Australian Expat's TukTuk Stolen Last Night in Phnom Penh: $500 Reward
- Cowshed Cowboy
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I've watched a series of programmes where people doing similar jobs in the west have travelled to less developed countries in the world and experienced the same job with a local worker, lived with the family and understood all aspects of the local conditions and community they live under. Midwives, taxi drivers and one other I can't remember. There seemed to be a lot of respect and knowledge gained from both perspectives to take back to use in their respective countries, jobs and environment.
I cannot understand in this case why a highly skilled foreigner thinks setting up a business, ( social enterprise, or whatever the new socially correct word for supposed charity is ), to compete on some sort of moral high ground with a considerably less educated group of people in their own back yard benefits anyone other than themselves and their own self worth.
Yeah it's great to get a Western tuk-tuk driver in a 3rd world country.
Love to discuss it over a free trade coffee served in an orphan only staffed restaurant but obviously its difficult to get from the airport coz the locals are too lazy playing cards and drinking to give me a lift into town. How did anyone ever get around and survive in Phnom Penh before this bunch arrived. The French, the business NGO's and now the hipsters. Let them make cake and be well trained to serve it to us in our own language.
I cannot understand in this case why a highly skilled foreigner thinks setting up a business, ( social enterprise, or whatever the new socially correct word for supposed charity is ), to compete on some sort of moral high ground with a considerably less educated group of people in their own back yard benefits anyone other than themselves and their own self worth.
Yeah it's great to get a Western tuk-tuk driver in a 3rd world country.
Love to discuss it over a free trade coffee served in an orphan only staffed restaurant but obviously its difficult to get from the airport coz the locals are too lazy playing cards and drinking to give me a lift into town. How did anyone ever get around and survive in Phnom Penh before this bunch arrived. The French, the business NGO's and now the hipsters. Let them make cake and be well trained to serve it to us in our own language.
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In Stroppy's enterprise, there is no competition with locals. I believe they help beneficiaries to get tuktuks to operate for themselves.
btw you missed out:
gluten free and non gmo cake
btw you missed out:
gluten free and non gmo cake
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there was a good show on tv about a guy that went to different countries and worked as a taxi driver, one episode in India,one in PP
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0485ls7
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0485ls7
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I genuinely don't know if this is a shot at me. Please let me know if it is and I'll respond, otherwise I'll be accused of being oversensitive.Cowshed Cowboy wrote: ↑Mon Nov 06, 2017 3:24 amI cannot understand in this case why a highly skilled foreigner thinks setting up a business, ( social enterprise, or whatever the new socially correct word for supposed charity is ), to compete on some sort of moral high ground with a considerably less educated group of people in their own back yard benefits anyone other than themselves and their own self worth.
Yeah it's great to get a Western tuk-tuk driver in a 3rd world country.
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tuk tuk 's for sale in the UK
http://www.tukshop.biz/tuk-tuk-faq/
and take a course in how to drive one in Chiang mai
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/desti ... n-bangkok/
http://www.tukshop.biz/tuk-tuk-faq/
and take a course in how to drive one in Chiang mai
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/desti ... n-bangkok/
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It was a good move to ban you in 2017, since you write a LOT of B/S!Ronny wrote: ↑Fri Jun 16, 2017 11:13 am PhuketRichard, it could be because I live in an industrial area (In Thai we call it Siang Gong) where almost all the people are Chinese and it is very intense and highly competitive here. And because of my family business, I have to interact with Chinese merchants and other people all the time so it's very hectic most of the time. I wasn't really knocking Thai people in general, but as we both know, there are many out there such as policemen who obviously are looking for $$$. And since I drive a lot, I encounter a lot of these policemen who want there "tea money" for driving 100 km/h in a 80 km/h zone. I imagine that since you live in Phuket things are much more laid back so our situations are very different.
Re: Australian Expat's TukTuk Stolen Last Night in Phnom Penh: $500 Reward
It’s a 3 year old thread. What’s your point???
Re: Australian Expat's TukTuk Stolen Last Night in Phnom Penh: $500 Reward
In three years of driving tuktuks I've had two (just two) Khmer criticize me for "stealing jobs from Cambodians." For the past few months, Mrs Stroppy hasn't been able to get the tuk-tuk drivers on the corner to drive her because they're all engrossed in their card game and beer drinking. She walks to the next corner, and is welcomed by the drivers as part of the community.
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SC, please correct me if I am wrong but the rules and competitive nature of tuk tuk drivers in Temple Town are much different that PP. The Tuk Tuk association were the leaders in even banning moto rentals there (if that is still a current rule). Anyway, do you think a barang could escape harm for driving a tuk tuk in Siem Reap?
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SC, please correct me if I am wrong but the rules and competitive nature of tuk tuk drivers in Temple Town are much different that PP. The Tuk Tuk association were the leaders in even banning moto rentals there (if that is still a current rule). Anyway, do you think a barang could escape harm for driving a tuk tuk in Siem Reap?
Re: Australian Expat's TukTuk Stolen Last Night in Phnom Penh: $500 Reward
SC has left the building.
Don’t listen to Chinese whispers.
Re: Australian Expat's TukTuk Stolen Last Night in Phnom Penh: $500 Reward
This bloody thread is 3 years old, what a bloody waste of eye sight. Not much information on the stolen tuk tuk anyway, everyone is trying to one up everyone. And who's the wanker ,that brought the thread up away, wasted 5 minutes of my life
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