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[Jo Malone]

Hi Jo,

Marriot Tverskaya is fine, but if the girl is alone papers can be checked any time. More safe is Renaissance before 9oclock, Pokrovka and Katerina. Also we have new quiet hotel Garden Ring in Prospect Mira. If you accompany your girl everywhere noone will approach in any hotel.

Hi,

Thanks Helena.

I was basically looking for a hotel that doesnt have security who demand to know if she is a registered guest or not all the time, if I accompany her.

I had that problem last time in Sheraton Palace on Tverskaya Yamskaya.

I will check out the hotels suggested by you, if there are any more suggestions they're welcome.

[Helena Moscow]

Hi guys,

I am going to Moscow end of August on a business trip, but I finish my work early.

I have 2-3 girls I've met on Mamba and willing to take it further, however I need your suggestions for a decent girl-friendly hotel.

The hotel should also be able to arrange for visa invitation letter.

I heard Marriot in Tverskaya is a good hotel, and they don't generally check the girl's ID if yuo take her to yuor room in the afternoon. Is it true?

In any case I will do the booking for 2 people.

Hi Jo,

Marriot Tverskaya is fine, but if the girl is alone papers can be checked any time. More safe is Renaissance before 9oclock, Pokrovka and Katerina. Also we have new quiet hotel Garden Ring in Prospect Mira. If you accompany your girl everywhere noone will approach in any hotel.

[Jo Malone]

Hi guys,

I am going to Moscow end of August on a business trip, but I finish my work early.

I have 2-3 girls I've met on Mamba and willing to take it further, however I need your suggestions for a decent girl-friendly hotel.

The hotel should also be able to arrange for visa invitation letter.

I heard Marriot in Tverskaya is a good hotel, and they don't generally check the girl's ID if yuo take her to yuor room in the afternoon. Is it true?

In any case I will do the booking for 2 people.

[Stravinsky]

GT,

I agree with you about the schizophrenia of the West when it comes to sex.

Looks like Jim's editor said, "Hey, there's a sex toy show going on over at the .... Check it out and see what you can dig up." So, now James is obligated to write x column inches about sex toys in Russia. What will he do???

Since he's writing for the Times, he decides to adopt an elitist attitude and begins with the assumption that any society that does not think as we do, needs to be enlightened. Apparently, the measure of a society's sexual health is determined by how much money it spends on sex toys! WTF??? Seems to me this article says more about the writer, and his own personal attitudes, than it does about Russians and Russian society.

Russian women, and Slavic women in general, are some of the most sexually liberated women on Earth (well, at least the ones I've met in Moscow).

But, that's OK, let the rest of the world continue to think that Russian society is sexually backward, it just leaves more opportunities for us!

[AColonizer]

Dear Gentleman Travel,

Beware what is the real meaning of human language as a tool of power people to manipulate the mass people.

For example, when you read "sexual revolution" in Western countries, it is sure the power people send a subliminal signal for "feminism", they want mass people think sexual revolution = feminism = good.

But you should know, if Slavic women are more female than Western women, it is because there is not still the feminism in Russia, in Ukraine and etc.

[Gentleman Travel]

Below is a link to an article in the NYT (and below that it is quoted in whole)

The thesis of the article is that:

"Two decades after government-imposed prudishness ended with the Soviet collapse, Russians still shy away from embracing European-style sexual mores. Despite a burst of licentiousness in the early 1990s, when pornography and prostitution surged through the country, the sexual revolution has never really taken hold here."

This is contrary to my experience and understanding.
I find Russian much more open sexually, whereas in the West (or US/Canada at least) we have a kind of schizophrenia - lots of sex in public cultural products (movies, songs, internet) but lots of prudery in private.

A case in point from the article - they mention sex toys as been "a tough sell" in Russia. Again, in my experience, if you haul out a sex toy with a Russian girl, she will "ohh" and "aww" over it and plunge it right in. Try doing that on a first date with a western woman!

I would be interested in the reaction of more experienced mongers on this topic.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/15/fa...ef=global-home


Revolution? Da. Sexual? Nyet.
MOSCOW

James Hill for The New York Times
WHAT WOULD LENIN SAY? At the X’Show convention in Moscow, a latex-wrapped woman hands out fliers.
PAST the topless woman dancing in a cage and the towering transvestite perched on three-inch heels, Ksenia Borisova was trying to grab the attention of passers-by. Her wares were housed in immaculate displays, complete with colorful instruction manuals, but after five years in business she was still having difficulty generating much interest.

