This was my 11th trip to Phnom Penh in the past 4 years. I noticed very little change during the first 3 years. But much has changed over the past year. For starters, prices are up. For years, prices in PP stayed the same: $10 for short time and $20 for long time. Not anymore. The girls are now asking $20 s/t and $40 l/t. I was unable to negotiate a short time price below $20 with a girl that I actually wanted to fuck. Of course, there will always be bow-wows available for less and some girls in some hostess bars (Shanghai) are asking $30 s/t and $60 l/t. Long time prices were much easier to negotiate. I paid $30 once and $25 each of the other 4 nights.
While some may bemoan the fact that prices are up, the most positive change is that quality and quantity are better than ever. You won’t notice this unless you visit the hostess bars on 104 Street. Two years ago, 104 Street had only 5 hostess bars, each with 8-12 girls. That was a pool of about 50 girls to choose from. Now there are 12 hostess bars just on 104 Street. And each of those bars now has 15-30 girls. More importantly, IMO, the quality of the girls is dramatically better. It’s also worth noting, there is one bar with all Filipina girls on 104 Street.
Speaking of hostess bars, they all serve lady drinks now. This wasn’t the case a year ago. Lady drinks are $3 each, the girls get $1. While the girls will eventually ask for a lady drink, there is very little pressure.
Another change is the number of Viet working girls is way down. For years, the Viet girls were prominent at Sharky and Martini Bar. I only saw 5 different Viet girls at Sharky in 5 days. Martini used to have around 40 Viet girls, working with 2 mamasans. Now there is one mamasan with maybe 10-12 girls. I don’t know where they’ve gone or why.
BTW, the road in front of Martini is finally paved!
I stayed at Flamingos Hotel again. Flamingos is a great value but more importantly for me, the location can’t be beat. I can stumble home at 5am from Heart of Darkness disco or I can wake up and walk over to Walkabout to view the selection of freelancers.
My first night in town, I stumbled home from Heart with Mai. She was a real sweetie and provided great GFE. During the day, Mai is a card dealer at one of the casinos in town.
Photos: Mai - Heart of Darkness 01 02
For personal reasons I will give the next girl the fictitious name of Lin and I won’t reveal any information about where or how I found her. The photos are limited to those with no identifying background.
When I first saw Lin, she was smiling at me and we couldn’t keep our eyes off each other. It’s rare, but every once in awhile everything seems to just click with a girl. That’s what happened with Lin. Over the next four days we could hardly keep our hands off each other. Lin is passionate, playful, enthusiastic and affectionate. I’ve been with hundreds of Asian girls and Lin is in the top 5 all time. She made this trip to PP memorable.
Photos: Lin 03 04 05 06 07 08
The incorrigible butterfly that I am, I managed to squeeze in a few other girls when I was able to tear myself away from Lin. This is a Viet girl, Lang, who I’ve been with several other times on previous trips. Lang gives a bbbj that is off the charts. She has never allowed me to take a photo before and begrudgingly let me snap this one.
Photo: Lang 09
My final night in town I was barhopping (again) on 104 Street. I finally made it into Rose Bar and was greeted by the familiar chorus of “welcome” and then a shriek as this girl came running from the back of the bar. It was my old friend, Ala.
This is an excerpt from a report I posted on another board nearly 2 years ago:
From Flyngo’s Weekend in Phnom Penh (Nov 16, 2006)
The night was still young; it was only around 11pm, so I decided to go over to 104 Street since I was in the north part of town. First I stopped in One Zero Four to see Ala. I first met Ala last month and thought she was really cute. She also seemed a bit aloof. Attitude and aloofness has become increasingly common among bargirls in Thailand but it’s rare in Cambodia. When I caught Ala looking my way, I gave her the finger, thinking I’d send her a message. Instead, she laughed and gave me the finger right back and came over and sat on my lap. I was dead wrong about Ala, no attitude here. Instead, she had a really fun and playful attitude. I challenged her to a shot of tequila. Thai bargirls jump at the offer of a drink because it makes them money. Khmer girls on the other hand rarely drink alcoholic beverages and make no money on ladies drinks so it took awhile to coax Ala into drinking the tequila. She finally did and another and another soon followed. She’s been nicknamed “Tequi-Ala” ever since. When I showed up at One Zero Four, Ala greeted me with a nice hug and was soon on my lap again. It was a nice reunion and of course, we had several more rounds of tequila. Ala was eager for me to barfine her and she looked really cute but I just wasn’t feeling horny yet and I wanted to get over to Zanzibar to see my buddies.
It turns out Ala had stopped working and gone home to her province. She only recently returned to working in Phnom Penh. I suddenly found myself with a situation. I’ve had this unrequited attraction to Ala for 2 years. It’s my last night in town and I want to be with her. But I’ve already made plans to see Lin in less than an hour. I go to the “water closet” and call Lin, breaking the news that I can’t see her. She knows it’s another girl and I don’t even try to lie. She tells me it’s ok to see another girl for short time and she’ll come see me later for long time. I tell her no, I want to stay with this girl long time. Lin is devastated and crying. She “loves me” and wants to be with me on my last night. I tell her no, I cannot see you tonight. I spent the night with Ala and as much as I like her, my thoughts were with Lin.
Photos: Ala - Rose Bar 10 11 12 13
Ala was gone by 11am and I called Lin. She agreed to come over. We had a passionate session for 2 hours and she never said a word about the choice I’d made the night before. She simply said she loved me and hoped she’d see me again. She was sobbing as my van pulled away.
Khmer chicks rock!
