[QUOTE=ElephantBeer;1828067]Long time fan of the lower end places for knocking about. Places like:
- Catacombs (China).
- Old Shenzhen.
But of course time changes all things, and many of these venues have gone away or are just shadows. It's not really about the money, just prefer these places. Have a trip coming up and can basically go anyplace.
Thanks[/QUOTE]China is a pale shadow of itself since the latest President took power, before then, almost every large hotel catering to the domestic market at least, had an 'entertainment' floor.
Some of these floors are shut completely, others have survived, but with all sorts of constraints, which makes it very difficult for a non-Mandarin speaker to get anything meaningful organised.
I went to an MP in a Southern provincial town with a Chinese friend (I forget the name, and you'd never find it anyway, China is vast with 3rd tier cities numbered in the hundreds in many provinces).
We got a reasonable rub and tug, for about RMB 400 -can't precisely recall the price, it was about 2 years ago.
I'm sure the China threads will be a better bet than my 2 c worth, but I doubt much has changed, esp. For foreigners who don't get access to the 'street intelligence' the locals do.
By the way, sexual lube (KY etc) is almost unknown in these smaller cities, so if you use lube on your adventures, bring your own -in airline sized containers. Throwing it in the hold baggage is not a good idea!