As always, sex toys are a tough sell in Russia.

“We have to try to enlighten the customers,” said Ms. Borisova, an owner of Erotic Fantasy, a supplier of German-made intimate equipment in Russia. “No one knows what, why and how: what lubricant is, why a dildo is needed, how to use vaginal balls.”

Other vendors at a recent convention for sex shop owners in Moscow were similarly vexed.

Two decades after government-imposed prudishness ended with the Soviet collapse, Russians still shy away from embracing European-style sexual mores. Despite a burst of licentiousness in the early 1990s, when pornography and prostitution surged through the country, the sexual revolution has never really taken hold here.

Sure, sexual innuendo is commonplace: on television and in glossy magazines and in the provocative attire of women on the streets. Advertisements with busty models have long replaced posters of square-jawed women scything wheat. But, when it comes to the bedroom, Ms. Borisova and others said, tastes here tend toward vanilla.

“There is just no sexual culture, none,” said Nadezhda Dovgal, one of the organizers of the sex shop convention, called the X’Show. “People are still ashamed.”

This is partly the legacy of the Soviet era, she said. The Soviet government tried to drive all talk of sex under the covers, leaving public life effectively neutered. A lack of private space, especially in the communal apartments of major cities, limited access to sexual encounters even more. “There is no sex in the U.S.S.R.” was a satirical slogan of the perestroika era.

“We have always had sex, but information on this topic was practically nonexistent,” said Yelena Khanga, who hosted Russia’s first talk show about sex in the 1990s, coyly named “About That.” In general,” she said, “it was not acceptable to speak about sex.”

She said that when she started her show, which for the first time openly confronted topics like H.I.V./AIDS, homosexuality and workplace sexual harassment, “it was like a bomb went off.”

Though such topics are less provocative these days, the annual X-Show, which is in its ninth year, might still be a bit edgy, even if largely subdued by the standards of such events in the West. Beyond the caged strippers — and the coterie of men drooling over them — were models decked out in the latest latex fashions demonstrating proper whipping techniques.

Ms. Dovgal, the X’Show organizer, framed the convention as a social welfare project for a country where sex education is practically nonexistent.

“We know that we are needed to help people preserve their families,” she said. “It is not important for us whether your partner is a man or a woman,” she said. “What is important is that there is harmony in the relationship.”

While Ms. Dovgal’s recipe for marital bliss might not be for everyone, it is clear that Russian families are in crisis.

There were three divorces for every five marriages in 2008, according to the Russian statistics agency.

Russia is also suffering from a demographic crisis. The population declined by 6.6 million people between 1993 and 2008, according to a 2008 United Nations report. Emigration and a high mortality rate among middle-aged men are part of the cause. But so is a low birthrate.

To get couples copulating, some Russian officials have come up with several ideas that Ms. Dovgal and her sex shop colleagues would certainly endorse. For several years the government of the Ulyanovsk region has set aside a special birthing day, when couples are given a day off to help reverse the population decline. Prizes are given to mothers whose children are born on June 12, Russia’s national day.

Yet, for all Ms. Dovgal’s concern for families (“Unfortunately, we are not allowed to admit people younger than 18 years old,” she said), demographics did not seem to be the main concern for many visitors at the X’Show.

“I’m into fetish mostly — pretty clothes, corsets, leggings, collars, whips, things like that,” said Olga Podolskaya, 41, a psychologist. Though the exhibition lacked the extravagance of similar events she had attended in Berlin, she said things were improving.

Earlier, she said “the products in sex shop were limited to plastic penises.

“Now, along with an increase in selection, there are — how do I put it — various extra services: seminars, photo sessions, there are stories and various books.”

Indeed, the outlook for Russia’s sex toy industry does not necessarily appear to be as grim as some vendors described. In the last 10 years the number of sex shops in Moscow has grown from around 5 to over 150, Ms. Dovgal said, and there are many more Internet-based companies.

