A Decade in KOW

Beerinthemorning · Post by **Beerinthemorning** » Mon Nov 19, 2018 11:18 am

yep, confirmed it.

its been a decade since my first trip to KoW

place has changed alot.

no more wild west feeling, no more walkabout bar , no more lakeside, khmer440 died in the arse, sinoukville expats are either dead , in jail , were pushed out by there landlords or moved to Kampot.

backpackers play facebook on there Iphone X and make VLOGS instead and any geniune travel experince MUST BE recorded and posted online for view and likes.

John Bingham · Post by **John Bingham** » Mon Nov 19, 2018 12:15 pm

Visiting here as a tourist a few times does not constitute "a decade in Cambodia", and most tourists learn more in a week here than you have on all those wasted trips.

Beerinthemorning · Post by **Beerinthemorning** » Mon Nov 19, 2018 1:02 pm

John Bingham wrote: ↑Mon Nov 19, 2018 12:15 pm Visiting here as a tourist a few times does not constitute "a decade in Cambodia", and most tourists learn more in a week here than you have on all those wasted trips.

so to reach full expat maximum status one must actually have never left KoW over the full span of a decade?

so it resets when one leaves and goes back to zero?

either way its a decade in and out of cambodia.

phnom phen post with todays date posted by this time tommorow.

phuketrichard · Post by **phuketrichard** » Mon Nov 19, 2018 1:30 pm

you are one hell of an attention whore
good on ya to never let all our comments affect you.

frank lee bent · Post by **frank lee bent** » Mon Nov 19, 2018 1:53 pm

The pace of change here is unlike anywhere else i have known. If you leave for a few months it is very evident.

davegorman · Post by **davegorman** » Mon Nov 19, 2018 2:23 pm

Wow, in that case I’ve been here for 30 years!
I’ve a good mate who spends four months here and the rest of the time in France. His Facebook profile says he lives in Phnom Penh!

He also talks like he’s here even when he’s not and always says he lives in Cambodia even though he’s clearly at a cafe in Paris!

I call him a “Un touriste” but he’s says he’s an expat. Each to their own I guess.

(Unrelated. Is it normal to go to PP from Kampot via NH4?)

John Bingham · Post by **John Bingham** » Mon Nov 19, 2018 2:25 pm

Beerinthemorning wrote: ↑Mon Nov 19, 2018 1:02 pm so to reach full expat maximum status one must actually have never left KoW over the full span of a decade?

Don't be ridiculous. An expatriate is someone who lives in a country other than the one they were born in. They can travel as much as they like but will be based in a foreign country. You are a tourist - which is someone who goes on holidays. We know you like to make out that you are a wise old hand in Cambodia, but you have never lived or worked here so that's just disingenuous nonsense and nobody is falling for it.

Beerinthemorning · Post by **Beerinthemorning** » Mon Nov 19, 2018 2:30 pm

davegorman wrote: ↑Mon Nov 19, 2018 2:23 pm Wow, in that case I’ve been here for 30 years!
I’ve a good mate who spends four months here and the rest of the time in France. His Facebook profile says he lives in Phnom Penh!

He also talks like he’s here even when he’s not and always says he lives in Cambodia even though he’s clearly at a cafe in Paris!

I call him a “Un touriste” but he’s says he’s an expat. Each to their own I guess.

(Unrelated. Is it normal to go to PP from Kampot via NH4?)

yes and vice vera.

k*rm*geddon · Post by **k*rm*geddon** » Mon Nov 19, 2018 2:31 pm

frank lee bent wrote: ↑Mon Nov 19, 2018 1:53 pm The pace of change here is unlike anywhere else i have known. If you leave for a few months it is very evident.

How well I remember a student complaining in about 1998 about the density of the Phnom Penh traffic, and I tried to explain that "It hasn't even started yet!".
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Beerinthemorning · Post by **Beerinthemorning** » Mon Nov 19, 2018 2:39 pm

John Bingham wrote: ↑Mon Nov 19, 2018 2:25 pm
Beerinthemorning wrote: ↑Mon Nov 19, 2018 1:02 pm so to reach full expat maximum status one must actually have never left KoW over the full span of a decade?

Don't be ridiculous. An expatriate is someone who lives in a country other than the one they were born in. They can travel as much as they like but will be based in a foreign country. You are a tourist - which is someone who goes on holidays. We know you like to make out that you are a wise old hand in Cambodia, but you have never lived or worked here so that's just disingenuous nonsense and nobody is falling for it.

i know some old dudes who just drink beer and never leave KoW .

i suppose if your conclusion is correct they are neither expats too.

just barangs on permanent vacation.

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