[Beyond Borders]

(05-24-2014 01:03 AM)thedude3737 Wrote:  

I'm imagining Fisto and BB splitting a room and this kind of shit happening:

Nah, el mech hasn't gotten here yet.

[Duke Castile]

Cambodia, Phnom Penh Invasion Update

I packed my stuff up the morning of my departure for my flight at 2pm from Bangkok to Cambodia Phnom Penh. The girl that stayed over speaks great English and we were close for a time when I was in BKK last year.

One bad problem. She's very jealous and is probably a good candidate on the list to give a man a "Bangkok Haircut".

The girl that was there the night before her of course left several pieces of clothing so I was having to retrieve that stealthily while the current girl was getting ready for her work at the Peninsula Hotel.

She had to be there very early so when she left I went back to bed for a few more hours of sleep.

I woke up, finished packing an went to checkout.

In typical Thai fashion, they tried to overcharge me for the room service I had by not honoring the 20% Discount that was advertised on the menu between certain hours.

Those little rascals.

When I walked outside a taxi was there and I asked him how much to the BTS stop nearby. It's not far but it's not close when you have to suitcases and it's hot as balls and he wanted 100 baht. I said 50 and he gave me the long face but agreed. I was just going to hop on the BTS and take it to the Airport link which takes about an hour.

When I got inside the car, out of curiosity I asked how much to the airport and he said he would do it for 350.

It was a clean comfortable cab and I had exact change so I said. Sure let's go.

I flew Cambodia Angkor air and with about 2 weeks notice got a ticket for 60 USD to Phnom Penh.

When I got to the ticket, I learned I wasn't allowed a number of bags but a number of Kilos.

Aggravated I switched out my Apple Cider Vinegar bottles and other stuff from my smaller suitcase and stuck them in my laptop bag and tried to make that as light as possible by cramming my smaller suitcase with whatever I could since I could take it as a carry on.

It was 3 kilos over so I had to pay 160 per kilo as a penalty. The Indian guy behind the counter took over for the cold Thai girl and he gave me a better seat and asked me about working out and how to lose weight.

Flight was ordinary. 3 old and decrepit men were sitting behind me a few rows and I couldn't help but think they were there to pay for Cambodian girls.

Walking off the flight it was a breeze going through immigration and customs. I needed a passport photo which luckily I still had from my trip to Vietnam and 20 bucks later I was having visa to stay for 1 month with a 1 month extension.

I walked outside and I heard "Fisto"!

I looked over and some guy was smiling at me and of course it was fellow RVF member Beyond Borders. I hadn't expected him to come but there he was with a tuk tuk ready for us to go.

We bullshitted the whole time from the airport to my hotel and I dropped off my bags before we went to dinner in a place on the Riverside.

The wait staff was super friendly and Beyond Borders was known there. He was constantly teasing the girls and they were charmed even if they didn't know quite what to think.

We talked about not drinking and I was close to saying "lets just get this out of the way and have some beers" but I was able to keep it in check.

I left him there to get a quick shower and meet up with a girl I had pipelined (setting up dates online before you arrive). She's a real cute girl, a legit "good girl". She's in the military as a "solyer" or soldier.

I can understand her English fine. I took her down the street and she had a modest meal and I just sat and spoke with her. It's amazing how some of these girls have zero guile in them. They just have these innocent joys and are so sweet.

I've been seeing her for a few days now and I am still in awe of just the simple sweetness.

I walked her to her scooter and she gave me a shy little hug and then I walked back to my hotel. The bottom floor where I checked in is an actual bar.

The room is pretty big and the bed is huge clean and comfortable. It's only about 25 bucks after agoda's bullshit commissions.

I think I will speak to the owner and see what the best price he can give is if I stay longer.

Anyway, while I was shooting the breeze with him I made eye contact with a cute little Cambodian girl that was there with her sister and her sister's husband.

I sat down at the bar and ordered a beer (damn it) but was able to keep it to only 3 total.

I took the girl upstairs and smashed her out several times.

20 yrs old perfect little tits and ass, pretty face, tan skin, nice hair and etc. She had some scars on her arm that looked like razor slashes (complete with recently removed stitches) but she claimed she was in an accident with a tuk tuk. I didn't press the issue.

She was telling me she wants to be my girlfriend.

I played as though I had no idea she was a bar girl and treated her like a normal girl.

She has a funny personality, much more bossy than the "good girl", more demanding and all that.

I gave her 3 dollars for her to get home.

