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Saturday, March 10, 2007

Places to get naked in Europe (gaynude travel) Part 3

Simple and slow to frentic - all kinds of nude vacation experiencesThere is more than one way to enjoy being nude

There are many places all over Europe where gays can have a relaxing, healthy (play safely) and also culturally enriching clothing optional - nude vacation. In Spain, Sitges (near Barcelona,the city itself well worth a visit) has a wonderful gay nude beach. For a sex holiday (sex on the nude). I prefer Playa del Igles / Maspalomas on Gran Canaria, (Spain's Canary Islands off the coast of Morocco). which I have just written a lot about in a recent post below. You can find nude beaches in Italy, Croatia, Czech Republic too.

I particularly like the Austrian 'baden' style public spas - soak in the hot tubs and saunas and then go up and sun on the roof tops - liked the one in Linz. Vienna also has a nudist (although I never found the 'gay' section) on Donau Island recreation area - easily reached by train.South of France - such as Cap d'Agde (nudist city) but I have not actually been there to recommend if it is 'gay' enough.The Netherlands and Belgium have nudist and gay beaches (short distance from major cities). Berlin and Munich (mentioned above) have nudist areas in the major city parks -which can be cruisy (and stimulating - particularly to a closet (or overt) exhibitionist - like me. (see pic at above right of Munich's Englischergarten. It is a mixed clothing optional park - right in the heart of the city. You can find clothed people in one section and the nude people stay on the other side of a central path - some areas are definitely more male-oriented. ).
Budapest,Hungary:

I want to visit Budapest again and go to the outdoor nudist pool, Palatinus, on Margaret Island (or Margit Island, MargitSziget). The island is also home to a great park and hosts many events such as those listed below.

The Turkish and Hungarian baths (hamman) all over the city are great places to be naked with lots of local men. For thermal bath etiquette and information on the various public baths / outdoor pools, steambaths/saunas (hamman ) see this link: http://www.frommers.com/destinations/budapest/0047023857.html
Gay Pride Budapest: Held yearly. The Gay Pride 2007 will take place July 5th to July 8th. The march will be on Saturday, July 7th 2007

August 8-15: Sziget Festival The Sziget Festival ('island') is not a gay event, but one of its venue, the Magic Mirror tent, is officially billed as the GLBT place.

Official Tourist site of Budapest http://www.budapestinfo.hu/en/


Europeans (and North Americans) can also enjoy great nude destinations in the US and Canada.

Don't give up on visiting the US too for a great summer time nudist experience. There are sometimes good deals on flight to JFK (NY) or Boston from Scotland or London or Dublin.For example, Provincetown (fly to Boston or train up from New York) and take a 90 min ferry over to P-town - great little gay resort with a wonderul nude and gay beach 15 min. walk from town. While not ' an officially reconized nude beach (meaning it IS against the law ( federal or state regulations may prohibit), there are long standing traditions of getting naked at the most famous and visited nude beaches in the US. However, it is not a 'right' to get naked, as might be the case in Europe - unfortunately, so you should be aware that park rangers and local police sometimes patrol. Remember, there is safety in numbers.

Gran Canaria : Gay Nude Vacation Resort Island

If you want a great gay trip to Europe, then set your destination for Gran Canaria, one of Spain's Canary Islands located off the coast of Morocco - just 100 miles from the coast of West Africa. I recemmend that you choose Gran Canaria and plan to stay in Playa del Ingles.

