SolaceSoul

So you just downvoted my post. … which shows you obviously understand its intent. And as you can see, the downvote has no power — other than to attempt to hurt someone else’s feelings. … yet, here you are, on your thid or fourth thread, kvetching about how some other poster downvoted your trip report.

So you’re salty that someone disliked your post? That's IT? I suggest you grow a spine if you’re going to post on the internet.

The post creator can edit his own post for about 2-4 hours after posting it. Then after that, only the board moderator can edit or delete that post. No other board member can edit, delete or vote away the existence of another member’s post.

Hmmm, if you’re being cagey and referring to what and whom I think you are, a few years ago, there was one American traveler who went to Club 117 in Brazil and posted actual names and face photos of a few of the garotos he met there — along with describing their sexual activity they did for pay. The two garotos found out he was posting, told him that what he was doing was not only unacceptable and against the club policy (the guys who work there expect and are guaranteed discretion, just as the clients are), but also it’s illegal (criminally and civilly punishable) under Brazilian law to take or post someone’s photo without their permission. The two guys whose photos he posted were so freaked out about the violation of their privacy by this client that they no longer work at the saunas. And when confronted by these two garotos, that poster client had the audacity to claim that many working guys just LOVE to have their face photos and names posted on this message board, because top modeling agents and talent scouts from the USA and Europe discover them and whisk them away for major ad campaigns! (Um, really, Sis?) So, you still support this kind of shitty, deceptive, entitled poster / client behavior? You want the absolute autonomy to violate discretion, simply for the sake of reading salacious gossip on the internet — and avoid any and all consequences of said bad behavior? You’re mad that there are actually some posters here who are also trusted clients that are so well-liked by the working guys that these guys would come to them with a problem to solve? I can just look at who “liked” your comment and see what kind of client / traveler you might be. Water rises to its own level.

I don’t understand what this anecdote has to do with Grindr / free sex vs. transactional sex. I could just as easily learn that or similar information from a working guy / garoto de programa — because sometimes, we actually talk, communicate and connect. It’s not like these guys don’t live in communidades, too.

For some people, the need to prove to themselves and others that they are (still) sexually appealing is very strong. In their heads, getting it for free (or less) = “I’m not like those other clients who have to pay because they’re old / fat / fugly.”

This is pretty much the guiding principle for any kind of whoremongering, no matter what your type or preference may be. Clients want to pay for the kind of guy that’s either out of their league or is otherwise unavailable to them back home. I’ve found that to be the case even with those who say they prefer the “boy next door, normal / average” guys — not just those who prefer the so-called muscle gods and supermodels.

Well, that certainly would exclude me.

There was nothing available for 50 or 80 reais at 117 or 202 in 2012. You could probably get something for 80 reais in 2012 from the twinks and average looking guys at Meio Mundo. 80 was possible at Salvador saunas back then too.

In 2012, prices at 117 / 202 were 100 - 150 reais and the exchange rate for BRL:USD was 2.09:1. Today’s prices are 150 - 200 reais, and the exchange rate is 4.73:1.

That doesn’t include the cost of the nearby love hotel (because to take park trade back to your place would be pure insanity). But the love hotel is about 30 - 40 reais for. 1-2 hours. If you have to ask, then that means no, for you, it’s not.

In my experience, the non-garoto saunas in Brazil are very similar to the (fast-disappearing) gay bathhouses in the USA — which means, basically, it’s the normal Western gay male social pecking order. The very few really attractive men are there to hook up with the other very few really attractive men. Pudgy middle-aged guys, bears, fem twinks, and other more commonly moderately to less desirables ordinarily “stay in their lanes” and wind up with each other. Not the case at the saunas with money boys — where cash rules everything around you. That’s the easiest and best shot for the average schmoe — who would ordinarily be overlooked by the 8s, 9s and 10s in sexually charged, physically important gay environments like bathhouses and circuit parties — to land an Adonis.

