Showing posts with label cruising. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cruising. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Gay mecca - Gran Canaria.

I was in the Canaries recently, which is off the coast of Africa, but technically falls in Europe (Spain). Gran Canaria is beautiful, and has dunes, forests, beaches and is called a content in Miniature. This tiny island is a must visit for everyone.

And with it's warm temperate climate throughout the year which is about 18-25 degrees, it's a haven for all of europe throughout the year. (being Indian I don't actually like anything above 20 degrees - but most Europeans love their sun and high temperatures).


But coming to the main topic - Boy, is the island a gay mecca? Hundreds of gay bars, public cruising int dunes of maspalomas, and the Yumbo Centre which is like a huge mall filled with gay bars, gay discos, gay saunas, gay sex clubs and every other type of gay place - And with thousands of gay tourists from across the world, things get very crazy in Gran canaria. Check out Gay Gran Canaria.

But alas, I was there with a straight friend of mine, and I promised him that I would keep my dick in my pants for the 5 days I was there with him.

However, we ended up walking through the Dunes of Maspalomas (by error) as we were trying to reach a certain lighthouse in Maspalomas and boy, did we end up bumping into some hot and heavy action taking place publically among the dunes. And boy, was my friend more than a little freaked out (to be honest, so was I).  Apparently the authorites know everything that's going on here, and have gone one step ahead of turning a blind eye towards the horny gay tourists (who are the biggest contributors in keeping the island economy running). They've provided markers and trash bags to dispose condoms as well! And after our eye-opening encounter, I came back and trawled the internet and found out all about the cruising in the dunes of maspalomas. It's non-stop action 24 hours a day 265 days a year.



Too bad my friend got freaked out. And no - I'm not into public sex :) well... sorta not :)

And I even found an older gay Indian gentleman who had been living there since twenty years! He owned a shop in the Yumbo and gave me a discount on souveniers! Ah - Indians love other Indians once they're abroad :)



Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Berlin, Berlin.





Okay ...

So in the midst of my summer romance, I kinda skipped posting a few things about Berlin. I was there on Gay pride weekend (coincidence), and did see a bit of the pride passing by (Christopher Street Day - They call it CSD). I think Berlin's the largest gay pride in the world - and man, was the pride parade massive?!

But one of the things that I was most surprised at was the cruising areas in Berlin. I mean; I've seen cruising areas in lots of places - but Berlin had cruising areas in the Tiergarten gardens in the centre of the city. And that city has a population of 3.4 million people and is the capital of Germany - and the whole location is not only central, it's right next to the segassaule and to the German parliament.



So there's guys shagging right next to the German parliament. (okay, 500 meters away). Pretty astounding. Wonder how long it'll last.

As for me; I'm not too into cruising (combination of I'm too much of a pussy, and I find it a bit icky). And I guess I'm kinda a hypocrite considering that I just confessed to having sex in a forest, but I'll have to say that was different. And it was my good ol' German buddy who took me there in the first place - and curious as hell, I went along - only to find that both he and I were never actually going to do anything there, but were both wanting to check it out.

Gay chicken? Indeed.

Berlin's over for now, But it was great. In my travel experience, with all of it's gay bars, districts, clubs and parties, Berlin is definitely the gay capital of the planet. And that includes it being far ahead of the Canaries I visited in May. And it's certainly not for the faint-hearted. :)

http://gaytravel.about.com/od/previewsofpridefestivals/qt/Berlin_Gay_Pride.htm