What's so good about Cambodia

[scubascuba3]

55 minutes ago, MarcelV said:

Ever seen a lone Chinese in Pattaya? ????

Maybe some Taiwanese or Hong Kong Chinese, but no "real" Chinese men travel as FIT travelers. They cannot go without their flags or teddy-bears-on-a-stick.

Yes i have, they are here

[KhunLA]

2 hours ago, LaosLover said:

Was in SR last October. Dead-empty, many hotels shuttered. A nice condo is $200 a month. Enjoy that street and a half of good, not great restaurants in the micro-downtown.

 

Vientiane felt like Times Square after Siem Reap.

No interest myself, as TH is 3rd world enough.

 

Not my photo, SR, March 2023

Credit: burksida from elsewhere

Edited August 19, 2023 by KhunLA

[bob smith]

45 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

Sure they do, but do it in a more private way. Loads of Chinese businessmen order 3 girls to their room when in BK.

ive seen it with my own two eyes.

 

i once walked into the vip section of a karaoke bar in BKK at about 5am and there were 6 chinese guys all taking turns on this one thai girl.

 

they were pouring champagne on her backside and drinking it off through a straw.

 

seems like they were having fun!

[scubascuba3]

4 minutes ago, bob smith said:

they were pouring champagne on her backside and drinking it off through a straw.

 

seems like they were having fun!

Sounds likr something the Japs would like

[AAArdvark]

4 hours ago, LaosLover said:

A very blah, slightly depressive vibe pervades. Even the local specialty, fish amok, is blah.

 

Thailand is about the maximum level of poverty that I can live near without it depressing me too.

You have never been to Philippines? 

[Dickie Dee]

 seen the room without air it's not great. Seen the other stuff as well. It's not heaven at those prices

[Kinok Farang]

15 years ago.

PP,brilliant walking city,now the traffic the same as Jakarta.

$5 dollar rooms with up to date cable tv,now last time i was in Snooky had to stay in a dorm.

Ladies $10-15,now $100.

Sihanoukville,7 beautiful white sand beaches and a real alternative to Pats.Now a Chinese <deleted>hole.

SR,scuffier.

Kampot and Kep ok,but better off leaving Cambodia to your memories.

[Mr Dome]

- The visa situation - obviously.

- People that are genuine and don't harbor ill will against you just for being a barang.

- The countryside is awesome.

- The interest rates.

- The freedom in general to do your own thing is bigger here, I find.

- The political stability (although born out of basically a "give them a bit of leash" dictatorship makes that a phat negative as well).

- The culture is less complicated  (no such thing as "krieng Jai" here) with fewer pitfalls.

 

Cambodia isn't for the average expat though. You need a sense of adventure and high degree of independence. Also, if you need a lot of comforts from home & malls, then it's really not for you. Everyone needs to check for themselves.

[thasoss]

Last in Cambodia 2011 and it was fantastic but now I would guess not so good anymore,possibly because of the Chinese.Really disliked Sihanoukvile 

[Kinok Farang]

4 hours ago, HandsomeTallFarang said:

$10 women being a positive in your mind? ????????

 

Bob Smith keeping it classy as always. Complete GAMMON.

Are you Owen Jones by any chance?

[spidermike007]

I liked it, the few times I visited. Don't know if I would want to live there. 

 

Anything we see or hear on social media is suspect. Anything and everything. Don't buy into what some guy is saying in his podcast. Unless you know who he is and really believe what he says. 

[Deli]

4 hours ago, LaosLover said:

Def some beauties with more western features.

 

Our driver slept in his car when he wasn't driving us. We bought him a $6 pillow. He wept with joy.

 

Like I said, a downer. If Bangladesh has cheap sex and a doable visa, would you hit that?

Desh has very cheap sex but too many floods ????

[thecyclist]

6 hours ago, bob smith said:

absolute twoddle.

 

cambodia is cheaper in every way.

 

$100 a month room,

50 cent beers.

$10 women.

$2 meals.

 

Whats not to like????

They shut down all the cheap brothels a long time ago. Where do you get the 10$ women???

 

3 hours ago, brianthainess said:

Filthy place, rubbish everywhere, but i hear a one year visa is just a one off payment, no 90day report, and apparently work visa is easy. Laos is paradise by comparison. 

