Friday, June 10, 2016

Gay and Tourist Destination: Hawaii - What's there to do?





  

Original posting: jockdude11
12 Dec 2012, 10:57Any tips for fun/adventures in hawaii? gay spots?

Follow up: 69hawaii  
24 Dec 2012, 08:55Diamond Head Beach in Waikiki, Polo Beach on the North Shore of Oahu, Little Beach on Maui, Donkey Beach on Kauai, Kehena Beach (southeast of Pahoa) on the Big Island. Hula's Bar in Waikiki.

Follow up: sunbuns99    

30 Dec 2012, 08:13
Take at look at Odyssey Magazine of Hawaii
http://odysseyhawaii.com/

In addition, there are some more spots:

Max's Gym (gay gym and also gay sauna)
Queen's Beach (a section of Waikiki Beach just before the Aquarium. It's frequented by gay and gay couples)
Diamond Beach (below the Light House) can be cruisy, and sometimes guys go nude sunbathing there (or in the bushes above it), but the police do cruise for public lewdness violations so be discreet.


Ask at Hula's Bar (or see gay events/activities in Odyssey Magazine) - such as gay volleyball, and a gay catamaran cruise, etc.  http://www.hulas.com/
A little known fact is that you can go camping all around The Big Island of Hawaii, using a combination of County parks, State Parks and private commercial campgrounds. 
   Start by using the Hawaii County site:
   https://hawaiicounty.ehawaii.gov/camping/welcome.html
   You can also write to the State office to get a camping permit for state parks.
    Also check out http://www.kalani.com    It's a 100 acre resort which has camping and lodge and villa accommodation, too. Kalani is quite gay friendly, and also has some organized gay activities as well as new age / spiritual retreats, and dance and yoga workshops. 
Other things to do besides gay stuff:



On Oahu
Climb Diamond Head crater for lookout views at the top (walkable from Waikiki or take a taxi and walk back down afterward) 
Pearl Harbor visits to War Memorial
Hanauma Bay for snorkeling
Drive up to Kailua - Kaneohe (views from Pali Point) Hyw 3
North Shore (Polo Beach was mentioned), but there are lots of fun things to do and see on the North Shore, (stop at Dole Plantation for a taste of pineapple ice cream)
Deserted beaches out at Leeward Coast (I've been nude many times out passed Makaha but discretion advised). 
Ala Moana Shopping Center (also has a nice food court with Thai, Hawaiian, )
Try Maui Tacos in Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center (food court on 2nd floor)
Eat a Maui-style taco (the wettest taco in the world with Kona Longboard beer - on tap in the bar on the same floor. You can bring in food from the Food Court and eat in the bar). 
Some of the great Waikiki landmark hotels have beachside grills and bars -- You can have an authentic Mai Tai, served at the place where it was invented.
Hilton Hawaiian Village has set of attractions inside its grounds. Even if you're not staying there, it's worth a walk through the Village to see the sites, shopping, food and attractions (the penguin and tropical bird zoo is interesting). From HHV you can walk along Waikiki Beach all the way to Kapiolani Park (Zoo and Aquarium, etc), and vice-versa. 




On Hawaii (Big Island): 

  Hawaii Volcanoes National Park 
      Kilauea Crater
      Visit the lava flows
 Hilo  (Old Town)
   Akaka Falls
   Laupahoehoe Park (memorial to tsunami victims of the 1964 disaster, get camping permit on the Hawaii County site).
   Parker Ranch (Waimea)  once was the world's largest ranch
   Waipio Canyon (hiking down and back up)
    Hawi / Kapa'a in the far North of Kohala 
    Kailua-Kona Town
    Scuba/ Snorkeling with Giant Manta (near Kona)
   Lava Tree State Monument (near Pahoa)
   Pohoiki (Kapoho-Kalapana Road Hwy 137 'Red Road') - interesting tropical forest drive   

   Kehena Black Sands Beach -  located at milemaker 19 on Hwy 137
   Kalani Honau Resort - Great organic breakfast, lunch, and dinner (best deal is breakfast 7:00-8:30 ($10), Lunch 12:00-1:00 ($12), Dinner 6:30-8:00 ($22)


On Maui
Little Beach on Maui is nudist, but has no amenities (so take plenty of water and sunscreen, etc).  A toilet is nearby on the larger textile beach.  Maui Sunseeker Hotel is the (only) gay hotel on the island. 

