T-girls in Cannes

[robertlouis]

Algerian shemales with switchblades.. for those who fancy the ultimate domination scene (the one involving having your balls slashed)

And those are the gentler ones. Just so you know, here's a typical Marseillais pimp.

[Prospero]

That's my mate ---- how did you get his pic Bono?

[robertlouis]

I'd also recommend Antibes - which has a fantastic Picasso Museum And St Tropez (out of the season)

And while Prospero and I are doing our Rough Trade/Lonely Punter guide to the Riviera, Monte Carlo is a dump. Don't be fooled, it's a dump.

Monaco town up the hill on the other hand, is absolutely charming.

And I was once doing some business in Toulouse and only discovered the mafia interest when a block of concrete dropped from above stove in the boot (trunk) of my car. C'est la vie....

[robertlouis]

That's my mate ---- how did you get his pic Bono?

It's a hard lesson that shows what happens if you don't take precautions before sex. And if you don't eat your greens.

[Prospero]

Bono is right - Monte Carlo should be avoided.... but if you trek on past Nice towards Italy there is also the lovely border town of Menton and a town (forgot its name) where there is a fabulous chaepl by Cocteau and his statue on the waterfront.

[Merkurie]

So where is the casino and the Grand Prix? in Monaco or Monte Carlo? I thought they were the same, or one was a part of the other or something?

[nothinglessthan9]

I second what evrybody else has said. Nice is the place to go. There's a bunch of them hang around a building on the oceanfront road just before you start the turn for the port and villfranche.

[robertlouis]

So where is the casino and the Grand Prix? in Monaco or Monte Carlo? I thought they were the same, or one was a part of the other or something?

Monaco and Monte Carlo are the two settlements that make up the Principality of Monaco. The total area is less than one square mile. The casino and the racetrack, which in fact is simply a circuit of Monte Carlo's streets, are in Monte Carlo.

And as I said before, Monte Carlo is a dump. It's for people with more money than sense or taste. I was taken to the Grand Prix in 2000 on a corporate beano, so I've seen it from the plutocratic perspective!

Monaco ville, which is a short but steep walk away is much nicer. Old streets, nice bars, a lot cheaper than the rich man's slum at the bottom of the hill. No entry problems if you have an EU passport, and if you have a French or Italian visa, the same I think. But unless you simply want to say you've been there, save your money and stay in Nice.

[Merkurie]

Maybe I take my girlfriend who looks like Donnatella Versache after too much time in the sun, put on our Versache clothes and Prada boots and take a visit -- No?

[robertlouis]

Maybe I take my girlfriend who looks like Donnatella Versache after too much time in the sun, put on our Versache clothes and Prada boots and take a visit -- No?

Let's hope for your sake that your girlfriend never reads this post.