DownLoLarry Posted May 29, 2011 Share Posted May 29, 2011 Anyone have up to date info about Svay Pak, the Vietnemese whorehouse district 11 km from Phnom Penh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiamSam Posted May 29, 2011 Share Posted May 29, 2011 Heavy place I hear. what is the scoop? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownLoLarry Posted May 29, 2011 Author Share Posted May 29, 2011 what is the scoop? Almost got myself banned from some Cambodian forum for just asking about the place. Get the impression that it's probably a place that Cambo newbies shoul avoid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bumblebee Posted May 29, 2011 Share Posted May 29, 2011 Here is a spiel about it on Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svay_Pak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaronxas Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 I had heard about this place back in the day (2002) when I was traveling in Phnom Phem. As I like to see the raw reality of things, I went to check it out. It was a creepy place with a lot of dodgy (underage) trade. I don't generally judge anyone but that place is wrong. Would not recommend anyone go there. It may have been cleaned up since then, but it's probably still not a place worth going to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PPBoy Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 Don't even think about going there. You're insane just contemplating it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiamSam Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 What is so insane about it? Is it really that dangerous? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dixon cox Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 I visited Svay Pak back in 1999 out of curiosity and did not indulge, I have had no desire to return. That place would give Gary Glitter a bad name and it's a subject best moved on from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PPBoy Posted June 17, 2012 Share Posted June 17, 2012 What is so insane about it? Is it really that dangerous? Well, for a start, there is absolutely nothing there for us to enjoy - nor was there ever.. In the past, it was a notorious brothel village full of indentured (trafficked) Vietnamese girls. The ones on show were in the 15-18 age bracket. But most of the brothel houses also had rooms full of kids available for sex too. After being low key and mainly for Khmer punters in the mid 90s, word gradually got out in the late 90s (the power of the new internet) and more and more Europeans plus coachloads of Japs descended. At this point, the NGOs and the international news media got very interested. Up until then the local police had been very happy to take bribes from the brothels and turn a blind eye but with CNN etc doing stories showing the depravity going on under their noses, the cops had to do something. Well about ten years ago, the place was cleaned up...mostly. These days there are anti-trafficking and NGO projects there and any single man turning up and sniffing about the place will be noticed, assumed to be a sick f*ck and photographed. So if you want your photo in a police file, then go to Svay Pak. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiamSam Posted June 17, 2012 Share Posted June 17, 2012 Gotcha. Thanks for the info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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