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His name has come up periodically here.  Here's what I wrote in response to one query: "...the real thing -- I can think of only 2 masseurs in 20 years as good as he is.  Gives a real massage with extensive "sensual" elements.  You should discuss what you're looking for erotically with him when booking -- his price goes up if you are interested in what he considers escort services (he also advertises on rentmen with a slightly different handle).   He does not try to upsell you in the moment.  I found his non-escort erotic massage more than enough.  Highly recommended."

His name has come up periodically here.  Here's what I wrote in response to one query: "...the real thing -- I can think of only 2 masseurs in 20 years as good as he is.  Gives a real massage with extensive "sensual" elements.  You should discuss what you're looking for erotically with him when booking -- his price goes up if you are interested in what he considers escort services (he also advertises on rentmen with a slightly different handle).   He does not try to upsell you in the moment.  I found his non-escort erotic massage more than enough.  Highly recommended."

First thing to realise is that there are two types of hammams in Marrakech. The ones for tourists and the ones for ordinary citizens. These are _entirely_ different. The tourist version will have signs, advertising, they will give a commission to your hotel or tour guide, if they sent you there, it's big business in Marrakech and you will pay anything between 25 to 100 usd depending on what treatments you want (massages, peeling, pedicure, hair removal, etc) or more if you order refreshments or even a meal. Most places will have a fixed price for entrance, scrubbing and massage and you can't opt out (I guess you can pay, but say no thanks to the massage, but in that case why are you there?). These places vary greatly in quality,  decoration, etc, so do your research. This is what people refer to when they say they have been to an authentic Moroccan hammam. They can be absolutely wonderful, some of them are very boutique, but all the other guests will be tourists like you, staff will speak some English, there's no nudity, and it's nothing like the hammams where ordinary people go. I went to one of these and an older male masseur selected me (they picked the clients, not the other way around). After the scrubbing (gommage in French) he took me to an isolated room upstairs, while the other clients were having their massage in a shared room downstairs. He worked my legs and buttocks _a lot_ and entirely focused on that. His fingers touched my anus repeatedly and I was really curious to see how far he would go. I never actually instructed him to go further though, so it ebbed out. Afterwards he asked me for a tip, even as there was gigantic signs everywhere saying tipping was forbidden. I'm still not quite sure what that was about, I would call myself very straight-acting and on the other hand I have a great ass for someone 50+. So was he "into me" or just wanted to get paid for a happy ending? No idea. 
It took me quite a while to find a real hammam, mostly because no locals will tell you where they are. I speak fluent French, so that's not the issue. The real hamams are really very private, people use them as their own bathrooms, they can be rather small, and they are also not very hygienic by Western standards. People will be shaving, even their pits or pubic hair (common in Arab countries), they will cut their toe nails, etc.They often don't have signs, and are in small back streets, entrance may be from the yard, etc, so unless you already know it, you won't find it. Nobody speaks a word of English and only very little French. Entrance is 2/3 usd or similar. You bring your own soap and what else you need to clean yourself. The only thing they provide is a bucket, that you need to get water from the taps, that you then pour over yourself in the steam room. There are often no lockers for clothes and valuables, so you give them to a guy who will watch them. The toilets will not have paper (common in Arab countries) and the doors often won't have a lock (I'm assuming it's too stop people from having sex in there). There will be a masseur or two, price would be around 10 usd, but most people don't go there for that. They go to scrub themselves and do that very passionately, many of them probably don't have a proper bathroom at home. They sit around the steam room relaxing, some of them for what seems like hours. And here's the beauty of it, they scrub each other, they scrub you. You don't even have to ask for it or communicate by words, someone will just come up to you and start scrubbing and you're expected to do the same in return. There's often a dense homoerotic atmosphere but not because the men are necessarily gay (some might be, of course). There's very little talking, if any. 
I absolutely love these places, they are primitive but so sensual. Some of them do have a bit of a gay clientele and some action,  mutual masturbation etc, nothing advanced, as there is nowhere private. Great place to meet local guys and go home with them after though. God bless you, if you can find one of these places. Only local gay men would know which ones of them have some action, and they may not even want to share that info, it's clandestine and people want it to stay that way. But it's paradise in my book. 

