The transformation of *Abacus Road* in Siem Reap
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The transformation of *Abacus Road* in Siem Reap
Turn along Route Six going out of town heading for the airport and Poipet; turn right immediately after Acleda Bank.
Some maps show this road as *Abacus Road* because the very posh de luxe Abacus restaurant is close to the road junction.
Continue past Neary Khmer and Bopha Taprom and very soon you are in a zone of open-air KTV joints with platoons of hostesses sitting patiently in the
entrances.
Some offer rooms for discreet assignations.
This development started slowly; there were one or two, then three or four and now it seems that a new one opens every month or so.
The bloke who built a building* which is now a clinic on this road, complete with an ambulance, paid $350/m2, so we can assume that this is
about the going rate for a building site on this road.
* He wanted to sell it some months ago for $220,000; it became a clinic quite recently.
Some maps show this road as *Abacus Road* because the very posh de luxe Abacus restaurant is close to the road junction.
Continue past Neary Khmer and Bopha Taprom and very soon you are in a zone of open-air KTV joints with platoons of hostesses sitting patiently in the
entrances.
Some offer rooms for discreet assignations.
This development started slowly; there were one or two, then three or four and now it seems that a new one opens every month or so.
The bloke who built a building* which is now a clinic on this road, complete with an ambulance, paid $350/m2, so we can assume that this is
about the going rate for a building site on this road.
* He wanted to sell it some months ago for $220,000; it became a clinic quite recently.
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Re: The transformation of *Abacus Road* in Siem Reap
I remember when a 4WD was needed to get to Abacus during the rainy season.....
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