2 weeks in cambodia

[Masahiko]

I just finished my visit to Cambodia.  I spent 2 weeks and got to see alot of the country.  It is so much dirtier than Thailand.  The "chicken farms" in the small towns and Phnom Penh are nasty, I felt sorry for the Vietnamese girls that were sold to the mama-sans for $1000.  I can't belive how a parent could sell their child for any amount of money.  Then the girls make $5 for a ST and half goes to mama-san and half to work off the $1000 they owe.  

What was more amazing was that if the girls run away and make it home that the parents bring the girls back because they don't want to loose face...what kind of place is this.

The pedophiles are even worse as I learned that there are places with children as young as 6 being forced to work in them.  I see no pleasure in sex with a child and I don't understand people that do.

Drugs...everywhere.  In all my years of going to Thailand I may have been approached to purchase drugs 3-4 times.  In Cambodia I was asked 5 times during my first 2 hours in the country.

The Cambodian people were nice, but there was something about that country that did not allow me to feel safe at all.  Yes it was cheap, and Angkor Wat, Kampot, Sihanoukville and Phnom Pehn all had plenty to do and see but I would never return.

Cambodian food is NOTHING like Thai food.  In Thailand I can eat at any corner stall and get something good and not be sick.  In Cambodia if you do that you will be sick for sure.  And the Khmer food has no real flavor to it, unlike Thai food.

Overall my trip was good, I was happy to get back to Bangkok and see Noon and Vicky in Cascades.  Downstairs Arreya is too much of a superstar now for me to even bother with her, plus I don't like her with the redish hair color.  

Some of the girls I know in Casanova do not think your so Jai Dee (just passing the word) so I do not know if you will be able to get Nat to pose for you or not, she is hot, but was busy with a customer so I did not have the time to wait for her to ask.  Lena told me she is probably the number one girl there behind Talesha now.

Sorry I could not join you in HK, I would have liked to show you the town but I had my Cambodian Vacation set.

For the rest of you, if you really want to cherish the "Wild West" atmosphere of Cambodia..go for it.  But I will not be heading back there anytime soon.

[BAM]

Yeah Cambodia is a fucked up place.... but how can a place like this ever fully recover from the atrocities against humanity that took place there 30 years ago? NEVER!

[PigDogg]

April 9, 2006
Surfacing
In Cambodia, the 'Next Phuket'?
By JEFF KOYEN
THE "largest and wildest" full-moon party, promised the yellow flier taped to a phone booth on Khaosan Road in Bangkok. Another installment of Thailand's girls-gone-wild bacchanal on the island of Ko Phangan? Or its bigger brother, Ko Samui? Or maybe it was the newcomer Ko Phi Phi, a remote island that is luring younger partygoers in the post-tsunami boom.

Not quite. This particular moonlight spectacle, in fact, wouldn't even be in Thailand, but across the border, in Cambodia's budding seaside town, Sihanoukville. It is "just nine-and-a-half hours from Bangkok," according to the flier, the work of Cambodian entrepreneurs hoping to turn Sihanoukville into the latest party hot spot.

Like bohemians colonizing a sketchy up-and-coming neighborhood, European and Australian backpackers have been blazing trails through Cambodia steadily since the mid-1990's. Although the last of the Khmer Rouge traded their machetes for plowshares only eight years ago, this nation of 13 million is fast becoming a companion destination to Thailand €” that is, another seemingly safe haven of lush landscapes and warm embraces for Westerners.

Nowhere is this more apparent than on the low-key but alluring beaches of Sihanoukville, where development is being modeled after Thailand's resorts. Along the touristy strip of sand known as Serendipity, several restaurants brazenly advertise "happy" pizza and "happy" pancakes, seasoned with a certain illicit herb. Nearby, Victory Hill is trying to become Cambodia's version of Soi Cowboy, one of Bangkok's more garish red-light districts.

And, yes, every month there's a full-moon party, reminiscent of Ko Phangan's infamous drug-addled raves.

Yet, it's a far cry from, say, Phuket, where the sex trade rules the streets. Sihanoukville's white, sandy beaches may run riot with local girls, but they are selling only handmade bracelets and fresh fruit. Likewise, guesthouses here cater to backpackers, and they are significantly cheaper than those in Thailand.

At the popular foreign-owned Monkey Republic Bungalows, up the hill from Serendipity Beach (855-012-490-290), a night in a two-person bungalow costs 24,000 riels ($6.35, at 4,000 riels to the dollar; many merchants accept payment in United States dollars). The kitchen serves both Cambodian and Western-style dishes for just a few dollars a meal; tall bottles of Angkor beer €” brewed just minutes away €” are less than a dollar. For those feeling a bit homesick, the nearby British- and Canadian-owned Mick and Craig's Guesthouse (855-012-727-740) serves a Sunday roast for 20,000 riels. The rooms here aren't as comfortable as the Monkey Republic's, but at 20,000 riels ($5) for a double, no one complains.

Other pleasures can be had for a song. An hourlong massage on the beach costs about 15,000 riels. For about the same price, visitors can rent a motorbike and explore the palm-lined countryside. Sunsets, of course, are free and best seen from Sokha Beach, a 15-minute walk from Serendipity.

But development, no doubt, is coming. Ko Russei, one of about a dozen nearby islands, already has two resorts, and a cluster of midpriced bungalows is being proposed. By most accounts, it won't be long before the stretches of sandy seclusion are overrun with package tourists.

So assuming that the Cambodian government remains stable and the highway connecting Sihanoukville to Phnom Penh remains paved, expect backpacks to increasingly give way to rolling suitcase.

[Bit Beefy]

I noticed some differences in comments regarding this place.....

[Guest]

i like cambodia. its much cheaper than pattaya. the girls are more easy going and having the choice between khmers and viets is great.
there is a bit of a moral issue with visiting the local brothels but the viet pussy in these places is the best i've had- tight holes, nice attitude and firm cute bodies.
it is a bit wild- i myself witnessed a rather disturbing mob murder but this stuff is normally just for the locals.
obviously it lacks LBs which is one reason why i now only spend a few days there in a trip, and the scene isn't big (other than the local joints) so after a few days you get tired of the same faces.
but it has its charms- phnom pen is a poor but pleasant city, the khmer girls are lovely for LTs, and the viets are very sexy imo (even the milfs seem to have great pussies)

[thaibound]

(rayton @ Apr. 16 2006,19:01) i like cambodia. its much cheaper than pattaya. the girls are more easy going and having the choice between khmers and viets is great.
there is a bit of a moral issue with visiting the local brothels but the viet pussy in these places is the best i've had- tight holes, nice attitude and firm cute bodies.
it is a bit wild- i myself witnessed a rather disturbing mob murder but this stuff is normally just for the locals.
obviously it lacks LBs which is one reason why i now only spend a few days there in a trip, and the scene isn't big (other than the local joints) so after a few days you get tired of the same faces.
but it has its charms- phnom pen is a poor but pleasant city, the khmer girls are lovely for LTs, and the viets are very sexy imo (even the milfs seem to have great pussies)

and i was just going to go for the temples!

looks like i might expand my areas of worship...