, Katy Perry, Ariana Grande, working out, baseball caps, "tenis" shoes or hardship at the end.
In SP, I often splash out on a pornstar/stripper/gogoboy... and you get to see some very different people once you're on their territory... one guy who wanted to dress up in all his costumes for me! (I just sat and took photographs)... another who told me how much disliked his work in porn ... and another who lived in such a hovel that I paid, made excuses and left.
 

I tended to use the following websites...
vivalocal - probably the best all-rounder
fatalmodel - I can spend a good hour just watching video's of guys twirl round in their undies - the most difficult for guys to register on
skokka - I think this is the cheapest (free-est) one to advertise on... so you get a fair number of young students
 
I'd echo everyone saying that the sauna is safest... followed by the love motel...
But once I had enough confidence, I did venture to guy's apartments.  I remember one place in POA, where he ushered me through a sitting room full of people to get the bedroom!  So embarrassing.  More memorable than the sex itself.
Another thing about being in someone's bedroom, is that you'll probably have to endure a 10 minute conversation about Pabllo Vittar, Katy Perry, Ariana Grande, working out, baseball caps, "tenis" shoes or hardship at the end.
In SP, I often splash out on a pornstar/stripper/gogoboy... and you get to see some very different people once you're on their territory... one guy who wanted to dress up in all his costumes for me! (I just sat and took photographs)... another who told me how much disliked his work in porn ... and another who lived in such a hovel that I paid, made excuses and left.
 

I tended to use the following websites...
vivalocal - probably the best all-rounder
fatalmodel - I can spend a good hour just watching video's of guys twirl round in their undies - the most difficult for guys to register on
skokka - I think this is the cheapest (free-est) one to advertise on... so you get a fair number of young students
 
I'd echo everyone saying that the sauna is safest... followed by the love motel...
But once I had enough confidence, I did venture to guy's apartments.  I remember one place in POA, where he ushered me through a sitting room full of people to get the bedroom!  So embarrassing.  More memorable than the sex itself.
Another thing about being in someone's bedroom, is that you'll probably have to endure a 10 minute conversation about Pabllo Vittar, Katy Perry, Ariana Grande, working out, baseball caps, "tenis" shoes or hardship at the end.
In SP, I often splash out on a pornstar/stripper/gogoboy... and you get to see some very different people once you're on their territory... one guy who wanted to dress up in all his costumes for me! (I just sat and took photographs)... another who told me how much disliked his work in porn ... and another who lived in such a hovel that I paid, made excuses and left.
 

I tended to use the following websites...
vivalocal - probably the best all-rounder
fatalmodel - I can spend a good hour just watching video's of guys twirl round in their undies - the most difficult for guys to register on
skokka - I think this is the cheapest (free-est) one to advertise on... so you get a fair number of young students
 
I'd echo everyone saying that the sauna is safest... followed by the love motel...
But once I had enough confidence, I did venture to guy's apartments.  I remember one place in POA, where he ushered me through a sitting room full of people to get the bedroom!  So embarrassing.  More memorable than the sex itself.
Another thing about being in someone's bedroom, is that you'll probably have to endure a 10 minute conversation about Pabllo Vittar, Katy Perry, Ariana Grande, working out, baseball caps, "tenis" shoes or hardship at the end.
In SP, I often splash out on a pornstar/stripper/gogoboy... and you get to see some very different people once you're on their territory... one guy who wanted to dress up in all his costumes for me! (I just sat and took photographs)... another who told me how much disliked his work in porn ... and another who lived in such a hovel that I paid, made excuses and left.