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[QUOTE=Polyorchid; 1122508]I highly recommend Na Na Hotel & Café Restaurant.
Nº.1B2B, Dekcho Damdin (St. 154)
12210 Phnom Penh.
Tel 023 6926 987.
HP 017 373 872.
It's on the corner of 154 and Pasteur, a 5-minute walk from Walkabout, only $20, including breakfast and very clean. [/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Dinghy;1122585]You need to have bug repellent in Pailin. Drug resistant malaria is endemic there[/QUOTE]The chicken farm in Palin was closed down about a year and a half ago.
[QUOTE=Henryv;1122664]Is it a safe walk?[/QUOTE]Absolutely. PP seemed very safe to me.
I was raised around Chicago, and I've never been anywhere in Asia, or anywhere else in the world, where I felt anywhere near as in danger as I did there. If the thugs don't get you, the coppers will.
[QUOTE=Shadow6491;1122768]The chicken farm in Palin was closed down about a year and a half ago.[/QUOTE]From the sihanoukvillegazette. Com:
Police Raid on Chicken Farm.
Last Week end (30th January) the Military Police conducted a raid on a Brothel in a place known locally as "The Chicken Farm." After weeks of surveillance the raid caught a Vietnamese man selling drugs. The man was arrested and charged with Drug Offences for which he received 7 years. The mama san w2as charged with keeping a brothel and she duly paid a fine while the working girls were sent to PP for 'Re-education. A Canadian national was released without charges as the working girl was over the age of consent.
Damn! What's going on with the chicken farms? There goes my $5 shags. Now I will have to shop hard elsewhere.
[QUOTE=Hippie;1121708]Yes, Cambodian girls will sometimes call the cops on you if they are pissed off enough at being what they consider seriously underpaid. It does not happen often, but it does happen. Contrary to popular opinion, however, they won't always take the girl's side. If they do, the cops will then split whatever extra money they get out of the customer with the girl.[/QUOTE]Well ya I guess technically the girl can call the cops. The corrupt cop won't care who he takes money from, whether it be from a working girl, a barang, or a local.
Never heard of that, but then no scumbag would admit that his girl called the cops because he stiffed her. I observed 2 incidents.
Funny story: I was at Martinis a few years ago. This girl was a few feet away from this guy. She was constantly yapping at him, saying things like "you no pay me","why you no pay me". The guy just calmly drank his beer. She did that the whole time I was there. I guess that's the "common" recourse the working girl has.
When the locals have a dispute, such as a traffic accident, no one wants to call the cops. They're kind of like lawyers, they're the only ones that win.
[QUOTE=Hippie;1121708]I no longer am recommending Amari hotel on St. 136 to people. I know one person who had a large amount of money stolen out of a locked drawer, presumably by the housekeeper.[/QUOTE]That guy seems foolish for having a large amount of money in a drawer. If it had a lock, it was one of those flimsy ones. If he jerry rigged it with his own cheap lock, those can be picked.
That's one reason why I don't stay at the Amari. They don't have any in-room safes (plus no wi-fi in the room). Why didn't he use the individual safes in the lobby. Those also are very flimsy; it's wooden with cheap locks. But the owner assured me that it was completely safe because the lobby is taped 24 hours a day by CCTV.
In-room safes are only marginally safer than the other two alternatives mentioned, when the threat is from a hotel staff member. Every hotel has at least one person who knows the master combination and / or has a master key to every safe. These are essential when customers forget their combinations. At the very least the manager on each shift will have it, and with the average Cambodian's laziness and inability to keep secrets, usually several other people do, as well. (I'm really not bashing Cambodia unfairly when I say that, as anyone who has lived and worked here will attest.) Once when staying at a very highly-regarded hotel in Angeles City, I returned to my room at midday to move to a better room that I was switching to that day. I walked into my room to find the security guard and new tenant staring at my opened safe, which contained $3000 in addition to my passport and camera and some prescription medicine. I went ballistic when the receptionist calmly informed me that since the other guest had arrived early, the staff had moved all my belongings for me and she had instructed the security guard to open the safe.
Any comments on this previous post?
[QUOTE=Henryv; 1122344]Gentlemen:
I am seriously considering my first visit to Camboida. Understanding the fact I must make my own way and do research, could you helf me with some general info:
What is this "crackdown" I read about?
Can someone recommned a good hotel in Phnom Penh with access to general mongering area. I have been told the walkabout is a good place.
It appears the going rate for short time is around $15.
Best overall mongering spots for a newbie.
All info greatly appreciated. [/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=GreenBud; 1123135]Well ya I guess technically the girl can call the cops. The corrupt cop won't care who he takes money from, whether it be from a working girl, a barang, or a local.