You can find decent accommodation on alpharooms.com
(I have been twice March last year and this year and plan to go again in March 2007). Each time I have found very reasonable accommodation (Tinache Apartments has single rooms with kitchenettes). I personally don't recommend staying at a gay resort - there are plenty of gay things to do out for the hotel so paying extra just to be surrounded by other gay couples isn't worth for me. But do as you see fit. I stay at gay resorts in areas where is it harder to meet gay men in the general public - that will not be a problem in Playa del Ingles - with the Dunes and so many gay bars/clubs.
The island is a great winter vacation and has good scuba diving - well, it may not rival the tropics but I have enjoyed it - a 5mm wetsuit was warm enough with water temps about 18-20 C. You can find some cheaper tickets to Gran Canaria (LPA) on Yahoo, Orbitz or other cheap airfare dealers. There are frequent flights from London and Frankfurt, often not on the major carriers but on holiday express routers and discount airlines. I have just SpanAir for cheap flights from Madrid and Barcelona - but other Spain or European departures points are available. I find it useful to fly and return to / from different cities - so that the European vacation gets stretched from gay holiday into a richly cultural and educational one.
The Maspalomas dunes can be wild -- guys are cruising but even hot at some of the gay bars in Playa del Ingles -- I went to the one on the ground floor of the Yumba Shopping Center (converts from tourist shopping mall to gay mecca at night). It was a back room bar with 100 naked men (check your clothes when you enter after 11:30pm). I prefer the dunes for plain cruising -- although men range in age from 20s - 60s - but there are plenty of hot dudes. I plan to go back next March.

Of course, it's a bit like Florida with all the 'northerners and retired couples - average age must to 65 but you can certainly have a gay old time too. There are plenty of younger people (30-40s or so too).
It's not a cultural location - if you want great museums, galleries, and elegant shopping areas then you should stay on the mainland (Europe).. Gran Canaria ( I can't compare the other islands because I've never been) is a ocean resort town - time slows down, people stay out late, get up late and lounge around at pools or on the beach (a lot of them in the nude). There are theme parks - I enjoyed the wild bird and limited zoo, but there a couple more. Exploring the island's indigenious culture and history is a great activity, hiking and walking over the varied terrains, diving / windsurfing, and a visit to the historic capital - where Columbus landed on four of his discovery visits.

You won't really have any trouble hooking up for sex at the bars or anonymously on the nude beach (Maspalomas dunes). Go into the dunes (prepared with condoms, lube, sun screen, and plenty of water). I have not had anything stolen but it's probably good to watch your stuff - I did have my water stolen once. It is hot - temperature wise and it IS hot - sexual climate too! Guys are sometimes get into group sex so it can be very stimulating to stay there all day long - save something for the gay clubs later.
Well, the temps in early - mid March are up to 24 C (in the 70s F).After 10:00pm you'll be able to socialize and find a nice guy to talk to at one of the bar at the Yumbo Center (shopping mall).
At night, it turns into a gay entertainment mall. I am planning to Gran Canaria (Playa del Ingles not from the Dunes at Maspalomas) from about March 22-27. I went last year from March 19-25, and the previous year from March 13-20. Somehow I have never managed to hit Carnival (I guess because it's in Feb) and Gay Pride which is held in May. (reposted here - published onone of my blogs elsewhere)

Wednesday, March 07, 2007

Planning a trip to San Diego









Why anyone would choose LA (Los Angeles) over San Diego (or San Fran or Palm Springs or any other place in CA), I'll never never know. Somehow, I just have never found the charm of LA - maybe because it doesn't exist.   Well.. enough said about that.  Let's talk about San Diego as a great gay travel destination.

San Diego can be a wonderful tourist destination for anyone but, of course, it also is a very nice gay travel site.

Old Town is worth at least a short visit, Sea World and Safari Park (if you have time) but the Zoo and all the attractions in Balboa Park should be taken in. Have dinner (or lunch) in Hillcrest, which is where most of the gay community and businesses are located. Be sure to take the advice (given elsewhere) of having of lunch or at least coffee at Hotel del Coronado - the drive out there is worth it and come back by the Silver Strand - wide flats beach road.


