Neon Niteclub

Neon Niteclub - Chris Coles

There's something magical and sensual about neon...the glow, the movement, the curving flow of light.....something exciting lies within......at least that's the promise...

Sharky Bar Phnom Penh

Sharky Bar Phnom Penh - Chris Coles

More or less alone on an otherwise dark street, the Sharky Bar entrance silently waits.........an eternal watering hole for Phnom Penh's lumbering Expats........

Lo-End Phnom Penh Brothel

Lo-End Phnom Penh Brothel

They wait just inside the door for the Khmer men who will be their customers.....the sex is very quick, the money small.......

Sharky Bar Phnom Penh

Sharky Bar Phnom Penh - Chris Coles

It seems like Sharky Bar's been in Phnom Penh forever, almost back to the Year Zero when there was absolutely nothing, no electricity, no vehicles, no money, no hope....

Phnom Penh Nightclub

Phnom Penh Niteclub - Chris Coles

Off-duty police and army guys watch the doors and parking......inside Expats young and old, fat and slim, handsome and ugly, some with jobs, some with NGO's, some on the loose, a few of the entitled children of Phnom Penh's "Big Men", and plenty of Khmer girls, fresh from the countryside...