[AlphaTravel]

I don't even recall having much of a boner. I had one for sure but nothing crazy, it was all over shadowed by the rapid heart beat, banging headaches, jitteryness, anxiety and other nasty effects. I don't recall it being a non stop boner for days or anything.

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200mg is an insane amount of viagra, start with 20mg first if you are a young dude. At least thats whats i heard, never tried viagra, i think its for old dudes. I did some 10mg cialis, that will work for 2 days.

How can you not find a decent love hotel in Rio ? they are everywhere. I went to one close to a favela and paid 80 relais/35 dolla. It was a luxury room with sauna and everything.

Yeah a quarter of a pill works for me I've now found. I don't need it but after far too much to drink it can turn a lackluster fuck into an epic one so worth to have around IMO.

It was during Carnival, everywhere was full. We spent 2hrs looking for one and only found this one in Centro in the end, as you know not a good area to be in at night. There were no saunas in this place, a basic and very dirty bed, a disgusting bathroom and insects everywhere.

[Aliblahba]

(03-04-2012 07:54 AM)AlphaTravel Wrote:  

I don't even recall having much of a boner. I had one for sure but nothing crazy, it was all over shadowed by the rapid heart beat, banging headaches, jitteryness, anxiety and other nasty effects. I don't recall it being a non stop boner for days or anything.

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200mg is an insane amount of viagra, start with 20mg first if you are a young dude. At least thats whats i heard, never tried viagra, i think its for old dudes. I did some 10mg cialis, that will work for 2 days.

How can you not find a decent love hotel in Rio ? they are everywhere. I went to one close to a favela and paid 80 relais/35 dolla. It was a luxury room with sauna and everything.

Yeah a quarter of a pill works for me I've now found. I don't need it but after far too much to drink it can turn a lackluster fuck into an epic one so worth to have around IMO.

It was during Carnival, everywhere was full. We spent 2hrs looking for one and only found this one in Centro in the end, as you know not a good area to be in at night. There were no saunas in this place, a basic and very dirty bed, a disgusting bathroom and insects everywhere.

Back in '04-06 I used to walk/drive the streets of Baghdad looking for IED's. When the unit pussed out I'd step out of the vehicle and proof that shit. You only live once. Make it count.

[Greek kamaki]

From heaven to hell

I was in a disco in an Ukrainian city when I saw one girl hot in appearance greeting whole heartly some guys.I guessed she would be responsive and started talking to her.After a while she asked me to buy her a drink.Then she introduced me her girlfriend.When I made first attempt to kiss her she told me kiss my friend so I turned left and kissed her girlfriend tongue down.Then her girlfriend started talking to me she was very excited.I had my hands over her thighs while the other hand was over the waist of the other one.Behind us in the table were some girls who I had talked to before and had extracted a phone number so I should judge quickly where to devote my interest.Music played loud,drinks succeeded one the other at some point the first girl left and I focused on her friend.

I started touching her legs then her belly.What a pity I thought she does not wear a skirt but shorts.Then I thought I could get access from the side of her shorts I put my hand in and after a while I inserted my finger into her pussy with no resistance.All the time we talked about topics like rock music etc and the girl did not react at all when I was talking fingering her pussy she also talked normally withour any disturbance.We sat in front of the bar so the barman could see everything but he did not lift a bat.Also the people around us could maybe understand what was going on but I was becoming gradually drunk to notice it.

At one point she left to the toilet and I left the seat to search for the first girl.I saw her coming from the toilet talking to some guys.I approached her and told her to get back.When we arrived her girlfriend was there.So I sat between them and then French kissed the first girl while massaging the nipples of her girlfriend under her blouse.She toled me kiss my friend and I complied.So I alternated between kissing the one and then the other I thought maybe I can come to the girls who look at us from the back and do some kissing as well anyway at some point the first girl tells me sth about going to another club.

