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04-04-10 09:00 #2563
Posts: 142Gosh. Thanks for the update about the new system. I have a feeling that the free and easy days in PP are nearing their end.
Before, the sign in the Flamingo rooms saying something like 'Don't film pornography here' was the limit of their 'restrictions'.
There was usually a "lady come down. OK" phone from reception call when the gal left the room, but a couple of times it didn't happen.
I have a horrible feeling that Flamingo won't be able to be what it is for much longer.
Originally Posted by Dars Veider
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04-04-10 02:56 #2562
Posts: 6Tia from Sharky's
Hi all,
Long time lurker, first time monger here in PP. Here's a (clothed) pic of Tia. Picked her up at Sharky's. We agreed on $30 LT and I gave her a few extra bucks cause she was nice. If you think that's too much you may be right, but as I said she was my first pick-up and my negotiation skills need sharpening. I will do better/cheaper tonight.
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04-03-10 14:46 #2561
Posts: 287Report Phnom Penh March 2010
Hotel in PP:
Stayed at Flamingos: 25$ per night standard room with AC, TV and fridge, including breakfast (1 meal, 1 drink coffee or tea), free airport pick-up: very friendly staff, totally GF (but they have a new (?) regulation: on entering all girls have to fill/sign a "form" and leave their ID at reception for copying. And the girl has to sign it with her thumb print – there is also now a copy of an official document dated March 24, 2010 in the elevator and each room attached to the wall, saying that this hotel is "not engaging in any illegal stuff" (my rough interpretation). So what?)
Location: just around the corner is Walkabout and Heart of Darkness; Sharky is a 15 minutes walk
Walkabout Bar:
Only a few freelancers – nothing to write home about: was quoted 20 $ ST, could only bargain down to 15$
Draft beer is 1, 25$
Sharky:
Lots of freelancers (was there always after 8pm) – ST 15$
Draft beer 1, 5 $
Moto Sharky-Flamingos 2 people 1$
Tourist stuff to kill time (for those who have been to all the PP temples already):
Oudong Tour (40 km outside of PP): Tuk-Tuk 15 $. Takes 4-5h (incl. 1, 5 h looking around)
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04-01-10 22:08 #2560
Posts: 535Nice girl mate! Where did you find her?
Please post some more!
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04-01-10 17:28 #2559
Posts: 68Waterpics
OK, here some Pics with wet Khmer Girls.
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04-01-10 10:35 #2558
Posts: 74Originally Posted by Dinghy
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04-01-10 10:20 #2557
Posts: 1390Originally Posted by Himbersaft
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04-01-10 08:25 #2556
Posts: 2345Originally Posted by Simian
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04-01-10 07:00 #2555
Posts: 367Originally Posted by Himbersaft
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03-31-10 18:53 #2554
Posts: 2345Originally Posted by Dinghy
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03-31-10 18:43 #2553
Posts: 68Paddle if it's raining
Walkabout by Rain,
Nice game on the Street.
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03-31-10 18:18 #2552
Posts: 1584Flamingo has a LIFT - WA is all "walk-up" (or rather "climb up") 2 flights of stairs
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03-31-10 17:21 #2551
Posts: 2345Originally Posted by gaudente
yeah, even i don't run. but i do generally arrive in places with just a backpack (which converts to more respectable-looking hand-luggage if i need to look more posh!) that way i can have a look at the rooms on offer, see if they smell and so on. when i stayed at walkabout, i had looked at about four places, including flamingos. if they only have dumptruck smellholes, you're better going somewhere else.
the only reason i'd book in advance in a town like this and with many empty rooms in more or less adjoining hotels is to book a specific room. the classy rooftop rooms at walkabout are in short number. the mid range are tolerable given the other pros and cons. the smellholes are pretty vile. i only saw three rooms at flamingos, didn't like any of them. but i think the ambience there maybe appeals more to the 'hotel' mindset compared to the 'backpack' mindset.
running is generally not a preferred sport in pp unless you are being chased. walking at a steady speed and direction is much safer - traffic will generally make a reasonable effort to drive round rather than hitting you. if in doubt - or pants-pissing panic - get a tuktuk or moto to cross a busy road. because i feel it would be inconsiderate of me to leave body-parts rep001tered across the highway for ngos or scavengers to collect, i have done this myself on one or two occasions.
but between flamingos and walkabout is just normal dirtmuck side-road. so you can jaywalk - or paddle if it's raining - with no more than the normal 360 vision and a 'no thank-you-i-don't-want-whatever-it-is-you're-selling' wave.
unless it's a tuktuk to take you from bus-terminal row to the more refined tourist hotels the far side of the main road of course.
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03-31-10 15:15 #2550
Posts: 367Originally Posted by Christopherd
That said, there are the large donors (World Bank, WHO) who are inclined to spend spend spend and then complain that the locals pocket a small cut. Not surprised given the salaries paid to the expat experts!
As I understand it, the big problem on the Khmer side is the cut that the officials take. But as long as they are on very low salaries, who can blame them?
Yes, in the main centers you are bound to get the kind of guys who will rip you off, send you to places where there are ladies and where they get a commission and so on. But I agree with Christopherd that once you get beyond that and they realize that you are not some dumbass trying to tell everyone how to live or throwing money all over the place, they will accept you as another human being. It is easier to do that once you get out of the main centers of tourism.
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03-31-10 12:24 #2549
Posts: 74Originally Posted by Christopherd