The Worst Travel Guide to Cambodia

CEOCambodiaNews · Post by **CEOCambodiaNews** » Mon Feb 09, 2015 3:50 pm

The book caught my attention on Facebook, where the author was trying to find a print shop so he could make copies of his book and "give" it to the street sellers to sell in order to get it circulated and hopefully talked about. Maybe the Starbucks marketing plan in Cambodia was true after all, LoL.

Here's what the author says about his book:

I lived in Cambodia for 20 months, living working and exploring. I have a lot of stories, far more then I could fit into this book, but this book will help you know more about Cambodia, its people, and the life you can enjoy here if you are an expat or just passing through.

The stories are not objective, I wrote these stories from my eyes, to teach, to show, and to remember. Some are beautiful, some are horrible. These stories will not replace a travel guide, but they will shine lights o areas never covered by travel guides.

Cambodia is a country in South East Asia that was once called the pearl of Asia. People saw great things here, people knew Cambodia would rise into a great country, and then everything changed. A coup, a civil war, an incredible poorly planned economic system that lead to one of the worst famines and genocide in history, where about 25-30% of the population starved to death. Cambodia bounced back from this cataclysm, but even so the past very much creates the present. Poverty and corruption are as common as rice and coconuts. Cambodia is a land that has nothing. Cambodia is a land that has everything. I love Cambodia. I hate Cambodia. But most of all I want to show you Cambodia for what it is.

This book is divided into a few categories.

1. Ordering food in Khmer

2. Crime and corruption in Cambodia

3. Tips for Siem Reap

4. Tips for Phnom Penh

5. Couchsurfing in Cambodia

6. Stories from my experience working in Cambodia

7. Cambodian cultural tips

8. Drugs in Cambodia including the very common “Happy Pizza” topped with marijuana.

9. And a few other stories to help show Cambodia for what it is.

Here is my Table of Contents:

Welcome to “The Worst Travel Guide to Cambodia”

About Cambodia

The Basics: How to Order Food in Cambodia

Dog Meat – A Cambodian Joke

Quick tips for Cambodia

Crime in Cambodia

Know your border crossings, and don’t pay a bribe

Fight corruption? Or Give in?

Don’t Call it Corruption, Call it Free Market Capitalism

Corruption, corruption everywhere but should we partake?

Slaves to Sugarcane

Currency Confusion

What Else to Do in Siemreap

How to Sneak into Angkor?

The Amazing and Almost Unknown Cambodian Temple of Prasat Bakan

Foreigners Can’t Speak our Language

Having a beer with Cambodians

Most Ladyboys are Not Prostitutes

What Else to Do in Phnom Penh

Swimming on Silk

A Tsunami of Change Approaches Cambodia

How to Couch Surf
Couchsurfing

Why Cambodians Have No Toilet Papers in Their House

The Cambodia Postal System

Why Child Labor Just Isn’t Practical (For Me)

The Top 14 Jobs Foreigners Do Aboard (The Good and the Bad)

I Will Teach You the English (The Story of Getting a Job as an English Teacher)

Teaching English Abroad in Cambodia

And Then I Became a Smuggler

A Cambodian Medical Emergency

The Monsoon Season

Five or More on a Motorcycle

That’s an Ugly Baby

You are Older Than You Are, at Least in Asia

Burning Money for Your Ancestors

Reincarnation

Lowest Prices Start the Day

Pointing

“A Symbol of Beauty is Whiteness.”

Fat is Good

Cheers

Coconuts

Rice, Rice and More Rice

A Warning About Weed and Other Drugs in Cambodia

Marijuana in Cambodia

A Step by Step for Having Happy (Weed, Marijuana Topped) Pizza in Cambodia.

North South Indian Restaurant – The Best Restaurant in Phnom Penh!

Lakeside Isn’t Dead, it’s Undead

The Plateau

A Bloody Solution to a Broken System

Phnom Penh’s red light district.

A Marriage Proposal

And if you want to buy The Worst Travel Guide to Cambodia ebook, you can get it on Amazon for about $5:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00QLOPDE ... orst+guude

phuketrichard · Post by **phuketrichard** » Mon Feb 09, 2015 4:39 pm

read the first 20% for free, https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/506009

Eric Gonazalez-Payne is an ultra budget backpacking expert to say the least. He’s the kind of traveler that never lets a lack of money turn into an excuse. On his blog, Your World Your Home, he shares his incredible travel stories, tips and advice so that you too may be inspired and empowered to hit the road.

so is this the guy that complains about paying 2,000 riel for something that is 1,000?
and it was all PR

Ok; i read the free part ( took all of 10 minutes)

$4.45>
save your $$
if he paid me might read the rest but i doubt it

Of course if ur interested in $1 meals or that those $100 bills are not really real and such
grab ur kindle copy

LTO · Post by **LTO** » Mon Feb 09, 2015 5:17 pm

Well, i like some of the chapter headings. But nothing on eating songbirds, or how to bargain for a meal after you've eatin it, or beefing up your CV by teaching English to captive Cambodian children.

phuketrichard · Post by **phuketrichard** » Mon Feb 09, 2015 5:42 pm

u can read all of his chapters on his blog
http://www.yourworldyourhome.com/catego ... /cambodia/

Phnom Penhs red light district.
Grey haired Sexpats sit around tiny tables, nursing small beers and big appetites. Old men who want young women, young men who want all women. Their eyes jump from woman to woman. Warm chocolate skin, glowing smiles, winking eyes, short skirts and tight shirts. They play pool and sit around tables, scanning the men, looking for eye contact, seeking a few more dollars for the night.

She passes Phnom Penh’s only clubs, its raunchiest bars and dozens of other women, men and ladyboys looking for tonight’s paycheck. $5 or $10 a fuck, $15 or $20 if they are lucky, $25 or $30 if the men are stupid.

LTO · Post by **LTO** » Mon Feb 09, 2015 5:56 pm

Everybody seems to be able to find Phnom Penh's 'red light district' but me. Where is this place?

YouTube · Post by **General Mackevili** » Mon Feb 09, 2015 5:58 pm

LTO wrote:Everybody seems to be able to find Phnom Penh's 'red light district' but me. Where is this place?

I'd be interested to find a spot that isn't in the red light district.

Samouth · Post by **Samouth** » Mon Feb 09, 2015 6:08 pm

Wow a very interesting book. i really want to read the whole thing.

NokTang · Post by **NokTang** » Mon Feb 09, 2015 6:45 pm

phuketrichard wrote: looking for tonight’s paycheck. $5 or $10 a fuck, $15 or $20 if they are lucky, $25 or $30 if the men are stupid.

At least they have the pricing correctly stated.

Jacket · Post by **Jacket** » Mon Feb 09, 2015 8:47 pm

I know Eric personally and he's a fine dude. he actually gave me the idea of coming to Kampuchea to begin with, so I'm thankful for that. This guide is more something for people who've got no clue about Cambodia what so ever I suppose. We're veterans around here and have experienced most of this stuff first hand. So I'd think about changing the target group. Maybe you'd be better of promoting the book outside of Cambodia. Thailand seems to be an obvious choice. I know loads of people who've been to Thailand multiple times (god knows for what, because fuck Thailand!) but never even came to do the touristy thing and look at Angkor Wat for a day or two. But then again, there are enough lowlifes in this country already. I don't want the Pattaya or Koh Phangyang crowd to come to this place aswell.

Post by **Username Taken** » Mon Feb 09, 2015 9:21 pm

I hope he's not 'outing' places by name.

The last moron that did that put an end to Mikado Bar. (Sorry, most of you won't remember that one).

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