The next day I met up with Beyond Borders and we headed over to have some breakfast at a local spot he knows and then we went to the stadium. There was a minor political demonstration and he explained that it's best to steer clear of them because they are prone to erupting with violence.

We went over to the stadium and they have two huge pools with high diving platforms. I noticed there's a Olympic Committee building nearby and made a mental note that it could be worth my time to explore some kind of opportunity there.

I had made plans to meet up with the good girl and we were supposed to go to see the Royal palace but when I got back to my hotel, I told her we were changing plans. I said I wanted to workout first and then go swimming. She was fine with that so we both walked about two and a half blocks to a gym I found.

It costs 5 dollars to workout for the day but for an extra buck, you get a massage. Daily that adds up quick for a gym membership but thats a pretty good deal every now and then.

I did thrusters and pull ups and the Khmer dudes were gawking at me. I bet I'd blow their minds if I were actually in shape.

The good girl didn't look up from a newspaper and didn't speak to me much
when I came back to the table for water.

I wondered if she was being conservative or something since I didn't have a shirt on (nor did the other guys riding bikes).

We got back to my hotel and I dove into the pool. It's a nice little set up here. If I can get it for 20 bucks a day I'll definitely stick around longer.

The good girl Penelope, said she was tired and I suggested we take a nap.

We went to my room and even though there wasn't much resistance, it was difficult to escalate because she was completely inexperienced. She didn't even know how to kiss!

She had a buch and was super tight, with a little slender model body.

We laid there talking and she told me she didn't talk to me in the gym because it's "unhealthy to talk when you are breathing hard".

A little later she left to go to University and I made plans to meet up with Beyond Borders.

We went to one place called Barbados that had some cute little bar girls inside and no one else there. In Asia most bars seem to have a computer and use Youtube to play music so I walked over and played some songs.

The girls were all over us of course but it was nice having them rub our shoulders and be affectionate. I ordered some food and they were feeding it to me. Too funny.

We decided to check out another place called Shanghai bar and it was rocking. Beyond Borders and some girl he has hooked up with before played me and some older chick in pool and we beat them twice. But only because the older chick was like a goddamn magician. Every time they would turn their heads even for a second she was stealing the balls off the table.

One bartender was giving me the eyes and we started talking. She's sassy and the older chick was getting quite jealous.

The bartender was pretty with a great ass. Apparently these girls are not pros, but of course they are open to going home with you.

I ended up leaving with her after giving the older girl my number and she was visibly upset about me leaving.

I smashed the hell out of the bartender and once again, after reading some other reports about bar girls I was expecting money to come up but it never did. Instead I had her go downstairs and order breakfast for the two of us. A whopping 7usd.

The bartender and I went to the pool and I texted Beyond Borders. He told me he was thinking of having a Bloody Mary. That gave me a terrible idea and I ordered one, before long he was there and we were going all in again (so much for staying sober).

The bartender left for work and we decided to roll out back to the first place Barbados.

Once again we were greeted well and that is about all I remember up to this point.

The next morning I woke up with one of the girls from Barbados sleeping next to me and a big bruise between my eyes.

This is the first time I was asked for money and so I gave her 10 bucks. She seemed fine with that and left not to long after we both got up.

Around that time the older chick from Shanghai texted me and asked what I was doing. I invited her over and pretty soon I was smashing her as well.

That was a couple days ago and the good girl Penelope has been over to see me at dinner.

I just received a text message from a gorgeous girl that works in a sushi restaurant....

What I'm realizing is that there is absolutely no reason to have to deal with bar girls.

There are a ton of normal girls working in cafes, shops, restaurants and etc.

I'll be busting out a data sheet on Phnom Penh but so far from what I've read, this place has gotten a hugely erroneous amount of info written about it.

I've found out where the rich girls go to party and will be heading there soon.

I like it here in Phnom Penh and I am considering staying in Cambodia for a while.

To be continued.....

[Vicious]

Interesting that the only girl that was pressing you for money was from the carribean. For all the flak SEA gets the most hard-core pros will usually be found in the West.

[Beyond Borders]

(05-24-2014 11:38 AM)Fisto Wrote:  

It's amazing how some of these girls have zero guile in them. They just have these innocent joys and are so sweet.

I've been seeing her for a few days now and I am still in awe of just the simple sweetness.

So true. I went out to bbq with this girl tonight and she barely ate anything but sat there the whole time cooking all my food for me, even peeling my shrimp and shit. She keeps talking about how she wanted to buy me a new backpack today but wasn't sure if I wanted a big or small one. lol

Not a good girl but definitely knows how to behave.