I told her all right and came out with them to order a taxi.I had already their numbers.When they got into a taxi she(the first girl) told me come with us.I told them sorry I have to get back to the club(I wanted to work on the other girls as well).They told me come with us and pushed me into the cab.Then I was in the front seat while four hands were massaging me all over from the backside.It has happened to me several time in Ukraine to get affection even stroking by girls in taxis so I did not pay any particular attention.The taxi driver was also cool.

So we arrived to a seemingly luxurious place for afternight.It was a casino restaurant.I told the girls how are we supposed to get in they told me the restaurant is open we will sit there.

As we sat the first girl started touching me while the other girl fell asleep on my legs.I was already quite drunk and hoped to get a BJ at least at the restaurant.Then the waiter appeared and the first girl started ordering in Ukrainian.I had no idea what she ordered apart from the word champagne.At one moment dishes started to arrive mostly with sea food.Then the waiter opened a bottle of champagne.The girl asked me how much money I had with me I showed her 700 euro in wallet.

Then I told her please I am very drunk better go to my apartment.She told me not now we will go tomorrow when you do for us some shopping.Then you can fuck both of us.I told her please letat least your girlfriend to come with me(the one I fingered).She told me no she does what I tell her and she will come with me.

The bill arrived and I saw 715.This was a big amount because at that time the exchange rate was 1 euro to 5.6 grivnya so I had to pay about 120 euro.I thought it was a rip off.Anyway I put the money out and the waiter told me it was not 715 grivnya but rather 715 euro!I was completely taken by surprise.No way I told him I am going to pay for this ridiculous amount show me the list.He presented to me a list where the prices were not in grivnya anymore as in the list I had seen for first time but in euro.I told him this was not the list you showed me before.He denied that.He told me if I did not pay I could not exit the restaurant and he would call the police.The security of the restaurant came.

The situation was very hard as being detained in Ukraine and having to bribe policemen in a place where no embassy was and no possible Greek for assistance would cause to me considerable trouble.So I decided to pay him.I told him O.K. Take these 700 euro and let me out.He told me sorry Sir I have to keep your passport as a guarantee to be granted the 15 euro.I told him please I need the passport it is only 15 euro.He told me no I am obliged to keep it so we can get the money tomorrow.I thought everything was destroyed that I would be left with no money anymore in Ukraine and had another 4 days to spend.(I had already paid for the apartment).Then I remembered that I had hid 150euro in the apartment just in case.

When I got out humiliated I saw the first girl in crossed arms with the waiter.I felt completely disgusted by her and the trick she pulled on me.She told me tomorrow we will wait for you for shopping.Of course I told her.

It was like going from heaven to hell.From fingering a pussy and kissing another girl to complete devastation and getting ripped off not knowing if I would have the means to stay in Ukraine.This is Ukraine I thought the extreme always prevails.I got to the apartment walking in the cold night when I lost the route because it was away from the centre and I could not see th ebuildings good in the night.At the end I found it I got 15 euro and returned to the restaurant at 6.00 in the morning.

I had only 135 euro to spend for the rest 4 days.

By the time I had the date with the two girls I got about 100 meters away and looked at them in sexy outfits searching for me.I left them waiting since shopping was out of the question.Then I started pick up again and in some hours I was already hands in hands with a student tall and thin who I met on the street.She was the low maintenance type so I spend the rest three days with her but this is another story.

[AlphaTravel]

So after them scamming you they still turned up for the date? And even crazier you turned up actually considering going on the date or have I misunderstood?

[Deb Auchery]

You took out 700 euros with you at night, you obviously thought you needed that much, and it turns out you did!

[Spike]

Its a typical and famous bar scam all over Eastern Europe. Some one who knows his shit should know that.

[Greek kamaki]

(03-05-2012 05:08 AM)Neil Skywalker Wrote:  

Its a typical and famous bar scam all over Eastern Europe. Some one who knows his shit should know that.

Girls letting you finger their pussy in disco in order to scam you in an upscale restaurant?I do not think it is so common.

[Moma]

(03-05-2012 05:45 AM)Greek kamaki Wrote:  

(03-05-2012 05:08 AM)Neil Skywalker Wrote:  

Its a typical and famous bar scam all over Eastern Europe. Some one who knows his shit should know that.

