The nightfall shields the day and transforms it in different ways, particularly in Dolly, Surabaya. In an approximately 5 meter wide meter long alley, the night brings an extremely different atmosphere. Walking passed the alley that morning, I hardly noticed that beautiful girls flocked the area. Some sleepy girls were hanging around some food vendors and warung eateries. There was no sign of any hospitality; no greetings and bright smiles followed by whispers ones ear and tender caresses.
No soaring music, bright lights, quasi-dancing, sensual wriggling. Various parking lots contained only some motorcycles and mobiles. Some passersby peeping into a house seemed disappointed and rushed to the end of the alley. The call of the prayer amplified by speakers of the nearby mosques.
A couple of hours ago no one in Dolly had that holy place in mind. At three they assume their activities; take a bath, get dressed and get themselves ready for their customers by sitting in their booth. Gendakan denotes the older or illegal spouses. Dolly from five to the middle of the night is another world. Its real character surfaces, only to resume an air of normal life during the day.
Night time changes the atmospheres as well as the people. Girls seem to change in appearance in minutes. Clad in their dresses, legs and shoulders bare, eyelashes curled, lips painted, they sit on exclusive couches of a pane booth.
Male costumers watch, spy and select the girl to their liking from the outside. Sometimes busy managing recruiters boost the services the girls offer. Surabaya has more prostitution areas besides Dolly; Kremil, Kembang Kuning, Dupak Bangunsari, Jarak and Moroseneng and some street prostitute hangouts.