But it’s not. Not in Brazil, at least.

Yes. The expiration date on the visa is for the date entry into the country. The number of days of your legal stay are counted starting your date of entry as the first.

If you do get caught at Brazilian customs, yes you could get into trouble. In the very least, you would be sent back to your home country and lose your visa / entering privileges for about 5-10 years. At the very most, you could wind up in a Brazilian jail / prison. But yes, others have reported that they have not had a problem entering Brazil with poppers (I don’t think they were searched at Customs, though).

Amyl nitrate is consider a controlled substance in Brazil. You can’t import poppers or buy them there without a prescription— at least not legally. But like with any other recreational controlled substance, you can find it there on the black market if you just ask around enough. As for XXL condoms, bring your own — as well as good, synthetic-based lube.

“The violence in Sao Paulo is very location-specific. São Paulo (the capital city, not the state) has 96 districts. 33 of those districts have a homicide rate smaller than the USA (4.8 per 100 thousand inhabitants). On the other hand, 28 districts have a homicide rate higher than in Nigeria. Some districts, like Jaçanã, are more violent than Mexico. Other districts, like Jardim Paulista, are safer than Germany.“ https://expatriateconsultancy.com/is-sao-paulo-safe/

I was the one who posted that. However, I never said Lucky was the one who made the comment text. I said that he was friendly with those who did it and authorized it.

What country are you from? 60 days is an unusually long time to stay in Cuba, especially for a first-time visitor that needs to work from the internet access while there. Cuba only allows 60-day tourist visas to nationals of a handful of countries. Most are 30 days max, that can be renewed for another 30 days once there. This would be quite a bit of a heavy lift for a first-timer with no contacts or relationships on the island.

But you also just took the side of a confirmed troll who was operating in deceit and bad faith. So, I’ll just let the room judge for themselves.

You do this (by “this”, I mean mongering around the globe and reading/participating in various message boards and groups about mongering) long enough, and you learn that there are a whole lot of bad-faith posters / clients / travelers out there. Some who are so sociopathic that they care nothing about another human being as long as their own prurient interests are taken care of. Some who view those that are economically disadvantaged or just not lucky enough to have been born in a first-world country as somehow “less than”. Some who care nothing about any lives that can be ruined by their public disclosures, so long as they can read a hot porn story or see a face attached to a dick. Some who exaggerate or just outright make shit up about their travels and encounters, just to titillate or fool readers. There are readers / posters here and elsewhere that I’m not particularly popular with because I don’t play in these reindeer games. Like I said before, I’m cool with that — I’d much rather maintain my good relationships with the locals where I travel. I leave the USA to avoid this kind of mess — not to socialize and fraternize with them once I go abroad.

Yes. We are supposed to believe that a well-traveled 62-year-old man who by his own admission has been doing sex tourism since before the internet existed and who also has a preference bordering on obsession for Latin hung men, HAS NEVER BEEN TO BRAZIL. His previous incarnation, igotjake or something, requested info on Brazilian garotos. So, not wanting his cover to be blown again, this time in this new username, he pretended to not ever have been to Brazil, and to be ALL about Medellin, Colombia. I honestly can’t understand why other posters even fall for these trolls. Maybe this explains how some travelers wind up in stupid, compromising positions while abroad — really poor judgment and discernment skills.

But aren’t you buddy-buddies with a group of old posters (some former, some still around) who once contacted a poster’s place of employment and outed him as a sex tourist, just because that poster wouldn’t use his privilege to help ruin a brasileiro who wouldn’t do something illicit for one of the privileged posters? Yet, THIS is “reprehensible” to you?

This is taking place on a public forum, troll. It has everything to do with anyone who has access. If you want complete privacy, make a friend and take it to WhatsApp or a phone conversation. But you and I both know that’s not what you want. You created these usernames in order to create the drama and discord that you crave. That’s exactly what trolls do.

So much for your decision to put him on “ignore”.