How to know sauna is not semenaya?
[QUOTE=Cucumber;2668017]By popular request, here is a recipe for how to operate a Bishkek sauna.
1. Find a sauna. Google "sauna Bishkek" in Russian and select one that is near you and that does not say "semeynaya" (family-oriented".
2. Get everything ready so that you can move fast.
3. Call them and ask whether they have free space. ("you vas est svobodnaya mesto seychas? If not, go back to 1. If yes, say that you would like to book it and when you will be there.
4. Go to the sauna. If it is not walking distance, use the Yandex Taxi app (install and get used to using it before you call the saunas).
5. When you arrive, say you would like them to call girls and what type you prefer. ("Pozhaluysta, vyzovayte devushki".
6. The lady working at the sauna will start calling numbers she has of cruising cars. Each car may hold 1-6 girls. After ca 10-50 minutes the first car will arrive, the girls will come in and parade. Many may not be attractive. If so, reject and ask for another car. Once you have had a few girls / visited the sauna a couple of times and they know you are a good customer, you can do this even more freely.
7. There is a day shift and a night shift of girls. The night shift usually starts about 8-10 pm. So I would start calling at 7 pm, aiming to be at the sauna by about 8 or 8. 30 and then have 1-2 hours to catch the bigger groups of well rested girls coming in. If you start calling at 11 pm you are more likely to end up with a small selection of the girls not selected by other customers or who already finished 1-5 rounds and are tired, and often drunk too. Drunk = bad service and sometimes problems. For the day shift, I am not sure when to start calling, but perhaps 11 am or 1 pm.
8. The city is split in two: an upper and a lower part. Cars usually operate in one or the other. People will say different things about the exact location of the boundary, but if you start seeing the same girls again over time it may be worth trying saunas in quite different locations.
9. Almost nobody speaks English. Speaking Russian is therefore a major asset, perhaps an absolute requirement, I am not sure.[/QUOTE]Thanks for the detailed instructions. Heading to bishkek tomorrow, will definitely give this a try. Have a follow up dumb question if I may. What's the give away that establishment could arrange girls? I noticed photos on google showed some have bed and some are not, is it the big queen bed photo?