Phnom Penh's No 1 ladies taxi scooter agency

[geovalin]

In Cambodia's capital, motorbike taxis are everywhere - but it's extremely rare to see women drivers transporting tourists. Those who do are judged harshly. Katya Cengel meets the young entrepreneur trying to change that.

When they show up at a Phnom Penh hotel in their tight red T-shirts and skinny jeans, people tend to get the wrong idea about Renou Chea and her fellow Moto Girl Tour guides. "They think we're not 'good girls'," says Renou, a slight 26-year-old with long dark hair. "They think we're 'bad girls'."

 

It is an important distinction to make in Cambodia, where women who associate with foreigners are often assumed to be "bad girls" - or women who work in the sex trade. "Sometimes they think that when we hang out with the men, it's just like for sex or something like that," adds her sister, Raksmey Chea, 23.

 

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[smotherb]

Had the idea in Angeles many years ago to use bicycles with side cars with young ladies in short shorts peddling the bikes. I offered the service for foreigners only between the bars on Fields Ave. What red-blooded young man would not like to be seated right next to a lovely little butt in short shorts just pumping away?

[drgoon]

Stick BKK, I'm off