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From Russia with love?

You can actually see Blagoveshchensk (Chinese called it BuShi) from the bank of HH that is also filled with local tourists and some from across the River. The close proximity of HH & BLS is reflected by the 10 minutes ferry ride. I was told it is even faster by bus on the frozen ice during winter. However, we had a 3-hours experience clearing the Immigration & Customs on arrival at BLS – all because of the total inefficiency of the local authority, as well as the very discrimatory practice of clearing the local Russians first. It definitely made a very bad impression on all of us, visiting Russia for the first time! Note that BLS is two hours ahead of HH by time zone.

We did the tourist things by driving around to get a feel of the agricultural base economy. Interestingly, in a country that is supposed to have right-hand traffic, the majority of the “newer” vehicles appear to be that for left-hand traffic. We were told these are all recon second-hand vehicles imported from Japan. We checked out the bank of the river where locals came to enjoy the sun since this part of the country is freezing cold for most part of the year. We were also introduced to the common local (national?) drink called “kbac” or “kvac” that’s being sold from pressurized keg in just about every street corner in summer. It is a common home brew of weak dark beer made from fermented rye bread. GT who is never adventurous thinks it tastes like toilet water. But EZ and myself thought it is not too shabby, especially during the hot weather – giving same thirst quenching experience associated with beer! But for EZ and me, the fun was deciding which spot has the prettiest or friendliest gal selling kbac – some turned out to be extremely friendly and even posed for photos, but unfortunately language is a real problem – but in reality most of them are just school kids on holidays and will probably land us in jail if we had any encounters of the intimate kind.

The most popular spot for tourists is the promenade on the waterfront along the bank of the Amur River overlooking HH – and HH looks quite pretty at night on the opposite bank. In the evening, it is near the Victory Square close to the promenade where we found a couple of vans filled with Russian gals who seem to be all dressed up (some with too much makeup) but no where to go. Our interpreter told us this is the standard operandus modi – these ladies are on display and they will be delivered to a mutually agreed place to provide the service of the intimate kind. However, we were told we could not take them back to the 4-stars hotel that we were staying – they will be stopped by the security. Well, we were not impressed by what we saw and were then taken to a local sauna place – supposedly one of the better ones, but it is no where near the luxurious setup for SN that we are all accustomed to in China. The place reminds me more of the Geylang set up, with a bar and minimalistic furniture design. The rooms have so called spa facilities. The joint that we visited has a madam (who has that classic madam look that we saw in some of the cowboy movies – heavy in size and with overkilling makeup) and four gals. We were not impressed and the madam called for more re-enforcements – more gals came, all by the vans. I would rate them anywhere from 2 to 7 in the 20+ gals that were brought in. EZ and myself were not tempted by any – maybe we were looking for ones similar to the grade we saw on the promenade. But GT decided he needs his “western meal” and the damage was 4000RussianRuble (S$182) for the gal and 300Rub (S$14) to the madam for the use of the facilities.

We then took the 14 hours train ride from BLS to Khabarovsk (Chinese called it KaBa) that is supposedly the second largest city in the Russian Far East after Vladivostok. Time here is an hour ahead of BLS and we stayed at a hotel conveniently located next to the Lenin Square – the main square of the city. From here it is also within walking distance to the Amur River where the promenade is very popular with both locals and tourists. We saw many topless ladies sun tanning on the bank, but all have the nipples covered by small cap (to beat the law?) We find the city not too tourist-friendly and getting around without interpreter is a pain. We were also checked by police – so, visitors are advised to carry their passports with them at all times. There is a sizeable Chinese community here and the huge Chinese market stretches a couple of kilometers, all filled with “Made-In-China” products ranging from jeans to nuts & bolts.

Our interpreter/driver told us the SOP to get gals in KB is similar to BLS – that is, you need to have the contacts to have the gals brought over (yes, you guess it, in the vans) to wherever mutually agreed. Again, we cannot bring the gal to our hotel. The interpreter introduced us to one of his Chinese friends with contacts and we ended up in a place called Grand Restaurant that is close to the Chinese market. The place even provide car cleaning services, and has a bar with pool tables on the ground floor, and rooms on the upper floors for rent by the hour. The cost is 1200Rub (S$55) per hour which is somewhat pricey even though the room I had was humongous, about twice the size of a normal hotel room. I was told alternatives are the many so called sauna establishments mostly operated by Russians associated with criminal gangs. Most of these gangs also controlled the gals, housing them in apartments and providing the subsistence, with the gals getting only Rub500(S$23) of the Rub3500(S$160) that I paid for the gal’s one hour amusements.

I saw five gals and I would rate them 4 to 7 – but then, I am not a big fan of western meal. I chose Ima mainly because she’s one of the better looking ones – tall and smiles a lot. As an added bonus, I subsequently found that she speaks a bit of English – enough for us to communicate with more than body language. That may mean she was telling me the truth when she said she is a university student studying Design at the local Khabarovsk State University of Technology, or it could mean she has many English speaking admirers. But since we saw very few foreigners in the city, other than Chinese, the former may be true.

Ima is 21yo, nice body but only B boobs. She has a typical Russian girl-next-door look without any makeup. But she is extremely shy and would not share the shower. She came out of the bathroom with towel firmly wrapped on her body, and insisted on turning off all the lights – including the ones in the bathroom! It would have been pitch black if the TV was also turned off. She only give BJ and insisted on using the CDs she brought, and did a reasonably good job with plenty of deep throating. She was surprised that she did not finish me off then, as we moved to more conventional engagements. However, I was equally surprised when she insisted on going to shower half an hour latter. So, even though she is a nice gal who appears to try her best, it wasn’t exactly a top-notch bonking experience. Maybe the Rub500 that she supposedly actually get can explain this, but who knows.

My personal experience is such that other than the novelty of bonking a white Russian gal on Russian soil, I’ll get much better deal somewhere else, including China. You can get more fun and value for money deal from the Russian gals from Beijing’s Hollywood at their clean apartments for RMB800 (S$170)! But of course Macau is another story.

We returned to China by taking the 1.5hr boat ride from KB to Fuyang in Heilongjiang Province. FY is a small sleepy border town that is supposedly the top-most and eastern-most part of China, and we heard it is destined to be the next hot spot for tourism development after the Chinese and Russian settled their 40-yo border dispute last year. We heard that the returned areas will be designated “special areas” where even casinos will be allowed, with all kind of associated entertainment to attract foreign visitors. There is a railroad currently being built to link it to Harbin - so maybe one of these days cheongsters will be often seen on them traveling into the town for cheong sessions like we see them on the ShenGuan Express taking them to CP these days!!!

But right now, the cheong-scene in FY is somewhat limited although the local taxi driver claimed that there are plans to congregate the ZYs in one street. Will introduce FY and other towns in Dongbei in my next update on this thread.