Sosua is a small town on the north coast of the the Dominican Republic. It doesn’t have an airport but it is still known and visited by lots of foreigners each year including more than a few who call the place home year round. Outside of the usual local brothels there are a lot of working women in the area targeting foreign customers every day of the year. Way back in 2015 I wrote a report reminiscing on the lost bars of Phnom Penh that became pretty popular among readers. Two years later I wrote another report on the other lost bars of Phnom Penh. I have covered Sosua and the rest of the Dominican Republic in part but I haven’t yet gone into any real detail. Toticos dominican tetasToticos dominican tetas Today there is not a whole lot to report on. Despite the expressed wishes of at least some local authorities Sosua now functions in many ways as a sort of open air brothel for foreign visitors. The action isn’t as centered in bars and other establishments as it used to be and a lot of the meeting greeting now goes down in the street or simply on the beach. Still there was a time not that long ago when some truly legendary adult oriented businesses operated in Sosua. They weren’t always strictly bars but calling them bars is still probably one of the best ways to find them. The following is a report on some of the lost bars of Sosua. The Palace Not to be confused with the massive Piergiorgio Palace Hotel that operates today, The Palace was a small compound located just a few meters off of the main strip in Sosua. Run by a guy locally known as “Palace John” the hotel cum mini-male-resort operated as a sort of all inclusive place for guys on vacation. Inside the walls stood a small hotel, a swimming pool, a hot tub, and a bar. Early on the bar was always staffed and there were usually several women hanging around looking for customers. As time went on the bar got more quite and customers seemed to pull in more women from the city. Some of the most well known working women in the city of the early 2000’s made regular appearances at The Palace. Some worked nowhere else since they didn’t have to. It was nothing to see a half dozen women sitting around the palace or swimming in the pool. Room prices were reasonable and The Palace always had a number of guys staying inside. The ladies who worked the place usually charged between 1000 and 1500 Pesos for a short romp in the rooms. They nearly all offered “happy hours” too which was the local slang for a threesome. Alas The Palace disappeared along with a lot of other places. Today there are a lot of girl friendly hotels in Sosua and as described earlier most of the action has moved to the streets The Blue Dolphin The Blue Dolphin, which is not to be confused with the new Blue Dolphin Condos, was larger than The Palace but never as popular. Owned by a retired pro wrestler the place was only steps away from The Palace. It more ground, more rooms, a larger pool and a bigger bar. Still, it never did really rival The Palace as far as I could tell. One reason for that may have been the lack of ladies at The Blue Dolphin. Some would filter in and out and times but they seemed to be attached to customers. Because of that whoever did stay at the place only really used it as a hotel. Passions Passions was without a doubt the most infamous adult enterprise in the history of Sosua. What started as a small bar attached to the previously mentioned Blue Dolphin property turned into a large adult entertainment center complete with stages and private rooms. The European owner really expanded his open air facility in a short time. He started with a few uniformed gals working behind the bar and transformed the place into an indoor venue with tons of scantily clad gals shaking it on stage in between doing massages in private rooms. Passions bar SosuaPassions bar Sosua At the end it more or less looked like a high end Thai go go bar except that the women working inside were Dominican and Haitian. Plus it even had a soapy massage parlor element with soapy body to body massage being offered on premises. In 2013 law enforcement closed the place down. The owner apparently fought for years to get the bar reopened but it never happened. At this point it looks like Passions Sosua is gone for good so it is added to this list of the lost bars of Sosua. After Passions was closed a lot of other places seemed to disappear too. In some ways the closure of Passions can be seen as a harbinger of what was to come. D’Latinos and Rumba D’Latinos and Rumba were at one time the epicenters of Sosua nightlife. These two nearby nightclubs would fill up at night to the point were it was actually difficult to get through the place. The customers were a mix of foreign guys, a few local guys, lots of female sex workers, and a few local and foreign “regular girls”. Although the places weren’t brothels themselves it seems that someone thought otherwise. Both clubs were closed down by order of the government and they sat empty for years. Rather than eliminating the sex trade things just moved into the street where it remains today. A few months ago news emerged that the tattered shells of both D’Latinos and Rumba were finally being reworked into other businesses. Rumba is apparently being turned into a sports bar while D’Latinos is becoming an upscale restaurant.
