Cambodia (Phnom Penh)

[bigboobman007]

Originally Posted by Ah_Hia

Thanks for the FR.
The correct moral of the story is "dun over pay".
US$80 for a Khmer is way over the top bro.
Pickups from the bars or FL places, ST is from US$10-15 and LT is US$15-25.

I guess the girl only gets US$20 from the US$80.
Better luck next time.

they're actually CASA KTV girls and can be considered the fresh meat of the bunch. The mami explained that If u spend time in the ktv then u can take the gal for $70 overnight, but my case was i took them out straight. Please advise if this is still ex. don wanna spoil the market.

[Ah_Hia]

Originally Posted by bigboobman007

they're actually CASA KTV girls and can be considered the fresh meat of the bunch. The mami explained that If u spend time in the ktv then u can take the gal for $70 overnight, but my case was i took them out straight. Please advise if this is still ex. don wanna spoil the market.

It's ur money.
Enjoy anyway u please.

Cheers !

[motodiary]

Originally Posted by Ah_Hia

It's ur money.
Enjoy anyway u please.

Cheers !

Dude.. USD70 is the standard price now for girls from CASA KTV and all the other KTVs that cater for Asian customers like us in Phnom Penh. It used to be USD50 for a very long time until late last year. Phnom Penh is suffering from high inflation too, although not as serious as HCM. and yes, you are right about freelancers going for USD20 to USD30 in bars but those girls cater for Western taste.. and the quality is not the same. in fact, prices of everything is going up like crazy in Cambodia now, especially prices of property.

[Ah_Hia]

Originally Posted by motodiary

Dude.. USD70 is the standard price now for girls from CASA KTV and all the other KTVs that cater for Asian customers like us in Phnom Penh. It used to be USD50 for a very long time until late last year. Phnom Penh is suffering from high inflation too, although not as serious as HCM. and yes, you are right about freelancers going for USD20 to USD30 in bars but those girls cater for Western taste.. and the quality is not the same. in fact, prices of everything is going up like crazy in Cambodia now, especially prices of property.

If everyone keeps paying so much..... Phnom Penh is going to be a boom town. Soon everything will cost more cuz ppl are willing to spend more.
A few more years, PP will end up too commercialized for good cheap fun.

Thanks to all the 1 week millionaires.....

Cheers !

[pocketrocket]

Originally Posted by Ah_Hia

...Thanks to all the 1 week millionaires.....

Well spoken my friend...I remember the days where my USD goes a very long way...Now, I can't even leave home without a wallet full (and not that I'm able too)

[EDD!E]

Bro ... that amount you can ta pau nagaworld KTV chicks ...

[pocketrocket]

Originally Posted by EDD!E

Bro ... that amount you can ta pau nagaworld KTV chicks ...

Too much mate...Too much

[motodiary]

I dont think is it fair to blame others for pretending to be millionaire and overpaying and all that. prices in the KTVs in Phnom Penh that cater for Malaysians, Singporean, Taiwanese etc are pretty standard and you can ask the mamasans or captains before you even order anything and ask for girls.

the standard takeaway price of USD50 for Vietnamese and Cambodian and USD100 for PRC girls FROM the KTVs has been in place since early 2000s. Similarly, prices asked for by bar girls and freelancers have been staying in the range of USD20 to USD40 but in the one year I was there, I have seen many increasingly unwilling to go for USD20, unless the girl clearly enjoy the company.

My friend has been working there since the early 2000s, back when there are only a few paved roads, even fewer traffic lights and the Sorya shopping centre has not been built and most Cambodians have never used an escalator in their life.

Since then, there has been explosive growth to the Cambodian economy, as most visitors to the country today can see. Motor vehicles are everywhere and street can be packed during rush hour. Thanks to the huge influx of foreign money and capital and the huge increase of demand, prices of everything in the city has gone up, the prices of food, rental, property prices, electricity etc..it is kinda unrealistic to expect prices of things we love and enjoy in the city to stay the same given the situation. The prices of USD70 has become the standard only in the middle of 2008.