Caution:
One or two words of caution 


1) Don't leave valuables (or anything - for that matter) in a parked car). Break-ins are very frequent. Robbers will smash a passenger window and steal everything. Locals just leave the windows open to show that there is nothing of value in the vehicle. 

2) It's hard to park in many areas of Waikiki. So leave your car in Ala Moana and jump on a city bus (correct change needed) or sightseeing trolley (a couple of latter are free if you have a certain credit card).


3)  Don't be stupid about the ocean and nature (such as the volcanic lava) and the dangers therein. Many people drown and some die because they are simply stupid about volcanoes. Walking into a pool of hot lava can kill you, or breathing sulfuric acid and liquid silicon will NOT be good for your lungs.   
  Be aware of tides and the dangers of waves and drifts. 
Every year some unlucky and unwise tourists die or undergo major injuries because of not being aware of and taking simple precautions.




Follow up: mvmfla
01 Jan 2013, 04:06I just got back from Hawaii

Diamond Head hike was fun with a great view of Waikiki. Hanauma Bay for snorkeling was also fun. Loved Pearl Harbor and the North Shore. Hula's is the big gay bar in Waikiki ( 134 Kapahulu Dr., across from the Zoo, near intersection of Kapahulu and Kalakaua (main boulevard along Waikiki Beach) http://www.hulas.com/

I really loved the island of Kauai (nothing gay there, that I found). 



 

How long will TypePad's uncensored blogs last?


For that matter, how long will Google's half-blind eye stay turned away? Despite having appeared to cracked down on obscene material in its free Blogger service, it does appear that Google isn't simply bowing to the extreme-conservative moralists. But then again, the bottom line may not be able to save us (sexually mature, explicit content bloggers, either.
Consider what another company, Typepad, may be doing in its own self--marketing strategy. I don't think we have much to fear from either Tribe.net or JustUsBoys.com banning adult content. However, we can't be assured that these sites, and the companies who own them can actually stay in business. So our blogs and other content could disappear for an entirely other reason. Blog profile.typepad.com/sunbuns  Sure enough, Typepad closed down all of its free (and porn) blogs, opting for a paid membership in hopes of sustaining their Internet blog business.


I really have to wonder when the AXE (ALL X-rated Excluded) will fall?  Time and time after, some new or even well-established some Web 2.0 company - either a rising star or wannabe (such as Flickr, Facebook,  Ning, etc) gets on a moral high horse and decides to rid itself of all the adult and sexually explicit content and -- of course, millions of users which have actually promoted them to world-class status for members and bandwith use. They ostensibly do so to 'save the children', but if that had been a priority, then safeguards would have been in place from the beginning.


Evidently, the idea was to create a startup with a lot of freedom and thereby 'hook' in huge amout of porn smurfs, explicit sex and pornography sellers (and advertisers), a smattering of adult-content blogger types (like me) , and a whole mass of everyday netizens, who contribute little of nothing, but who are simply consumers (viewers/readers).  Once they reach a certain level of users and bandwidth, th e-company then attains some advertising potential and garners some clout. Inevitably, when the greed for revenue finally become a strong possibility of realization, they must then bend their policies to those of the 'wholesome' advertisers who are now wanting to financially support them. Thus is spawned the crackdown on sex-related content,  so sexually mature or porn-like material gets banned and so do all the users (well... not if they are smart).




















This may be what TypePad is thinking. They are likely to 'allow' adult content (after proposing to ban it all 6 months from now) for those users who opt in for a paid annual subscription. I can see the handwriting clearly embedded in the walls of this non-brick & mortar edifice.