If you have time, it's worth visiting Mexico - Tiajuana is NOT the best face of Mexico but going further south in Baja de California would be worth it. Don't miss going to Black's Beach - the easiest way to get there is to take the Genessee Road exit on I-5 (headed north) or you can also take it from from I-805 (just takes longer). Continue north up Torrey Pines Rd until the road descends to the seashore just after the entrance to Torrey Pines State Reserve (a CA state park). You can park along the road at the beach or if it's too crowded, go inside the park ($10 entrance fee per car). Walk south about 1 mile to Flat Rock (a landmark outcropping along the beach, and then continue about 0.8 mi to the nude beach - here's where the 'gay' section).
 I was just there on March 1 and met up a great guy whom I had known online from another site. We are just fooling around for a candid photo.. there is NOT public sex on the beach - although the hillside dune area used to be very cruisy. The hang gliders overhead make for a great site and scenery (not just nude people ) is highly photographic.


If you have more time to spend, then consider a trip to the high country at Julien (it had snowed the day before I passed thru there on my way to San Diego from Palm Springs. A very beautiful drive is to follow I-8 to Junction of Hwy 79 follow it to Julien - you'll go through Cuymaca State Park where you'll see some great highland countryside and terrific monoliths along the alpine slopes. Julien makes a nice little stop for lunch or antique shoppping, then back track and go through the Anza-Borrega State (Desert) Park toward the Salton Sea. The road from Borrega Springs that I enjoy is S-22 which winds through desert hillside and makes a great place to hike (nude when possible). You'll come out near the middle point of the Salton Sea at Salton City so you can head north up Hwy 86 (4 -lane) to get to I-10 and then left (west) to Palm Springs (and eventually LA).


I hope you have a great trip getting to see San Deigo, Palm Springs, and LA (just a little bit) with a stop at San Onofre Beach nude / gay beach on I-5 at Basilone Rd exit just north of Camp Pendelton.

Travel to Japan - Recommendations for Second Trip



Places between Tokyo and Nagasaki -- well, let's see.

If you have not already seen Nikko (about 2 hours from Tokyo sort northwest) you definitely should go there. I suspect you've already been but it IS worth a second or third trip if the season is different; spring flowers, fall leaves, winter xcountry skiing round out the Toshogu shrine - whose beauty is unsurpassed in its magnificence.


Further south is nearer to Mt. Fuji is Hakone. - a hot spring resort area around a mountain lake.


I think the Kanazawa area and Noto Peninsula is worth a visit on the Japan Sea coast but it's harder to get around there without a car - although trains should be sufficient. The northern island of Hokkaido would be a great place to visit during June (when most of the rest of the country is bathed in the pre-summer rainy season). It's a place for nature lovers with wider open spaces and natural hot springs, cycling and hiking. Sometimes there are travel deals or air or rail passes for tourists that make it attractive to go up north.
Nara is the another ancient capital of the country so you may have seen or might have bypassed it for Kyoto. Himeji Castle is worth a visit (near Kobe).


Hiroshima and the Peace Memorial as well as nearby Miyajima (Itsuku-shima Shrine) -another World Heritage site like Himeji Castle, is considered to one of the three most beautiful places in Japan (by its citizens). On the way toward Kyushu is the historic Okayama prefecture village of Kurashiki and nearby you can see the many islands of the Seto Sea (eastern shore along the Pacific).



I enjoyed visiting Beppu and Kumamoto and the environs of Mt. Aso on the island of Kyushu - the volcanic hot springs and mud and sand baths were great.

My next trip will be to visit Shikoku Island - which has both cultural and historical sites as well as stunning natural mountain and seaside landscapes.




