by tuski101 » Wed Feb 21, 2018 10:49 am
I know this is a moribund topic, but since it seems to still come up relatively high in searches I thought I might put in an addendum.
I recently (Feb 2018) did a pilot education project at this school on food education and found the atmosphere there quite typical/usual for a Khmer style international school. The English education seems to be a good value for money and the international teachers there seem to be as equipped as any I have met in PP over the years. Apparently the new owner, as of 2017, is the head of the Poipet Immigration Police, so not the kind of guy who will fuck off with people's money anytime soon.
Whether one would live in Poipet is another question entirely. It's certainly safe now and a lot of the Poipet vices of yore seem to be mostly gone. It's now your typical bastion of Amazon Cafe/Palm Cafe with otherwise little in the way of interesting sights. The night life is still ok. Probably the only selling point is that one has access to Thailand quickly and can be in Siem Reap in a short sprint over a good road.
In short, Apple is fine if you're ok with a provincial Khmer town.
Background: I'm a professor in Japan, US citizen.
I know this is a moribund topic, but since it seems to still come up relatively high in searches I thought I might put in an addendum.
I recently (Feb 2018) did a pilot education project at this school on food education and found the atmosphere there quite typical/usual for a Khmer style international school. The English education seems to be a good value for money and the international teachers there seem to be as equipped as any I have met in PP over the years. Apparently the new owner, as of 2017, is the head of the Poipet Immigration Police, so not the kind of guy who will fuck off with people's money anytime soon.
Whether one would live in Poipet is another question entirely. It's certainly safe now and a lot of the Poipet vices of yore seem to be mostly gone. It's now your typical bastion of Amazon Cafe/Palm Cafe with otherwise little in the way of interesting sights. The night life is still ok. Probably the only selling point is that one has access to Thailand quickly and can be in Siem Reap in a short sprint over a good road.
In short, Apple is fine if you're ok with a provincial Khmer town.
Background: I'm a professor in Japan, US citizen.