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Deep throat blowjobs are not as widespread as one might expect in Pattaya. Especially since the town is home to several blowjob bars that specialize in schlong sucking. But Thailand’s so-called sin city is home to several professional oral artists who can inhale male members to the hilt. I first started publishing lists of known deepthroaters in Bangkok several years ago. In the years that followed lists of deep throats in Bangkok became a sort of annual tradition. In 2018 I wrote about deep throats in Pattaya for the first time. This post on Pattaya deep throats in 2019 is the second in what may prove to be another long line of similarly-themed posts. Deepthroating is incredibly more common today than it was even a few years ago. After all, an adult movie about the act shook the Western world when it came out just a few decades ago. Nowadays deepthroating is so widely known that women’s publications even post instructions on taking a hot dog all the way down the hatch. In only follows that going deep would find its way to a city like Pattaya. Any post like this has to come with a disclaimer of sorts. As always I do not advocate or recommend anything whatsoever. It’s also the case that some women may be willing or able to swallow a salami one day or one time but not another. Things like comfort, size and even compatibility come into account. I simply report for my own self expression and the enjoyment of readers. Now on to the yearly update. Deep throats on Soi 6 Amy at My Friend You Bar on Soi 6 is still bobbing on bolognas with amazing aplomb. She can go deep when called upon but she doesn’t always show off this skill. Instead she relies more on a furious flutter of the tongue. Amy at My Friend You in PattayaAmy at My Friend You in Pattaya Amy’s place of work was recently redesigned. It is now another open bar. But there is a special private room near the stairs with couches where the old activities continue. Some of the new staff members are not yet very talented in regards to suck jobs. But Amy and a few other old hands like The legendary Jen at the nearby King Kong bar has been devouring dongs for a decade. And she only gets more skilled as time goes on. It can be difficult to tell when she will be in the bar however. There are times when she doesn’t show up for a while. Then she reappears again to rekindle the hopes and dreams of countless horny guys stalking the strip. Moon at Click Bar on Soi 6 is another Thai gal who can take in the tackle from tip to tail end. She has been wolfing down wieners for years with no sign of stopping. She doesn’t put on the breaks when she’s slobbing on a throbbing knob either. Deepthroaters elsewhere Beer at Jonat Massage regularly imbibes boners to the base. She doesn’t ask much for the service either. Some of the other older providers at the parlor are just as eager. But they simply cannot match Beer’s abilities when it comes to dining on ding dongs. Old dependable deepthroaters Fon and Nong cannot currently be found at Bar La Poste. But some of the newer staff have taken up their tasks with skills to match. Last year I mentioned that Nat could go nuts deep but not without effort. She has apparently gained a lot of experience since then. She can now deep throat with ease and expertise. Both Cake and May at Pirates are known for their sausage swigging skills. Cake came over from the Devil’s Den while the busty May made her bones at her current club. The two can take it fast or slow as their customers desire. Most would probably say May is the more attractive one but in terms of pure talent Cake is hard to beat. Last but not least there is the lovely Oi at Bliss Lounge who also appeared on last year’s list. Although she could be described as an experienced expert she is not hardened in the least. Oi maintains an incredible capability to provide pure pleasure to pricks for extended periods without pause. Going long and deep is a regular part of her repertoire. But she doesn’t limit her service to a mechanical motion. Instead she integrates a vast array of approaches into a overall oral package that as original as it is outstanding. The recent inflow of interviews with people in the sex interdustry continues. Today I am pleased to present the results of a dialogue with the owner and operator of the ZENRA website. ZENRA is of course known around the world for supplying authorized Japanese porn videos with English subtitles to its members. It is the go-to source for gaijin who want to know exactly what it is the people in those creative Japanese porn videos are saying. Japanese porn is of course interesting in its own right. But being able to understand the dialogue can help a lot. There is the old joke about people buying Playboy magazine for the articles. But the elaborate stories behind some of the Japanese porn videos are actually quite erotic. So the dialogue greatly enhances the scenes. Japanese wife swapping videoJapanese wife swapping video I have been keeping a keen eye on ZENRA for some