I’ll do what I can to fill this information void; I’ve spent A LOT of time with Travis over the years. Hands down one of the most interesting and genuine guys you’ll ever meet. Indeed, it’s a known fact that MGM Studios once joined with HRC to forbid Travis from calling himself a “friend of Dorothy” because he has such an abundance of heart, brains, and courage that the euphemism simply didn’t fit. (Also they couldn’t picture Dorothy befriending a hooker in the woods singing “If I only had more money.”) In case you haven’t noticed my user name I’ll admit that I’m exquisitely biased; however, I’m very self aware and honest, so feel free to ask me anything. Alternatively, I can double the time for the first two gentleman who mention this forum when they book time with me and agree to post an honest review here, whether positive or negative, to help advise others. (My only stipulation is you have to have been a somewhat active member of the forum since before this topic was started, so everyone knows it’s a reliable review.) Cheers!

None of this surprises me.  There's no such thing as a free lunch.
As a traveler, it's your responsibility to always be prepared, including travel insurance with evac protection.
I travel a ton and to leave my safety in the hands of my embassy would be fucking foolish. 
I always have a backup plan and failsafe, especially when I'm in a country that's in turmoil or heading that way.

The two posts were related to a book I had recommended, seems a reasonable aside.   Asking people to not deviate briefly and potentially helpfully onto a parallel subject seems excessive, even controling.

Oh, I like "twinkling"!  Gets me thinking about other possibilities, e.g. twinklet.

I still have my dirty, disgusting and constant sexual desire towards every other man I see. Of course, my brain reacts faster than my body, and my body certainly isn't the 24/7 walking erection that I was back in the day. I still function well when I need it, with a little help here and there. The additional help (magic pill) is optional, for when I have a more expensive provider.

AL has been discussed a lot over the years, but not so much on this latest incarnation of the board.
Frankly, a lot of the history about Hooboy was lost or forgotten. 
That always made me sad, considering it was HB who put this whole show together in the first place.  He and Aaron Lawrence, to be exact.
I'd like to see a proper memorial thread for both Daddy AND Hoo.
 

<going off topic> oh, that name brings back memories...way way back I discovered his web site.  And then, one day, he asked his readers to vote for him (as escort of the year?) on hooboy's site...and now, as a result, I'm here.  Maybe Aaron Lawrence deserves his own thread.

<going off topic> oh, that name brings back memories...way way back I discovered his web site.  And then, one day, he asked his readers to vote for him (as escort of the year?) on hooboy's site...and now, as a result, I'm here.  Maybe Aaron Lawrence deserves his own thread.

To echo BN above, the reason for the age limit associated with the vax is the assumption that any sexually active person of an age (and we know that SOME of us have bodycounts in the thousands!) will already have been exposed to the virus in some of its many forms.  The original impetus was to vax teenagers before they become sexually active, although that age consideration has been revised upward.  You might begin by asking your doctor for an antibodies test to see if you're already positive.  I believe that if so, they will also analyze what strains of the virus you carry, only a few are problematic.  Better yet, take up the whole matter with a clinician informed of men's STIs and whether the vax might be useful for you.

It's always hard to say what's "normal" based on a few visits each year.  But I can say for sure that it's much more normal now than it was in the past.  Back then,  dancers were very wary about going back to the hotel with customers they didn't know well (and many just didn't do hotel privates, period).  Typically it would take multiple evenings of lap dances before the question would get a "yes".  (This is making me nostalgic about my first such experience...after asking and getting turned down on night 1,  suddenly on night 3 the dancer, without any prompting from me, told me he'd be willing to go back to my hotel.  When I asked what had changed, he said "now I know you.")
Nowadays,  I am often offered hotel visits by dancers I'm chatting with at the bar, even before we've done a private lap dance.

It's always hard to say what's "normal" based on a few visits each year.  But I can say for sure that it's much more normal now than it was in the past.  Back then,  dancers were very wary about going back to the hotel with customers they didn't know well (and many just didn't do hotel privates, period).  Typically it would take multiple evenings of lap dances before the question would get a "yes".  (This is making me nostalgic about my first such experience...after asking and getting turned down on night 1,  suddenly on night 3 the dancer, without any prompting from me, told me he'd be willing to go back to my hotel.  When I asked what had changed, he said "now I know you.")
Nowadays,  I am often offered hotel visits by dancers I'm chatting with at the bar, even before we've done a private lap dance.