Girls letting you finger their pussy in disco in order to scam you in an upscale restaurant?I do not think it is so common.

Poor fellow. I don't blame you, lizards can be very deceiving. One can never trust them because of their lesser physical prowess, they are always on a lick.

Glossary:

Lick = Scheme to scam someone.

[Greek kamaki]

The moral I took from this story was never let a girl order in a restaurant especially if she talks in the native language.

[Aliblahba]

Woke up this morning with 2 hookers in the hotel room. They were squawking in some African dialect about me not paying. I didn't fuck them, so I refused to pay. Especially after seeing that they had ordered room service. The room looks like a tornado hit it and I lost my bank card. They go into the minibar too. I fucking hate it when they do that.

Apparently I called Emech for 26 minutes last night but I don't remember that either. I really need to find that bank card. I must have left it at the club.

[Spike]

(03-05-2012 06:50 AM)Aliblahba Wrote:  

Woke up this morning with 2 hookers in the hotel room. They were squawking in some African dialect about me not paying. I didn't fuck them, so I refused to pay. Especially after seeing that they had ordered room service. The room looks like a tornado hit it and I lost my bank card. They go into the minibar too. I fucking hate it when they do that.

Apparently I called Emech for 26 minutes last night but I don't remember that either. I really need to find that bank card. I must have left it at the club.

Losing a bank card sucks, it happened to me in Estonia, i kept on traveling because i still had cash dollars on me. My family send me a new bank card by fedex. The card was in moscow within 48 hours but Russian customs held the envelope with the bankcard and some family pictures for 6 days. Good thing was that i picked up the girl working at the hostel.The first lay of my trip and first Russian girl i banged.

Just before i went home after almost 3 years of traveling, i lost my drivers license when going out with Gmac in DC. It costs 87 euro's to replace that little plastic card in Holland. I still haven't got one now but drive almost every day.

[Spike]

(03-05-2012 05:45 AM)Greek kamaki Wrote:  

(03-05-2012 05:08 AM)Neil Skywalker Wrote:  

Its a typical and famous bar scam all over Eastern Europe. Some one who knows his shit should know that.

Girls letting you finger their pussy in disco in order to scam you in an upscale restaurant?I do not think it is so common.

Not to bash on you but this is an famous and obvious scam, the girls probably saw that you had lots of money and didn't mind a little finger banging to get to that money. They were probably connected to the restaurant that scammed you. And you even tried to go out with them the next day..

[brianmark]

(03-05-2012 06:21 AM)Greek kamaki Wrote:  

The moral I took from this story was never let a girl order in a restaurant especially if she talks in the native language.

I spent a lot of time in the Ukraine..
1. The moral of the story don't get so drunk
2. The moral of the story is you have to control the situation.
3. The moral of the the story is if you hang out with shit, you are going to get dirty. If you spend your time with low class whores that have no interst in you, but to use you as an ATM, they will take what they can get!

[Moma]

The kamaki experience can happen in any country where the people are poorer (on average) than you.

Use caution on all people. Keep reiterating you are poor and make up some bullshyt refugee nonsense. Be elusive.

However, getting scammed can happen to the best of us. Life is nothing without trust and whenever you trust, one can always get jipped by the predators.

No wahala, kamaki, it's a good story and you are still here to tell the story.

[Greek kamaki]

(03-05-2012 07:34 AM)brianmark Wrote:  

(03-05-2012 06:21 AM)Greek kamaki Wrote:  

The moral I took from this story was never let a girl order in a restaurant especially if she talks in the native language.

I spent a lot of time in the Ukraine..
1. The moral of the story don't get so drunk
2. The moral of the story is you have to control the situation.
3. The moral of the the story is if you hang out with shit, you are going to get dirty. If you spend your time with low class whores that have no interst in you, but to use you as an ATM, they will take what they can get!

