Croix Vip - Maipu 378 Piso 3,4,
- 80P Entrance.
- Note that the entrance fee included the use of a sauna OR steam room - which were subject to availability. It also included the massage itself.
- The place consists of:
- 4 floors with 13 massage rooms in total.
- 2 sauna rooms - on two separate floors.
- 2 steam rooms - on two separate floors.
- Note that the above info was given by the chica I was with and may be slightly in error do to her rapid Spanish and my tired state.
- The chica I chose quoted the following prices for extra services - claiming they're standard with all the girls. I remarked it would be nice to see them listed on a card like the drink prices were.
- 50P to take off her outerwear.
- 80P for a covered blowjob.
- 100P for (convencional only?) Sex.
- When I asked she explained that the last three prices are not separate. Meaning that if I'd told her right away that I wanted sex I could have had a covered blowjob and covered sex for 180P total - including the entrance fee.
Now for a narrative account of my visit:
I was in Orleans massageplanete a few nights ago and an older Porteٌo told me of Croix. He was very hush hush about it and told me not to tell too many extranjeros about it as they (Croix or the Porteٌos that go there) wouldn't like the fact that he'd told me. He said it consisted of five floors and about fifty girls and was very nice; upscale. I thanked him kindly and said I'd pray to God that he enjoy a long life (of fucking) if it turned out I liked the place. Oh and he only gave me the phone number - because he'd long ago forgotten the actual address.
This is my third time in Buenos Aires - having made two eighteen day trips in 06. So I thought, "Damn! It's taken me till now to find out about this place?" Of course I wasted no time calling and, when I asked for the address, was told I needed to make an appointment. A name or two were mentioned but I didn't want to reserve a chica sight-unseen so I said I'd call back.
Later I did a search on the forum here and, obviously, found this post - which put me onto the fact that this "secret place," had a website. So, equipped with the address I went there last night. I arrived at about 6 PM, buzzed, went up to Piso 4, and was sent to Piso 3 - where a pretty receptionist awaited me.
Heheh. Someone in this thread remarked how the receptionist, of course, was the hottest girl in the place. Well the chica that greeted me was certainly pretty but not a knockout or even close to it. I had high expectations of having a hard time choosing between the multitude of hotties that waited inside. Doh! Doh! Doh!
It was 6:10 when she checked her computer and remarked that there were two chicas free at that time. I asked if there'd be more by, say, 7 o'clock. She scanned the system again and said there'd be five. This sounded better to me - though of course not anything close to what I hoped / imagined.
With nearly an hour to kill I had time to enjoy a relaxing sauna and steambath - or so I thought. This is when I found out that it was either / or and based upon availability. Hence the benefit of at least booking one or the other before heading over. Doh!
I'd really wanted a sauna but only a steam room was available. I was shown to it and informed the chicas would be presented to me at 7 o'clock. At that moment we were standing in a somewhat large room with a glass walled modern shower (hand wand equipped); and clothing rack; a chair; and a cabinet - on top of which were the various toiletries one would need. Being my first visit to this Spa - having been to Finlandia and Colmega - I was a bit confused at this point. I didn't see a secure place to keep my wallet and Palm. It was then that I found out the entire room was mine till 7 o'clock - and was shown the small steam room in the corner that, I was told, would need ten to fifteen minutes to heat up. The size of the private room surprised me - as did the fact there was no lock or latch of any kind on its door. When I pointed this out I was assured that no one would enter it without knocking. Hmmm.
While the receptionist went for my complimentary 7-Up I got undressed and hid my wallet. A ZipLock sandwich bag would have come in handy here to keep my valuables with me without them getting soggy. As it was the window in the door to the steam room was fogged up so there was no way to watch out for them while getting steamed.
Sitting in the steamroom it became obvious that more than fifteen minutes would be needed before it got to even a warm temperature. So by half past the hour I decided to hell with it and instead took a nice long shower - which was nearly as good, steam wise, as the steamroom but wonderfully hot.
At 6:50 the alarm I'd set on my Palm went off and I dried off and wrapped up in the velcro-equipped waist towel. The receptionist must have heard it too and entered, after knocking, to show me to the massage room next door. I gathered all my belongings and, in two trips, shuffled them to that room and laid them out again. A bit of a bother that but oh well.
The massage room was large and had its own glass walled shower as well. It also had its own chair and coat rack - but no actual clothing rack like the steamroom had had. You know, the kind with special hangers for pants and such. I´d found that to be a nice touch. The massage table was, I think, larger than most I'd seen before. I'm not big on Pay2Play massage places though so maybe it was normal size for Buenos Aires.
In short order the receptionist inquired as to whether I was ready for the girls. After about five minutes the first of three showed herself. After ten I'd seen all three - not the five I'd expected. None really did it for me so I asked if that was all. I was told yes and so asked whether there were girls free on other floors. I was told yes and waited for them to arrive. I guess maybe five minutes later one more girl presented herself. She, like three of the four I met, was a big girl. Not so much fat as VERY full bodied. Not the type I'd normally pick but she had very nice eyes and a sweet smile that I thought would look nice going down on me.
