I haven't noticed any change in the price of beer.

xX.TROPA.Xx wrote: ↑Sat Jul 16, 2022 3:22 pm Expats trying to make a dollar out of 15 cents in CAMBODIA the stench of desperation is strong in the air...

What is this 15 cents you are so angry about?

johnny lightning wrote: ↑Sat Jul 16, 2022 4:55 pm The gall of this company to keep making reservation for a property they must know is closed is a huge piss take.

Fraud, theft even?

Doc67 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 16, 2022 2:49 pm

John Bingham wrote: ↑Sat Jul 16, 2022 2:10 pm I haven't noticed any change in the price of beer.

Me neither but how long can that last?

What I have noticed is a sharp decline of people out and about, many long termers have gone home for a while (after 2 years) and few newcomers seem to be arriving. The flurry of old faces arriving at Christmas has dried up, many have gone back home and the place now seems much quieter than 3-6 months ago.

Thanks for the report. This is why I've hesitated in visiting Phnom Penh and elsewhere. It confirmed earlier video evidence. Some recent YT videos seem to show the streets, like 130 and 136 busy, but when the camera pans past the restaurants and bars, they're fairly empty. A shot of the Big Easy, which looks like a double shophouse, it was 95% empty at 8 in the evening.

If you go outside of the 300-400 metre stretch around Tree Town on Soi Buakhao in Pattaya, it's like an abandoned town. Video producers passing by Action Street, Soi Boomerang, Soi Lengkee, Soi 6, Soi Pothole (Chaiyaphum) and New Plaza show some open bars but there's almost zero customers, just a lot of girls idling over their phones, and one or two guys walking the street itself. I really don't know how long all these bars, including a lot of new ones on Soi Pothole, can survive.

My recent experience with empty bars and restaurants in Vung Tau caused me to cut my visit in half. It's just not an appealing scene and therefore hardly worth the expense of travelling.