You are right about the drunken state.Of course I was cautious not to get drunk since I had 700 euro in my wallet but the girls managed to get me wasted by drinking shots continuously in the disco(where I did not spend much paradoxically it was about 50 euro I think.My other mistake was to comply to.follow them to another venue but there was some misunderstanding as well I thought they were inviting me to stay with them in the night in their apartment and only during taxi drive I became aware where we were heading(which was quite a famous hotspot in this city by the way one girl I had later told.me even that her parents took their wedding celebration there.

[Greek kamaki]

(03-05-2012 07:29 AM)Neil Skywalker Wrote:  

(03-05-2012 05:45 AM)Greek kamaki Wrote:  

(03-05-2012 05:08 AM)Neil Skywalker Wrote:  

Its a typical and famous bar scam all over Eastern Europe. Some one who knows his shit should know that.

Girls letting you finger their pussy in disco in order to scam you in an upscale restaurant?I do not think it is so common.

Not to bash on you but this is an famous and obvious scam, the girls probably saw that you had lots of money and didn't mind a little finger banging to get to that money. They were probably connected to the restaurant that scammed you. And you even tried to go out with them the next day..

I suppose they knew the establishment of the restaurant casino and decided to make some extra money.It was not only the waiter who cooperated with them but the bartenders the cashier and the security as well.

[Greek kamaki]

(03-05-2012 07:29 AM)Neil Skywalker Wrote:  

[quote] (03-05-2012 05:45 AM)Greek kamaki Wrote:  

Its a typical and famous bar scam all over Eastern Europe. Some one who knows his shit should know that.

Not to bash on you but this is an famous and obvious scam, the girls probably saw that you had lots of money and didn't mind a little finger banging to get to that money. They were probably connected to the restaurant that scammed you. And you even tried to go out with them the next day..

I suppose they knew the establishment of the restaurant casino and decided to make some extra money.It was not only the waiter who cooperated with them but the bartenders the cashier and the security as well.

[Spike]

From my blog

Kazakhstan - Train ride from Almaty to Irkutsk

The train ride back to Russia and further to Irkutsk was a ride from hell. Let me start on the first 35 hour ride to the Russian city Novosibirsk. Getting the train ticket was a piece of cake this time, the woman behind the counter didn’t ask for any migration papers and didn’t even make a problem when I bought a ticket for a train ride after my visa ended. I did this because I didn’t want to arrive in a major Russian city at 3 in the morning which is definitely not save. So I bought a ticket for a train later that arrived at 10 in the morning. The ticket purchase went super fast because I got help from a lady waiting in line. After I had the ticket she tried to convince me to join a church and gave me a full jesus freak preach. Eh No thanks I don't believe in fairy tales.

After buying the ticket I went back to my room to pack my bag and buy some food for on the train. I said goodbye to the old Russian lady and went to the station. I thought I was smart to get some money for bribing the railway police so I took about 150 dollars worth of Kazakh Tenge out of the ATM. I got on the train and after a while I was checked by railway police at some station. They found out my visa was expired ( just a few hours and were making problems. I started to negotiate a bribe by writing numbers on my translation book, they didn’t speak any English. At one point they agreed on 20 dollars but they told me as far I could understand that I couldn’t leave the country like this. I said I was going to the border anyway. Suddenly they didn’t want the bribe anymore and let me go. I was happy not to pay a dime to those hicks not knowing what a surprise would follow at the border.

