Haha, that's very good. My friend who used to live in Phnom Penh around the early naughties, said that the overall feeling he had was one of anticipation. I think he meant waiting for something, anything to happen. Sounds pretty boring to me. I'm sure it had its high points though, in between all the waiting...Miguelito wrote: ↑Mon Jul 22, 2019 9:16 amI'm trying to nail down the formula that seems to be what all the nostalgia is about:
Other white people: There should be a large handful of expats living in the same city. There should be enough to fill a few bars, but not too many so that you're not meeting new faces too frequently when you go out. Any tourism is frowned upon, especially from a younger generation that could be deemed backpackers, hipsters, etc.
Safety: There should be a hint of danger, but little to no actual danger. One should be able to get pissed drunk and home safely at any time of night, but there's always the chance that if one were to pass out drunk on the street they could be robbed.
Electricity: Full working electricity and internet is discouraged. There should be enough each day to get some A/C, and work and check the internet, etc, but cut outs need to occur.
Traffic: The streets should be enough of a mess that they would scare your grandmother back home, but not too much as to cause gridlocks. They should be generally safe enough to ride your moto around drunk.
Scenery: It should be dirty and ugly. Not a cesspool like a Haitian street on a midsummer day after a hurricane, but one must need to watch what they might step in. Fresh paint on buildings is discouraged.
Economy: The average wage for earners should be about 1/40th of the wage of respectable expats, or 1/10th the wage of TEFLers. Locals should not be able to afford nice cars or to dine out at the few nice hotels or Western restaurants, and obviously cannot afford international travel. Typical jobs for locals should be menial, with office workers as the exception.
Hookers: These are a must. They need to be cheap and plentiful, with enough options that you're not shagging your mate's ex and there's a variety cycling through the bars every few months to keep it interesting. A few ladyboy bars too, for good measure.
How does the above sound? Have I got it down?
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Give it another 10 years and Angkor Wat will have a stair lift and a place to park your mobility scooter.
I'm so hardcore i visited the temple in the days when you had no hand rail for support. Expat 0.5 Ernesto Che Guevara.
What was that rustic bar in SHV (ran by a German guy?) called, which they knocked down and replaced it with Lucky Ocean supermarket....which has become a Chinky nightclub..? He used to give the odd free Jagermeister shots.
The Kingdom of Wonder started to become abit unhinged around the same time that Spicy Dallow fellow told us the place was full of professional people. Then the dodgy Chinky money came like B52 carpet bombing.
Professional people.
Bwahahahaha!
Oh, the suns out on the coast of baaayuuuteefull Co Kerry as i gaze out across the ocean towards the mountains.
Get out while you can! Cambodia is no country for old men.
I'm so hardcore i visited the temple in the days when you had no hand rail for support. Expat 0.5 Ernesto Che Guevara.
What was that rustic bar in SHV (ran by a German guy?) called, which they knocked down and replaced it with Lucky Ocean supermarket....which has become a Chinky nightclub..? He used to give the odd free Jagermeister shots.
The Kingdom of Wonder started to become abit unhinged around the same time that Spicy Dallow fellow told us the place was full of professional people. Then the dodgy Chinky money came like B52 carpet bombing.
Professional people.
Bwahahahaha!
Oh, the suns out on the coast of baaayuuuteefull Co Kerry as i gaze out across the ocean towards the mountains.
Get out while you can! Cambodia is no country for old men.
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