cambodia

Hell from letterfromthailand 116 days old

I had one day left in Cambodia before I flew to Australia via Singapore to try my hand at being an immigrant and Stueng Munchey was the last place on ...

Getting my mooch on from letterfromthailand 132 days old

My Cambodian moto driver made the mistake of casually mentioning that he could probably put me up in his rural home for a night or two, and I grabbed ...

Buying mates in Cambodia from letterfromthailand 137 days old

[ ... ] I visited Cambodia last year and had a torrid time on the notorious 'scam bus', which ferries eager, wide-eyed backpackers from Bangkok to ...

Why are lobsters boiled alive? Because they fucking well deserve it. from letterfromthailand 346 days old

[ ... ] wage in Cambodia is around $40 per month; the guy paid three Khmers the comparatively generous wage of $70 per month each. He ate food from ...

Cheap as chips! from letterfromthailand 353 days old

[ ... ] a holiday. Cambodia’s colonial era coastline was awash with lavish European-style resorts, although they were all pretty much levelled by the ...

You gonna shoot me bud or what's the story? from letterfromthailand 360 days old

It was another one of those moments when you stop, exhale deeply and wonder how in the name of sweet suffering Jaysus you manage to land yourself into ...

How to buy a gun in Cambodia from letterfromthailand 365 days old

Research for the article I wanted to right about the proliferation of arms in Cambodia was going well. Weapons, it appeared, were everywhere. Signs on ...

Pub tales from letterfromthailand 368 days old

[ ... ] working in Cambodia for just under a year as a computer networker for a multinational, was a cheerful late twenties traveller clearly enamoured ...

Shoot to Thrill from letterfromthailand 372 days old

I originally decided to leave Thailand for Cambodia in the hunt for a story when a fellow Irish expat casually mentioned that the country was so awash ...

A spot of rain from letterfromthailand 400 days old

[ ... ] new to Cambodia comes when they try to pay for their first taxi and the driver refuses to accept. What appears to be a token of good will, ...