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I too have read countless stories on the internet and personal stories from acquaintances who go to countries like Brazil, Morocco, Thailand, the Philippines etc looking for "love'' or thinking the boys actually care about them. The harsh reality is that we want sex and the boys in saunas, go go bars etc want money, and as much as they can get.
I have a friend who has 4 university degrees (including a PhD) who met a boy in Morocco about 15 years ago. He has paid for his education, health, rent and ad hoc amounts for every conceivable reason. Along with all his local friends I am gobsmacked at his gullibility. The individual known as Trilingual who set up the Gay Travel Brazil website I have read on BoyToy came to grief after marrying his Brazilian boyfriend and if these reports are to be believed is virtually destitute.
At least one story I read on the now very quiet Cruising for Sex site some years ago was very amusing. This American met a go go boy in Pattaya, Thailand. The boy invited him to the family home in the countryside. On arrival mother announced that her refrigerator had broken down and it would cost the equivalent of a couple of hundred dollars to replace it and would he oblige. He agreed. The boy told him he would write his name in texta on the side of the refrigerator to remind him of their ''love''. He found himself alone in the house and discovered the name of a foreigner on the side of the stove, microwave, TV and every other electrical appliance and stick of furniture in the house. I sent him a PM telling I found the story delightful and he had made my day. He replied back assuring me it was true. I replied back telling him I didn't doubt it for a moment. I have been to Thailand about a dozen times and that story was pure unadulterated Thai.
I must confess to being rather cynical about ''love'' but on balance I think it is better to be cynical than conned, or worse have your heart broken.

I think that “Brazil and Corona” needs to be removed from the post title. This could have happened to the OP anywhere anytime. As his current title/rank shows, he’s clearly a ”Novice”.

Hello everyone,
 
Like many of you I have shared good experiences and bad ones on this site.
 
Well here is one not so good. With the Saunas closed in Brazil many guys texted me daily crying and asking for money because they have no work. You would not believe some of the very sad tales they told me. For about a week I would receive from 5 to 10 texts per day, per boy, asking for money. Some even sent nude photos and videos of them jerking and cumming. And the stories were tear jerkers
 
Finally three days ago I gave in and sent $150 to six differeny boys. To say the least, I have not heard from any of them again and only one texted thank you. How sad.
 
For years I knew these guys did not really give a damn about us, they only want the money. And as the expression goes: "no good deed goes unpunished". So true so true.
 
Just venting my disappointment and frustration with the program guys. Years ago my Brazilian friend said be careful with these guys and leave the love inside the sauna. They know older foreigners are easy targets for swindling money from them. But this is an all time low, even for them

I enjoy staying in Condesa. Hip neighborhood and within easy walking distance to all the hot spots, including Tom's.

In a surprise move from the country where the Delta variant recently hit hard, the UK will open to vaccinated EU and US citizens this monday. (New cases in the UK have dropped a lot in the past 7 days). Visitors will still have to test pre-flight and within 2 days of arrival but no quarantine. The 2nd BA flight from DC to LHR, the BWI-LHR flight and the Virgin DC-LHR flight are all resuming next week. 
Important for me with the passport renewal fiasco in the US: unlike European countries that require a passport be good for 3 or 6 months after departure, the UK has no such rules (my passport expires in January). The passport must just be good for the trip dates.
Of course with Brexit, further travel from London will require checking European country rules and sometimes more tests. Also if you layover, some European countries still block travel from the UK I think.