Gay Cambodia Trip Reports

[Beachlover]

Posted two trip reports on Cambodia:

Phnom Penh: any-other-country-f15/phnom-penh-cambodia-trip-report-t20485.html (http://www.sawatdee-gay-thailand.com/forum/any-other-country-f15/phnom-penh-cambodia-trip-report-t20485.html)

Siem Reap: any-other-country-f15/gay-siem-reap-cambodia-trip-report-t20493.html (http://www.sawatdee-gay-thailand.com/forum/any-other-country-f15/gay-siem-reap-cambodia-trip-report-t20493.html)

[bao-bao]

Thank you for those, Beachlover. I'll be visiting there for the first time myself in a couple of months and have made note of some of the things you spoke of in the reports to add to my own reasearch. I don't do the nightlife thing as a rule, but I'm sure looking forward to seeing some new territory.

By the way - I'm not sure as the younger guys would be effected much by the Pol Pot mess - that was 30 tp 35 years ago. I'm sure it had a lasting effect on their parents, though - and the residual effects may still linger.

[Beachlover]

Oh, there's lots more than nightlife in Cambodia. But for me, the nightlife is also a great opportunity to meet and get to know some of the locals, their attitudes, values and thinking.

Don't forget, you probably need a VISA. Not sure about US citizen requirements but I was able to get a visa through their eVisa program. It's fantastic, very quick and convenient: http://www.mfaic.gov.kh/evisa/ ... note that the photo you need to submit (electronically) for the visa DOES NOT need to be a passport photo so don't go out and pay for one. Just grab an old holiday photo and crop it in "Photoshop" or "MS Paint" so it only shows your face.


I'm not sure as the younger guys would be effected much by the Pol Pot mess - that was 30 tp 35 years ago. I'm sure it had a lasting effect on their parents, though - and the residual effects may still linger.
It's true they are not directly affected - meaning they weren't actually IN that mess themselves. However, they're all acutely aware of the horrific tragedy, which occurred. They are even more aware of the poverty, which is rife in their country as a result of this. I believe this, along with their parents' influence, does have an effect on their values and priorities.

What can be a little creepy, is knowing that the parents of some of the boys you meet would have been running about the country chopping up people back in the day... and that some of the older people you meat (lots of older tuk tuk drivers) actually lived through this.

Interestingly, in my room at the FCC in Phnom Penh, there was a framed newspaper article hanging on the wall. The article was a famous article relating to the fall of Pol Pot and is dominated by a portrait shot of the man's face. One of the boys I invited back to my room saw it and immediately pointed at him and made a point that he was a very bad and evil man.