Monday, March 05, 2007

Experiencing CMNM flashing: Ideas for hotels and hostels





March 5th, 2007, 14:10 PM (previous posted on JUB - which does not have a RSS feed)



These next series of posts might be interesting to someone who wants to be see naked by other guys - particularly by str8 or clothed men when you are in 'nude' situations. I don't consider this blatant or in-your-face exhibitionism - for me, it is a sort of sensous and partly innocent accident flashing or being seen naked (or purpose) where nudity might be expected. I find it even hotter and more sexually stimulating when the guys doing the looking are either supposedly straight or are themselves clothed. It's great when they take notice or when you can tell that they kind of like the experience (or the freedom and license) to get naked them. Many don't need to get permission and quite a few don't care or even notice, but you know never what will happen or how they might react - there are surprising results sometimes - and far from bad ones.

A few weeks ago a posted question came from somebody on another board:

I am staying in a budget hotel next week with shower and toilet in the hallway. Stayed there before and tried the basic stuff. Like walking to the shower and up and down the corridors in underwear, and even nude, but was, as far as I know, never seen. Does anyone have any creative ideas to show off or to risk being seen in this situation? Perhaps I can post some pics of your fantasy.
Here is how I responded to the guy's request for suggestions:

I had a conference in Honolulu and had planned to stay in a shared hotel room with a str8 buddy. As it turns out, my friend is not going to make it (his wife is coming along), so I made a reservation for a large (10 bed) dorm room in one of these hotels. It sounds like I might had more luck to choose the small dorm room (just 4 beds) since it might be more conducive to a break-out jo sessions. I know I'll be horny as hell and probably not get a wink of sleep - just hearing out guys breathing / turning over / adjust clothese / and the normal sounds of sleeping turns me on like crazy. I don't know what I'll do if one of them is audibly (or visilbly) beating off. Still, I'd love to hear more.

I'll be at a hostel next week Feb 15-18. It's more like budget hotel with shared rooms 4 to 8 people in either co-ed or female only room.

However, it's actually rare to have a coed dorm room be that. single women at a hostel rarely stay in a dorm so they are most all male -- but some regular hotels and inns have larger rooms where guests/strangers who don't know each other share at least a WC/shower but also the bedroom (and lounge/ en suite facilities (kitchen / bathroom etc). Here are my suggestions for the hotel you've chosen: ( I think you only have a shared bath/toilet . But it really all depends on the actual place and how lucky (popular LOL) you are with the other guests).


Whether it's a true hostel situation or just a hotel that's cheaply built; changes how you can set up a flash - we're obviously talking about innocent exposure (and kind of CMNM - not a full-on shove -hard cock in their face). If you can do that kind, you probaly would NOT be asking for advice. So it depends on the rooms (size and number of beds shared if at all) the layout of rooms and hallways, number of floors, how big (or small) the bath /toilet (in Europe (and Japan) , it's always separate but not in North America. Other important things are who are the guests - backpackers - young, free-minded and playful or staid conversative hardline tourist or locals who are just too stingy to stay at more expensive hotels (no offense - I'Ve stayed at many a budget hotel myself - there are many reasons to do so - than just saving money - friendliness, personal attention and a chance to talk to local owners (who are more likely to own and run it themselves) etc,..


1) leave the door unlocked - even if you are NOT 'surprised' once when somebody embarrassingly open it while you're nude..for example they open the door and then close it quickly after getting a glimpse of you - (even though you did see or don't acknowlege having seen them) at least , he will know that there is a good possibility of it happening again (you've established a 'predictable' pattern ) so he might just deliberating sneak open the door the next time for a better look or just swing it back wide to give somebody else a look.


2) stay at least 3 nights -if you can.. Notice other's habits/timing for taking showering (or needing the bathroom) -- then make sure you're there before during or after - in some states of undress.

3) Sometimes you can time it so well that you can be ready with all your stuff and clutching your towel loosely around your waste.. and then look disappointed if he makes in in before you. if he hesitate just say you won't be long or you're in a rush to an appointment so ask if you can jump inthe shower quickly ahead of him - while he shaves ...