It's always hard to say what's "normal" based on a few visits each year.  But I can say for sure that it's much more normal now than it was in the past.  Back then,  dancers were very wary about going back to the hotel with customers they didn't know well (and many just didn't do hotel privates, period).  Typically it would take multiple evenings of lap dances before the question would get a "yes".  (This is making me nostalgic about my first such experience...after asking and getting turned down on night 1,  suddenly on night 3 the dancer, without any prompting from me, told me he'd be willing to go back to my hotel.  When I asked what had changed, he said "now I know you.")
Nowadays,  I am often offered hotel visits by dancers I'm chatting with at the bar, even before we've done a private lap dance.

It's always hard to say what's "normal" based on a few visits each year.  But I can say for sure that it's much more normal now than it was in the past.  Back then,  dancers were very wary about going back to the hotel with customers they didn't know well (and many just didn't do hotel privates, period).  Typically it would take multiple evenings of lap dances before the question would get a "yes".  (This is making me nostalgic about my first such experience...after asking and getting turned down on night 1,  suddenly on night 3 the dancer, without any prompting from me, told me he'd be willing to go back to my hotel.  When I asked what had changed, he said "now I know you.")
Nowadays,  I am often offered hotel visits by dancers I'm chatting with at the bar, even before we've done a private lap dance.

It's always hard to say what's "normal" based on a few visits each year.  But I can say for sure that it's much more normal now than it was in the past.  Back then,  dancers were very wary about going back to the hotel with customers they didn't know well (and many just didn't do hotel privates, period).  Typically it would take multiple evenings of lap dances before the question would get a "yes".  (This is making me nostalgic about my first such experience...after asking and getting turned down on night 1,  suddenly on night 3 the dancer, without any prompting from me, told me he'd be willing to go back to my hotel.  When I asked what had changed, he said "now I know you.")
Nowadays,  I am often offered hotel visits by dancers I'm chatting with at the bar, even before we've done a private lap dance.

It's always hard to say what's "normal" based on a few visits each year.  But I can say for sure that it's much more normal now than it was in the past.  Back then,  dancers were very wary about going back to the hotel with customers they didn't know well (and many just didn't do hotel privates, period).  Typically it would take multiple evenings of lap dances before the question would get a "yes".  (This is making me nostalgic about my first such experience...after asking and getting turned down on night 1,  suddenly on night 3 the dancer, without any prompting from me, told me he'd be willing to go back to my hotel.  When I asked what had changed, he said "now I know you.")
Nowadays,  I am often offered hotel visits by dancers I'm chatting with at the bar, even before we've done a private lap dance.

Dorothy Parker, I believe.

says the 21+ year forum member with over 600 posts.......easy there, man!.......you may be kidding (ha!), but this forum is, by far, the best of its kind......tennisboyy, in his current incarnation, has been on RM for only two months and Indy isn't LA or NY.......though Mateo is a common name, you may find previous forum chatter about him with a Deli search???  

Moderator's Note: In days of yore, Forum members would suggest it was time to order pizza when a thread devolved into what this one has become. "Ordering pizza" meant locking the thread, which is exactly what has happened to this thread.
Please don't start another thread in which members go tit-for-tat about each other. Hot pizza can hurt when it hits you in the face.

I suspect that TJMS is one of those guys who will not accept NO for an answer and this thread is evidence as to why the provider will not see him. 
There is much pleasure to be had in the world.  Stop embarrassing yourself and move on!  

I'm not a particular fan of WWII history, but Torch and Overlord are familiar to me.  Market Garden and Jupiter are a bridge too far.

I'm not a particular fan of WWII history, but Torch and Overlord are familiar to me.  Market Garden and Jupiter are a bridge too far.

I'm not a particular fan of WWII history, but Torch and Overlord are familiar to me.  Market Garden and Jupiter are a bridge too far.