It's pretty predictable that Typepad by offering this 'free' mini-blog is rather desperate to hold on to its meager share of the blog market. Actually, it has only recently allowed the current 'conversational' blog as a free option. So I suspect that with a few weeks' (or maybe several months even a year's) time, TypePad will get all high & mighty because they have failed to set up precautions (actually it is by conscious design - as explained earlier) that will restrict minors from viewing the newly created blogs, many of which will undoubtedly contain adult content and sexually explicit photos.

So.. when that time comes, you may find that my TypePad blog or profile has been deleted without warning (yes, it can and does not happen).  http://profile.typepad.com/sunbuns
You can also find most of my posts in one of the following blogs, or at least, you can find links to the blogs where I'm likely to post what I want to say and show:
  • Kelly's Second Life   http://kelly-sb.blogspot.com   (my X-rated personal blog; it also has links to all of my other blogs, profiles, sites and groups.  I manage about 10 different gay sex and porn blogs, of which the most popular by far is Guys Into CMNM http://guysn2cmnm.blogspot.com http://guysn2cmnm.blogspot.com   It is devoted the sexual fetish/lifestyle for men into clothed male / naked male scenes)

  • Tribe:  My profile (with blog) on Tribe.net   http://people.tribe.net/sunbuns   (Not as nicely laid out (only one photo allowed per blog entry; you have to be a Tribe 'friend' to be able to read the adult content entries, or belong to an adult Tribe. So a log in is required for that (free, of course.)

  • Another place where you can post a porn blog (for free) is:  LiveJournal.  You can see my two porn blogs at http://sunbunz.livejournal.com    and    http://nudewithclothed.livejournal.com/

  • JustUsBoys      My profile and blog on JUB contain many of the blog that I have posted elsewhere and likely has some unique ones too.  You can find it at:  http://www.justusboys.com/members/sunbuns99


Now waiting for the axe to fall.. since I have my many eggs in a lot of baskets. Of course, when Google goes clean, then the world will come to an end -- probably during the year 2012 (evil smirk).
In the meantime, keep'em coming, broz.

Kelly







Sunday, June 5, 2016

Places for a newbie to enjoy gay nude beaches and camping areas



The photo at the top shows a younger guy who was cruising naked in the dunes on Gran Canaria.

Original posting: ky_gui [msg
14 Feb 2011, 18:11 I will soon be turning 21 and i don't really consider myself to be a bar and club kind 
of person.



i have been looking around on the internet and have stumbled across male only (gay) clothing optional camping. 90% of the camp grounds i have looked at are BYOB, hence the 21+.

What I was wondering is has anyone on here been to any. 
are there good one, compared to the bad ones?

I will not lie, and say I am educated on these kind of areas, i don't know anything.

I am not really worried about money, but I don't really want to fly across the USA to get to the place. I live in the mid-west. So something in that general area, maybe??? Like I said I don't know.

Any input someone can give me will be greatly appreciated, who knows maybe i will find some one to go with. lol. 

One last thing, alot of the the camp grounds I looked at were gay friendly, I think I want it to be male only. Not that i have a problem with lesbians, I just don't want to camp with them. lol (that was sposta be a joke... I'm not really that funny.)

Follow up: pedrobill 
14 Feb 2011, 18:37 No mate, that joke didn't really come off, but I thought your profile was pretty funny! I'm gay, and I like to go camping, but other than that I don't know anything about "Gay Camping" - don't you just find a flat bit of ground, put up your tent and hey presto - gay camping!

Follow up: ky_gui
14 Feb 2011, 18:52 See, I was leaning toward the clothing optional part. and I just don't know if I'm brave enough to camp anywhere and just be naked. lol I'm pretty sure knowing my luck I would get arrested. And I don't know of anywhere remote enough to get away with it.

