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For massage, there have been good reports about this place: https://gay-massage.gr/about-our-massages/ It is located at at Konstantinoupoleos Avenue 66, in the Gazi area of Athens. It is €35 for a massage in their shop, and there have been reports that they will give a bj for an extra €30. Have not had chance to attend myself. Would appreciate a report back if you go.

I must say though, I preferred staying in Sitges rather than Barcelona city anyway. The first time I went to Barcelona, I stayed in the city. I found that after a tiring afternoon of debauchery in the sauna, the fact that the nightlife got going extremely late didn’t really suit me. The next time I went to Catalonia I stayed in Sitges. I found the gay bars there got going a bit earlier in the evening. Also, the gay bars in Sitges are all close together, which makes it bit easier hit a few in the one night, which you might be want to do if you’re a tourist. My understanding is that gay Sitges is open for business and is busy every night from June to September, but that the gay bars then often close up on weekdays in the off-season, and only open Friday and Saturday night. So if you’re thinking of going to Sitges in the off season, it’s probably best if you could stay on a Friday or Saturday night. Of course, if you’re only going to Barcelona for the escorts in the sauna, a cheap hotel deal in Sitges on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday could be ideal. I’m aware of the irony of posting this “off-season” advice on the day before the 1st of June! I might bump this post next October.

If you are travelling out of season, one solution might be to stay in one of the beach towns outside of Barcelona with good rail connections to the city. Outside of the summer beach season, you can get good bargains there. For instance, Badalona on the northside is just 24 minutes by train to Barcelona Sants, and Sitges in the south is only 41 minutes by train to Barcelona Sants. In each case, there’s a train every 15 minutes. I just looked on Booking.com, and for the last week in October there are several good hotels between €70 and €90 per night within 5-10 minutes walk of the train station available in both towns Might be a good option if you are thinking of just hiring guys in Thermas sauna, rather than planning to have a guy come to your room. Both towns will be dearer during the summer season, as they are beach towns, but outside of high summer both would be worth checking out. A factor for Sitges though, is that the gay businesses there organise events like “Bear Week” and suchlike during the shoulder season, which extends the more expensive period for hotels.

This is something I have struggled with too - I fantasize when at home about having lots of fun in Thailand, but when I get there, suddenly my libido is lacking. Then when I get home I regret I didnt do more,....

Cool Photos jamiebee!

An interesting assignment. I find the idea of "favourite" books hard to compute when one is thinking of both fiction and non-fiction books. There are so different it is hard to quantify them together. I decided in the end that I would have two fiction and three non-fiction books, and make my choices then. It was hard to narrow it down to 5, and hard to say just a sentence about each and be meaningful. (I cheated a bit and added a bit more in brackets after each sentence, just like this!) TMax made a quite sensible choice to restrict his picks to just one theme. Fictional Choices Dubliners by James Joyce. In common with many others, I find the idea of reading one of his longer books is a bit too much, but I genuinely enjoyed this book of short stories by James Joyce -he was a master of the short story form, and his use of the idea of an epiphany as a theme is really well done (however, you would probably need to have an interest in the thoughts and life-ideas of somebody in an Edwardian European society to be really able to enjoy them. Joyce's world is very historically and culturally situated) The Quincunx by Charles Palliser. This is a big rambling intricate historical novel, in a sort of pastiche of a Dickensian style (even though it was written in the late 1980s) that succeeds in creating this sort of world that a classic 19th century novel created, albeit more R-rated in style. (If you are a fan of Dickensian novels such as Great Expectations. you would likely enjoy it, although it is about 700 pages it is quite the page turner) Some non-fiction choices: Roumeli By Patrick Leigh Fermor. My big fascination, apart from Southeast Asia, is Greece, and this book is an interesting meditation on northern Greece, blending historical insight and descriptions of 1950s travel (especially worth reading if you are thinking of heading to Meteora for the first time). Mad about the Mekong by John Keay is a page-turning historical account that retraces the 19th-century French expedition up the Mekong River, blending adventure, colonial intrigue, and modern reflections on the region. (A particularly good primer for anybody heading to Laos for the first time) Very Thai, by Philip Cornwall Smith. A good book for somebody who was fascinated by the physical reality of Thailand, like amulets, blue pipes and concrete seats, and wanted to read a bit about what they meant culturally. (I think I recommended this before, but worth recommending again, and unlike the above two books, I might recommend getting this after your first journey to the LOS rather than before)

Perhaps one thread is enough?

It is not very clear who on your site is an "executive model" and who is a "premium model". Therefore hard to figure out how much you should be expecting to pay.

Shame to see that Olddaddy acting the gobshite is derailing this thread in particular. Sorry to hear of the passing of Denis Houard. His patter during the shows was quite witty, and he had a very distinctive voice. I never met the man personally, but I will miss his presence the next time I visit X-Boys,

In the this bit of video, i loved the face Zelenskyy made when the Orange Turd said "they respect me" One thing to smile about in something that was otherwise a horror to watch...

Hunqz seems to have only two dozen guys, mainly expats, in Georgia. The site with most guys seems to be the "eurogirlsescort.com" site - do a search for Georgia and males. 19 come up. Not sure how many ot that number are not scammers though.

The good news is the site is now working for Microsoft Edge for me again. Not sure if that is related to this change - have not tried it in Edge for awhile

Surely the prospect of increased inflation due to tariffs should make a the dollar weaker relative to other countries currencies? The mysteries of high finance....

Southern Indian guys can be hot. There is a Youtube account called "fit karnataka" that has videos of bodybuilders from southern India. A lot of the guys there arent overdeveloped in the "walnuts in a condom" style but are sexy and well developed. Some of the backstage videos show them better, when they are not posing. None of the guys there are hairy, but as they are bodybuilders I assume they would razor hair off anyway. Worth a look if you are going to southern India (particularly Karnataka state) to put you in the mood!