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The next day I met up with Beyond Borders and we headed over to have some breakfast at a local spot he knows and then we went to the stadium. There was a minor political demonstration and he explained that it's best to steer clear of them because they are prone to erupting with violence.

Don't know if it's common, but the potential is there. These are volatile times in Cambo.

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We went to one place called Barbados that had some cute little bar girls inside and no one else there.

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We decided to check out another place called Shanghai bar and it was rocking.

Admittedly, me and Fisto have pretty much been hitting up the debaucherous foreigner spots for a couple days.

We had fun but probably a good time to re-correct course. I've got a lot of cool places still to show him. We have been hitting up some nice restaurants with cuties working though. Personally, I think that's the sweet spot here.

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The bartender and I went to the pool and I texted Beyond Borders. He told me he was thinking of having a Bloody Mary. That gave me a terrible idea and I ordered one, before long he was there and we were going all in again (so much for staying sober).

Yeah, my bad. haha

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I just received a text message from a gorgeous girl that works in a sushi restaurant....

Nice.

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What I'm realizing is that there is absolutely no reason to have to deal with bar girls.

Truth.

I need to behave myself and take better advantage of that because those last few fucking days were out of hand. haha

I think the gf experience is a good way to go here.

By the way, saw that "prego" girl. She didn't mention anything about that, but I was hanging out with this other girl and she walked right over and started telling her shit about me in Khmer. FOrtunately it didn't affect the pull but annoying anyways.

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I've found out where the rich girls go to party and will be heading there soon.

There's a bunch of them. I actually went to a big club last night with one of the club managers I know. Some place I'd never seen before. I keep bumping into new ones. We were cruising around in his car with a couple birds we picked up. They ended up ditching us and left tough. I got the feeling his game was not going so well because my girl seemed keen. Then I accidently deleted her number as soon as she left. Ooops...

(05-24-2014 01:06 PM)Vicious Wrote:  

Interesting that the only girl that was pressing you for money was from the carribean. For all the flak SEA gets the most hard-core pros will usually be found in the West.

Nah, it's the name of a girly bar here.

[Vicious]

Ah, didn't pick up on that.

[Duke Castile]

Yeah I'm all about course re correction.

Worked out hard last night. Stayed in after the good girl left.

She said "i just want to be your favorite".

It made me feel bad.

[Menace]

God Fisto, that breaks my heart.

[Beyond Borders]

(05-24-2014 08:09 PM)Fisto Wrote:  

Yeah I'm all about course re correction.

Worked out hard last night. Stayed in after the good girl left.

She said "i just want to be your favorite".

It made me feel bad.

Ouch.

[Duke Castile]

(05-24-2014 09:40 PM)Menace Wrote:  

God Fisto, that breaks my heart.

Yeah...even the bad girls are so sweet and sensitive....

[iknowexactly]

(05-25-2014 12:35 AM)Fisto Wrote:  

(05-24-2014 09:40 PM)Menace Wrote:  

God Fisto, that breaks my heart.

Yeah...even the bad girls are so sweet and sensitive....

The sub-plot of the battle with alcohol makes a great contrast with the exploits with women, where Fisto always wins which is genuinely hate-worthy loll.

The scary part is-- for it to best read like a novel you'd have to start fucking up your life again and losing iPhones and doing shit uncomfortably close to getting arrested, which would be unpleasant to read about when knowing it's real life and not a novel.

Maybe it's like the Philippines but even more out there- My contract is ending in about a month.... I have enough passive income enough to stay in Phnom Penh indefinitely...

I love the skinniest fucking girls, the ones that are skinny even for the Phils..Cambodia calling..I might be in trouble.

Being here in USA making money and watching the pretty college girls is strange-- now, to me they look like blow-up dolls who can ride bicycles and walk. Devoid of human emotion, except for loving their iPhones. None of the vulnerability and sweetness we've seen in Asian women, although they may be scheming on some level, at least there is a feminine side.

There's a form of mental illness where a delusional person starts to believe all those around them are robots. But in America, it's painfully close to true.

[travolta]

I have a flight back to Bangkok in a week and a half, but give the new curfew that's supposedly in place, and reading about Cambodia, I might just skip Thailand and go to Phnom Penh. Can anyone comment on the current situation in Thailand? Is it even worth going there right now or is the new Marshall Law thing nothing to worry about?

[Duke Castile]

IKE - The alcohol issue has become worse over the last year. I'm struggling with staying sober.

