OK, a change of style. Let’s get down to business! There are a few extremely good places to go to in Phnom Penh. My favourite, of course, is the MARTINI BAR; as a matter of fact, it is a disco, that’s if you could call it a disco. Don’t worry, to tell the truth (just like everything after dark in Phnom Penh), it’s a knocking shop, or even better, a place where one is able to chose a “beauty of the night” for a small fee. The address:

Martini Bar
Open 7pm to 3am
#110, Street 173,
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
tel: 011 874 416

They also have their own Website:
http://www.martini-cambodia.com

Everyone in the town knows of this place. I said it was a “disco”, that’s right, one can have a dance here if one pleases, but one doesn’t have to, one doesn’t have to dance to make a find. I like dancing myself, but not just to be able to drag some girl along with me. Description of the location.

Open Air area (roofed) with a bar outside, tables (food available but I cannot recommend this crap), and absolutely loads of girls sitting around, just take a walk through and hang around until one of them starts chatting to you, or more often to chat someone up. US! Buy them a drink; ask about the weather or their outfit… It works, guaranteed. Once again: It’s a knocking shop, the girls are waiting for us, to get off with us, yes, it’s only to do with money. Prices: Starts at 10 US dollars for a short time (a quick visit to your own hotel with the hen for an hour or so) and it costs 20 US dollars for long time (over night). Sometimes could cost double, have you got enough cash with you?

Then there are the discos, music, dancing, cold drinks… Everything as usual. Of course, the same programme as outside. Easy!

Take a look at the Website, but don’t let the pics shock you: As from the evening (as from 22:00 or 23:00 hrs), there are some very nice hens.

I know a few people in Phnom Penh who visit the place more or less on a daily basis. Have downed quite a few bottles of Black Label, and got of with quite a few hens, this is compulsory in Phnom Penh.

Here a few pics from the MARTINI to get things going, don’t let yourself be given a fright, just a “cross section”, and of course, there are a few crappy girls there as well, but how many cuties can you make off with during the evening?

Wikitravel: Angkor Wat

Actually, Angkor Wat is only one of the many temples within the grounds, which are meant when mentioning this name. The temples really are very fascinating, and all who visit Siem Reap, should at least take a look at a few of them. According to our calendar, the facility dates back to the year 1000. Times when in Paris there was a population of around about 50,000, at the same time, there were already about one million people living here.

The temples are unbelievably impressive, mountains of stone processed piece by piece and stacked up. Without turning our short sex-tourist report into a cultural guide, because there are better sources of information, I will now show you a few photos just for a first impression. I took about 1000 photos whilst visiting the facilities; it’s a pity that the weather wasn’t all that good.

A ticket for the day costs 20 US dollars, there are also tickets available, which cover a period of a few days, in the long run, these are a little cheaper. It is possible to book tickets at the hotel; one is picked up in the morning and guided through the temples. I preferred to do things more individually, meaning that I got my driver to pick me up and take me down there, this meant that I was not dependent on a group or some special tour what ever. My driver waited at the front of the temple while I trudged around… It is well worth buying one of the guidebooks on offer here and there. They point out quite a few interesting places that one most certainly would have marched passed without even realising that there was something to be seen.

I found the large stone faces very impressive, and the symbiosis between building and plants to be found in some areas. Sometimes one wonders whether the building is keeping the tree together that is standing on top of it, or whether the trees roots are keeping the building intact…

There are quite a few begging children around the smaller of the facilities, they press some sort of rubbish into ones hand, and hold out their hand demanding „One Dollar“, a standard price. The Monks (there are also females amongst them) gladly give their blessing, and expect one to give them a small reward for doing so.

The facility seems to be a continuous construction site; the materials are partially very weather beaten. Some buildings have been destroyed by the huge tree roots, and the damage caused by the “Khmer Rouge” plays its part in making the temples’ requirement for renovation immense. At the moment, visitors are still allowed to touch the figures, and at some locations, the “frescos” have dark patches from the many hands that have stroked them whilst searching for luck, luck that these obviously promise. Despite the masses of visitors who are led through the facilities on a daily basis, everything is in quite an original condition, which provides the corresponding impression.

The first picture shows the only one of thousands of temple dancers who shows her teeth when laughing, nobody knows why she has such a dirty smile on her face, and nobody ever will. All records from this day and age were kept on organic materials and rotted away many years ago, this being the reason why many of the facilities mysteries will never be solved… these dancer can be found just behind the gate to the main facility.