 Follow up: pedrobill 
14 Feb 2011, 18:59 Ah yes, I realise now, the header is key, i.e. clothing optional. Actually I was being just a little mischievous. I do like to get to some fairly remote places, where you can be reasonably assured of not being 'spung', and yes I'm the same - wouldn't quite be brave enough otherwise. Though sometimes it's not really the remoteness that matters. Half an hours walk off the track is often as untrammeled as somewhere that is deep in the forest but on a recognised path. Anyway, it will be interesting to see what others with more experience of organised 'clothing optional' venues come up with.
Happy camping.

 


Follow up: hairydaddy 
14 Feb 2011, 19:59 sure, I've been to gay campgrounds with clothing optional........but not sure what would be out your way..........I camped in New York State and Pennsylvania where there are several.........know of them in Canada too..............scout around on google......for a campground near you

 Follow up: fitladrobb 
14 Feb 2011, 20:20 shame that your not in the UK we have some very good clthing optional sites here. include a few that go down to age 16 if unaccompanied by adult or young-family ones.

have you tried hangoutnude.com there are LOADS of contacts on there for you.
robby

 Follow up: irish8986  
15 Feb 2011, 01:40 I live and grew up about 2 miles from one here in PA, doesn't help you out much tho. It's a fun thing to do definitely try it out if you get the chance

 Follow up: chrisslond
15 Feb 2011, 02:09 Here are a few sites to check out: http://www.campgayusa.com/CAMPGROUNDS.ht ml ,http://www.gayoutdoors.org/page.cfm?sect ionid=62&typeofsite=directory andhttp://www.gaycampingusa.com/ are some to look at. I have camped at The Point near Turkey Point in Ontario Canada and some other places. Each August, my partner and I go to the Gay Naturists International Annual Gathering that is at a camp in the Pocono Mountains in Pennsylvania. There are usually more than 500 naked guys there for up to 10 days. It is great walking around buck naked for 10 days in the summer.
Give it a try and find out how enjoyable it is.

 Follow up: hotnredi55 
16 Feb 2011, 07:56 I have a couple of campgrounds that are in the midwest, but still a distance from you. One is Campit Resort, near Saugatuck, Michigan. It is a very nice facility with lots of room for tenting, rv'ing, sleeper cabin rentals and bed and breakfast rooms. It is gay and lesbian, leaning more toward the men. one area is set aside for nude camping. and after about 1 am, you are fairly safe to sit around your campfire naked. In at least one other area, any woman walking back at that time of night wants to see naked men.

The other campground is totally men, and clothing optional in almost all areas further back from the entry area. Camp Buckwood, south of Indianapolis, Indiana.

http://www.campitresort.com and http://www.campbuckwood.com

Check them out. Both have wonderful facilities, and friendly staff and fellow campers. I have had wonderful times at both camps with other men, and with my boyfriend.

 Follow up: dungeonrat [msg
16 Feb 2011, 08:07 WWW.CactusCanyonCampground.com
Located in South-Central Missouri.

 Follow up: Rood  
16 Feb 2011, 09:47 http://www.midwestmalenaturistgathering. org/

Follow up: asshunter 
16 Feb 2011, 11:54 we are members of The Woods campground since 2004 love it.
thewoodscampground.com

  

Follow up: bcbud4u  16 Feb 2011, 11:59 here in the Kootenays there are so many secluded lakes and areas to just hang nude, swim in the buff, and have a sweet camping weekend, why go paying for a private campground when you can find a place horseback, 4X4 or quad 4 free?

Follow up: BldngStrng
16 Feb 2011, 12:04 Well BC Bud...you are lucky to have that close by and available...not everyone has a horse or a 4X4 or Quad.....and the beautiful BC wilderness at their doorstep.
:)

 Follow up: balllicker
16 Feb 2011, 12:20 This won't really help you since it's in New York, but for others, I had a great time at this place: http://www.jonespond.com/

There were probably only a handful of guys there as young as me, but the older guys were a lot of fun and I loved the attention.

 Follow up: bcbud4u 
16 Feb 2011, 12:29 woah BldngStrng, nice build bud! though sorry, I wasn't really thinking... it was kind of an invite... what i should have typed, if a guy's going to travel to pay for camping, why not head where you can do it for free... my apologies.

