January 2012

Cambodia has been good to me. I moved here in 2002 and since then the country has inspired me and allowed to live in a way that I could have only dreamt about in the past. However, living in any third world environment has its frustrations and especially since I have become a father these frustrations seem [...]

Lots of huge ugly road signs / billboards have started appearing in Kampot recently. I remember this happened in Sihanoukville a few years ago too. What’s interesting about these huge monstrosities is that they actually give the driver hardly any relevant or useful information. In the photo below you will see that: The first sign [...]

Anything can happen in Cambodia – life is very uncertain and therefore different (and possibly exciting) to what we are used to living in the modern world. This is why for many Cambodia is an attractive location for those wanting to set up an alternative lifestyle. On returning from Thailand after 2 months in Bangkok we were [...]

What a Helmet!

January 17, 2012 · 1 comment

Came across this chap last week in Bangkok. He seemed very proud of his creation – I just thought he looked like a ‘helmet’.   Follow @SimOliver

These are the tweets that caught my attention this week from Cambodia, Thailand, Singapore & ‘North Korea’: I fear to wake up tomorrow… Can anyone out in the terror zone verify that krispy kreme is still there? #terrorthe13th — Dwight Turner (@DwightTurner) January 13, 2012 After five days on Chaweng, Samui, Bangkok feels positively civilized. [...]