Apart from the Martini, I would like to talk about a few other places. First of all the Clubs/Bars. These open at six in the evening, and all three are worth visiting:

Sophie Club
No 9E1, St. 53/118

Is quite near to the Central Market. Don’t let yourself be put off by the sight of the building from the outside and the stairway (pictures 6 – 9). One has to knock at the door; the door is opened, and closed behind one immediately. The advantage of this is that the girls in the bar have the peace and quiet to unpack your cock and give you a good old blowjob. This is free of charge. However, after a short time, a lady-drink is expected, costs two US dollars, ok, a good performance has to be rewarded. After some time, one grabs a girl (better 2, 3, or even more) and takes them to one of the ST rooms. This service costs ten US dollar per girl. They are really good; they are worth every single cent. It is also possible to “hire” a chick, something I have never done because the town is packed out with young good-looking whores who are willing to take my money. So, after that, a bite to eat, then off down to the Martini. I finish the evening off with a few bevies and interviews with some pleasant and motivated up and coming talents – of course one takes one of them along for the night, costs about 20 US dollars for the whole night.

Cyrcee Club
No 13, St 49
Description with photo HERE

Is also situated quite near to the Central Market, quite a few cuties, same system except that nothing is done in the bar, rooms are on the first floor, prices are similar.

Slightly offset, and the road on the corner is the

Mikado Club
No 21, Street 136, corner 49

In the bar, they have private rooms, or booths in which one can more or less quite liberally have fun with one or more girls (curtains). The ST room is upstairs. VIP room for five US dollars an hour extra. The prices are similar. Some of the rooms are very nice, with mirrors, lights and a clean shower. 

Then a few “normal” Bars:

Sharky’s Bar & Restaurant
126 Street 130
Hompage here

American style Billiards, food not too bad to OK, a lot of freelance whores who want to massage you as a pack, charging one dollar after only five minutes, a bit of a rip-off. Not my sort of place, maybe it has something to do with the atmosphere, and that in all the years I have been visiting the place, I have never really dragged anything decent out of the place. Shout out the usual prices, start of with 50, but are happy to accept 15 for a ST or 25 for LT.

Walkabout Bar (and Hotel)
Corner St. 174/51
Homepage here

Nothing special at all. Also Ami style with billiards, but good for pulling a girl after the Martini closes (all the girls set of in this direction after two in the morning).

About 100 metres further down the road on the other side of the street.

Heart of Darkness

A disco with a strange atmosphere, somehow a little aggressive and unfriendly, never felt very happy there, but some might like the place.

Here a few detailed field studies from Phnom Penh.

One may not believe that what I have put together for this chapter is “out and about during the night-time”. On the one hand, I was only in the town for a short time, on the other, there is nightlife, but by far nothing like the nightlife of Phnom Penh, for example, here are a few tips and addresses that I had checked out myself:

The TAPHUL ROAD is a “brothel street” if you could call it that, this is where one is able to find quite a few massage parlours and smaller knocking shops. One should watch out for the signs “massage”, they are all more or less disguised. I had quite a few nice short times there for 15 US dollars a time, mainly with Vietnamese girls. Low budget, that’s Cambodia. One should not expect much more than a room with a bed with used sheets and a small shower.

The first evening I drove up to the place with my driver, girls came pouring out, some of them were even quite good lookers, and of course the Mamasan. Sure enough, she started a conversation with my driver, even though I made it obvious that I wanted her to speak to me. I was trying to avoid having to pay extra for a commission for the driver, just because he happened to be there. However, it was pointless. Prices of around 60 US dollars were being talked about, ok, then we will forget about that place. I made a point of coming back to the place later on, but on my own of course, this I did. So, bobs your uncle, suddenly the prices were quite normal again. I had the experience of seeing an Ami chuffed to fuck because he had “only” paid 50 US dollars for a bout of short time (she was good looking though). I disappeared quickly, it is no use trying to haggle the price down with such idiot present at the same time Us experienced sex-tourists are not having any of that, it’s bad enough that with our 10 to 15 dollars we still pay two to three times as much for a shag as the locals.

The street is easy to find, and I really do recommend that one pay a visit without taking a driver along. When coming from “Angkor Saphire”, cross the bridge, straight across the roundabout, now you’re on the national road number six. Then you will arrive at a crossroads, on the left had side on the corner is a large bank with a cash machine, on the right is the “Royal Independence Garden”. Just carry straight on, turn off into the next road on the left, and there you are. You will find a town map (scalable) here.

Siem Reap town plan

As I said, there are quite a number of massage parlours down there; I didn’t have all that much time to try many of them out though.

More addresses for the night:

Martini Pub Restaurant
N° 48, Street 95, corner Street 350

Yep, there is a disco with this name there, not just in Phnom Penh. I would say that it is quite a good “hunting ground”, even though it cannot quite keep up with Phnom Penh’s best offers. Just give it a try, all taxi drivers know of the place. I have found what I wanted there quite a few times up to now, even a nice Ladyboy. Yeah, I must admit… Was nice, sympathetic, but did a blowjob like my granny. Nevertheless, I had a “Gathoey” (Thai for Ladyboy); such a female like one is not awaited here.