So now it's five after seven - fifteen minutes since I was moved from the steamroom to the massage room - and the massage began. I was made to lay down on my stomach, towel removed, and she kept her robe on. I didn't really care right then as its hard to see anything when the most comfortable position, face down on a massage table, is looking at the floor through the face hole.
I don't get many massages so I can´t really say how it rated. Of course, as George Costanza would tell you, any pair of hands rubbing you down feels good. For me though, it didn't move.
After thirty minutes she started repeating the massage so it was up to me, I guessed, to bring up the extras. I'd spent a good deal of time during the massage contemplating what I should tip if it turned out the blowjob would be covered (and therefore unwanted) and only a handjob was given. Many factors went into my calculations: what I knew the cost of full service (covered and uncovered) was at a multitude of Departamento Privados - cheap and nasty and high end - and Madonna's (my favorite bar). There was also an amusing incident at reception that complicated my calculations...
When I pulled out a 100 Peso bill to pay the 80P entrance the receptionist asked if I had 30P more as she could then give me 50P as change. Well I had another 30P but it was all in small bills which I am loathe to part with easily - except when paying taxi drivers. So instead I pulled out two 20P bills and asked, "؟Tiene diez pesos?" Note that I didn't say 10P MORE change - to add to the 50P she had ready - as I assumed she was following my calculations. (100P + 40P - 50P - 10P = 80P) No. She wasn't following. She said yes as she picked up the 140P and gave the 10P she dug out of the till to me as change - completing the transaction with a simple, sweetly delivered "Gracias,"
Doh! She thought I was adding a 50P tip!? Just how upscale was this place? (Remember at this point I had not been past reception and so didn't know exactly what awaited me). For her to assume a 50P tip without blinking or breaking into a big grin just how upscale was this place? Did only insanely rich locals come here? In short order I corrected the error and didn't detect any change in her professionally sweet treatment of me.
So back to the massage:
As I turned over I remarked to her that it was my first time here. Third time in Buenos Aires but first time in Croix. I added to that that I'd been to various departamentos and bars. So I put her on notice that I was not a fresh-off-the-plane first time tourist and waited for her prices - which have been cited above. At this point she´d already been jacking me and, clearly, I was enjoying that. She had not taken off her robe though. Before long, upon hearing her prices and assurances that they were the norm, it became clear that I´d stopped enjoying the jacking. Fifty pesos to remove her robe? She did, by the way, do so as she quoted that figure - but kept her bra and panties on. SHOCK! Actually I think it was at this point that mini me lost interest. Not coincidentally, her sweet smile was gone too. So with ten minutes remaining to the hour I told her to put her robe back on. At that she remarked that a 50P tip was expected as she had taken it off. Ha ha! What a joker. I told her that I wasn´t paying 50P to see her naked when I could go to any number of bars and see chicas nearly naked for less than that. She pointed out that Croix was not a bar; was distinctly different. It certainly is.
Considering and mentioning the nice, long massage I informed her I would give her a 40P tip for it anyway and got up to dress. She didn´t fuss about the 10P but got it anyway as I´d have had to use my precious small bills to make 40P so instead handed her a 50P note. Doh!
Now all that remained was the awkwardness of passing the receptionist without tipping her. I had thought to do so, tip her, but didn´t want to offend her with a mere 10P - a tip that, almost anywhere else in Buenos Aires except the tourist traps, would have been happily accepted. As it turned out she inquired about how everything went so we did wind up chatting. Then, as I paused at the door, she asked what was wrong - seeing that I was clearly preoccupied with something. It was then I asked if it would offend her if I gave her a 10P tip. (In my mind I had visions of filthy rich Porteٌos tipping with 50s and 100s - considering the ease with which she´d accepted what she´d taken to be my offer of a 50P tip upon arriving). She assured me, repeatedly and pleasantly, that no tip was needed or expected. Huh?
At that I was out of there and won´t likely return. As I already mentioned I am not really a fan of Pay2Play massage places. Probably mainly because of the above mentioned confusion regarding costs. It´s so much nicer to know up front, as one does at departamentos, exactly what´s coming and for how much. Of course I could have interviewed the girl before starting the session but, well, I was tired and put off balance, I suppose, by the less than stellar line up.
So, for 130P, I found out first hand that I had not been missing anything special during my previous two trips. For me, if I want a relaxing massage and sauna and steambath I´ll go to Finlandia. There, for 46P or so you can pass as many hours as you like moving about between the cold and not-so-cold pools; the sauna and steam rooms. You can lounge about and read and, at your appointed time, enjoy the included 30 minute professional massage - likely from a man. Whether it moves or not is up to you two.
If I want sex I´ll continue to go to my favorite places where the pricing is, for the most part, up front.
CC