time now. Regular readers may remember that I featured the site in my list of porn worth paying for in 2016. I also included it in my list of the best Japanese porn on the internet. And for good reason. ZENRA was and continues to be the preeminent source for authorized subtitled Japanese AV on the internet. The owner of ZENRA is a very affable man. I have been in somewhat regular communication with the gentleman for years. It only seems right to share some of his insight with the audience here. This long overdue interview is detailed and filled with information that will interest anyone interested in Japanese AV and the way it is viewed and consumed around the world. I trust that you will enjoy it. What exactly does “ZENRA” mean? The Kanji for our site name (全裸) means stark naked. What was your first experience with porn? How about Japanese AV? That’d have to be back in elementary school watching Playboy TV when sleeping over a friend’s house whose dad had one of those descrambler boxes. This was way back in the early 90’s when projection televisions were still a thing; the ones that had the RBG lights at the bottom.Soon enough the internet came along and the rest was history. Specifically for JAV, I’ve always had an interest in Japan since high school so changing my habits from western to Asian wasn’t too big of a stretch. I don’t recall my first instance of encountering JAV though I do remember the scanner community from back in the day (Bluebird, Bonvarg, PureJapan, etc.). How do you think Japanese porn compares to the western equivalent? For studios, JAV makers are way more conservative and less tech savvy. This applies to the big, established ones of course, but also smaller studios and even one man shops led by guys still in their twenties. Overall quality of content and industry maturation is a no-brainer. Japan has had self-regulation since the 80’s which gives it a lot more freedom compared to the west. But western studios can adapt quickly. Japan has always had the mosaic issue, but I feel just like how Twitter imposes artificial limits on text limits, mosaic requires makers to think outside of the box. Very little domestic (censored) JAV features extended close-ups of sex. Yes, hardcore titles may have some, but you usually get shots that focus on other aspects of the play instead. You also get truly out there genres including some you’d never be able to sell in the west like pseudo-incest, scat, pseudo-rape, and more. Again, self-regulation for the win here. What about the mosaic and censorship? This is a pretty big deal for a lot of international porn viewers. Without trying to be a buzzkill, it’s here to stay. I don’t see mosaic being a goner any time soon. One thing most international fans of JAV may not realize is that studios hate it as much as fans–maybe even more. Mosaic costs money to apply (think several hundred dollars USD per title) and getting ‘Ethics approval’ (self-regulation from previous answer) also costs around the same. They don’t want it and Japan’s obscenity law pretty much is the same as USA. It’s just that studios have taken the approach that ‘pixelizing genitalia = not obscene’. Your guess is as good as mine why scat doesn’t require mosaic nor how titles produced some years ago when mosaic was thinner may not past Ethics approval today, but can still be sold at all the big sites and stores. Uncensored JAV of course exists. There’s 100 percent amateur-produced content, and then there are a few big makers. The latter are all incorporated abroad and have servers hosted outside of Japan. The law with obscenity in Japan basically punishes those who distribute obscene contents so uncensored JAV kind of finds a gray area loophole as it’s still shot there, but it’s not technically sold on Japanese soil. Nine out of ten times, the quality of uncensored JAV is considerably poorer than censored. You also get less well known women taking part and most content is very vanilla. We show some at ZENRA, but we don’t beat around the bush in reviews and mention its flaws as well. If you want beautifully-shot content with great stories and big names, you rarely will see it in uncensored. What made you want to bring Japanese porn to western audiences? It’s my vocation. I truly enjoy working on ZENRA and I’m happy to say there hasn’t been a day in years where I’ve woken up dreading to ‘go to work’. It’s a rush to log on and get started subtitling, checking emails, doing social media, etc. I also take solace that unlike the majority of JAV sites out there, what we do is legal and we actually help studios make money. I can sleep easy knowing I may not be suddenly sued or arrested like quite a few of the ‘free JAV streaming’ site operators out there. There’s something big being planned by JAV’s copyright authority soon and I can’t say anything more on it. I guess it’s safe to assume that you are fluent in Japanese. It’s not you’re native tongue. How long did it take you to learn the language? I speak it pretty well. Subtitling, meetings, etc are fine. Watching most TV also is easy. I’ll admit reading a newspaper at times can be challenging. Thus, I don’t consider myself totally fluent, but definitely know