Last night in town. Took the easy road.
Well for my last night in town, I took the easy road and repeated with my Thai spinner friend. She mentioned maybe meeting for dinner when we were saying our goodbyes in the AM, so I figured I'd stay with a sure thing rather than take my chances in the muddy waters again. She came over to Kowloon and we wandered around TST looking for a Thai restaurant she knows, but it turns out it closed, so we found a nice Italian place on Knutsford Terrace. After dinner she coyly mentioned that she'd heard about a bar nearby, in a hotel, and asked me if I knew any place like that. Said she heard it was a nice bar and wanted to check it out. Of course I knew she was talking about Hari's, and knew she wanted to do a little discreet professional reconnaissance! It was still early, before 10 I'm sure, but there were already maybe 6-10 ladies in the house, so any questions about whether or not Hari's is "back" can be put to rest for the time being at least. Unfortunately it was really loud in the bar and we decided to sit in the outer area, so I didn't get a chance to do any serious reconnaissance of my own. But first blush I didn't notice any real stunners, and I think the mix was about half Asian ladies, half European and / or S. American. I'd say definitely worth checking out in the future if anyone happens to be in TST.
After Hari's we decided to go back to Escape so we hopped on the MTR (HER SUGGESTION, by the way, in case anyone is thinking I'm a cheap-ass for not taking her in a taxi). She gave me the lowdown on coming and going with or without a lady at Escape, BTW. If a lady comes to the bar before 11 with a gent, she can leave together with him, no problems. If they arrive together after 11, they have to leave separately. She thinks it's because the management doesn't want to get in trouble with the police, but I'm not sure why since all the other bars don't have that weird restriction. She even left right after we got there to go change, and despite coming back alone, we still left together later with no issues since we got there right before 11. Odd policy. Anyway we hung out, got a little drunk, had a great time at the bar and then headed back to my hotel for even more great times. It was a nice evening, a good end to a visit that started out in the shitter with the stinky PRC girl.
Despite what seems to be a definite downward trend in terms of the overall scene in Wanchai, and an upward trend in terms of prices, I do still quite like to visit, and I haven't given up yet. I wish I had occasion to visit more frequently, but I'll definitely be back.
Oh P.S. To jackthelad, regarding Neptune 3. To be honest I really can't say exactly why I don't like it. Maybe I've just always hit it on off nights, but I don't think I've ever seen any girls in there I was interested in, and the layout of the bar also seems to make it a bit difficult to really get a good sense of the place (and the ladies). It's so big, and people don't seem to mingle around, so it's hard to know who's on the other side of the bar without continually wandering around. Plus I've never seen it more than 1/4 full, even this trip when I went late on Friday evening.
HK trip general questions
Guys:
Planning a few days trip to HK (via HK). Did some Reading here, want to clarify a few things-.
- the area is Wanchai, and all the list of bars mentioned here?
- prices run around 1000- ST / LT?
- the girls are all FLs. Multiple ethnic origins?
- girls have hotels or you need to take them to your hotel? Are hotels girl friendly? Any recommended hotels- mid range in the area.
Thanks.
Sam.