Tag Archives: gay travel

Morning View – Provincetown

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Afternoon View – Provincetown

A totally last minute trip. I’m wearing enough sunscreen to choke a horse. And thus ends my 18 year absence from P-Town.

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RSVP Cruise Diverted From Morocco

Company officials at the all-gay RSVP Vacations claim that they had to divert their ship from its planned stop in Morocco yesterday after they were refused the right to dock. The cruise would reportedly have been the first of its kind to visit Morocco, where homosexuality is illegal. 2,100 gay holidaymakers aboard the cruise liner MS Nieuw Amsterdam were told …

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Open Thread Thursday

Any plans for the summer?

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Atlantis Cruise Passengers Confess:
We Were Fucking On That Balcony

Queerty has posted a message from the Atlantis Events cruise passengers arrested on board their ship earlier this year while moored at the Caribbean island of Dominica. An excerpt: Yes, we were having sex on the balcony. We were fucking. There, I said it. The complaints came from Dominica dock workers, who were offended. I’m sure if it had been …

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About Those Arrested Cruise Passengers…

This will surely change some opinions.

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Gay Cruise Passengers Speak Out

The two men arrested on their Dominica cruise ship tell quite a different story than that told in the press release issued by Atlantis Events president Rich Campbell. The Washington Post reports: Dennis Jay Mayer, 53, told The Associated Press that he has no doubt they were arrested in Dominica because they were gay. [snip] “He said: ‘You’re being arrested …

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Spartacus Guide Ranks Foreign Countries

The Spartacus Gay Guide has ranked (PDF) every country in the world based on the legal status of LGBT residents and the safety of gay tourists. Below are the best results. Embiggen for details and hit the link for the rest of the list.

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Atlantis Events Responds

Atlantis Events president Rich Campbell has posted a message on the company’s Facebook page.

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DOMINCA: Gay Cruise Passengers Plead Guilty, Receive Two Months Jail Time

The court system on Dominca moves swiftly. It appears that the jail time will be waived if the fines are “paid immediately.” The charges were later reduced to indecent exposure – the charge on which they were found guilty by a Roseau magistrate. John Robert Hart 41, and Dennis Jay Mayer 43, were fined EC$2,400 each. The fines are to …

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Dominca Newspaper Poll

Results.

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DOMINICA: Gay Cruise Ship Passengers Charged With Public Buggery [Updated]

Two passengers of an all-gay cruise docked in the tiny Caribbean nation of Dominica (different from the Dominican Republic) have been charged with public buggery. Dominica residents also claim that they could see men having sex on the ship from their places on the shore. From a clearly biased local news source: Police Chief Cyrille Carrette has confirmed that two …

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Israeli TV On Gay Travel Site

It’s almost an infomerical, but we get lots of screen time from famed Israeli hottie Eliad Cohen. Much more about him here. (Via JMG reader Eric)

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Fire Island Ferries To Be Suspended

I’m being told that Fire Island’s ferry service will be suspended at 3pm tomorrow and will resume sometime on Saturday. Tough break for those hoping to get out there after work tomorrow. But stay tuned, they may change their minds again. UPDATE: You might still be able to get to the Pines and Cherry Grove if you get there quick …

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Gay Hotel & Nightclub Complex Coming To Manhattan’s West 42nd Street

Today NY1 covered the gay hotel and nightclub complex coming to 42nd Street. I first told you about this back in February, but it doesn’t appear that a whole lot of work has been done since then.

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La Grande Danse @ Divers/Cite

Montreal’s Divers/Cite climaxed yesterday with an all day street party called La Grande Danse, which was headlined by the red-hot Freemasons. This clip was shot quite early in the day while opener DJ Danny Verde was spinning and before it got super-packed. I’m told about attendance at the party peaked at around 40,000.

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RECAP: Montreal Day 4

Saturday began with a trip to the “24-hour hipster joint and poutine mecca,” La Banquise, where my able homo-guide ordered us the traditional version of Montreal’s specialty seen several posts below this one. From there we went to Parc Lafontaine in the Le Plateau-Mont Royal borough, where we lounged on the grass and scarfed our fries and curds. Lafontaine seems …

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RECAP: Montreal Day 2

Yesterday my able homo-guide from Touisme Montreal and I picked up a couple of Bixi bikes and made an all-day excursion across the enormous Jacques Cartier Bridge over the St. Lawrence and down onto Île Sainte-Hélène in the middle of the river, where we toured Parc Jean-Drapeau. There we circled the Biosphere from the 1967 World’s Fair and rode the …

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Evening View – Square Ville

The bathroom in my Montreal hotel room has a square toilet. OK, then.

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REMINDER: Vote For Father Tony!

GayTravel.com’s contest to select their North American gay travel guru is in its last few days and our own Father Tony remains a strong contender to become a finalist. Hit the link (they make you register, ugh) and find “Tony Adams” under the “guru” button. Be sure to award him the full five points. Trust me, Father Tony’s the man …

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