more than enough to live and work in a total Japanese environment. Super local dialects, drunk old men at bathhouses, and Yakuza/Yankee talk I have some issues comprehending. Japan has a reputation for xenophobia. How do studios react when you approach them to license AV? I believe there are very few outright racists in Japan. Most issues of xenophobia are more about being comfortable doing what one’s doing and not wishing to offend. I’m sure ZENRA was far from the first western company to contact JAV studios for licensing, but was the first to do it correctly. Japanese porn gameshowJapanese porn gameshow What most western companies may do is shoot an email–probably in English–to the JAV studio looking for a deal. They probably won’t reply to this because of language issues. Emailing first in proper business-level Japanese is important and if you don’t hear back which for me happened very often at first, you pick up the phone and call. Most studios clearly have their contact info up so finding the number shouldn’t be hard. The phone call shows you’re serious, that you speak the language, and want to really get the deal done. You also need to meet them in person. The majority of initial licensing deals I have made for ZENRA required a face-to-face meeting in Tokyo. Thus, if a western studio wants to add JAV content to their site legally, legwork will be required. There are no content markets here like Amazing Content (great site and owner). If you want content from Studio XYZ, then you need to contact Studio XYZ and gosh forbid if they already have an exclusive deal with a big distributor like DMM because that will just make things even more complicated. How long did it take to get your website off the ground? How much time do you put into it each week? ZENRA is a full time job for me. I’ve a team of developers (we’re still hiring!) and now also a team of time-coders and probably will expand further soon. I work 365 days a year though not literally all day and night. A true “off day” may just see me working 2 hours in the morning and a really busy day perhaps would be about 8 hours. However, as the site owner and the one who handles support requests, I always have my phone with me. What do you think the future of paid porn is, especially on the internet? We’ve been hearing about the “death of the porn industry” for many years yet videos keep coming from various studios. Paid porn isn’t going anywhere. It’s evolving to some extent. Platforms–something that has been the main source of income for most studios in Japan for decades now–are becoming extremely powerful. As a pay-site owner, I don’t like this trend as having one’s own site with one’s own merchant processing gives the most control and the ability to make the most money per subscriber. I’ve told many a JAV studio they should focus more on selling on their own such while only putting older (ie., over 3 months) content on the big sites. If you think the cut sites like ManyVids takes is bad (20 percent-ish, right?), come to Japan where DMM, the biggest of the big, takes around 70 percent!. Even brick-and-mortar sales may only net a JAV studio around 50% of the cover price. It’s not an ideal situation. Studios are caught between a rock and a hard place with ludicrously high kickbacks on one side and blatant piracy on the other. Yes, the average new JAV release costs almost $30USD on average, but the studio may make only a fraction of that. What do you think about the emergence of so much amateur porn and small independent studios? If we’re talking JAV here, I think this is a good thing. Sites like FC2 and HeyDouga are seeing more and more real amateurs in Japan submit their (uncensored) content. There’s the legal issue with no mosaic of course, but this really is the proper way to see disruption take place. I want these sites and these amateurs to succeed. I want big studios to worry because at the very least, you may see this as a reason for mosaic to start thinning out again. Mosaic got thick in late 2016 due to ethics companies complaining about downsizing FHD movies to make it look like they’re almost uncensored. My only issue with the true amateurs is the content for the most part is not shot well and is super basic. Stories, scenes, production crews, and big casts are absent making for very bare-bones affairs. Who do you think is the most popular Japanese AV star ever? Hard to say so I’m not going to answer. This may surprise some people given my occupation, but I’ve always cared more for what the movie is about rather than who is in it. ZENRA subscribers have always been more interested in titles that feature nothing but older hotel massage therapists having secret sex rather than ‘vanilla hardcore title starring super popular JAV star’. This is what we cater to and what I like as well. Who is your favorite Japanese porn star of all time? I indirectly answered that above, but I will say Saya Takazawa is one of the most under-rated actresses of all time. As of this interview, it looks like her retirement was short-lived as she’s appearing in a JAV going up in June. She mainly does super alternative titles (lots of scat and no, I’m not into it, but I’m not going