[Kdog]

Travolta: The martial law thing is just more of an inconvenience IMO. The curfew is annoying as stores, restaurants and transportation close, but there is still a shitload of places ignoring the curfew and staying open. I heard the curfew is going to end this week but who knows. Bangkok isn't any more dangerous it's just having to avoid certain areas when the irritating protesters appear.
I would maybe skip Bangkok for a bit and see the beaches to chill out. Only trouble with that is then dealing with the dipshit backpackers.

[Sp5]

(05-25-2014 07:06 AM)Fisto Wrote:  

IKE - The alcohol issue has become worse over the last year. I'm struggling with staying sober.

Come to Cairo. I've got a spare bedroom. It's not that you can't drink; it's that there's not much reason to, so you drink a lot less.

The few clubs really only go Thursday and Friday nights. Plus there are plenty of gyms. Egyptians have an exercise and bodybuilding culture.

[Vacancier Permanent]

K,
Does the curfew affect the clubs, bars and the likes? Do they close at 10pm?

Classic stuff Fisto! How old you rate the girls in terms of looks vs say BKK?

[Beyond Borders]

(05-25-2014 01:31 PM)Sp5 Wrote:  

(05-25-2014 07:06 AM)Fisto Wrote:  

IKE - The alcohol issue has become worse over the last year. I'm struggling with staying sober.

Come to Cairo. I've got a spare bedroom. It's not that you can't drink; it's that there's not much reason to, so you drink a lot less.

The few clubs really only go Thursday and Friday nights. Plus there are plenty of gyms. Egyptians have an exercise and bodybuilding culture.

Yeah - Asia ain't the best place to be if you want to avoid drinking.

There are plenty of girls here that don't really drink, so you can make that happen and still game aplenty, but it's just difficult to withstand so many drinking opportunities. Every time I turn around, there's someone else pouring drinks down my throat - often refusing to let me pull any dough out of my pocket. Takes some real self control to reject that completely. I even though of settling into Malaysia for that very reason.

[Brodiaga]

Alcohol is expensive in Indonesia, and it's not that easy to find anything stronger than beer or Smirnoff Ice, at least in supermarkets and convenience stores.

You'll either drink less or spend all your money on booze.

[Chaos]

(05-25-2014 01:31 PM)Sp5 Wrote:  

(05-25-2014 07:06 AM)Fisto Wrote:  

IKE - The alcohol issue has become worse over the last year. I'm struggling with staying sober.

Come to Cairo. It's not that you can't drink; it's that there's not much reason to, so you drink a lot less.

This is true. Going to the Muslim world is an excellent way of staying off the booze. Did it myself. After I had been drinking and partying heavily for a longer period, I had good benefits of traveling in countries like Iran and Pakistan. I absorbed the non-drinking culture quickly and after 10 weeks I didn't even think about alcohol or craving to be drunk anymore.

That was a fucking strange feeling.
I had a good and less alcohol fueled life going on...And it went good, until I came to Thailand...

[Vicious]

(05-25-2014 07:06 AM)Fisto Wrote:  

IKE - The alcohol issue has become worse over the last year. I'm struggling with staying sober.

You should shoot a PM to delicioustacos. He's fighting with this at the same time.

LOS has got to be the worst place in the world to be if you are showing signs of alcoholism.

[Duke Castile]

Thanks guys. In a related story I had a girl meet me for a coffee at phnom penh tower. I had originally planned to have a coffee and a chat and then send her away to do some writing.

Her photos looked ok but then she showed up looking much hotter. She has strong asian features but in a very pretty way and a tall slender body with nice little tits and a very nice ass. Works in one of the embassies here.

We left to the bar at the top floor and had a bottle of wine. Pinot noir and I had maybe 3 glasses.

Back to my place and went through a lot of lmr.

Once she let it go it was on. I am going to keep seeing her.

VP to answer your question, the girls here are every bit as hot as in Thailand.

Moreso in my opinion as they are all approachable.

If I can only have a few drinks like that I will be fine.

[Beyond Borders]

I had about 4 disposal toothbrushes sitting in the cupholder in my bathroom from different girls who'd stayed over and used them. I didn't bother getting rid of them, but the girl who found the condum in my bed was tidying up the room and threw them away yesterday morning. haha

Fisto - I cruised up there last night but did not see you guys and thought you left. I was sitting at the bar in the open-air restaurant up top, though. I'm thinking you guys must have been on the next floor down (there are three levels to that place). I had some pasta and sat there feeling lousy with the hangover for a bit, then had some drinks with the staff and perked up. Then off to a local club to meet up with some of the staff there - they took me out to eat after.

