For me these are often the “must see” places.A place to avoid st all cost.
For me these are often the “must see” places.A place to avoid st all cost.
Really? I travel out of Australia to get away from pissed aussies making cunts of themselves. Enough of that right here.For me these are often the “must see” places.
Yeah it was very different. Phnom Penh was just like a large regional town, most roads were dirt, the tallest buildings were two story, every second Khmer was missing a leg, but there was hardly any people there anyway. The Khmer Rouge were still active and every morning the UN had to de-mine the road out to the earth station where I was working. The whole place was run by the UN, blue caps everywhere. It was UNTAC which was the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia, and from memory the Aussie army was the main force, while the Russians were providing helicopters (ex Afghanistan, full of bullet holes) as there were mines everywhere and driving places was problematic. I had a great time though and we got some cool stuff done, which was getting some earth stations, microwave links and telco exchanges going to get the comms back up and running as the Khmer Rouge had pulled all that stuff out for Year Zero.Wow. It would have been a different place in the 90’s.
Ok then before the war era, but not all the city was trashed beyond recognition. Far from it.Must have been interesting...
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The spread of Western consumerism is supremely unappealing, as you mentioned. Were you on an aid project in Cambodia?
Yes, the beerage is quite bleak here. No dark beers at all and everything looks to be Crown.Eeewwww....., Crown.
I search old school, none of this PM wankery. I like a challenge.Seriously though a PM works a treat!
Good chance it'll be me!I search old school, none of this PM wankery. I like a challenge.
If I see anyone on Kona at the Mts then I'll be yelling 'stirk, stirk, stirk' y'know.
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But it is at least the Golden Ale, the much better of the Crownies.Eeewwww....., Crown.
As Jezza said, I have syphillis, the best of the sexually transmitted diseases.But it is at least the Golden Ale, the much better of the Crownies.
Which area were you located in?I lived and worked in Cambodia for a couple of years. I had some amazing home cooked meals there. I worked in a really poor village though and usually it was just a massive bowel of plain rice and a tiny little bit of fish, sometimes chicken to add protein. Day after day. On occasion the women would make Prahok next to the welding workshop I ran and boy oh boy was that an experience. Semi rotten fermented fish being ground into a paste. I can still smell it! It would permeate my clothes and come back home with me!
Best times were the weddings. Even the poorest would put on a good showing and cook up a storm of amazing food, endless beer and much hilarity to wash away the drudgery of backbreaking days of labor in the fields. When people have very little they really know how to party!
Had an amazing time in Cambodia (good and bad) and one I will never forget.
I lived in footscray for years and loved the Vietnamese people and culture. Now living in a predominantly ‘white’ suburb and it is so , we’ll white.
I've sat in probably that exact chair, drinking overpriced crap beer too!Another fruitless search for @moorey in the fine state of Victoria comes up empty.
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I worked in Pouk village about 20km north of Siem Reap.Which area were you located in?
I'll be looking for you next time then. It is a bit disappointing there. These places are for the folks that aren't worthy of an airline lounge.I've sat in probably that exact chair, drinking overpriced crap beer too!
Thunk about it though...who really gives enough fucks to make a rad bar at the airport? Seems all the businesses there are soulless before they begin trading. Don't get me wrong a rocking bar/cafe would probably be quite popular as an escape.from all the bullshit that comes with being at the airport.I'll be looking for you next time then. It is a bit disappointing there. These places are for the folks that aren't worthy of an airline lounge.