to judge those who are), but has absolutely incredible proportions. Saya has done many movies, but only has had sex a few times. We have one of hers on ZENRA from early in her career that does feature sex (in an orgy setting, no less). Do you have any experience with fuzoku? What do you think of the Japanese sex industry? Some people may disagree with this, but I believe Japan has the most progressive sex industry in the world. Yes, paying for penis-in-vagina sex is illegal but that is it. Yes, paying for sex in many parts of the world is easy, but it’s still illegal and there’s always the risk of surprise crackdowns. Most adult services like healths, erotic massage clinics, newhalf brothels, etc., have websites that clearly show prices and what basic service entails. Heck, anal sex is an option many offer right on their pages. Imagine calling up your favorite brothel, requesting a girl and a time and then asking to add the ‘anal sex option’ on top. Robotic? Sure, but it’s totally legal. Brothels even register with the police as adult establishments so it’s all sanctioned. Few places outside of Japan have systems like this (Australia, Germany, Netherlands…any others?). Thanks so much for doing this. Do you have anything else to say to readers? Sure, and I hate to talk about it, but you can’t talk about JAV without mentioning piracy. There is literally only one site I know of that is legally streaming full length movies for free without any registration (and no, we’re not plugging ourselves here because it isn’t us!): SOD Prime. And it’s mainly movies from the 90’s. All those ‘free JAV streaming’ sites are 100 percent stolen, run by crooked individuals who are financially destroying the JAV studios that they claim to love. Sadly, there are also pay-sites like ours that straight up steal as well. If you wish to support your favorite studios, I’d recommend you only purchase digital JAV from sites listed here. Thank you for having me. For years the content on this website consisted mainly of reviews of adult entertainment establishments mixed with occasional news and views all with an eye toward entertaining the readers. At some point it became regular practice of this website to post reviews of individual service providers as well. When establishments employ dozens of women there can be huge variance between the type and style of service provided. Since trying to review a shop with multiple women on staff in a few hundred words can be something like trying to sum up a New York diner menu in a single sentence this only makes sense. Reviews of individual staff members from Tokyo Style in Japan began appearing on this site back in 2015 and then continued appearing here with regularity afterward. There has been a bit of a break in this however since the last Tokyo Style review was published here almost a year ago. The dry spell ends today. Saki at Tokyo Style Stereotypes are rarely positive. Most of the time they are based on ideas abstracted from reality. At their worst they lead to all sorts of negatives. Some people have stereotypical views of whole groups of countries that they use as a basis for either a hatred or a sort of fetish. This isn’t a sociology website per se but I have always been interested in the way human beings interact. The adult entertainment industry is one of the most interesting crossroads of people to be found anywhere. Saki the escort at Tokyo StyleSaki the escort at Tokyo Style In some ways Saki is what many would call a “really Japanese girl” but in others she is more internationally minded. For example Saki has a small tattoo on her body. Tattoos aren’t common in Japan where they are often identified with organized crime. On the other hand Saki has an extremely warm and outgoing character and her vocal inflection almost sounds like it comes right out of a Japanese anime. Saki also accessorizes with things like well done fingernails and large contact lenses that a lot of fashionable Japanese women love to wear. Her tastes in food also match with millions of others in the land she calls home. Saki is sexy Ultimately most of this probably matters little to male customers who book appointments with Saki at Tokyo Style. What they want to know is what Saki looks like and what kind of service she provides. Most of the women who work at Tokyo Style and most similar businesses for that matter hide their faces when advertising online. This is done for obvious reasons. Some hints can usually be found in the parts of the face that are shown though in Saki’s case the pictures online simply don’t do her justice. Beauty is always in the eye of the beholder but I find it very difficult to believe that more than a handful of guys with really unique outlooks or terrible eyesight would find Saki to be unattractive. She has big bright eyes and well shaped features that all come together to form a really beautiful face. Tokyo Style staff is sexy too Unlike a lot of other shops in Tokyo and elsewhere that seem to hire anyone who applies Tokyo Style has a policy in place that excludes women who most would find unattractive or overweight. This isn’t exactly the most humanitarian policy in the world but because of it