St. Petersburg?

[AllDaySucker]

Anybody have any info on St. Petersburg (Russia not Florida)?

I'm supposed to go there for a week or so and I don't know zip.

 

Any escorts? Bars? Cruising areas? Websites?

 

Anybody have any experience there?

What's the attitude there? Do you have to be very careful?

 

Thanks for any help.

[trilingual]

There are a few listed on Rentboy. . .

[Guest Love Bubble Butt]

For the hell of it, I checked out the listings for Russia-St. Petersburg. And Yowza!! Check out the guy named lucky!!!!!!! What a cutie and WHAT A BUTT!! :9

[adriano46]

AllDay,

 

You might want to check this too:

 

(http://www.gay.ru/english/travel/russia/spb_ndx.htm)

 

As for the escorts - when I was last there (a year ago) I "bmob" (brought my own boy) from Moscow. He was originally from St. Petersburg, and was a wonderful tour guide as well as companion. I think he has temporarily retired, but sometimes advertises for businessmen as Aleksei or 7heaven

(check under Russia in gaydar.uk)

 

Hope this helps.

 

Beautiful city, but if you do not speak Russian find someone to be an escort (in both senses).

[Guest NotBad]

hallo!

well, i coule be your escort in Leningrad

im that Alexei mentioned here before

write me if interested

7heaven@mail.ru

[adriano46]

Guys,

 

Having met Alexei (above) he is worth a visit!

 

Also try (if you can navigate in Russian) not only the (http://www.gay.ru/) site but another one, (http://www.gayly.ru/) site and on the right, go down to the board on sex for money (in Russian, unfortunately but move your mouse around on the navigating bar and you will find it).

[Guest Deweywop]

>http://www.gayly.ru/) site and on the right, go down to the

>board on sex for money (in Russian, unfortunately but move

>your mouse around on the navigating bar and you will find

>it).

 

Can you give us a few more clues?

[adriano46]

Hey Dewey,

 

Sorry for that. I will give some more explicit addresses for you:

 

(http://www.gayly.ru/messages/money/) for escorts

 

(http://www.gayly.ru/dating/search/) for eye candy

 

How's this??

[trilingual]

Thanks for the addresses. I checked out the escort board, and it's entirely in Russian, which will frustrate most readers here, I suppose. Also, almost none of the escorts has posted a photo (looks like "ØOTO" in Cyrillic), which seems to be more common on http://www.gay.ru

 

For those who can handle the Cyrillic alphabet, there are some intriguing ads here. Wish my Russian were better so I could understand them completely! But there are enough cognates that I can figure out some stuff, and it doesn't take a Ph.D. in Russian Studies to figure out what 20x5 means! :9

[Guest Love Bubble Butt]

Check him out:

 

http://www.rentboy.com/rbs/3342/pictures/3342_1.jpg

http://www.rentboy.com/rbs/3342/pictures/3342_2.jpg

http://www.rentboy.com/rbs/3342/pictures/3342_3.jpg

 

 

:9

[Guest Deweywop]

Thanks. I finally found my way into the message boards, although I still don't know where the link is on the main page.

 

As to the "eye candy" in the non-commercial pages -- my god, all those 16-year-olds looking for dates (from what I can guess)! What's that about?

[adriano46]

Dewey,

 

Yes, that is the dating service for gay boys. When the people at FACELINK put up barriers to prevent others looking in, this site moved up fast it seems, and it appears quite legitimate. I never fail to marvel (admire too) the courage of guys to stick a photo up where anyone can access it. Heck one photo I came across there was of an accountant I know (not for my own company, but have met socially).

[Guest Deweywop]

I must have been taken aback by the same forthrightness. So different and more innocent than the gay scene here. Of course, I can't read russian, but it seemed many of these guys are looking for someone "sympati ..." between 16 and 50! Guess there's hope yet.

 

Actually, the 16 and 17-y-o's give me the creeps (way too young), but the 18-21's include some mighty tasty dishes. Thanks for cluing me in on the site. Now, for a long-distance date by international sign language with some new Russian boyfriend ...

[adriano46]

Deweywop,

 

As in many other Russian message boards, many young boys and young men openly ask for passage to another place, another country.

 

Whether they are really gay or not is an open question as things are more "open" in the sexual preference category.

 

On the other side, quite a few Russians get angry with such advertizing for emigration - and often batter the poor soul who openly courts a young Russian boy for emigration status. The gay.ru English message board is often ruined by such (and religious right wingers etc...). So unless your financial wealth is over the top and you can afford a live-in companion (and they are looking for more than an apartment), be careful.

