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- Thu Mar 12, 2015 1:19 pm
- Forum: Travel
- Topic: Giant Ibis tickets
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2494
Re: Giant Ibis tickets
i'm up for it unless you have to be a rather prominent forum member. and if you can use it for a return trip PP-HCMC during KNY holidays. then much appreciated
- Thu Feb 19, 2015 8:18 am
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Retirement living
- Replies: 58
- Views: 5342
Re: Retirement living
if flying cessna and stuff is your main thing then your destination should definitely be the philippines and exclude cambodia i reckon
- Mon Feb 09, 2015 2:12 pm
- Forum: Travel
- Topic: best way to get to koh dach/silk island
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1090
best way to get to koh dach/silk island
thinking of visiting koh dach/silk island which i've never done yet. yeah i heard it's nothing spectacular but just feeling up for it. i am probably going to hire a tuktuk, does anybody have idea/recommendations for a suitable rate, say from FCC to and back from the island (i guess it takes about 3-...
- Mon Feb 02, 2015 8:45 am
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Moving in Phnom Penh
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1325
Re: Moving in Phnom Penh
i used the service of some khmer guy with a pickup truck and his 1-2 assistants when i moved within the city, depending on the distance/negotiation skills etc. it cost about USD 30-40 for them to move all your furniture(not that i had much)/boxes etc. from one to another apartment. i wanted to add a...
- Mon Dec 22, 2014 1:49 pm
- Forum: Cambodia Speakeasy
- Topic: Windy season?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1471
Re: Windy season?
to be fair though i have the impression that this year's dry season is particularly windy compared to the last 3 i've experienced here. might have something to do with the directions but when i'm having windows closed at home these days i feel like i'm in the middle of siberia judging by the sound o...
- Thu Dec 04, 2014 2:24 pm
- Forum: Cambodia Speakeasy
- Topic: Peter Hogan, aka keeping_it_riel RIP
- Replies: 396
- Views: 56659
Re: Peter Hogan, aka keeping_it_riel RIP
RIP.
never met or knew him other than through his posts here but really appreciated some of his intelligence and humour, was already kind of disappointed when his name here went blue. but this..
rest in peace.
never met or knew him other than through his posts here but really appreciated some of his intelligence and humour, was already kind of disappointed when his name here went blue. but this..
rest in peace.
- Tue Oct 28, 2014 4:09 pm
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: 10 year anniversary meal
- Replies: 25
- Views: 2863
Re: 10 year anniversary meal
The Eclipse Sky bar at Phnom Penh tower has some nice setting, the food selection is not much to talk about though. There's a restaurant, which name eludes me at the moment, on the floor below it. Anybody knows what the food's worth? agreed re eclipse and the d22/h22 restaurant (the name comes from...
- Fri Oct 17, 2014 11:06 am
- Forum: Cambodia Speakeasy
- Topic: Cambodian Pie
- Replies: 32
- Views: 7098
Re: Cambodian Pie
Can you guess the tune? Is a TEFL job in Cambodia, Where standards are quite slack A TEFL job in Cambodia, Where you'll cop tons of flack :-) Beltei, Western, Beltie, Western, Beltei, Western, Beltie, Western,Beltei, Western, Beltie, Western,Beltei, Western, Beltie, Western, etc YEAH it's a TEFL jo...
- Thu Oct 16, 2014 5:42 pm
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: I don't know my ethnic background, help!
- Replies: 40
- Views: 3476
Re: I don't know my ethnic background, help!
wow. to my (i'd like to think rather well trained) korean eyes you definitely look 100% korean, even your younger self, would totally blend in a k high school. no wonder koreans keep talking to you in korean. How could you look Korean and not Chinese? The Han dominate China. The Chinese name for Kor...
- Tue Oct 07, 2014 8:53 am
- Forum: Cambodia Speakeasy
- Topic: Veng Sreng Blvd
- Replies: 21
- Views: 3199
Re: Veng Sreng Blvd
haha, one of my fav topics atm. i drive from phsar olympic to beltei stung meanchey and back twice a day, three days a week. at times its hilarious, mostly not. interesting to hear the background info, i thought the contractor was a cambodian real-estate tycoon called, err, veng sreng?! no? did you...
- Wed Sep 17, 2014 4:54 pm
- Forum: Travel
- Topic: siem reap tuk tuks
- Replies: 2
- Views: 826
siem reap tuk tuks
i am thinking of taking an elderly member of the family to SR and trying to figure out the logistics etc. with the least inconvenience in consideration of the said member. can i expect tuk tuk people to be about the same as here in phnom penh or are they, i don't know, more aggressively minded towar...
- Fri Sep 12, 2014 8:18 am
- Forum: Cambodia Speakeasy
- Topic: Expatriate classification (in 2005)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2243
Re: Expatriate classification (in 2005)
wow i really enjoyed reading that, thank you and respect to both the writer and the digger.
and yeah, written in 2005? i thought i've seen many drastic changes over the last 2 years but a decade sees nothing change. mind boggling... or not.
and yeah, written in 2005? i thought i've seen many drastic changes over the last 2 years but a decade sees nothing change. mind boggling... or not.
- Thu Sep 11, 2014 11:16 am
- Forum: Travel
- Topic: kirirom during pchum ben?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1720
Re: kirirom during pchum ben?
thanks again ricecakes! yeah i took your advice to heart (along with the price hike) and already gave up on the idea to spend PB at kirirom. now just need to come up with a viable alternative... i will check out the place during more peaceful times!
- Thu Sep 11, 2014 10:23 am
- Forum: Travel
- Topic: kirirom during pchum ben?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1720
Re: kirirom during pchum ben?
gracias for excellent info as always people. i just called them and was told they hike the price for the bungalow to $100 during PB, which, to be honest, is erm, you know, so i think i'll pass this time... ricecakes can you also tell me how the price went so low for you? i thought they usually quote...