Zone One Club
Phsar Nhe, Taphul Village
Svay Dangkum Commune

Lots of freelancers, but as down the Martini, not only. What I mean is that the “completely normal” village kids party here at the weekend and after knocking off work, those who can afford it anyway… Good for a few bevies and the music is mainly better that down the Martini where sometimes they play local music including the dances that go with it (dancing in a circle holding hands etc. By the way, the place is also down the so called “brothel street”.

Zanzybar Pub
Opposite Bakheng Hotel, near the Night Market

Yes, right next to the night market or „Old Market“ as it is known (see below). This is one of the places one can go to when other places have closed for the night; it even stays open until the early hours of the morning. Lots of girls also hang around here, either those who have earned a lot of cash and want to spend it, or those who have earned very little and would like to earn some more. Well, what can you say about that. Sometimes went there with my “beauty of the night” or have manage to pull one there, now and again it was the other way round, they pulled me. Once I bought the last bottle of vodka, some ice and a litre and a half of orange juice because my hotel fridge was bare. There is nothing more boring than throwing a small party with nothing to drink… The large photo above was taken there as well.

The

Old Market

Is mentioned, no use providing an address because it is an address in itself. A small quarter of the town, or should I say rather a square with many western style restaurants. There is live music, Cordon Bleue with chips, cocktails, a fresh draught Guinness, and everything that a temple tourist wishes to round off a successful sightseeing trip. Of course, there are no whores. And apart from the night market, there is all sorts of Khmer junk being sold, food as well, all in all just the normal stuff one would expect to find: Tours for tourists, gems probably of dubious quality, fashion jewellery for the ladies, music CDs etc etc. A few westerners chance visiting the restaurants frequented by the natives, probably those who spend the rest of their holidays in their hotel with a bout of “Montezuma’s Revenge”…

Still worth taking a look at!

I visited one of the small filthy bars that still happened to be there:

Blue Wave Club
N° 239, Achamean Street, Behind Hotel De la Paix

Easy to find, if one turns off to the left at the large crossroads where the bank is, then the next on the right, one will find it after a few metres on the left hand side of the street. My driver took me down there; it was pissing it down with rain. Of course, the driver had to wait outside, because where will we end up if we take our drivers with us into the knocking shops… He wouldn’t have come with me for all the money in the world anyway: Still, he had to look after his motorbike, nobody in Cambodia leaves them unattended.

So I went in, dim atmosphere, thick curtains, booths, a well sorted bar and two well dressed barkeepers. So far, it had everything I had expected from a nice bar, that’s if there had been a good choice of appealing girls. There were exactly three, two of them were occupied with holding each other’s hands, the third one was a bit older. Oh well! I thought, now that I am here… And bought a few round of drinks, of course a few more than normal, I wanted information about the bar instead of trying it out with these ladies. So, the price of drinks is moderate, and there are rooms just behind the thick curtains. The girls wanted 30 bucks for a bout of short time, I did without because I had not intended trying to haggle the prices down. After some time, I left the place to visit somewhere else with a better choice of fanny.

Ergo: Boring that day, but there was nothing against trying the place another day, particularly since I had been told that there were more girls available on other days.

Here an assortment of pictures of all this (sorry, a few of the pics taken outside have been marked by water, it had been pissing it down all day).

And to finish of with, a few private pics of „my“ Ladyboy. Yes I am so baaaaad!!!

As I said at the beginning, it had been a mistake to take a girl along with me from Phnom Penh, and then this particular one. As I found out later on, she was quite often in a bad mood, and completely barmy. After it had sunk in after about the 35^th attempt to explain that I was definitely not buying her a motorbike for 2000 US dollars, her spirit dropped to about zero. After the second or third night, she decided that she wanted to stay in the hotel alone.

Ok, no problem, and off I went for a short time. On returning later that night, we did have a bit of fun, but in the end, I made it clear to her that it would be better if she returned home on her own, because what I really didn’t want was a bitch on my hands. She didn’t agree with me. Early in the morning at six o’clock, I woke her up and she packed her bags… Luckily, I got rid of her without any further problem.

Down at Victory Hill: About 20 bars full of women, but women who were all desperately in need of money. A few cheap guesthouses, a few restaurants (one Indian, a bit small, but super), a large hotel, which lets out pretty good ST rooms for five dollars. I had quite a bit of fun during the first evening in the “Crazy Rabbit”, the Papasan is from Belgium, quite a nice bloke. Paid for a couple of Vietnamese sisters and took them down to the ST hotel (40 for the two of them). It was really good! Of course, I hadn’t known that evening that the girls had only been “borrowed”, they were normally on the game down the Blue Mountain (Phnom Kiu). There is supposed to be a follow-up to the story with these two.