 Follow up: sunbuns99
16 Feb 2011, 22:32 I've not taken time to read the entire thread so my response and ideas may have been mentioned. 


You're obviously more interested in a clothing optional experience and finding a place to do that with other men (hopefully gay males) for an extended period of time - not just a few minutes or hours. 

However, there is one place no too far away from KY (ky_gui = Kentucky Guy ?), but who's living in Iowa. 

Timberfell Lodge is clothing optional resort and campground in the foothills of the Appalachians (about 80 miles east of Knoxville.)
They only have weekend events in the winter (rooms and bunks bed are sometimes half price, but in summer it's a full time gay camping community with a lot of social / sex-related events. I'd say the main type of guy you find there are bears, but that's not all you'll find. It's almost clothing optional everywhere -- although sex acts are forbidden in common areas, there are plenty of dark and deserted spots -- especially at night. Campsite are $15 a night plus choice of 2-3 meal plans. There sell beer inside the resort which means you can't bring it,but you can BYOB wine and hard liquor. 

See http://www.timberfell.com for next events and details.

I'm trying to organize a CMNM National Meet-up (clothed male / nude male) at Timberfell Lodge for next August 12-14, which is all the annual Mr. Timberfell Contest weekend. 

There are also other options / places where you can get naked and possibly engage in cruising for sex. Most of the nude beaches around the country have gay cruising areas. Like it or not, that's likely one reason for the crack-down on clothing optional public beaches in quite a few places across the country. 

Being able to camp textile (required clothes) and then walk to a nude beach is a good option - but quite rare except in Europe or at all-gay c-o resorts. 
You can find some at Palm Springs, 
Key West, FL
Haulover Beach (Ft Lauderdale, FL,)
Russian River area - 90 miles north west of San Francisco in and around Guerneville.
See http://www.highlandsresort.com/ -they had campsites available - but the nudity must be restricted to pool and jacuzzi. 
There is also the possibility of some naughty free skinny dipping while floating down the Russian River. 

Baker's Beach in San Francisco (no camping of course but you'll feel it's the great outdoors once you're inside the Golden Gate Park and surrounding recreation areas. 

and Provincetown (Cape Cod,Mass) - although there has evidently been a crackdown on public nudity (by anyone) at the famous Herring Cove (state beach) that is 15 minute walking distance from P-town. That's what I used to do. Camp among clothed at night, spend all day among the naked during the day .
There's a commercial campground with easy walking distance of P-town (out on Hwy 6), Dunes' Edge Campground, and you can walk, bike or drive from there to Herring Cove Beach. I've heard that people still get nude at the P-town beach, but they have to be discreet because the park rangers patrol often and hand out tickets (or worse) to naked men in the sand dunes. Most everywhere they are more tolerant of non-sexual nudism, particularly where there are mixed groups. 

Overseas there are many more....

Big Island (Hawaii) Kalani is a gay-owned, and nudity friendly retreat for all types -more focused on spiritual, yoga, and new age trends, the pool area in clothing optional after 4pm , and there is the famous Kehena Beach (also clothing optional and alternative / new age oriented, with a wonderful assortment of naked people from every age and walk of life. 
Kalani has accommodations from camping to villa suites, meal plans or pay as you go are options. 

The world's largest nude beach and sand dudes (gay cruising area) is at Maspalomas (at Playa del Ingles on southern end of the island of Gran Canaria). 
That 's where I'm headed for the 5th time next month (March 15-22).. I'm not camping but staying at a two-hotel hotel for about $30 a night (self-catering), sex city at night and sunshine and naked male skins for days on the beach. 
Men cruising the dunes are aged 40+ and higher so not everybody's preference. 

Photo at the top shows a younger guy who was cruising naked in the dunes on Gran Canaria (on the largest of Spain's Canary Islands). 

At the bottom(right) is me camping naked hear Herring Cove. Provincetown, MA.