Man, you really need to see the birds the locals are working with. There were really some hotties there.

By the way, whatever happened with the sushi girl? I'm currently working on 2 of the other girls that work there but a bit slow going.

Then the girl I left sitting at the movies by herself the other day is blowing up my phone and I finally agreed to go meet her again today.

Fielding all these calls and texts is getting cumbersome between work, though - especially with my current low bandwidth on the focus lately. And I don't even have the fucking Line and Viber yet.... Really trying to filter the ones I'm not crazy about out and work my way up the quality ladder in these coming weeks.

Some Korean bird just hit me up and said she's coming too town too. I've noticed a good deal of those out here - Chinese, Korean, Thai, Filipina, Japanese tourists coming through and hitting me up. So that's another angle to work - PP is really on the map for Asian tourists right now.

[Brodiaga]

(05-25-2014 09:30 PM)Beyond Borders Wrote:  

So that's another angle to work - PP is really on the map for Asian tourists right now.

What brings them to PP? I never thought of it as a tourist destination.

[Beyond Borders]

(05-25-2014 09:45 PM)Brodiaga Wrote:  

(05-25-2014 09:30 PM)Beyond Borders Wrote:  

So that's another angle to work - PP is really on the map for Asian tourists right now.

What brings them to PP? I never thought of it as a tourist destination.

A lot of them come for Angkor Wat, but they just come through Phnom Penh while here because it's the capital. Or they see a few places around the country since they're already here. And then some are just curious about Cambodia in general.

Also quite a few coming through for business. As I mentioned before, the economy is really growing stronger out here. I know another member disagrees with me, but my conversations with business-minded locals and all the other Asians coming through for business tells me different.

The political problems here are to me a sign of growth too. The gov has been able to keep the people at bay for the time being, but I don't imagine their iron grip over the country will last forever.

There's a major spirit of change here and it's chomping at the bit to break loose.

[Beyond Borders]

By the way, had another conversation with a foreigner who works in the restaurant scene out here, and since I told a few members I would, I asked him about salaries.

They indeed pay foreigners at least a couple grand a month, and it's apparently easy to talk your way into executive and management positions at these fancy spots, even if your experience in the industry doesn't include management.

Not a very bright future in the hospitality industry in Cambodia?

This guy would beg to differ. His plan is to put another couple years out here and then leverage that experience to land a job in the culinary industry in Singapore, where the pay and the benefits for such positions is pretty damn decent (even housing for him and his family will be included). He's also constantly networking with the rich people who frequent his place, so who knows what options will open up to him.

So, much like my article on my blog about how teaching English in Cambodia should be considered a stepping stone rather than the end result, you have to think of it as an adventure and a foot in the door. Just my take anyways.

And if the economy does end up taking off here, leaving may not be absolutely necessary.

Obviously, even working a big chef position in Singapore isn't going to make you a rich man - you could certainly fare better running your online (or offline) biz or whatever - but that's not what everyone is looking for in life either. This guy actually came from one of the poorer places in the world, so for now he just feels fortunate to have had the experiences he's had and is starting to work towards more security with it.

[Global Entry]

A lot of Chinese younger people are visiting Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia because they want to travel internationally, but perhaps cannot get a visa for the US or cannot afford flights to Europe. So they're taking whats available to them, and those countries are close and low cost once you've arrived, relatively. With recent events in Vietnam and some unrest (short-lived as I expect it will be) in Thailand, that puts Cambodia squarely in the crosshairs. I expect the numbers, for these reasons, to steadily increase. BB, how do you connect to them, though, before they arrived?

(05-25-2014 09:52 PM)Beyond Borders Wrote:  

(05-25-2014 09:45 PM)Brodiaga Wrote:  

(05-25-2014 09:30 PM)Beyond Borders Wrote:  

So that's another angle to work - PP is really on the map for Asian tourists right now.

What brings them to PP? I never thought of it as a tourist destination.

A lot of them come for Angkor Wat, but they just come through Phnom Penh while here because it's the capital. Or they see a few places around the country since they're already here. And then some are just curious about Cambodia in general.

Also quite a few coming through for business. As I mentioned before, the economy is really growing stronger out here. I know another member disagrees with me, but my conversations with business-minded locals and all the other Asians coming through for business tells me different.

The political problems here are to me a sign of growth too. The gov has been able to keep the people at bay for the time being, but I don't imagine their iron grip over the country will last forever.

There's a major spirit of change here and it's chomping at the bit to break loose.