Entries from October 2010

How Gay Friendly is India?

Author: , October 31st, 2010

by Douglas Thompson, Purple Dragon Tours Email Douglas | Visit the Purple Dragon Tours Website Visit the Purple Roofs India Page India has long had a reputation as unfriendly towards openly gay visitors. However, the world’s largest democracy is slowly coming out of the closet. If India follows the same evolutionary path that China did, [...]

Today’s Featured Gay Friendly Accommodations: Rockmere Lodge B&B, Ogunquit, Maine

Author: , October 31st, 2010

Periodically we’ll feature one of our properties here to let our readers know about some great gay friendly places to stay. Gay Friendly Ogunquit Bed and Breakfasts, Hotels, and Vacation Rentals A turn of the nineteenth century shingle style cottage built in 1899 by the Stearns family of Cincinnati, this Ogunquit ME Bed & Breakfast [...]

From Westmount to the Gay Village, Montreal Has Something for Everyone

Author: , October 31st, 2010

Montreal is a marvelously multicultural city. Our Berber taxi driver is thrilled that we had visited his native Morocco earlier this year. The Spanish-born shoe salesman tells us how he loves the city while our Bangladeshi waiters (college graduates) are busily studying French to increase their employment opportunities. Greeks, Poles, Chinese, Vietnamese, Thai, Haitians, Africans [...]

Hawaii: America’s Gay Travel Destination

Author: , October 31st, 2010

Hawaiians boast a proud history, a line of mighty monarchs (some of whom openly had aikane or same-sex favorites), and an unshakable belief in the heartwarming concept of aloha, which signifies hello or goodbye but which also connotes love, peace, and compassion (among many other meanings). The United States illegally overthrew and annexed the sovereign [...]

Win Five Nights in Kehena Beach, Hawaii

Author: , October 29th, 2010

Purple Roofs is giving away five nights on Hawaii’s Big Island at Hawaii Lalala: Come to Hawaii’s Big Island and experience Hale Lalala – with comfortably luxurious rooms – a delightfully affordable Hawaiian vacation Hale Lalala is perfectly located within walking distance of Kalapana Cafe, Kaimu Store, Kava Bar, Lava viewing sites, Kalapana & Kaimu [...]

Today’s Featured Gay Friendly Accommodations: Black Walnut Point Inn, Tilghman Island, Maryland

Author: , October 29th, 2010

Periodically we’ll feature one of our properties here to let our readers know about some great gay friendly places to stay. Gay Friendly Maryland Bed and Breakfasts, Hotels, and Vacation Rentals By any measure Black Walnut Point is unique. A gate secures the half-mile drive through 57 acres of bird sanctuary before entering our six-acre [...]

Russia – An Unlikely Gay Travel Destination

Author: , October 29th, 2010

The Cold War has been over for 20 years, but for many Americans, Russia remains a mystery. From movies, we imagine a skyline of gray, Stalin-inspired buildings and murky green waters of the river that runs through the city. Wrong. Much of this misperception results from our failure to understand the country’s history. And a [...]

Gays Are Crazy About Madrid

Author: , October 29th, 2010

It was after 1 a.m. on a Wednesday night in Madrid’s gay Chueca district but it didn’t look like a weeknight. Despite cool weather and an intermittent light rain, the streets, bars, and cafes were jammed with people. Locals tell me that that is not unusual. Spain’s economy may be on the skids, but the [...]

Today’s Featured Property: Volcano Village Lodge B&B, Volcano, Big Island Hawaii

Author: , October 28th, 2010

Today’s Featured Property: Volcano Village Lodge B&B, Volcano, Big Island Hawaii We’re featuring one of our properties here every day, to let our readers know about some great gay friendly places to stay. Gay Friendly Volcano, Hawaii Bed and Breakfasts, Hotels, and Vacation Rentals We created the lodges for people who want more out of [...]

A Week As Indiana Jones in Belize

Author: , October 28th, 2010

by Sharyn Brinker, Mariposa Jungle Lodge Ltd., San Ignacio, Belize Email Valeria | Visit The Mariposa Jungle Lodge Website Visit the Purple Roofs Belize page Want to Get Married in Belize? | Looking for a Gay Belize Realtor? Okay. You think you’ve done it all. You’ve traveled Belize. You’ve seen the Maya archaeological sites. You’ve [...]