Hi guys,
In light of the warnings of police crackdowns, I want to tell all of my experience tonight.
I took myself down to Songfa Road metro station toward the end of line 3. It is very different there to downtown Shanghai. The surroundings remind me a lot of a regional inland city rather than Shanghai.
It has been a super night, really. After a stressful few weeks, I've had the best time tonight that I have had for many months. Although I suspect my experience will (quite understandably) not appeal to all.
I found a strip of 7 or 8 BBS near West Yingao Road . Most of the girls were keen and beckoning me to go inside -- unlike in the downtown area where the majority of girls are doing their nails or watching TV and look away when you make eye contact. If they seem bored or disintersted in me, I am happy to reciprocate and walk-on.
After wandering around for over one hour, I called in at one place. Surprisingly, the girl said they "do not offer HJ but I could get BJ for Y150 or FS for Y200". The girl looked worse up-close than I expected, having seen her from the footpath. I declined and kept wandering. Eventually I saw a very cute girl inside a quiet-looking shop. It met all the requirements: there was only one girl working (not 5~10), girl was friendly and keen, it was a quiet area, no middle-aged dodgy-looking Chinese guys around, and the price was reasonable. There was no up-selling of services. No extra girls coming into the room wanting to so-called "participate" for double the agreed rate. I was told "don't worry about police, it's not a problem here" although I suspect some part of this statement was designed to get my business rather than being the whole truth.
I was again shocked that this shop simply refused to provide a HJ, saying "we just offer FS!". The price was Y200. I offered Y150, half-expecting to be shot down in flames, but the mamasan agreed without argument. I am usually quoted Y100 for a HJ in Jingan district in a take-it-or-leave-it manner.
This girl was great. Cute, young, enthusiastic. Mamasan and the girl both told me she is 18. No reason to argue with that.
Attitude of both mamasan and girl was wonderful. Very friendly and helpful. No B.S. at all. I'd rate her a 6.5. But for me the best part is she reminded me so much of a girl I knew many, many years ago, only more attractive (or maybe I'm just getting old...). She had this look happening straight out of the Almost Famous movie with Kate Hudson. Crimped, fuzzy hair, the colour and style of her clothes, lots of fur on the boots, jacket etc; and was even chewing strawberry-flavoured gum. Very much late 1960s / early 1970s. The look, facial expressions, clothes etc from that movie were spot-on. She was wearing some type of perfume or scent identical to how I remember this girl I knew in my youth. Only negative point for me was the presence of a golf-ball sized rose tattoo just below her left shoulder.
The room was very low class -- you'd probably call it "dirty" and replete with the bamboo mattress cover & no sheets! The floor had no carpet or covering at all. But I've stayed in worse cheap hotels in my travels around China. After I'd finished, I walked out the front to find lights off, curtain drawn and a bicycle padlock on the door. I admit to being a little anxious. But no problem. The mamasan (who looked quite tempting herself and was probably in her early-to-mid-30s) gave me my change and thanked me for my business. I commented on a 10 Euro note in her purse and she advised that "a foreign customer gave it to me!". I remember thinking: "I wonder if someone from this board had been into the shop before me!".
Came home, bought a Y15 bottle of wine and a couple of cheap cigars from a convenience store. I grabbed Y10 of cheap street food and sat outside having a very pleasant evening. Total damage for the night including subway fare