Tubi TV is not available to people outside the US unfortunately. Do you now if it is on any other site?

I am glad to see my report on Big Tool is still being quoted six months later, but it is time for new intrepid travellers to visit and give us an updated account...if anybody going to Pattaya soon is reading

I took a trip trip to Boysclub21 in Amsterdam last week, on a Sunday night. I wasn’t really in the mood that evening, to be honest, but I decided to visit anyway to have a look at the place, and I was conscious of having promised a bit of a report from earlier in the tread, lol. When I arrived, I was greeted by a guy at the door, who welcomed me and led me to a seat. He was was Colombian I think, but not exactly the type guy I wanted, and I was bit concerned I might get stuck with him. However, he quickly told me that he would describe the other guys to me, and suggested I could ask one of them for a drink, instead, if I wanted. I appreciated the attitude. He pointed out the other guys who were working there. I think there were four guys working that night, as well as the guy who I met at the door there was a Bulgarian and a Portuguese guy and another guy from somewhere in South America, I think. I said I would like to chat to the Bulgarian guy, and so he came down and I bought him a drink. He told me he had moved to the Netherlands mainly to escape the homophobia in Bulgaria. He was about 30 and very pleasant looking, but not a stunner. We ended up chatting for 20 minutes. He travels to Thailand quite frequently with friends, and he told me he liked Pattaya and Jomtien in particular. His favourite bar is Question mark bar. He knew several of the staff in Jomtien bars by name and was disappointed that I couldn’t really remember any of the names of people in the bars, despite being there earlier this year. He was also complaining about the Russians in Thailand, he is not really a fan of them. I asked him if there are any Dutch guys working in the bar at all, and he said during university term time there sometimes were one or two guys who worked on a Thursday and Friday evening. We had a nice chat, but to be honest he gave off a sort of friendly, garrulous taxi driver vibe which although easy to talk to was a bit of a passion killer for me, and didn’t encourage me to want to part with €220. As some of the posters above have said, my impression was that the guys on offer, although fine looking in a boy-next-door type of way, were not quite good looking enough to be really successful as escorts. The set up, the room and the guy for €220, was clearly explained to me at the start. They take cash or card and it was a relaxed and pleasant environment. I would recommend you go and have a look at the place if you are visiting Amsterdam. It is the last of its kind in the city, and will only survive if people visit - in fact I feel a little guilty for not hiring there now, lol.

Like you, I was surprised that they pushed this issue, but I (naively) hoped that it was a signs of a wind of change for Thai modernisation. In retrospect it seems it was the party who were naive in this situation. And like Vinapu, I think the conservative forces who promoted this decision should have given a thought to the fact that that this party was the biggest winner in the last elections, and considered the long view. The inevitable changes coming in Thailand might be all the more disorderly now.

I will be in Amsterdam next week. I will report back

I dont have any memories of Pattaya before 2006 but I have a copy of Spartacus from 1980. According to that, here was very few gay establishments in Pattaya in 1980, just three bars/nightclubs: Byblos - Beside Orchid Lodge. Comments: no stars. Tiffanys Bar – South Pattaya Road, near Siam Bayshore Hotel. Hours: 2000-0100. Comments: Three stars. Tiffany’s Cabaret – same address as Tiffany’s bar. Hours: 2200-0100. Comments: Two stars. I think the Tiffanys Bar was on what is now Walking Street The restaurants mentioned were “Coral Reef Restaurant and Outrigger Bar”, “Dolf Riks ”, and “Nang Nual”. All were in South South Pattaya Beach (Walking Street), and were mixed rather than gay. Dolf Riks was a Dutch-Indonesian who was a part of the gay scene in Pattaya in the Eighties.

On that topic, does anybody know if Big Tool in Walking street in Pattaya, is still going? As I reported in February, it actually had lapdances, (western style, they never got naked).

Thanks for consolidating that info, 12is12, a very useful post.

I stayed there in January, and enjoyed it. The rooms are of reasonable size and nicely appointed. The only thing I disliked was that the room I was in had a really slippy wooden floor. I had to avoid walking around in socks as any time I did I nearly slipped. There was no problem with joiners, they didn’t pay any heed to who you are bringing back even though the lift is beside the reception. The little pool was a nice addition for a late afternoon swim. I don’t know about the breakfast, as I did not have breakfast included, and so I had my breakfast in “Took Lae Dae” on the basement of the Park Siam shopping mall, which is two minutes walk away, across the road. If you go through the ground floor of that building, you are right beside Sala Daeng BTS station.

Sorry to see you’re not getting much response here, Bert, as it is topic I am interested in myself. Perhaps if you’re bit more specific about your questions, it would help. Are you more interested in ordinary gay bars, or gay bars at back rooms; sauna or just escorts? I am thinking of basing yourself and Torremolinos or somewhere else between Malaga and Marbella?

How are you can deal with this depends partly on a much of a “real tourist” you are. I have a similar issue with going to Thailand. However I quite like the touristy stuff as well, I usually have plenty of pics from my touristy expeditions which I can show people from those days that, where I played the part of a “quality tourist” Just bore your work colleagues into submission with pictures of beaches and temples, ( or the Brazil equivalent of temples). I usually find if you start saying “well just let me bring up the 100 pictures I have on my iPad here - I don’t know how I will pick my favourite, I don’t want to bore you with them all” …you usually then see the panic in their eyes and they stop asking the questions pretty soon… Of course, if you’ve no real interest of the standard touristy stuff stuff, that’s a bit more difficult, you might need another strategy!