4) If it's the reverse you get in first but see that he was wanting to shower/use the bath too (he's got his shower gear etc). You can suggest he go first IF you can get started with shaving -- then you can come in too and strip naked and shave until he gets finished with his shower. and comes out to dry.
5) Use the shared bath/shower on another floor - then you have an excuse to be half-naked (skimpy towel that seems to be falling down by inself ) for a long distance... People want notice unless - for example, you ride up and down on the elevator naked to visit many floors.

6) Pretend to go to a room (on the same or different floor where you KNOW there is not guest) - you can see the key has not been picked up - there are not footsteps at all from the room directly above yours. Then act like you're trying to get into visit that 'empty' room's guest - wearing only your underwear or skimpy towel -- you can knock of the door just as someone opens to come out or when the elevator opens -- knock and whisper a name but drop something -- bending over to pick it up you 'accidently' loose grip on the towel around your naked loins - IT'S OLD comedy routine but it works because most people are embarassed for you NOT because of you. If you clumsy -looking enough, sometimes people will even reach out to help you retrieve something - like the towel. and then you can turn to be red-faced with mocked shame... The problem with this one is that you can't be sure the person who will view is male or female.

7) Another way to so pretend to be mistaken about a friend's room number. Most people won't open for a complete stranger but if you are insistent and seem to KNOW a real person who you know is 'inside' - most people will open the door to correct your error - out of kindness - If they don't or won't, and just yell through the door then nothing's been harmed. If they do open it without speaking to you first, you can just pretend to be expecting your 'friend' and start to come in through the door - but you'LL SO surprised that the person is NOT who you were expecting that you drop your shower/bath gear and then loose hold of the towel trying to catch the shampoo bottle. It's better if you actually do have your hands full or holding some else because the 'normal 'reaction would be to turn or to try to cover your genitals.

The guy (hopefully you'll get one 50%of the time) will either look up at your face (either before or after he looks right at your cock). If it's noticeable he's not completely disgusted or seems to find it amusing, then smile and apologize and explain that you thought Hans/George was in this room and you needed to give him an urgent message - all the while still not covering up and even almost or dropping something else (unbreakable) to that the guy (guest) has to get down and look up to see from a 'better' angle. Your cock should have swelled a bit now -- so he'll show even more appreciation in his eyes or make it clear that he wants you to leave.

Finally...
Hey.. I came up with a lot of bold and perhaps successful ones -- I can't wait to try out some of them myself... Final suggestion, next time try a hostel - you're in a room all the time with men - so you can be as naked as much as you can get away with it-- the bath/shower is attached usually so you can freely go back and forth in the nude to your own ..


Nowadays.. I'm sure that might be one reason that advertize these rooms as MIXED or COED - but - in truth - only a group of women would stay in a mixed group room - usually then the hotel clerk puts that group by itself. Also there are women only group rooms - so it's very like you'll only be put in a room with men. What I hate is when I am the ONLY person in the room. Sometimes if the hostel is not busy -they will put a lone 'wolf' - single older guys into one of the doubles/couples rooms (for the same price ) but sometimes I think it's just them taking a precaution - or out of respect for the noise that younger (under 26) supposedly make. Frankly I LIKE the noise they make - that's why I'm staying in the hostel (that and the opportunity to see and be seen naked). Still it is lucky to happen because most people are stranger than they are normal around strangers. LOL ..

I'll let you know how my trip to one goes next week.


By the way, there are many chances to do get naked in public bath (baden ) and spas or hot springs. In Japan, there are onsen (hot springs resort - where you can also get a day-pass just for the indoor and outdoors hot pools); there are even still pubic baths - sento - where you pay about 4$ to sit naked among or across from other men (sometimes young men and teens - but all ages) and wash and soap your body-- paying special attention to scrubbing your cock and balls. and then soak nude in the hot communal pool (after rinsing). It's a tradition that is rapidly dying out. Any ideas or experiences about a flashing at 8 person hostel room (it may be coed)? It's in Honolulu and I don't know the shower set-up -since shower stall or communal (I hope)
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