Once again the train was filled with all kinds of characters. No good looking single women that was for sure. A few 100 kilometer before the border the whole train wagon came alive. I already noticed that a few people has piles of enormous bags with them. They started to unpack those bags and out cam e the t-shirts,jeans and dresses. Others had massive amounts of alcohol with them. Vodka, whiskey and wine.
The train conductor was the great leader in all this and he tried to stash 4 bottles of whiskey in my bag. I told him no way. Let him do his own smuggling. All the mattresses were lifted and got a pile of jeans under them. All the pillowcases were filled with t-shirts and dresses, this whole process took about an hour. When we finally reached the Kazakh/Russian border, the train got raided by customs soldiers, they started checking all the passports. I remembered that the officer wanted dollars instead of their currency. I reached in my bag and looked for my hidden pocket. Normally I would wear the money belt under my clothes but in Almaty it was so hot that I left it in my bag a few times. Wearing a money belt at 40 degrees is not pleasant for your nuts, you sweat allday down there.
I found my money belt but the money was gone. I suspected that the grandson of the old Russian lady of whom i rented a 4 dollar from took it. He was a scumbag always asking me for small change and cigarettes. I heard him often yell at the old lady. Just before I went on the train I bought some groceries for the long rain rife and didn’t pay attention to my bag. This was probably the moment the bastard stole my money. Luckely for him I didn’t check before I left because I’m not the forgiving type or the average schoolboy backpacker. I would of beat the living daylights out of him right in his own house. I’ve been my own judge a couple of times before.

Anyway the money was gone and I couldn’t do a damn thing about it. The customs officer looked at my passport and saw that my visa was expired. He told me to go outside of the train. At the moment I walked out there were a few soldiers around me. One had a big German Sheppard dog who was nearly biting me and another soldier who sticking his AK-47 in my back. The soldier with the gun pushed me in front of him towards a small office. I had to walk past the train and literally everyone was watching me. The train nearly fell to its side because everyone was looking through the windows. Inside the office I was questioned why I overstayed my visa. They wanted to know everything, they told me they had to send me back to Almaty to get another visa. Sounds ridiculous right ? Take a 30 hour train ride back to Almaty and get a 100 dollar visa for one day. Well, they were dead serious about it. This went on for half an hour, 4 people were constantly asking me difficult questions, making phone calls and faxing my picture around. At one moment an officer from the Russian side of the border walked in, He had a lot of stripes on his shoulder and a massive hat, It looked impressive. He spoke reasonable English. He wanted me to explain the situation and asked me where I was from and I answered him Holland. There appeared a big smile on his face and he got all enthusiastic. Apparently he was a major football fan and he said that the Russian football team had a Dutch coach named Guus Hiddink ( this was 2009 ). Guus Hiddink had some good success with the Russian team something that didn’t happen for years. He is one of the best football coaches in the world and the one responsible for South Korea's success in 2002. I joined his enthusiasm and kept him talking about football. He began talking to the Kazakhs and apparently convinced them to let me go because that’s what they did. I had to fill in some documents and that was it. No fine nothing !

I got back on the train and everyone asked what happened. The train was moving again and people were unpacking all their smuggled stuff from everywhere in the wagon. Not much later we arrived in Novosibirsk. I was running short on time, I had to go to Mongolia before a specific date otherwise my Mongolian Visa wouldn’t be valid anymore. The next train to Irkutsk was leaving in a few hours and I bought a ticket for it. Because I didn’t use the Kazahk money for bribing I wanted to change it to Russian rubles. Funny enough I couldn’t find a exchange boot anywhere. I went to several banks who couldn’t or wouldn’t change it. There was one bank on the other side of town who would change it but I didn’t know how much time that would take. I assumed I couldn’t change it somewhere else but I was wrong. No bank would take the money, not in Russia, Japan or China. After Hong Kong I gave up and till this day I’m stuck with 150 dollars worth of Kazakh money. Maybe next time, I still need to catch my Kazakh flag. The first year I wasn’t really focused on catching flags so I missed out on lots of opportunities.

The next train ride took another 40 hours and I slept most of the time. There were a few shady characters in the train wagon. Two Siberian truck drivers who needed to be on the train for some reason. One was wearing an eye patch and looked pretty beat up, the other one was a drunk. Others warned me not to hang out with them but there was no escaping from them. They just kept sitting close to me and I decided to make the best of it and we drank a bottle of vodka together. The next morning when I woke up they were gone but all my stuff was still there so everything worked just fine. Normally the girls/woman working on the train are fucking horrible but this time there was a nice looking girl named Elen working and she was super friendly. She brought me free tea the whole day and we chatted a lot. Her English was not sufficient for a normal conversation but we go along. The last 10 hours the wagon was almost empty and I was so bored that I helped the train girl with cleaning and folding all the sheets and blankets. We exchanged numbers and facebook because there was a small change we meet up again in Irkutsk. After almost 80 hours and lots of trouble I finally arrived in Irkutsk.

