potato queens speak very fluent english. those who don't speak english would avoid u like the plague even if u spoke native-level standard chinese. so, no, your chinese doesn't need to go beyond 'ni hao ma?' to get u laid.

Well, I'm not sure I agree with that totally in the case of Taipei. Sure there are professional potato queens, but I've had many boys there who said they had never gone with a farang before, and spoke no English.

It's a bit more fluid than, say, Tokyo.

In any case, there will be plenty of potato queens after you in Taipei, so it's a moot point.

i was referring to gymfit guys. i don't seek contacts with other type of guys (slim, average, chubby, g-men), so cannot really comment.

it's not common for the sticky rice in taiwan to openly approach a gwm in the club/bar. his friends will be watching disapprovingly. i guess most of your contacts were made either online or in some cruisy place (sauna, parks, hot springs).

True. Parks and saunas, mostly.

And gym bunnies are not my scene. I'm more of a "guy next door" type.

If your going to HK first, then there are hundreds of travel agents who can get you a visa within a few hours and at reasonable cost, and yes you do need 2 or 3 photos.

From Hong Kong there is a modern fairly fast train to Shenzen, departs numerous times every day, quite punctual, easy to find the HK departure station, it's within the HK train system, from memory it's about 70 minutes trip, train is very clean, attendants come up and down continuously with a trolley with snacks, drinks etc., all at cheap prices.

On arrival in Shenzen it's just 3 or 4 minutes walk to passport and customs, both quick and very efficient. If there's a problem at the passport check a local immigration officer who speaks English is on the spot within seconds, all very friendly and courteous. Walk two minutes to the taxi area, well organized, lots of signs, plenty of taxis, 10 to 20 minutes to most parts of Shenzen. But it would be wise to give the taxi driver a note with the name and address of your hotel in Chinese. When you book your hotel you can easily copy hotel name and address from their website.

What's the best place for a hot spring/jacuzzi in shenzhen ?

Is there any good place for gay and foot massage for 2 hours or more in shenzhen ?

don't think there's any hot spring in shenzhen. there are also no jacuzzi pools in gay saunas in shenzhen
there are plenty of gay massage places in shenzhen though. just go to the ads posted on gayhk.com. don't expect a proper massage though, or even a nice experience.

I had a lot of fun in Medan on two visits. I stayed at the Danau Toba Hotel which has a beautiful swimming pool "lagoon" that draws Indonesians and is very cruisy. The showers next to the pool were super cruisy and lots of boys with hard dicks. I even had one guy follow me to my room and kind of push his way in. He was really hot, so I didn't put up much of a fight :)