I went to the Shanghai Bar in Phnom Penh yesterday with ERS correspondents the Expat Player and Nick Gatsby. I haven’t actually been to Cambodia in about 5 years so I was interested in seeing how the bars and clubs have changed since then.
The Shanghai Bar opened in 2000 and has been a pretty popular hangout with locals and tourists alike. Not a big bar but it has a few booths in the back and a square shaped bar in the middle, also note the AC is on full blast. The menu has a mix of western and bar chow with some Mediterranean specials. The bar is well stocked with reasonable prices for drinks (they also have western beer, something you can’t get in Jakarta).
But the real reason people go isn’t for the food or drinks – its because they employ a full staff of cute Cambodian girls in sexy uniforms.
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Big Suites, a 6 Foot Tall Japanese Chick and BATS is Filled Wall to Wall With Girls
I should have written this article a while ago. I’ve logged enough nights there that I’m a Golden Circle member (an invitation only benefits club they have). When I first met Mr. Smith he told me enough about Jakarta that I HAD to go check it out. So when it was time to go to Jakarta I asked him where should I stay.
He gave a few options, the Mulia, the Ritz Carlton, the Shangri La, all hotels with comparable prestige, comfort and prices. Ultimately I made my choice by researching the clubs located at the hotels. After reading a few articles on BATS the decision was made to stay at the Shang.
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If you are in Jakarta and someone asks you if you would like to have a trip to the Stadium, don’t expect to be watching a sports game or rock concert. Stadium is the name of a huge club situated in Jakarta’s sleazy northern district amidst a flash of neon signs offering massages and karaoke which mainly caters to Asian expats and local businessmen.
However, Stadium is an exception and is one Jakarta institution which most long-term expats have been to at least once during their nights spent trawling the city’s nightspots. It attracts a motley mix of those who like dance music, illegal substances, late night opening and more carnal pursuits and is an experience not for the faint hearted.
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Gambling, Girls and Clubbing in Cebu, Philippines
It had been about a year since I had last been to a casino, this is not something I am proud to say. For the last year wile working in Iraq I had been making do with those late night, thrown together, rag tag poker games with people that no serious poker player enjoys playing with.
Like the guy whose never played before so he can’t figure out when to get out of a hand. Or the guy who won’t play anything so you have to spend the whole night whittling him down to nothing. It is annoying, to say the least. So when the time for vacation came up for me I knew two things: I’m going to Southeast Asia and I’m going to a casino.
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The Q Bar in Bangkok is Probably the longest running and most popular night club in Thailand. Q Bar is a modern nightclub (the first Q Bar was in Saigon, Vietnam) that usually has kick-ass music and DJ’s. This spot is popular with Bangkok’s upper class (yuppies) and Western Expats and is always filled with beautiful local and expat girls and guys. If you like to dance, drink and socialize this is the place to go.
Their are two floors, main floor is a long bar with booths (people tend to gather around the entrance) a terrace upstairs. I used to go there pretty regularly a couple years ago and it was my favorite non-sleazy place to hang out in Bangkok. Their is a 500 B (13USD, 10 Euro, 7GBP) cover charge that will get you 2 drinks, the cover is mostly to keep out the “common folk” and bottom barrel working gals.
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