the vast majority of the women working at the shop would be described as beautiful by most guys. Saki escort at Tokyo StyleSaki escort at Tokyo Style Some of the women at Tokyo Style are found to be beautiful by so many guys that they are steadily booked by repeat customers. With about a year of work experience Saki still does have some availability on her schedule but she is gaining new followers daily. Saki’s happy ending service In her early twenties Saki is of average height with a nice skin tone. She has pretty big breasts for her frame and they are situated in a way that readily allows for paizuri which is the Japanese term for a tit wank. This is of course one of the many services Saki provides. Depending on the service level customers pay for Saki also provides excellent hand job service as well as a level of oral service that would satisfy most guys. Saki does not provide uncovered oral services however she uses a unique kind of thin loose condom actually created for the exact situation. Most notable about Saki is her customer oriented attitude. From beginning to end she is genuinely concerned with her customers feelings. She does a lot by feeling and experience but she isn’t afraid to ask what customers are looking for either. So she asks guys where they want to be massage and how hard or fast they want it although her English is far from perfect. She puts in a lot of effort and represents the kind of customer service that Japan is famous for even if she works in an industry that isn’t necessarily pushed as a part of the authentic local culture by tourist brochures. As the 2020 Olympics approach more and more foreigners will pile into Japan. Tokyo will see the most foreigner visitors of any area in the land of the rising sun. I have no doubt that many visitors in the future will be looking for adult services. Those who find women like Saki or someone like her will in all likelihood enjoy themselves. Years ago they would be more likely to be unsatisfied as companies catering to foreigners simply didn’t exist in the way that they do now. Four-and-half stars. Massage parlors in Phnom Penh Asian massage parlors have long been tied up in the adult industry. There are a number of massage parlors where customers can get extra services on the cheap. Some are designed for the sale of sex and nothing else, others serve up “extras” with the regular rub down. So it seems fitting to start there. The “legitimate” massage parlors all over the city do not endorse any kind of extras. They are most especially concentrated in the areas tourists are most likely to frequent. Cheaper massage parlors in other parts of town can go either way. At the legitimate massage shops body rubs go for 5 to 10 dollars. And the masseuse only gets half of that. So customers are sometimes asked if they want a happy ending even in these kinds of places. Extras are most commonly offered in private rooms during oil massages when the customers are fully nude under their towels. It used to be that this sort of thing was more common away from the riverside. But now there are even naughty massage parlors https://tumblrmilf.com/blog there among the touristic restaurants. A standard tip for a regular massage is one dollar. Customers who get a hand finish typically tip five to ten. The rare few who score oral service normally tip a little more. Full service is only occasionally offered in these places. The women who do it usually start off asking for as much as fifty dollars. But typically they settle for thirty. Since none of this is officially permitted customers and masseuses who partake have to be discreet. Intelligent customers don’t talk about extras or make a big deal over the larger than average tip they give their masseuse in front of coworkers or the boss. There are also some fishbowl massage parlors. They are meant entirely for sex. They are usually located inside of big hotels or karaoke parlors. They charge five to ten dollars for a massage. The women who are mostly attractive expect thirty to one hundred dollars more for full service. Freelance prostitutes and brothels There are also freelance girls available to men with money around the clock in the seating area of Sorya Mall and on the walking area on the riverside. The Walkabout and Martinis used to be the most famous freelancer spots in the city. But those bars closed. Sharky’s was another freelancer haunt, but it’s pretty quiet in there since the original owner died. The freelancers found in these places are the equivalent of streetwalkers in the United States. Customers may find a gem once in a while, but they normally don’t expect much. Many of the freelance girls are on drugs and or like to grab anything they can get their hands on. The standard rate with these girls is 10 to 20 dollars for a short time adventure. A higher level of freelancer can be found in places like the Nagaworld Casino and the associated Darlin Darlin live music bar. Those ladies are looking for high rollers and expect a minimum of one hundred dollars for sex. Sometimes they get much more. Most foreigners avoid the numerous local brothels in the city at all costs, even if they are pestered to visit one by a