In Laos the food is just too expensive. Used to be cheaper there than in both Cambodia and Thailand.That was 25 years ago. The last time I was in Laos, in 2016, it was 2 to 3 times as expensive as LOS. 

[Albaby]

4 hours ago, MarcelV said:

They don't monger, like us white, western, European, caucasian, farangs do.

Ever seen a Chinese tour group head into an a-go-go to barfine a dark-skinned, wide-jawed, flat-nosed, inked-up, uneducated Isaan farmer's daughter? Nah, neither have I.

Gee you sound like a fun guy to go into one with.

[bob smith]

41 minutes ago, thecyclist said:

They shut down all the cheap brothels a long time ago. Where do you get the 10$ women???

 

In Laos the food is just too expensive. Used to be cheaper there than in both Cambodia and Thailand.That was 25 years ago. The last time I was in Laos, in 2016, it was 2 to 3 times as expensive as LOS. 

last time i was in Laos they did 1 dollar sandwhiches, fresh french bread with filling.

 

all you needed was 2 of them a day and a few Beer Lao.

 

is that not the case anymore?

Edited August 19, 2023 by bob smith

[HandsomeTallFarang]

2 hours ago, Kinok Farang said:

Are you Owen Jones by any chance?

Literally who?

 

And why is that a controversial opinion?

If a woman is $10...that means every schmuck with $10 has been inside that. I don't collect STDs from prostitutes, I haven't given up on life like most old grody ex-pats who frequent escorts on here have. So I actually care if I get sores on my privates.

 

$10 prostitutes are not a positive and if you think otherwise, God help you.

Edited August 19, 2023 by HandsomeTallFarang

[Kinok Farang]

7 minutes ago, HandsomeTallFarang said:

Literally who?

 

And why is that a controversial opinion?

If a woman is $10...that means every schmuck with $10 has been inside that. I don't collect STDs from prostitutes, I haven't given up on life like most old grody ex-pats who frequent escorts on here have. So I actually care if I get sores on my privates.

 

$10 prostitutes are not a positive and if you think otherwise, God help you.

Get down off that high horse,it will only hurt more when you fall.

[CG1 Blue]

7 hours ago, bob smith said:

$50 up is only for the fat baldys!

You have to pay more for the fat bald ladies? 

[Jingthing]

5 hours ago, MarcelV said:

Ever seen a lone Chinese in Pattaya? ????

Maybe some Taiwanese or Hong Kong Chinese, but no "real" Chinese men travel as FIT travelers. They cannot go without their flags or teddy-bears-on-a-stick.

Yes. Plenty. Also, plenty of FITS traveling as couples or their family. 

[hotchilli]

8 hours ago, MarcelV said:

Chinese men are not interested in girls, so I don't see why the Chinese presence would effect girl prices.

Maybe the Chinese pimp them not use them?

[Scouse123]

Majority if not all expats relocating to Cambodia from Thailand is due to Thailand's visa changes and extension of stay requirements.It's very easy once you've got your yearly visa, no checks, no money in the bank, etc as you can imagine with the ease of visas....................., it attracts plenty of dregs.

 

I am in Cambodia very regularly. Once you've done the temples that's it for Siem Reap unless your teaching down there or similar ' survival job ' A lot of do gooders, NGOs and those that have fallen off the planet.

 

Healthcare extremely limited, any Cambodian I know with any funds seeks medical attention in Thailand. Cheap beers and cigarettes and all night bars, if that's your thing. Women better in PP than SR, but I give that entire scene a wide berth.

 

Boring after 3 days unless on road trips or there for business. There are always cheap apartments available in Cambodian cities by looking around.

 

I find Cambodia has a lot more action and more going for it than Laos and I live an hour from Laos. So, the comments that Laos is action packed compared to Siem Reap is absolute garbage.

 

Food is up and down in Cambodia but they do have a very wide choice of different cultures and cuisine. Vegetables and fruits, you will find a great many imported from Thailand.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited August 19, 2023 by Scouse123

[KhunLA]

14 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

Yes. Plenty. Also, plenty of FITS traveling as couples or their family. 

That's me/us ...  I had to Google that ????

