Author Archives: Stan Kahn
Khmer Vs International Banking: Volunteer Working and Inverse Snobbery
Not wishing too keep too much money in a Cambodian bank, I keep the bulk of my ready cash back in my UK Bank. The small volunteer stipend that I get for working here deals with those small day to…
Khmer New Year
So there I was (in the words of Martin Luther ”I could do no other”), sitting in one of my favourite male orientated drinking establishments a couple of nights ago. The clock had chimed twelve and the bar was being…
The Three Year Itch: When Cambodia goes wrong and how to fix it.
Three years into your Cambodian expatriate experience, the shine can come off the ball and your love affair with all things Khmer can become tarnished leaving a tart and unpleasant aftertaste. Expat life in Cambodia has long ceased to be…
Cambodia Daytrips: Lovek
A small blue sign sits to the right side of the road bearing the words Traleng Keng Pagoda. Next to it is a large concrete archway, covered in elaborate designs and flowing Khmer script, over a narrow road leading through…
Wealth Creation Vs Begging Nation
Okay, for the benefit of readers without an advanced degree in Economics, Business or Common Sense: On one hand we have the Cambodian wealth creators, the mainly private sector workers whose ambition and initiative produces the money and (theoretically) pay…
Grey Girls – supplemental
So, this trafficking business….. I was asked after a few of my Grey Girl articles, about the trafficking of young women for sex, and as to why I had chosen to ignore it. The fact of the matter is, I…
Dolphin go boom boom; Irrawaddy
I see that the Strongman went on relevance safari again during an Education address last week. In a manner typical of him he requested, nay demanded, a new policy initiate for Fisheries randomly during this Education address. He called for…
Free the Monument
Independence Monument presents a grand view from Norodom Boulevard when heading south, it anchors your eyes and gives you a sense of destination, where you’re going. This is in stark contrast to most American cities where adherence to strict street…
Why not live in England (anymore) ?
Thrill seekers, Tourists, Ex-pats, Ex-patriots; those of us who live in Cambodia do so for a wide variety of reasons. Sometimes we even know what those reasons are. However, there seems to be some surprise at the results of a…
Nooks and Byways
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When I first came to Cambodia in 2001 I got a job pretty easily at Norton University, established in 1997 as the country’s first private university. It’s amazing to think, really, that in eight short years that initial spark has…