HELLO DARLING by Eric de Vries takes you inside a few of the many girly-bars around Streets 104 and 136 in the popular riverside-area of Phnom Penh. Most of the bars are packed with girls waiting to provide expats or tourists with some engaging female company. Providing a neck-massage in the hope of earning a ladydrink, these girls keep smiling even when no one enters. Playing pool with each other or climbing atop the bar to strut their stuff, with their eyes focused at the mirrors behind the bar, not only to look at themselves, also to watch the door. You never know who will come in and when. And when the guys walk in, they all sing in choir-formation… HELLO DARLING. Then its time to party with some chat, flirting and massage, all geared towards getting that ladydrink and enjoying the moment. They get a dollar for each ladydrink so it’s an important addition to their monthly wage packet. Most of the time it ends with a goodbye-kiss as the customers head out the door on their way to the next bar along the street but sometimes a few have more luck…