Sergei Agarkov, a prominent Russian sexologist, framed the change as sexual evolution rather than revolution. He said he believed that Russians were slowly growing more comfortable with sex as a new post-Soviet generation has come of age.

“These are the carriers of a new culture,” Mr. Agarkov said. “They are completely different people. They are relatively free. They do not have the prejudices that their parents had. And together with them, attitudes towards sex are changing.”

That seemed to be the attitude of Dmitri Karablin, a 20-year-old student, who along with his girlfriend was perusing the kiosks at the X’Show in search of vibrators and a sexy maid outfit.

“People are less ashamed,” he said. “I have a young mother and can talk to her about these things. She even once recommended a store that I should go to.”

[Pizdyets]

In my opinion, you can't go past an FKK. My personal favourite is Artemis in Berlin, but there's plenty of advice on the FKK forum.

Yup, even for us long-term Moscow residents, FKKs can be pretty cool. My last trip, I hit 5 stunning girls in 3 hours, BJs are always BB, and every single one was begging me to fuck her ass (for a significant "tip" - I declined). I know it's not for everyone. But if you're not squeamish about girls who turn multiple tricks a day and do so in an assembly line environment... then the price, variety and quality are hard to beat.

Closest thing here would be one of the larger salons which can have a dozen girls or more (a far stretch, admittedly, from the 50-100 girls I've seen at FKKs). If you speak Russian, you'll have no problem finding a decent one which offers nice girls for 2500/hour (that's under $80/hr and doesn't require any entry fee like an FKK). Fuck one girl for an hour, then switch to another, and another... they'd be more than happy if you fucked every girl in the place. Speaking of which, sounds like a fun thing to do!

[Dogger862]

I may be traveling to Russia later on in the year on a business trip and need some advice. I have heard about Nightflight, 911, and Safari. So my plan is to head to nightflight, and 911 for a couple of nights and then perhaps head to over to Germany.

My question is this are there better places in Moscow to frequent when looking for pros that are easily accessible? I was also thinking about visiting Prague but would traveling to Germany to visit the FKK's be a better option?

For those clubs in Moscow, it depends on what type of establishment you are comfortable in. NF is worth a look if it's your first time to Moscow.

In my opinion, you can't go past an FKK. My personal favourite is Artemis in Berlin, but there's plenty of advice on the FKK forum.

Cheers

[Jake993]

I need to send money to a friend that lives in the southeast of Moscow. I live in Massachusetts. She does not speak english herself, although she has a few friends who know a little bit of english. What is a quick and reliable way of getting money to her? (I have paypal, if that helps).

Thanks

Western Union works.

[Hecker]

I need to send money to a friend that lives in the southeast of Moscow. I live in Massachusetts. She does not speak english herself, although she has a few friends who know a little bit of english. What is a quick and reliable way of getting money to her? (I have paypal, if that helps).

Thanks

Western Union or money gram.

[Glazami]

I need to send money to a friend that lives in the southeast of Moscow. I live in Massachusetts. She does not speak english herself, although she has a few friends who know a little bit of english. What is a quick and reliable way of getting money to her? (I have paypal, if that helps).

Thanks

[Gfechaser]

I may be traveling to Russia later on in the year on a business trip and need some advice. I have heard about Nightflight, 911, and Safari. So my plan is to head to nightflight, and 911 for a couple of nights and then perhaps head to over to Germany.

My question is this are there better places in Moscow to frequent when looking for pros that are easily accessible? I was also thinking about visiting Prague but would traveling to Germany to visit the FKK's be a better option?

[Eros74]

By the way somebody knows how to get more messages... not staying in UA or RUS on mamba/flirt?

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I think I got it. I can write much more than 10 message with the girls living in my country, so I guess it is enough to put in your anketa you live in Russia to be able to write to more than 10 different girls.

It let me know, but it should work.

[Prosal]

By the way somebody knows how to get more messages... not staying in UA or RUS on mamba/flirt?

The new restrictions have obviously been established because there was too many (I won't be surprised if it was several hundred thousands) foreigners spamming the site.

It's not a bad thing, as this surely means a better answer ratio for those who will use mamba when they will be on site.

[It Travel]

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by the way somebody knows how to get more messages... not staying in ua or rus on mamba/flirt?

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