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- Sat Oct 17, 2015 10:29 pm
- Forum: Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar and Lao forums
- Topic: Can Tho versus towns enroute to Kep
- Replies: 29
- Views: 4638
Re: Can Tho versus towns enroute to Kep
Context: I don't drink alcohol and I am not interested in marrying a Vietnamese woman. Can Tho is the third largest city in Vietnam, so it is a city but not a metropolis - perfect for me. It also has, in my limited experience, the best vegetarian restaurant in Vietnam (albeit pre-cooked) - 'Cuuong Q...
- Sat Oct 17, 2015 10:00 pm
- Forum: Cambodia News
- Topic: 2015 Reported deaths of tourists and expats in Cambodia.
- Replies: 249
- Views: 47607
Re: 2015 Reported deaths of tourists and expats in Cambodia.
Fascinating. Anyone have a lot of time on their hands and enough morbid interest in why this is 'Not a Place for Old Men' to do the same for the last five years? I have had five friends, acquaintances and work colleagues kick the bucket either in or as a result of living in PNH. X 2. USA - a) methad...
- Wed Oct 14, 2015 9:31 am
- Forum: Buy and Sell
- Topic: 'free': Manfrotto travel tripod w/ free-flow head w/ case
- Replies: 23
- Views: 3470
Re: 'free': Manfrotto travel tripod w/ free-flow head w/ cas
I don't see a contradiction. Must be a difference between the Canadian/New Zealander and British/Australian standards of polite behaviour. Americans, are in between. Painting with a broad brush of course. My beloved grandfather used to say 'Swearing shows a lack of intelligence. You can communicate ...
- Wed Oct 14, 2015 9:25 am
- Forum: Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar and Lao forums
- Topic: Can Tho versus towns enroute to Kep
- Replies: 29
- Views: 4638
Re: Can Tho versus towns enroute to Kep
Chau Doc is one of my favorites though if you are looking for entertainment, it might be the wrong place. I lived in Can Tho four 4 years and hated it. I also liked Chau Doc. Manageable size of a town. Good vegetarian restaurant. Friendly people. Supposedly a *scene* but I get tried quickly of the ...
- Wed Oct 14, 2015 9:15 am
- Forum: Buy and Sell
- Topic: 'free': Manfrotto travel tripod w/ free-flow head w/ case
- Replies: 23
- Views: 3470
Re: 'free': Manfrotto travel tripod w/ free-flow head w/ cas
And foul language.alanclarke72 wrote:You try to sell something for the price of a couple of coconuts, and you don't expect sarcasm? Fuck me, even Cambodian Parents Network would have laughed their arse off at you.
Rather like the crude and colourful language of Vietnamese truck drivers.
- Wed Oct 14, 2015 9:12 am
- Forum: Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar and Lao forums
- Topic: Can Tho versus towns enroute to Kep
- Replies: 29
- Views: 4638
Re: Can Tho versus towns enroute to Kep
I haven't noticed. Thank you for reminding me. I haven't even tried my usual VN drink, rau ma (pennywort, just like you'd get in Thailand, except here you can get it fresh and without sugar). But back to the serious topic... I forgot to enquire about the main purpose of my post! What towns enroute t...
- Wed Oct 14, 2015 8:56 am
- Forum: Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar and Lao forums
- Topic: Thailand to try US journalist for carrying flak jacket
- Replies: 16
- Views: 4248
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Australia also considers clothing to be illegal weapons. Likewise our custodians of public order in Canada, the RCMP, take a very dim view of body armour. Pisses me off the criminalization of entirely defensive clothing. How am I too protect myself from Islamicist assasins when I wear my Charlie He...
- Wed Oct 14, 2015 8:51 am
- Forum: Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar and Lao forums
- Topic: Can Tho versus towns enroute to Kep
- Replies: 29
- Views: 4638
Can Tho versus towns enroute to Kep
I am thoroughly enjoying my stay in Can Tho, the biggest city in the Mekong Delta. pluses - very friendly abbot ('Sone') at Khmer Wat - one of Vietnam's best vegetarian buffet restaurants ('Cuong') - good value hotels - smiling and chatty Vietnamese college girls - pleasant girl-watching at dusk at ...
- Wed Oct 14, 2015 8:42 am
- Forum: Buy and Sell
- Topic: 'free': Manfrotto travel tripod w/ free-flow head w/ case
- Replies: 23
- Views: 3470
Re: 'free': Manfrotto travel tripod w/ free-flow head w/ cas
Sorry, i got tried quickly of the sarcastic replies from the KH440 regulars and just dropped it on a bench at Phsar O'Russei. Some lucky Khmer got it for absolutely free.
- Thu Oct 08, 2015 8:39 pm
- Forum: Travel
- Topic: *Current* situation re: 15-day border pass to Delta?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1558
Re: *Current* situation re: 15-day border pass to Delta?
So, the following website is incorrect? http://www.phuquocislandguide.com/phu-quoc-visa/ It claims that mire or less direct travel to Phoc Quoc requires no visa for vurtually *anybody* And my US friend's experience (5 years ago?) of crossing at Ha Tien is no longer relevent? I am not asking for anyt...
- Tue Oct 06, 2015 9:59 pm
- Forum: Buy and Sell
- Topic: 'Burmese for Beginners' by Gene Mesher (book & CDs)
- Replies: 0
- Views: 807
'Burmese for Beginners' by Gene Mesher (book & CDs)
Never been used.
Bought in Pattaya 8 (?) years ago. Sells for about $35 on Amazon now, plus the cost and hassle of shipping
Price: barter, $15 credit for a great product or service such a restaurant. Try me.
Bought in Pattaya 8 (?) years ago. Sells for about $35 on Amazon now, plus the cost and hassle of shipping
Price: barter, $15 credit for a great product or service such a restaurant. Try me.
- Tue Oct 06, 2015 9:45 pm
- Forum: Buy and Sell
- Topic: 'free': Manfrotto travel tripod w/ free-flow head w/ case
- Replies: 23
- Views: 3470
'free': Manfrotto travel tripod w/ free-flow head w/ case
Not great shape, but still works. I used it in 2001 as a videographer (small camcorder) in Singapore because it is light, as tripods go. Moving all my stuff to another country and just not worth the space. I say 'free' because the inheritor of this utilitarian tripod must deliver to me two fresh don...
- Tue Oct 06, 2015 1:30 pm
- Forum: Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar and Lao forums
- Topic: current status - Border visa Vietnam, Phuc Quoc etc?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1214
current status - Border visa Vietnam, Phuc Quoc etc?
I fancy an exploratory trip to Rach Gia. I am Canadian. I know of a US citizen who purchased a the 7 (or was it 10?) day visa at the border, the Vietnam side of Ha Tien, for $5. Not certain which provinces included and whether there is any internal entorcement by police or hotels further afield. Doe...
- Sat Sep 12, 2015 2:25 pm
- Forum: Cambodia Speakeasy
- Topic: feminist backfiring and the realities of marrying expats
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1708
feminist backfiring and the realities of marrying expats
"Americans men must be careful not to engage the services of marriage brokers, which are very common in Asia, and used by hundreds of thousands of couples. American zimber (?) law makes an American man who marries a foreign bride a human trafficker, even if he only uses an online dating site that ch...