... "Fully Independent Traveler (FIT)"

[Sticky Rice Balls]

8 hours ago, LaosLover said:

A very blah, slightly depressive vibe pervades. Even the local specialty,

reminds me of my last visit to Loy Kroh! ????

[Homburg]

4 hours ago, Kaoboi Bebobp said:

A good source of info are the forum pages of Cambodia Expats Online.

 

I have read lots of griping about how more expensive Phnom Penh is these days: supermarkets because a fair bit of food imports are directly from Thailand; eateries are now running $5 to $10 a meal; hostess bar girls asking $50 to $100; 50 cent beers are double that now; cigs cheaper though; there's no city transit still so it's all by  tuktuk or tiny golf cart-like Passapps (like Grab); streets after midnight are rather dangerous due to bag/phone snatches (even in daytime), drunk driving in extreme ("foreigners" -- guess?); and apartments for residents are rocketing upwards of $400 to $600/month. 

 

Long-stay visas are a breeze if you're old enough 55 and up. Tourist e-visa is $35 online, get a letter and show it at airport and then at arrival you get a small stamp. You can also get an Ordinary visa on arrival and extend for 3, 6 or 12 months. Latter is about $290. 

 

And last, I like the friendly Khmer people who also seem to pick up English reasonably well.

 

Anyway, check out CEO.

Agree with most of that, not least the really friendly Khmer people, but an alternative to tuktuks is Phnom Penh's "CityBus" service.  All buses have aircon and a flat fare of Riel 1,500 (around US$0.35) irrespective of distance with a CityBus app so you can see all the routes, all the stops, and where the buses are.  Mostly daylight hours only though.  The service officially runs until 20:30, but don't expect to find a bus after 19:00, nevertheless a good way to avoid the airport taxi sharks as there is a #3 bus which stops just oustide the passenger terminal (exit the car park, turn left and walk 150m) and which will take you downtown for US$0.35!

[Sticky Rice Balls]

5 hours ago, BritManToo said:

Sure they do, but do it in a more private way. Loads of Chinese businessmen order 3 girls to their room when in BK.

i was hanging with a cute gal from vietnam who was visiting Cm..she stayed with a chinese dude  on airbnb at his fancy Dcondo..she said he offered her $100 usd a day to be his holiday GF...

[Isaan sailor]

7 hours ago, Walker88 said:

In the times I've visited agogos post-Covid, I find just the opposite: lots of young and middle aged Chinese are barfining, and the women chosen run the gamut from light-skinned to mocha, clean to tatted, natural to lab-enhanced. I've even seen Chinese couples barfine women for "purposes unknown".

 

The fact that China has 30 million more marrying age men than women (due to the long-held one China policy and preference for males) seems to be driving carnal behavior.

Exactly what I saw in a Bar Street restaurant, a few years ago.  Table next to us had eight very ugly Chinese young men.  They kept getting updates from an attractive well-dressed Chinese woman.  Sure looked the start of a wife-buying scheme.

[OneMoreFarang]

11 hours ago, georgegeorgia said:

So what's so good about Cambodia for expats

PassApp - I would love to see that in Thailand. 

[DJ54]

I’ve been to Cambodia twice … one week few days at each hotel traveled around a bit… second time two days PP for my sons wedding.

he and his wife have twin 4 yr old boy, girl and 5 yr old son.
 

I can’t really give a give a first hand experience in PP,SR (was cool and the older section much cooler. I live in Isaan countryside retired and would say Thailand would be my preference… 

 

I lived in China 10+ years… prior.

[save the frogs]

9 hours ago, MarcelV said:

Ever seen a Chinese tour group head into an a-go-go to barfine a dark-skinned, wide-jawed, flat-nosed, inked-up, uneducated Isaan farmer's daughter?

yeah, dark skin is a horrible thing.

everyone should use skin whitening products to make themselves white if they aren't already. 

 

cost of living comparison. you can choose specific cities. a lot of things more expensive in cambodia. 

 

https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare_countries_result.jsp?country1=Thailand&country2=Cambodia

 

Edited August 19, 2023 by save the frogs

[The Theory]

I prefer to spend my money in Laos rather than Cam. All the way to Cambodia for what ? Golden girls ? ????????Thailand is much better. If it's only about "beer" price I rather to pay more and be here. Handsome men don't need to go anywhere else. ????