sydneyboy1

Go back to my hotel and sleep it off.

It only takes one to make an evening!

I was just reading TripAdvisor reviews on the Atlantico. If you couldn’t find a sauna boy there is always the bed bugs to keep you company.

This hotel gets very mixed reviews on TripAdvisor.

I defy anyone to name a city of comparable standing anywhere in the world that has such an appalling choice of hotel accommodation as Rio. At all levels the picking is very, very lean.

Did you go to Lagoa in São Paulo? If so what’s it like at the moment?

Can anyone report on the Tawan opening?

It is prime the Tawan had a large stable of fit, muscled highly attractive men. On my last visit 3 years ago it certainly had “larger boys” as you have described them. Fat, totally out shape, heavily tattooed. Nothing to compare with what we experienced 8 years ago (roughly) and earlier. I have such fond memories of the early to mid 2000’s. It will be interesting to see how it emerged from this hibernation.

I have one single solitary hope. The quality of the boys improve compared to my last visit.

Good question.

I sincerely hope it can return to its glory days.

Are they now operating from the one premises if so which one?

Do I assume a happy ending?

About 10 years ago I was in the change room at old Lagoa getting dressed preparing to leave. A Brazilian guy opened his locker and in a highly agitated state ran around the locker room with his pants pointing to his empty pockets. I don’t speak Portuguese but I didn’t have to. It was clear he had been robbed. He asked everyone the number for the police (that I did understand.) I might add the guy on the front desk showed no interest. As I left the building the victim was on his phone presumably ringing the police.

I have reported this here on a number of threads but the Tawan on my last trip was a shadow of what it once was. The “boys” on offer were only a fraction of those working there in Tawan’s heyday and were all out of shape and heavily tattooed. I remember the Tawan in its glory days when there was a smorgasbord of boys on offer, playful, handsome and many with magnificent bodies. The consensus seems to be that the Internet has changed the gay scene in Bangkok forever.

As I wrote on another thread, the last time I was in Bangkok the Tawan was dreadful, a tragic shadow of its former self. It it reopens I only hope it can regain some of its past glory.

Any updates on Thermas?

I would love to agree with you but honestly on my last trip it was just dreadful. A handful of fat, out of shape heavily tattooed “boys” on offer. I recall Tawan in the early 2000’s and it was just wonderful. A smorgasbord of fit handsome men who were friendly and playful. Oh for those glory days!

The Tawan used to be my favourite Bangkok bar. I was last in Bangkok just short of 3 years ago and the Tawan was a tragic shadow of its former self. I only hope if it reopens it can reinvent itself.

I have nothing much to add except I too have very fond memories of the old Fragata and regret that I never made it to the new.😢

I have never been to a Brazilian massage establishment. Can you explain the rules of the game? In Thailand extra service is an understood expectation and the masseur is tipped accordingly. Is this the same in São Paulo/Rio massage parlours?

It used to be always closed on a Monday. Perhaps just something a little different on the “off” day.

Here’s hoping!

Very depressing. I have fond memories of the old Fragata. Does mean that Lagoa is the only rent boy sauna left on São Paulo?

I too am a frustrated traveller. I retired 18 months ago with the main aim of travel with trips booked for last year including visits to the UK, Thailand and Brazil that of course did not eventuate. However we frustrated travellers should put our problem in perspective. In my country people have lost jobs, businesses etc with constant lockdowns and it is the same the world over. They are the ones who deserve sympathy at this dreadful time.