Wild Turkey Man was a real grifter: he had some great tricks going. He’d hit the front of the palace running at 7.25 sharp, just as the first tourist coaches arrived. Wow, were those guys green, they’d just hit Cambodian pavement for almost the …
Our last poll about embassy personnel in Cambodia dealt with the thorny question of whether embassy dudes should hang out in hostess bars. An overwhelming 62% percent of you voted no. Unfortunately, no one really listens to Khmer440 readers. So as far as …
There’s a great beer garden in Phnom Penh that my friends and I like to go to often enough for it to be on our regular list. It’s on the corner of St. 360 and the delightful Tuk S’oy (smelly river). Wafts of …
Dining at the Hotel Nine restaurant has dispelled a couple of myths for me:
1. Hotel restaurants aren’t usually very good, and
2. Tapas are too small to be satisfying.
This unassuming little spot is quite the hidden gem. Unadvertised, unpublicised and tucked away in the boutique hotel on …
After having crossed the calm river on the passenger ferry, and having ridden the dirt tracks past hay houses, slim cows and countryside pagodas we arrive at my partner’s family house in Lovea Aim District, Kandal Province. It is my third Khmer New Year trip here.
I take everything I read in the Phnom Penh Post with a large bucket of salt, especially after noticing it couldn’t even get the date right on the front page a couple of months back. I’ve had fun spotting appalling errors like “insert …
The Walkabout Joker Draw is now in Week 49. Friday night’s jackpot will be a stunning $13,877.
There are now just five face down cards remaining. One of those five cards is the jackpot-winning Joker. Another card is an Ace that wins $800.
There …
Getting into Gastrobar Botanico is a bit like foraging in the jungle. If you don’t have a machete on hand, it’s a bit of a challenge to skirt the hanging vines and push through the leafy plants flapping across the path.
However, once you’ve …
Weighing up short-term economic gains against long-term environmental costs is always a thorny issue in geopolitics. But when the profits are reaped in one country and the ecological costs are suffered in another, then it’s all the more problematic.
There are …
The Walkabout Joker Draw is now in Week 48. Friday night’s jackpot will be a whopping $12,840.
There are now just six face down cards remaining. One of those six cards is the jackpot-winning Joker. Another card is an Ace that wins $800.
Last …
