Tomcal

yup it was! i stayed there from 2001 to 2004

i should add i hadn’t seen these photos, about a 100, for years as they were stored in my garage in a box with work papers! Guess i need to go through and check all my files as it would be shocking for someone to find these after i die! lol as most are X-rated!

Some photos of sauna guys from 2001 on my first trip to Rio, they either worked at Roger's or Club 117 as this was pre Pointe202 and MM although In 2002 Estacio opened. I have more photos but if having issues uploading so will post them later. There is one guy who is in a photo from 10/23/2001 who still works at 117!

Got this from a Brazilian friends FB post today: If you think your life goes wrong, imagine these siamese Twin(conjoined) brothers, in which one has declared gay and the other straight... but the ass is just one...

He is the one that lives in Spain and who i still communicate with. He is German as are most of the guys pictured. and comes from a German Village about 50 miles from Porto Alegre. At the time that photo was taken he was 23

in 2005 the owner of the Hustler Bar “Era Uma Vez” , both of which are deceased, Made a calendar and gave me a copy. Recently i was going thru some boxes in the garage and came across it! 3 of the guys pictured i had gone out with back then and one although i haven’t seen him since 2007, when he moved to Europe we still keep in contact(he married 10 years ago) One of the guys is pictured talking to a guy in his car! the good old days pre phone apps!

that’s the one! it is directly across the street from my apartment! it is similiar to Sunday swap meets we have her in SoCal only all new goods like t-shirts, Jewelry, paintings, women’s clothes.

my apartment for the last 7 years is directly across the street from the Hippie Fair and i have been once! the food and dessert stands were the only thing i felt was worth the money

i agree with Mvan when i visited The first time on a Friday afternoon there were 5 Thai ladyboys, a couple Romanians and 2 Brazilians and one guy from england who was the only semi attractive guy there. he told us the rate was $100. per 1/4 hour! one of the few times i left a sauna w/o doing anyone!

thanks Ferrar! My intention is to continue visiting Brazil 3 or 4 times a year for 12 - 14 Days each visit, and get residency in Mexico in the future but my main Residence will stay SoCal. The considerinably shorter flight to Mexico, coupled with the Access to great healthcare(should the need arise), the safety of living in Merida coupled with a house there i really like and a abundance of fun guys definitely i’ve Mexico the edge! As long as i can bring guys from Brazil to visit! :-)

the guys on here that know me, know that i am a pretty happy guy always up and happy with life in general. I take things as they come and accept that we only have limited control over our lives, saying that, i am the happiest i have ever been and this and one other guy :-) have everything to do with it! I am going to be in Rio 8/9 - 8/20 and then back to Merida with the Paulista 9/27! then i may have to make some decisions...but it will be great whichever way it turns out! I used to say who ever came up with the saying “the golden years” was full of shit! maybe not so much!

My favorite photo of my house in Merida!

Tart i have been going to Mezziniu since it opened in i think 2007 and have always had a great time there but i have never been on a Mon/Tue or Weds. i actually like the area a lot and if i ever was going to retire in Brazil I would definitely consider Porto Alegre and the Rio Sul area.

Martha Stewart in Merida, Mexico

Your comment made me laugh out loud! i am up for it if Andy Cohen wants to do it! In all seriousnessly i feel very lucky having found this guy after all these years of HOing in Brazil! But i will probably blow it so to speak, as i am not the best at LTR since my first one of 6 years duration! But this guy could make me commit for the first time in a long time! Brazilians are like a addictive drug to me and i don’t want a intervention!

No apology needed if i was wrong then i should be apologizing but your style of direct statements is very similiar to his! Sarcastic is not a problem if called for, we all have our moments! :-)

If anyone decides to visit Merida there is a Gay owned B&B that I highly recommend for several reasons! It is called Villa Verde and is a beautiful Boutique hotel that only has 5 suites but looks large enough to have 40 rooms.. Beautiful grounds, a small bar area overlooking the pool(with 2 hot bartenders/Waiters). I often go there for Happy hour, great cocktails, and Hor d'oeuvres! If you decide to get a room I suggest #5 The couple that own it close it from June 1st to August 31st and go back to Ohio each summer. here is a short video.

Thinking with my big head! LOL. Do i really want to be with one guy? all the time? He is not a “let’s invite a 3rd guy over” type of guy! Saying that as everyone knows i have been with a lot of guys and this is the first one that i enjoy being with all the time , and since he was not a sauna guy, he doesn’t have the attitudes that sauna guys seem to develop after working there for awhile! He has never asked me for money(i got 6 requests just last week including one guy i have never met!)he has a close family and wants me to come to a family dinner to meet his parents and sisters and grandparents! i just don’t know if it is what i want to do...i may be to old to change my HOing ways!

Walker did you use to post as KevinC on here before OZ banished him? just curious you both have a direct style of posting and oh yeah he stopped on 11/21/17... and you started posting that day!? just curious as to the name change if that was you? I definitely could be wrong but your styles are very similiar and the stop / start dates are such a coincidence!

This past week my Brazilian BF from Sao Paulo called to say "let's get married in Mexico on the beach!" and he was serious! He was there for 10 days last month and is going back in September. I said "when do you want to get married and he says " in September!" I go "we can't get married that soon" and he says "why not?" All of my friends in Merida have met him and they all like him even FloridaRob! lol I don't think it will be September but who knows...

it is good on Monday and Friday’s and on Sat from 11:00pm to 5:00 am when it reopens as a non sauna sex club

Good points! Setting and Agreeing on their expectations is Key! Also knowing them well(and you)i think is important. I have been doing the Rio invitation to stay at the apartment for 5 years now, where i invite 3 or 4 guys to stay for the week and have not had one regret, in fact the opposite! i now don’t like being alone in the apt or the bed! but we all are different and i can appreciate others views! Going back to costs, $400R a day plus airfare, plus food(entertainment is on them i am too old to enjoy “The Week” or want to hang at the beach for 3 or 4 hours, and that gives them time away from me and for them to visit with friends.) runs about $125./US a day. All of them drink juice rather then alcohol expect on our last night dinner together so that also keeps the overall costs down! anyhow this arrangement works great for me!

i never buy gifts, i figure if they want something they can buy it with the money i am paying them! i only remember one time paying for more “pricey” entertainment and that is when we went hang gliding, but it was with someone who i saw over 3 years every 3 or 4 months and we went together. and well worth it!

i have brought guys from both Belo Horizonte and SP to Rio for a week multiple times and offer $350.R - 400./day plus their airfare(usually around $80.R) and meals.

that’s a pretty low bar to get over! :-)