OK...here is my FR on the scene in Shanghai with 1 week to go before the Expo officially opens. I've spend the last 3 nights barhopping in the neighborhood of Manhattans.
Malone's is rockin', but not necessarily with FLs. Went in there about 1AM last night and the place was PACKED with mostly an expat crowd, but I saw all but maybe 5 working girls??? But they all seemed to be busy with somebody. Decent band there on Friday night. Good place for a Burger and a few beers.
Big Bamboo (right next door to Manhattans) is also a good place for Burgers and they have an excellent variety of beers......German, Belgian, Australian, and the usual big names. Also have some decent import wines on the menu. Last night there was some big Canadian group (of like 100 people) in there to do with the expo. I guess there will be more and more expats frequenting these places now with the Expo in town and these are like some of the only places where you can pick up a good All-American meal like back home.
Now on to Manhattans.....sadly the expo is having a dramatic negative effect on both the supply of the girls and the demands from the expats. Went in there about midnight on Friday and it was a 1:1 ratio. Ideally for these situations, I like at least a 5:1 ratio. There were a few, but nothing I really liked. Last Night Saturday was even worse.....I think there were maybe 1.5 expats for every one girl....and there seemed to be fewer girls on Saturday than on Friday night. Sadly, I went back to the hotel empty-handed both nights as there just wan't anything to my liking. But today I approched the Bellman in my hotel about the hotel's massage services, and he was like "it's no sex massage. If you want sex massage, you let me know and I'll call-in for somebody come to your room no problem." So I think it's possible to get sex, but they are running a more discreet operation now with the expo.
If you are coming here just for the Sex vacation, you would be better off going to someplace like the Phils. or Thailand becuase I think you would be really disapointed in Shanghai at this juncture.