Picture of Elen and me

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[brianmark]

(03-05-2012 07:56 AM)Greek kamaki Wrote:  

(03-05-2012 07:34 AM)brianmark Wrote:  

(03-05-2012 06:21 AM)Greek kamaki Wrote:  

The moral I took from this story was never let a girl order in a restaurant especially if she talks in the native language.

I spent a lot of time in the Ukraine..
1. The moral of the story don't get so drunk
2. The moral of the story is you have to control the situation.
3. The moral of the the story is if you hang out with shit, you are going to get dirty. If you spend your time with low class whores that have no interst in you, but to use you as an ATM, they will take what they can get!

You are right about the drunken state.Of course I was cautious not to get drunk since I had 700 euro in my wallet but the girls managed to get me wasted by drinking shots continuously in the disco(where I did not spend much paradoxically it was about 50 euro I think.My other mistake was to comply to.follow them to another venue but there was some misunderstanding as well I thought they were inviting me to stay with them in the night in their apartment and only during taxi drive I became aware where we were heading(which was quite a famous hotspot in this city by the way one girl I had later told.me even that her parents took their wedding celebration there.

I know I'm coming down on you hard, but be careful or you can end up dead, after they have drained all your accounts. My friend went out in Ukraine and left a bar in a taxi w/ a couple of girls and finally got home the next day. He gave the driver $100, but the driver said he owed him another $300 USD. So we just left the apt and didn't pay him. That night when he got back to the apt. The driver was still there waiting for his money, threatening to get the police. My friend payed him finally because he realized it would only get worse. The Ukraine has a criminal element, don't forget it!

[Greek kamaki]

In taxi in Ukraine you always have to prenegotiate the price.Otherwise they are going to ask for astronomical prices.Moreover taxi drivers will not make a discount for you if they see that you go from one driver to the other to ask for a better price.Because they are all friends and have agreed how much to take from the foreigner.So you have to find two drivers who are not friends and get them to compete in prices against each other.This is difficult when you come out of the clubs so expect to be ripped off in some degree.(there is no other means of transportation during the night).

A common trick the taxi drivers in Kiev pull is they tell you I have no change.So if you have preagreed to pay him 10 euro and you have a 20 euro banknote he will take the 20 euro and keep it as he will have no change.It is impossible to change anywhere close so in anycase you lose.That is why you should always have with you the exact amount you have pre negoritated and always pay in grivnya.

Some girls hopefully have friends who are taxi drivers and will make you a discount(although again you will be ripped off by ukrainian standards).Only if the girl is too much into you you are going to have a real price because she will arrange the taxi for her and put you instead.

[Spike]

(03-06-2012 08:59 AM)Greek kamaki Wrote:  

In taxi in Ukraine you always have to prenegotiate the price.Otherwise they are going to ask for astronomical prices.Moreover taxi drivers will not make a discount for you if they see that you go from one driver to the other to ask for a better price.Because they are all friends and have agreed how much to take from the foreigner.So you have to find two drivers who are not friends and get them to compete in prices against each other.This is difficult when you come out of the clubs so expect to be ripped off in some degree.(there is no other means of transportation during the night).

A common trick the taxi drivers in Kiev pull is they tell you I have no change.So if you have preagreed to pay him 10 euro and you have a 20 euro banknote he will take the 20 euro and keep it as he will have no change.It is impossible to change anywhere close so in anycase you lose.That is why you should always have with you the exact amount you have pre negoritated and always pay in grivnya.

Some girls hopefully have friends who are taxi drivers and will make you a discount(although again you will be ripped off by ukrainian standards).Only if the girl is too much into you you are going to have a real price because she will arrange the taxi for her and put you instead.

