Tag Archives: Phnom Penh
Walkabout Joker Draw Odds for Friday, March 2, 2012
The Walkabout Joker Draw is now in Week 41. Friday night’s offered jackpot will be $8,419. There are 13 face down cards remaining. One of those cards is the jackpot-winning Joker. Two of those cards are Aces that win a…
Carmageddon in Cambodia
A lot of people here in Cambodia judge others by their cars and vehicles. Many do this going by checking the model and year, and I guess it colors my thinking too, but I go more by behavior, and the…
Walkabout Joker Draw Odds for Friday, February 24, 2012
The Walkabout Joker Draw is now in Week 40. Friday night’s possible jackpot will be $7,924. There are 14 face down cards remaining. One of those cards is the jackpot-winning Joker. Two of those cards are Aces that win a…
The Walkabout Joker Draw: Is It Worth Playing Yet?
Excitement is building once again for Friday’s Walkabout Joker Draw. The promotion is now in its 39th consecutive week without a winner. The jackpot is up to a healthy $7,433. That’s a lot of money. It would cover the rent…
In the Cambodian Clink
Imagine a place so filthy, infested and decrepit that the Khmer Rouge didn’t want to use it as one of their torture chambers, so used it instead as a pigpen. That place was T3 prison, one of the first pieces…
An Irishman, a Screwdriver and a Phnom Penh Rat
As you might expect in a sweltering tropical climate, creatures of all sorts abound here. The city center is a bit barren; it has plenty of trees but not much else as most ground is built on or paved and…
Phnom Penh Hotel Reviews: The Plantation
There’s only one problem with staying in the rooftop Jacuzzi suite at the Plantation (Phnom Penh’s newest urban retreat): It has spoiled me for travelling anywhere else for a while. It’s like the first time I upgraded to Business Class….
Land, Cops, the Rich and the Poor
The morning of Chinese New Year Day, on my way to the pharmacy, I happened up a street on which the owner of one of Cambodia’s controversial land development companies lives. The road was lined with cars and motorcycles and…
Phnom Penh Restaurant Reviews: La Cita
Phnom Penh’s expat community is sufficiently large that the opening of a place that serves a fine English breakfast or good value for the money pizza is hardly noteworthy, certainly not cause for excitement. On the other hand, the emergence…
Phnom Penh Restaurant Reviews: Dolce Italia
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Tough life here in the big city: Which rooftop pool bar should we go to? Italian or Sushi for dinner? Can you recommend a good driver? Blah blah. Back home I paid an obscene amount of money to share a…