 

The really young ones you see (16-18 or 19) are occasionally pawns of some broker (sex marketeer) and so best to avoid them (and similarly to avoid such young escorts if you ever visit). Sadly most have no idea of safe sex, nor do they even care. It is definately a "buyer beware" situation if you date one.

[Guest Deweywop]

Adriano,

 

Thanks for all the info. Right now it's idle musings on my part. I've been reading the South American board, but as it's getting closer to summer, my thoughts are turning to Russia for the white nights. (The couple times I experienced near-polar summers, I've loved it.) When you mention "brokers" do you mean there's a dangerous pimp layer in Russia? That would make the youth market doubly-icky. But would it apply to the older escorts too? Is the scene in Russia rougher than South America (in addition to being apparently higher-priced)?

[adriano46]

Deweywop,

 

I am not sure how it compares to Latin America having never been there. However, on the times I have traveled to Moscow and St. Petersburg I always went through an agency - FREEMANBEE being more dependable. Their stable is always pretty good and reasonable (although if I were more proficient in Russian I might be tempted to try some of the cheaper guys who free lance but then again, you have no real idea what you are getting as there are little... or no... references).

 

But also escorts in Russia are far more reasonable in price than anywhere else in Europe or North America, and they do a lot more with a lot less attitude.

[Guest Aaron Lawrence]

How funny that you have discovered this guy! He is a sweetheart and I get an e-mail from him every couple of months. He appeared in my original amateur video that I filmed in Russia under the name of Vasili. He's a power bottom that pushes back against the top as hard as he can - it's a thing of beauty to behold (and experience - I did a scene with him myself!)

 

If you're curious to see a few more pictures of him you can do so on my website at http://www.aaronlawrence.com. His video is "Aaron's Adventures in Russia 1".

 

And yes, I would reccommend him for anyone visiting St. Petersburg. He even knows a bit of English (not a lot but a bit) to help make the experience go more smoothly.

 

--Aaron

[+ Lucky]

Putting escorts aside for a second, if we may, how would one go about finding a reliable English-speaking guide who is at least "gay-friendly?"

And, is St. Petersburg safe for one to visit alone? Not knowing Russian?

Thank you.

[Trixie]

My feeling is that St. Petersburg is very safe to travel alone in. In fact, I traveled alone throughout Russia, and although had a handful of wee language barrier incidents, I never once felt unsafe. And certainly, St. Petersburg is quite simple to navigate, even without any knowledge of russian. A good guidebook will do just fine.

Lonely Planet refers to three gay clubs in their book. After searching out two of them and finding nothing there, I'd have to say they need to update.

Take note!!! Do NOT bother with traveller's checks! Practically no one will take them in Russia.

Trixie

[Guest v94070]

You can check out http://bbs.gay.ru/inostr/

 

One guy there offers the guide service http://bbs.gay.ru/inostr/105266.html

 

His e-mail is nigelmic@europe.com

 

Can't say anything about his services though - as I speak Russian, and after many years visiting the city can probably be a guide myself.

 

I general http://www.xs.gay.ru/english/ (though computer-translated) - is a good starting point to learn about the gay life in SPb

[polac69]

Contact Dima at http://www.dimmaks.narod.ru and you will get a very friendly and professional service. I have used him for Moscow both as travel/tourquide and as provider of nightservice boys. I think he can assist you in St P too.

Good luck

[luczen]

Hello,

I am just back from 1O days St Petersburg

I found it safe to go everywhere.

I had 2 gay guides which I can recommend you: one is Andrey , a very young boy (22) who can provide you with escorts if you want; I had 2 boys from him which where absolutely fabulous; the other is Sergey (31) a really professional guide who can provide you with tickets for Peterhof ect. and who can make you jump queues (of hundreds of people)

Both speak perfect english.

You will find the guides on http://www.gayru.ru:-)

[MscleLovr]

Please can you explain how you contact them/access this site.

 

I tried the Babelfish translation service but it couldn't manage to render it into English! And I clicked on everything but that didn't help either.

 

Thanks!

[adriano46]

Muscle Lover,

 

Check the thread on Moscow and open the last reference I gave some days ago that opens to an English section. On the top of the page in red is a contact sheet for tour guides. Click that and you are in.

 

Scroll down to Dima - first entry - or further down to guys in St. Petersburg. Have fun.

[Guest ossilein]

hi, yes Lucky, did you meet him in person or are you only seduced by some nice pictures?By which way do you recommend him? Of course I could say, look I have this wonderful boy in these pics, but don`t ask me , how he is in reality.Well I didn`t recognize him in the street, in front of my house.His pics are some years old, first I saw a belly and a pale fat face. Make your own oppinion by calling him, but he will get miserable , many customers propose an encounter and don´t show up, they just go by and he doesn´t know.Pete