Whiteriver guesthouse
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Whiteriver guesthouse
Anyone been here? Hows the internet? Ive been reading reviews but theyre all over the place
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porky pig wrote: -Phnom Penh: An Australian man was found dead face down on his bed in room 305 of the White River Guest House, # 111, Street 72, Village 8, Chay Chumneah Commune, Daun Penh District. This happened at 4:00 pm on the 20th March, 2013.
porky pig wrote:
-Phnom Penh: A Canadian man was found dead in room 110, on the first floor of the White River Guesthouse, located on Street 172, Village 4, Chey Chumnea Commune, Daun Penh District, at 7:35 pm, the 21st April, 2013.
PenhMan wrote:
I've visited Cambodia 7-8 times the last 15 months. Am in PP now and well, this time it seems to me signs of drug and alcohol abuse are more and more visible on locals and foreigners. Just one minor incident. A Euro guy comes up to me at White River and wants to bum a cigarette. "Man" I say, "cigs are cheap, a buck fifty at the shop." Thing is, he was so skinny, so blitzed, so pumped full of whatever -- not alcohol -- he could hardly speak. He took the cig without a word and walked bare-footed back to whence he came.
Rama wrote:
A British man has been found dead from a suspected drug overdose which lead to a heart attack in his guesthouse room. The guesthouse is called White River. The death caused alarm and authorities were called to investigate. The authorities do not yet know the specific cause and details yet.
The death occurred in room 111, second floor of White River Guesthouse (2), street 172 corner of street 19.
The victim is called Brown Sean Gorski (sic.) 29 years old, British, residing in the guesthouse.
According to information gathered at the scene: the man had been in the guesthouse for a few days (4?) and had been coming and going as is usual. Today he wasn't seen and when the cleaners went up to his room and knocked there was no response. They called and there was no answer, so they entered the room to find him dead on the bed. Following this the authorities were called.
People living within the neighborhood of the guesthouse also told reporters that this guesthouse is known for the deaths of foreigners from drug overdoses.
marc45 wrote:I've been living here for a couple years, and just came back from a trip recently.
Not having my apartment anymore, I went to get a guest house on St. 172. White River guest house II was the first and they showed me a room for 12 bucks with AC. The room was pretty run down but for 12 bucks with AC I wasn't expecting better. There was however, a really bad smell like someone had just taken a crap. I noted the smell to the guy showing the room and apparently he noticed too because he was already carrying some air freshener, and proceeded to spray the room full.
I didn't make much of it, thinking it would go out by the time I needed the room an hour later, so I took it.
When I went back the smell was still there. I opened all windows turned the fan to maximum to get it out. However it wouldn't go away. I went down to get help. The guy says he'll check, so he comes up but without even the slightest attempt to find out where it's coming from he proceeds to spray the room full of disgusting air freshener again. He then left, saying it's okay now.
I tried to look where it was coming from but could not figure it out. This is when I noticed the trash bin in the bathroom was still full of trash, so apparently the room had not been cleaned either. I blocked all the sewer outlet but still after a full 30 minutes the smell did not go away.
I could no longer stand it. Went down to lobby again and said politely sorry but I can't stay here because of the smell. The guy said I'm free to leave but he'll only give me 6 bucks back.
I said I'll settle for 10. He wouldn't budge. I went to White River I to complain to the lady manager, they offered another room, which didn't have a window, I didn't want it. Eventually they gave back 6 dollars after about half hour of arguing with them, and trying to tell them their room is unclean and disgusting and it's not my fault.
The staff were extremely disrespectful and unprofessional. The Khmer guy running White River II fell asleep twice during the hour I was there, each time I went down they had to wake him up.
In the meantime I noticed even the lobby has a stench to it. A backpacker next to me noted that the whole place stinks. I asked who the owner was, and they said it's a barang but he's not in, I asked for a phone number, they refused. I asked for their names, they refused to tell me.
During the whole time I kept a calm and friendly demeanor, as I know Asia and was giving them many chances to save face. They decided not to and instead acted like my 6 dollars was the most important thing in the world, and not the fact that I happen to be an expat here.
This has been the most disrespectful treatment I have received over three years in Asia.
The place is obviously run down, basic repairs are not done, and basic cleaning isn't done either.
The staff are badly trained, unprofessional and disrespectful to the point of even not telling me their names. This is the first time I ever encounter any staff member in Asia, even the manager refusing to tell me their name.
It's not the 6 bucks I'm pissed about, I'm pissed about foreigners coming here running a business like this
disrespecting other foreigners, khmers and lowering the standards. If it was Cambodian run I would ascribe it to
their lack of development, but there's no excuse for a foreigner from a more advanced country coming here to do this.
If the owner reads this forum or if anyone knows who he is I would appreciate getting this message accross to him. He needs to get his act together or sell the guesthouse and stop disrespecting his guests.
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Not a single word uttered but yet that's the ultimate review if I ever saw one
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Yes but im sort of wondering if they have internet there. thanks for the replies though
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Why don't you just call them to ask?casper129q wrote:Yes but im sort of wondering if they have internet there. thanks for the replies though
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yes they have them downstairs but not all have them in the rooms.Alexandra wrote:Is there a guesthouse in Phnom Penh without Internet?
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just up the street, mama vearys, the former Superstar has been very good to me
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2017 death here: http://www.khmer440.com/chat_forum/view ... hp?t=58736
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2019 death here: https://cne.wtf/2019/03/20/american-die ... -on-st172/
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Tom was cool, RIP. He did quite like his drugs though.gavinmac wrote: ↑Wed Mar 20, 2019 4:25 am2019 death here: https://cne.wtf/2019/03/20/american-die ... -on-st172/
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This place has as many 1 star reviews as 3,4, and 5 combined. I should stay here and write about it, like a gonzo journalism thing. I'm just afraid of dying here.
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