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I think that’s true about crime in general. Wrong place/wrong time. When I was in Rio nothing happened to me over a 10 day period. My nephew, who is much younger and 2 inches taller than I am, at 6’ 1”, was robbed at knife point in broad daylight right outside the Palace Hotel at Copacabana. That happened three weeks after I was there. Had it been the other way around, I can just imagine what my brother would have had to say about it. LOL (Note: my nephew is straight. I am the gay uncle.)

Just for fun I checked all the travel advisories on the US Dept of State website. They have 4 levels going from 1 (normal caution) to 4 (Do not travel). Colombia is a 4. But so is the Bahamas. Canada a 3. A lot of it is as a result of Covid. But the same cautions re crime are listed as on the Canadian site for Colombia.

One escort i remember the owner sent me told me he was a policeman and did this as a side gig. I thought it a hoot getting fucked by the law.

I checked with our (Canada’s) travel advisory on our government website for foreign affairs this morning and the advice they give for Medellin is that theft and petty crime occur in the city Center and areas not covered by the metro system. “Express” kidnappings are frequent and often occur in affluent areas. In these episodes the tourists are taken off the streets or from taxis and forced to withdraw funds from ATMs and can be held overnight so that another withdrawal can be made the next day. Street crime is common, particularly in the larger cities such as Bogota and Medellin. Armed robberies occur even in the safer areas of cities and may occur on streets, in buses and taxis. Avoid flagging taxis in the streets. And a host of other concerns. Here in Canada, we are being advised to avoid all non-essential travel abroad, even to the United States. The US is different and you should be guided by your own authorities. After all, if something bad happens, you will turn to them to try to help you. God Bless!

I’ve only been to Brazil in SA and then with a small group of friends to Rio. I took a 3 day side trip to SP by myself during the vacation of 10 days overall and was comfortable being there alone. Of course Brazil is familiar to many gay North Americans but Colombia less so I would say. The questions I would ask are have you been there before? Have you been to other S American countries? Are you familiar with the language? Would you be staying with this young man or at a hotel? That city is a well known drug capital. Are you familiar with the local conditions. I’m assuming there’s is an American Consulate there. Have you checked the local travel advisory at the State Department. How long would you be going for. How good a feel do you have about this young man. Has he been open about his circumstances. Are you convinced?

That’s around the time of the fall of the Berlin Wall. I’m assuming you were in the Western Sector. I visited Berlin 10 years later and stayed in a male brothel for a week which was really very nice, I had my own very large room in a large apartment and the owner was British. He kept a stable of Rentmen and had a large portfolio which you could use to choose escorts from. They would come to my room. There was no pressure to rent as the room rate was already high and most nights I went out to the clubs and found enough to satisfy my urges.

BTW, I have no special sympathy for this or any other elite athlete who chooses to compete in tournaments in high risk countries like Russia during this pandemic. Here in Canada, where we have had lower rates of infection, college and high school athletes are being denied the opportunity to play the sports they love. They I have sympathy for, not the guys making millions$.

You’re putting words in my mouth. I’m only stating facts, not opinions, unlike you.

I would have done the same thing were I in his place. The Russians have been very opaque concerning the pandemic in their country. I wouldn’t trust a thing their president says about it.

I don’t think you can equate the clap with HIV. There is a simple cure for one but no cure, only treatment, for the other.

I got the clap once in my ass back in the 1970’s before gays used condoms. HIV/Aids was still in the future. I was alerted to it when I saw a pus-like discharge on my bm’s. No pain or discomfort, unlike penile clap when you piss. I remember my doctor prescribing a course of tetracycline antibiotics which I took for 10 days. That cleared it up. And yes, sex not advised until you are cured.

There is ample precedent, both historically and in other countries, where “Findom” is or was the norm between women and their male spouses. When I was a child, married women in Quebec could not open a bank account on their own but needed to have their husband’s name on it as well. He therefore effectively controlled her money. In some cultures even today, women have little or no say over money in a marital union. Why any person would willingly turn over their “wallet” to anyone, unless compelled by law, is beyond me. But as the OP says, To each their own.

In Steetcar, he was the kind of guy Tennessee Williams would have had the hots for.

I think one of the last movies he made was shot in Montreal when I was living there. He was interviewed by a local journalist. He was pretty washed up and not really that old.

I have one regular with whom that is the case. Each time has been more or less the same and each time he blows my socks off. With another regular, we have travelled a journey and each time there has been a new element to spice things up. We do talk about what our interests are and he responds to my fantasies beautifully. Count me a happy boy For having these two guys.

It was tragic how he aged. Completely dissipated towards the end.

By communicating.

Reminds me of the old joke Bette Miller would tell. Husband to wife: You’ve got a flat chest and a tight hole. Wife to husband: Get off my back!

Athan, now there’s a name out of the past.

This approach has worked well for me too. I hire tops and tops/versatile so it’s always interesting to see whether the top flips when confronted by a beautiful big dick!

I think that’s why it’s called OnlyFans LOL

I always had the hots for the Turks since reading Lawrence of Arabia’s Seven Pillars of Wisdom and his adventures with Turkish military officers. Regretfully, I’ve never got around to finding out for myself.

I once had a three way with Jason Markus, whom the old timers here might remember, and a hot Cuban he picked in South Beach, where Jason had a southern retreat from his NYC homebase. It was a delightful encounter and I got serviced at both ends simultaneously, spit roasting I believe it is called.?

Have you never watched Seinfeld? Lol

I wouldn’t make the comparison anyway. I’ve never heard of someone dying in a tattoo parlour but have heard of cases of people dying in the dentist’s chair. Usually associated with anaesthetics.