motorbike taxi or tuk tuk driver. The same goes for the five to ten street girls (and ladyboys) that hang around places like Wat Phnom at night. These seems to be for the best. Hostess bars in Phnom Penh The main action for foreigners in Phnom Penh takes place in the hostess bars. These are scattered all over the Daun Penh section of the city. The biggest concentrations on Street 51, Street 136, Street 130, Street 110, Street 118 and Street 104. There are a few others in different areas too. A select few are open 24 hours, but most don’t come alive until 6:00 pm. They usually close in the early morning hours. Any man who walks by these places will often be called in by one of the ladies sitting near the door. “Hello welcome” is a common sound in the bar areas. When a customer enters a girl or two will try to sit with them. Smart customers pick the girl they are interested in rather than getting stuck with whoever is next in line. Drinks for customers cost a dollar or two and lady drinks cost about four dollars. Customers can talk, order food, play pool, or do whatever they want within reason. Hostesses go to work to make money. Most bars have barfines. If a lady wants to leave the bar with a guy, she asks him to pay this fee. It is supposed to relieve the bar for the loss of staff for a night. The typical barfine is ten dollars. Of course some ladies won’t leave the bar. Or they will only leave with certain guys. It is their prerogative. Pros and cons Some place like Island Bar are up front about having women who are eager to go out with customers. At most others it is a little more like dating with money used as a social lubricant. Customers who look like totally new guys or a tourists are often quoted very high prices that compare with the Vietnamese hostess bars in Ho Chi Minh City. When women leave the bar with a guy they usually offer full service in private. A short time romp normally goes for 30 to 50 dollars. A long time overnight session can run anywhere from 50 to 100 dollars. Some of the women may not budge from prices much higher than this. Despite all the sexy outfits in the bars and some of the raunchy jokes customers might hear bar girls make, Cambodia is still a pretty conservative place. Things are changing. But much remains the same. You may see a girl dance on a table top here or there, but there is no nudity in the bars. It’s not Thailand by any means. Most of the women in Cambodia expect there to be at least a little romance involved, even if they are bar girls. And in bed, many will lay back and let the guy do all the work. Perhaps as many as half of the women working in bars don’t do blowjobs. Probably half of the ones who do aren’t very good at it. Performance is usually higher with the Vietnamese women working in Cambodia, though they are often more hustler-like than the native gals. Cambodian bargirls are more likely to give customers a snuggle up lovey-dovey girlfriend style experience or play the cold fish routine. Of course there are always exceptions. Escorts in Phnom Penh Historically there has been very little in the way of escorting in Phnom Penh. At least in the way that most people from Western countries would recognize. A few minor websites have purported to provide punters with easy access to escorts. But they were always suspect at best. The same goes for the various pimps who push pictures and profiles over chat apps that very rarely have any resemblance to actual women in the city. Recently however the well known Smooci website has entered the scene. The entrance of this escort booking site seems set to shake things up in terms of online contacts between English-speaking customers and ladies who want to offer their time in exchange for payment. Smooci has been operating throughout Asia and Europe for years. But it is totally new to Cambodia. There has never been anything like it in the country that I am aware of, even though there are plenty of other apps operating locally for the booking of everything from tuk tuks to food delivery. Closing with a secret Lastly, I will mention Cyrcee. This “secret bar” is the go to place for guys who are looking for a direct experience. The place isn’t actually that secret. After a recent move it is now located on a main road near the famous Central Market. Cyrcee is a tiny bar. When you walk in you immediately see ten to twenty women waiting for guys to enter. As soon as you sit down you are usually surrounded by these women who are not shy with their hands or words. They have some incredible sales pitches. Mainly they are all looking for short time sessions. The barfine at Cyrcee is $10 and women ask for 30 dollars for their time. The women are mostly professionals with real skills. They aren’t afraid to kiss or suck either. Friends who go out together are even known to interact with each other. And it’s all quick and milf cam to the point. The gals typically use a nearby guesthouse rather than trekking off to a hotel room. They know the ropes. There is a lot more too. But this covers most of the more well known things that even temporary visitors come across. Long time residents often discover even more, if they actually go out and look for it. |