Solo trip to Phnom Penh
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Re: Solo trip to Phnom Penh
yeah i dont recall having any bills padded, but i usually check my bill every time they put it in the bin, 1. to keep a mental note of how much im spending, 2. so theyre not tempted to play any games,armchairlawyer wrote: ↑Tue Apr 10, 2018 7:30 pmPonytails, Honeypot, Angry Birds. The owner is a regular (and helpful) poster on this forum. Those bars will be a good starting point but feel free to graduate quickly to anywhere that takes your fancy. You won't have any problems if you behave sensibly.
I have never had a bill padded anywhere, you just need to be aware of the bill you are running up. Some bars keep the bill behind the counter which can be a bad sign and it makes it more difficult for you to keep tabs. Candy, 69, Butterfly and Barbados all do that. Short-changing is more common but if it happens and you point it out immediately, you will be refunded. If you pay with a 50 or 100, point out the number to the girl you give it to, just in case they are tempted to short change you. A bigger problem is getting suckered into buying too many lady drinks. As for honest bargirls....
They will be honest in the sense of not stealing from you. As for honest as in not lying to you, no.
If you want a bar that is less full on, try Larrys on 110.
i do remember once, think it was early morning at helicopter bar or something (i was on my way home but a ladyfriend flagged me over to come in for a nightcap),
so i went in and ordered a beer, put the dollar fifty in the bin and went and sat outside with my ladyfriend,
5 minutes later one of the girls that was inside playing cards (topless i might add) comes out kicking off saying i tried paying my $1.50 bill with a 1000r and a 500r, i kicked off as i was pretty sober and knew for a fact what i had paid, and that she had obviously switched the notes with her card money
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Re: Solo trip to Phnom Penh
When I first started travelling to Indonesia parents would approach me excitedly and ask if they could take a picture of me with their kids. After this happened enough times to be weird, I asked one who they thought I was. "Oh, The Rock, Dwayne Johnson!" to which I could only reply "Whu...?"kiwiincambodia wrote: ↑Tue Apr 03, 2018 8:03 pmWhen I first came over here and was doing a lot of work in the province all the village kids used to yell Batista at me every time they saw me.
Actually this good advice doesn't just apply to lady bars - too many friends have paid with a 50 or 100 dollar bill, only to have it substituted for a fake, which the house then points out and threatens to call the cops. So we ALWAYS point out the last three digits on the serial number of the big notes (in a friendly way, of course) to show we're not noobs.armchairlawyer wrote: ↑Tue Apr 10, 2018 7:30 pm If you pay with a 50 or 100, point out the number to the girl you give it to, just in case they are tempted to short change you.
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Re: Solo trip to Phnom Penh
i was in a KTV down KTVstreet a few months ago and had them do a switcharoo with a fake $10 note, after a heated 10 minute argument in Khmer i won my 10,000r changeStroppyChops wrote: ↑Tue Apr 10, 2018 8:47 pmWhen I first started travelling to Indonesia parents would approach me excitedly and ask if they could take a picture of me with their kids. After this happened enough times to be weird, I asked one who they thought I was. "Oh, The Rock, Dwayne Johnson!" to which I could only reply "Whu...?"kiwiincambodia wrote: ↑Tue Apr 03, 2018 8:03 pmWhen I first came over here and was doing a lot of work in the province all the village kids used to yell Batista at me every time they saw me.
Actually this good advice doesn't just apply to lady bars - too many friends have paid with a 50 or 100 dollar bill, only to have it substituted for a fake, which the house then points out and threatens to call the cops. So we ALWAYS point out the last three digits on the serial number of the big notes (in a friendly way, of course) to show we're not noobs.armchairlawyer wrote: ↑Tue Apr 10, 2018 7:30 pm If you pay with a 50 or 100, point out the number to the girl you give it to, just in case they are tempted to short change you.
first time i had ever encountered it
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Re: Solo trip to Phnom Penh
Happens a fair bit if my contacts are anything to go buy. Mind you, you are probably a little more visually intimidating than those I know who've been scammed this way. Apparently it's happening more with $20s nowadays, too.Jamie_Lambo wrote: ↑Tue Apr 10, 2018 9:28 pmi was in a KTV down KTVstreet a few months ago and had them do a switcharoo with a fake $10 note, after a heated 10 minute argument in Khmer i won my 10,000r changeStroppyChops wrote: ↑Tue Apr 10, 2018 8:47 pmWhen I first started travelling to Indonesia parents would approach me excitedly and ask if they could take a picture of me with their kids. After this happened enough times to be weird, I asked one who they thought I was. "Oh, The Rock, Dwayne Johnson!" to which I could only reply "Whu...?"kiwiincambodia wrote: ↑Tue Apr 03, 2018 8:03 pmWhen I first came over here and was doing a lot of work in the province all the village kids used to yell Batista at me every time they saw me.
Actually this good advice doesn't just apply to lady bars - too many friends have paid with a 50 or 100 dollar bill, only to have it substituted for a fake, which the house then points out and threatens to call the cops. So we ALWAYS point out the last three digits on the serial number of the big notes (in a friendly way, of course) to show we're not noobs.armchairlawyer wrote: ↑Tue Apr 10, 2018 7:30 pm If you pay with a 50 or 100, point out the number to the girl you give it to, just in case they are tempted to short change you.
first time i had ever encountered it
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Re: Solo trip to Phnom Penh
Sounds good. Any thoughts on nagaworld, I know there more pricey but would it be tpossibke to take freelancer from darlin darlin back to amanjay via tuk tuk?
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Re: Solo trip to Phnom Penh
take them where ever you want... youre paying!
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Re: Solo trip to Phnom Penh
only had 1 other similar situation, at some Khmer mafia owned/protected KTV down KTV street out near PP Airport, that nearly turned a bit messy, and being so far out of town was a little unnervingStroppyChops wrote: ↑Tue Apr 10, 2018 9:30 pmHappens a fair bit if my contacts are anything to go buy. Mind you, you are probably a little more visually intimidating than those I know who've been scammed this way. Apparently it's happening more with $20s nowadays, too.Jamie_Lambo wrote: ↑Tue Apr 10, 2018 9:28 pmi was in a KTV down KTVstreet a few months ago and had them do a switcharoo with a fake $10 note, after a heated 10 minute argument in Khmer i won my 10,000r changeStroppyChops wrote: ↑Tue Apr 10, 2018 8:47 pmWhen I first started travelling to Indonesia parents would approach me excitedly and ask if they could take a picture of me with their kids. After this happened enough times to be weird, I asked one who they thought I was. "Oh, The Rock, Dwayne Johnson!" to which I could only reply "Whu...?"kiwiincambodia wrote: ↑Tue Apr 03, 2018 8:03 pmWhen I first came over here and was doing a lot of work in the province all the village kids used to yell Batista at me every time they saw me.
Actually this good advice doesn't just apply to lady bars - too many friends have paid with a 50 or 100 dollar bill, only to have it substituted for a fake, which the house then points out and threatens to call the cops. So we ALWAYS point out the last three digits on the serial number of the big notes (in a friendly way, of course) to show we're not noobs.armchairlawyer wrote: ↑Tue Apr 10, 2018 7:30 pm If you pay with a 50 or 100, point out the number to the girl you give it to, just in case they are tempted to short change you.
first time i had ever encountered it
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Re: Solo trip to Phnom Penh
I know Jamie just wasn’t sure if the girls at darlin darlin were more
Likely to go too far for short time
Likely to go too far for short time
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Re: Solo trip to Phnom Penh
Jesus mate for the money they ask at Darlin Darlin it had better be ST or LT, YOUR choice! Or so I have heard.
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