In fact, if anything, the Cambodians themselves, the newly rich, are the one who are paying prices we would consider unreasonable without hesitation. In the high-end KTVs catering for locals eg. X2, X0, ROCK, whose girls speak Cambodian ONLY, the rooms and drink charges are HIGHER than the KTVs for foreigners like CASA, 99, SHANGHAI, MEGA etc. and to top it off, most girls working there are not available for takeaway, just like in Vietnam, and are routinely tipped USD10 to USD20 just to sit there. Unlike there are good chemistry, most of them will not go to hotel with customers and if they do go, they expect to be paid USD80 to USD100, according to my Cambodian friends who took me there.

even eating at restaurants, I see my Cambodian friends paying like 4000 riel as tips (1000 riel ~ RM0.9) for a meal that cost USD5. take a walk inside the shopping centres and see the kind of ridiculous prices they charge for no-name apparel and shoes. there are many new Toyotas, Hondas, Lexuses, even Humver now in Phnom Penh compared to years gone by and their owners are paying top dollars for everything, just like newly rich in Vietnam, China and everywhere else.

Cambodia is changing, which is also the reason it is more peaceful and prosperous than last time and which is also the reason MORE and MORE of us are going there. for better or worse? that depends on whether you are asking from the foreign cheongsters, average Cambodians, rich Cambodians. etc

[Ah_Hia]

Originally Posted by motodiary

Cambodia is changing, which is also the reason it is more peaceful and prosperous than last time and which is also the reason MORE and MORE of us are going there. for better or worse? that depends on whether you are asking from the foreign cheongsters, average Cambodians, rich Cambodians. etc

Dun get me wrong.
Nothing wrong with what u said.
U just stated the facts. And so did i.

Just becuz they offer u the girls at US$70 doesn't mean u have to accept them at US$70.
I just came back and have had girls asking me US$50 in the bar for LT.
I told her then same thing i tell girls everyway when they quote too much.
"Go fly kite"

I told her " u can have me for US$25 LT. Take it or leave it."
She said no and i left.

Yes....Cambodia is changing no doubt about it.
When it evolves, I won't be visiting anymore.
Why pay so much when u can have similiar so much nearer ?

Do take into account hotel and transportation.
For example u book a US$70 gal for 3 nites = US$210 = S$315
Plus hotel (US$30/nt) flight(S$200) food(US$50) transport(US$30) etc = So much more
Might as well stay in SG go find those thai girls for overnight.

Awaiting ur views.....
Cheers !

[pocketrocket]

Originally Posted by motodiary

I dont think is it fair to blame others for pretending to be millionaire and overpaying and all that.

I'll have to agreed with Bro Ah_Hia on this issue...The fact is that the prices had gone up heaps and coz everyone is paying more and more

[civic27]

any bros in phnom penh right now? i will be staying here till thurs so wanna find kakis to go cheong together. pls drop me a pm with ur number so we may keep in contact.

cheers

[tsquare]

Hi bros, long time no post. I have been going up and down PP over the last year or so and yes PP has changed. I do agree that PP has become more expensive. They even have real taxis in the streets now and some of the cars I see there cannot even be found back home. I was brought to a KTV called Atlantic and there are some chio girls there but alas I do not speak Kymer. It is true that cambodian girls do not go out with you unless they feel safe or if the mamas can vouch for the customer. I do not go over to HCMC and do not know the prices there but seasoned bros are right because the foreigners are throwing money and spoiling the markets. The girls are more demanding and choosy.
I will be in PP again around the 9th and will stay for a week. If any bros around,maybe we can have a drink together.
Happy and safe cheonging

[asiancigar]

Hmmmmm....... i was wondering if the seniors here can verify if indeed Cambodian girls are anything like these

AsianEuro.com - Asian Dating, Asian Singles, Asian Personals, Asian Marriage

I have never been to PP..... and would like to visit at least once.... kekeke

Cheerz
AC

[pocketrocket]

Originally Posted by asiancigar

Hmmmmm....... i was wondering if the seniors here can verify if indeed Cambodian girls are anything like these

AsianEuro.com - Asian Dating, Asian Singles, Asian Personals, Asian Marriage

I have never been to PP..... and would like to visit at least once.... kekeke

Cheerz
AC

AC...Your link is not working leh

[krazyMe]

Recently passby PP and went to paris hotel for a quick release. The massage rate has gone up to $6/hr and the girls were asking like $20. Got one with good body and pink nipples and another petite lady which was disappointing.

The majority of the girls there are below average ( just my opinion).