Never heard of that, but then no scumbag would admit that his girl called the cops because he stiffed her. I observed 2 incidents.
Funny story: I was at Martinis a few years ago. This girl was a few feet away from this guy. She was constantly yapping at him, saying things like "you no pay me","why you no pay me". The guy just calmly drank his beer. She did that the whole time I was there. I guess that's the "common" recourse the working girl has.
When the locals have a dispute, such as a traffic accident, no one wants to call the cops. They're kind of like lawyers, they're the only ones that win.
That guy seems foolish for having a large amount of money in a drawer. If it had a lock, it was one of those flimsy ones. If he jerry rigged it with his own cheap lock, those can be picked.
That's one reason why I don't stay at the Amari. They don't have any in-room safes (plus no wi-fi in the room). Why didn't he use the individual safes in the lobby. Those also are very flimsy; it's wooden with cheap locks. But the owner assured me that it was completely safe because the lobby is taped 24 hours a day by CCTV. [/QUOTE]Actually this exact scenario with a girl wanting more than she got and her calling the cops has happened and even been reported in the Phnom Phen Post. If I can be bothered I might dig it out and post it for you to have a laugh at.
[QUOTE=Hippie; 1123174]and with the average Cambodian's laziness
(I'm really not bashing Cambodia unfairly when I say that, as anyone who has lived and worked here will attest.) [/QUOTE]That's somewhat of an understatement, and I don't even live there. LOL!
I've met a lot of people that like the Khmers, and they say something like, "The Cambodians are a sweet loving people, but". They always use the word "but". LOL!
[QUOTE=Asianpussylover; 1123002]From the sihanoukvillegazette. Com:
Police Raid on Chicken Farm.
Last Week end (30th January) the Military Police conducted a raid on a Brothel in a place known locally as "The Chicken Farm." After weeks of surveillance the raid caught a Vietnamese man selling drugs. The man was arrested and charged with Drug Offences for which he received 7 years. The mama san w2as charged with keeping a brothel and she duly paid a fine while the working girls were sent to PP for 'Re-education. A Canadian national was released without charges as the working girl was over the age of consent.
Damn! What's going on with the chicken farms? There goes my $5 shags. Now I will have to shop hard elsewhere. [/QUOTE]So sad to hear that the chicken farms and 5$ viet cuties are disappearing all over Cambodia.
Which chicken farm are you speaking of in SHV? The shags on the port or the house in town?
Did the whole business just went underground for cambos only or did they really made it to destroy it?
R. I. P. Cambo sex business.
Got a pm telling me the Flamingo was a good Hotel situated close to the action. Any comments?
Anyone know of a good hotel close to the action that has a pool.
Also, if I bring an unloced cell phone is the system similar to the Philippines or Thailand, I. E, buy a sim care and time.
Thank you.
[QUOTE=Henryv; 1123640]Got a pm telling me the Flamingo was a good Hotel situated close to the action. Any comments?
Anyone know of a good hotel close to the action that has a pool.
Also, if I bring an unloced cell phone is the system similar to the Philippines or Thailand, I. E, buy a sim care and time.
Thank you. [/QUOTE]Flamingo is close to some action but doesent have a pool, nowdays they need a I'd on the girl, not many have one.
[QUOTE=Worltravel;1123672]Flamingo is close to some action but doesent have a pool, nowdays they need a I'd on the girl, not many have one.[/QUOTE]When I was there in April 2010 they IDed the girl (which she didn't have).
Stayed there one night two weeks ago and brought 2 girls back and they didn't ID them.
Hi guys, newbie here.
I was wondering if there's any boardmembers currently living in or visiting Phnom Penh that could help me out tracking down a girl that I met at the Walkabout last week.
I meant to get her phone number on my last night in PP but unfortunately fell ill and didn't make it out that night.
My next visit isn't for another 3 months and given the high turnover rate at the Walkabout it would be a shame if she left the WA before my next trip.
I'd greatly appreciate any help on this matter either on here or via PM.
Cheers guys!
[QUOTE=Henryv; 1123640]Got a pm telling me the Flamingo was a good Hotel situated close to the action. Any comments?
Anyone know of a good hotel close to the action that has a pool.
Also, if I bring an unloced cell phone is the system similar to the Philippines or Thailand, I. E, buy a sim care and time.
Thank you.[/QUOTE]Flamingo's is ok, nothing more, nothing less. I stayed there on my first trip in 2009 and found the rooms a bit tired looking and a bit too expensive for what I got. It is very close to the st 51 action though and it's probably a good hotel for a newcomer to the city.
Sim cards are available as you exit arrivals at PP airport. Can't give you any info on price etc as I have never bought one.