Phnom Penh

[quote=gaudente]there's no need to run a mile, i just crossed the road and checked into flamingo[/quote]
haha;)
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. ;)

Flamingo has a LIFT - WA is all "walk-up" (or rather "climb up") 2 flights of stairs

Walkabout by Rain,

Nice game on the Street.

[QUOTE=Dinghy]Flamingo has a LIFT - WA is all "walk-up" (or rather "climb up") 2 flights of stairs[/QUOTE]

Ah yes . . . The American physique . . . :( ;) ;)

[QUOTE=Himbersaft]Walkabout by Rain,

Nice game on the Street.[/QUOTE]

Adds a whole new meaning to get them while they are wet! Only afterwards did I realize that I was looking at Walkabout. Until then I thought you were getting your rocks off looking at photos of rainy streets! Well, there is room for everyone, I suppose.

[QUOTE=Simian]Adds a whole new meaning to get them while they are wet! Only afterwards did I realize that I was looking at Walkabout. Until then I thought you were getting your rocks off looking at photos of rainy streets! Well, there is room for everyone, I suppose.[/QUOTE]

Pretty good photos actually. When it rains it rains good. I tend to travel with some lightweight waterproofs, but as you can see it comes past the ankles at some points. Tuktuks sprout plastic windows which helps (at least if you can get one). :)

[QUOTE=Himbersaft]Walkabout by Rain,

Nice game on the Street.[/QUOTE]

Once when I was staying at a hotel near the river, I looked down off my balcony to see motorbikes and bicycles being pushed through water that was as high as the seat (Oct 2001) right down on the street below.

[QUOTE=Dinghy]Flamingo has a LIFT - WA is all "walk-up" (or rather "climb up") 2 flights of stairs[/QUOTE]
I have always wondered how many drunk guys died mountaineering from and to their WA rooms.

OK, here some Pics with wet Khmer Girls.

Nice girl mate! Where did you find her?

Please post some more!

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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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.

Gosh. 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.

[QUOTE=Dars Veider]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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Does anybody know if Martinis is still closed?

H. E., who is now in Hua Hin attending the Asia summit, has some time ago ordered a new crackdown on the 'entertainment industry', result was that Martini pub was shut down for about 3 weeks (opended again yesterdayevening April 3), Sharky bar could since mid this week play no more music (was again playing loud yesterday), but, much worse, most of the massage parlours I know (and that are quite a few) are ALL closed down. Completely.

Almost all so called 'hoarhouses' have been closed down, most of which catered for the locals. In Sihanoukville, same widespread crackdown on 'taxi girls' and the entertainment industry in general. Girls in so called legitmate 'bars' are terrified for police raids about to happen, being arrested and then 're-educated' by the police.

A mayor knockdown going on now for about a month that did irreputable damage for the occasional monger who only has a few weeks a year to enjoy his holiday.

All of this actually started way back in 2008 with the closure of Sophei club and Mikado.

BTW, Le Cyrcee was open last night but Somaly was closed. To me Somaly is pure shit (a few weeks ago demanded a 7 dollar bar fine and 25 dollar short time to take the girl out, as I refused to use their next door dirty rooms), just declined and walked out, straight into Le Cyrcee, in this no-nonsense bar you get the professional service you are expecting, price now for the girl is 20 bucks, 5 bucks for the room or 'salon' but only known customers are allowed to use them. Both clubs to be found junction street 136/49, very close to junction 136/Norodom.

Let me waist a word on Flamingo Hotel. I can not comprehend why ANYBODY choses voluntarely to stay in this shithole. You want to stay close to this area? Several good options, let me give you two, same street as Flamingos, walk up to riverside, when you start reaching the T-junction, 100 meters before Hotel Superstar, safe, clean and friendly, airco rooms and fridge for dollar 15. Walk out the door of Walkabout, turn into street 174 right, after 100 meters guesthouse Ponleudara 174/65, rooms with fan 5 dollars, airco rooms 10 dollars, no fridge. Girls Friendly? Yes, almost ALL hotels in PP are, almost all. Not all. But 99 percent are.

Having said all this, if you know your way a little bit you can still easily get laid in PP, prices remain almost everywhere the same for the freelancers, 10/15 bucks for short time, 20/30 bucks for long time. A bargain.

Up to yhou to decide whether you want to take your holiday in the Penh, or Pattaya or Angelis, no matter the fact I live here, If I only had a few weeks holiday a year I would never ever come here and go straigt for Pattaya or Angelis.

Up to you.

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