Two lines of Expat hostess bars, all pretty much the same, tuk tuk and motorcycle taxi guys hustling, the occasional click of cue balls, a mellow rock track drifting through the thick night air..........
The usual collection of tuk tuk and motorcycle taxi guys hustling all manner of things from simple rides to smoke-smoke, small-small and yum-yum. Expats wandering here and there, many of them older, out-of-shape, big stomachs and a little bit drunk, a few foodcarts serving up spicy noodles or meat-on-a-stick and scattered Khmer girls sitting outside saying "hello"..........
A typical Phnom Penh nitelife street, tuk tuks and motorcycle taxis, food carts, stray dogs, feral cats, trash and garbage that never seems to get cleaned up, hostess bars on either side with girls out front chatting with each other, texting on their mobile phones and hustling wandering Expats.....
Busy but cozy, Street 51 is a magnet for Expats on the prowl and swarms of Khmer and Vietnamese girls....a few larger bars, a couple of dance places, including Heart of Darkness, Pontoon...and a bunch of hostess bars, usually with a pool table inside and a little seating area out in front, each one with about ten hostess girls, hustling drinks and barfines....
Late night on Street 51 is full of little blinking lights, random music tracks, the calls of hello girls, motorcylces, tuk tuk guys hustling fares, Expats from all over the world, Europe, Australia, Russia, the Middle East, even Africa, and cute Khmer and Vietnamese girls....