Will be staying at Jin Jiang tower as well
Hi Wabbittt,
I will be staying at the Jin Jiang tower for about 8 days mid August and since this is my first time in Shanghai, was wondering if you could point me to some good saunas or bbs that are close by. I don't mind taxi-ing abit as well but don't want to venture too far.
Appreciate the help,
K
[QUOTE=Wabbittt; 1440634]I thought I would share a cautionary tale about picking up hotel lobby girls, if only to alert fellow newbies.
I tend to stay in the Jin Jiang Hotel in the French Concession where, late in the evening, the lobby often has a foxy-looking girl hanging around. Previously, when returning with friends, I noticed that such girls often just happen to get into the lift with you, especially if you go up to your room alone. You don't have to be the sharpest knife in the drawer to work out what's going on.
On my last trip to the Jin Jiang, I went to the lift area unaccompanied, and sure enough, I was soon joined by an fantastic looking lobby girl. Curves (by Chinese standards) in all the right places. As soon as the lift doors closed she produced a card giving details of various massage services, which she offered on immediate terms. Suffice to say, negotiations were concluded by the time we got to the fifth floor, which with the benefit of hindsight was a mistake. Lesson One: always take you time when negotiating so that you have a clear idea of what's on offer for the price. In my case, the card she gave me offered a 'Heavenly massage' for RMB 400. I asked her if this included as a HE and she said 'yes'. I reckoned that, while this was rather pricey, it could be viewed as a late night outcall to a five-star hotel and in any case I was as horny as hell.
In the hotel room things started off well. I gave her RMB 200 up front and, on asking, the girl said her name was 'Hooting'. She asked me to undress but didn't bother to take off more than a jacket herself. After a perfunctory massage with a bit of teasing, she said that she could give a HE for an additional RMB 200. I explained that we had already negotiated a price previously but she wouldn't budge. She kept saying 'no money, no honey'. Remembering that I had only given her half of the negotiated fee, I turned the tables and said 'well, in that case, no honey, no more money'. Hooting didn't like this at all and threatened to call the police. I called her bluff (high risk, I know) and told her to go ahead. After further prevarication, she decided to acquiesce and gave me a somewhat hasty HJ. Afterwards, she was sweetness and light, as if our argument had never taken place. I interpret this as indicating that she has made a profit from her activities and wanted to leave open the opportunity of further liaisons on subsequent nights. Some chance. Lesson Two: shop around and, once burned, never give a gold-digger a second chance.[/QUOTE]
Spa / massage & BBS near the south train station
The forum was great background for a recent trip and I thought I'd write some reviews, starting with the spa / massage and "barber shops". These places are everywhere in Shanghai-four within a block of my hotel near the south train station. The BBSs have rotating barber poles out front but no hair cutting is going on inside. There's usually a couple girls in dresses in a tiny front room, and then small rooms behind or upstairs. The massage places are more established, bigger, and the girls wear uniforms. They always have the English words on their storefronts, Spa and / or Massage. So both kinds of places are very easy to spot.
No one ever spoke English, but using hand signals and pointing to the prices on their menu signs, it's easy to communicate. The girls were 6-8s, in their lower twenties to quite a bit older. Both massage places charged 200 rmb (about 35 US) for an hour oil massage, HE. They have showers. Fondling and extras depended on the place / girl. The BBSs had no showers, were straight to business, and cheaper (100-200 rmb for HJ).
The best of the bunch I can recommend without hesitation: the spa on Liuzhou Road, on the NE corner with Qinzhou South Road, next to the Huilian supermarket and two blocks north of the south Shanghai train station. Number 10 (two crossed index fingers is the sign for the number 10 in Chinese) is a sweet twenty year-old, small but with a nice body. Partway through the massage she sat between my legs, and propped my thighs up on her outstretched legs to raise me up for all kinds of wonderful rubbing-something I've never had done that way before. The deluxe massage for 368 rmb (60 US) included the massage, a tongue bath over all (the bubbly water treatment) , BBBJ (CBJ to finish) , DATY, light kissing, and spewing over her chest. I'm not sure if FS would have been available for extra. She couldn't come to my hotel though.