I have seen this kind of scamming taxi drivers in almost all of the 42 countries i went to on my trip. The No Change line is probably the most famous one. Again, not bashing here but this so obvious to anyone who has left his western country and went to a poorer country.

In Kazakhstan, you can just stick out your hand besides the road and anyone will stop to give you a ride. Negotiate a price in russian numbers or use your fingers as an example of the amount. I have taken rides with students,housewives,old men and just about everything in between with this system. Do they use the same system in Ukraine ?

[UrbanNerd]

Although I had the MOST fun times in Brazil and Dominican Republic, the wildest experiences were in Toronto from 1992-1998. That was when there was no BET cable channel in Toronto and there wasn't an NBA team (or it was just created) and the number of American brothas visiting Toronto was still low. An American brotha was basically a novelty in Toronto and it really did not take much game to bang chicks. During Caribana 1994, my boy (from Detroit) drove his new Chevy Mustang Convertible and I rented one and drove from DC to Toronto. We were staying at the Marriott Eaton Centre. The currency rate was $1 US to $1.50 Canadian.

American Brothas + Fly Cars + Nice Hotel = bangs within HOURS of meeting chicks

All we basically had to do was drive down Younge street and holla at chicks. No P4P, no dinners, no movies...just meet and bang.

This was the old naive pre-Americanized Toronto.

[Hencredible Casanova]

(03-06-2012 02:27 PM)UrbanNerd Wrote:  

Although I had the MOST fun times in Brazil and Dominican Republic, the wildest experiences were in Toronto from 1992-1998. That was when there was no BET cable channel in Toronto and there wasn't an NBA team (or it was just created) and the number of American brothas visiting Toronto was still low. An American brotha was basically a novelty in Toronto and it really did not take much game to bang chicks. During Caribana 1994, my boy (from Detroit) drove his new Chevy Mustang Convertible and I rented one and drove from DC to Toronto. We were staying at the Marriott Eaton Centre. The currency rate was $1 US to $1.50 Canadian.

American Brothas + Fly Cars + Nice Hotel = bangs within HOURS of meeting chicks

All we basically had to do was drive down Younge street and holla at chicks. No P4P, no dinners, no movies...just meet and bang.

This was the old naive pre-Americanized Toronto.

What kind of chicks were you pulling in TO in those days? Where were they from? Were they black chicks? I know the black folks up there aren't really "native" to Canada like black people in the US. They often come from the Caribbean or somewhere in Africa (i.e. Ethiopia).

[brianmark]

(03-06-2012 08:59 AM)Greek kamaki Wrote:  

In taxi in Ukraine you always have to prenegotiate the price.Otherwise they are going to ask for astronomical prices.Moreover taxi drivers will not make a discount for you if they see that you go from one driver to the other to ask for a better price.Because they are all friends and have agreed how much to take from the foreigner.So you have to find two drivers who are not friends and get them to compete in prices against each other.This is difficult when you come out of the clubs so expect to be ripped off in some degree.(there is no other means of transportation during the night).

A common trick the taxi drivers in Kiev pull is they tell you I have no change.So if you have preagreed to pay him 10 euro and you have a 20 euro banknote he will take the 20 euro and keep it as he will have no change.It is impossible to change anywhere close so in anycase you lose.That is why you should always have with you the exact amount you have pre negoritated and always pay in grivnya.

Some girls hopefully have friends who are taxi drivers and will make you a discount(although again you will be ripped off by ukrainian standards).Only if the girl is too much into you you are going to have a real price because she will arrange the taxi for her and put you instead.

This isn't wild, just more cab stories and no change stories. The worst country I ever went to for no change was India. Nobody has any change in the whole country. Once a guy in a restuarant gave me change I amost bowed down to him. The funny thing is we'd me Indians from USA and they appologize to us about the behavior we were receiving. Any "kids" that weren't worn there wanted to hang out with us. To them it was "please get me the hell out of here!"

[BrownBear]

Find a reputable taxi company and just call them if you're in the FSU, they usually have a pre-negotiated price and it's always going to be reasonable.