ExPenhMan wrote: ↑Wed Oct 11, 2017 7:28 pm After a recent short spell back in Pattaya (what was I thinking?!?!?), tomorrow I'm shouldering the bags and headed to Vung Tau as a full-time resident.

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kiwiincambodia wrote: ↑Wed Oct 11, 2017 4:00 pm

Jamie_Lambo wrote:

bangkokhooker wrote: ↑Tue Oct 10, 2017 9:24 am Kampot shnampot.

Have you told Jamie about the sign?
It says "Welcome to Kampot. (Not you Jamie you dirty bugger)"

its fine, i know all the back roads around Kampot and im stealthy

obelisks wrote: ↑Wed Oct 11, 2017 4:02 pm

Jamie_Lambo wrote: ↑Tue Oct 10, 2017 4:55 am fucking the way things are going, can see me ending up in PP,
i used to like the lazy beach vibe down there, but now the place is turning ugly, losing a lot of its charm,
cant even say its anything to do with the "honeymoon/rose tinted glasses" period, the place has changed a lot,
tbh the only thing thats gradually improved over the past 5 years has been the square lol

Totally agree. I'm nostalgic for the way it was from about 2006 -2013 but now it has been decimated

bangkokhooker wrote: ↑Wed Oct 11, 2017 7:17 pm

JUDGEDREDD wrote: ↑Wed Oct 11, 2017 3:52 pm And to think SNV was the first place on my destination list, looks like I'll be adjusting that. Tbh a guy could probably make a killing if he learnt mandarin (or the others)

Speaking Mandarin and being Chinese are so not connected.

ExPenhMan wrote: ↑Wed Oct 11, 2017 7:28 pm Two or three years ago I put S'ville on the short list of likely living destinations, since there were reports of it being on a bit of a rejuvenation trend. But the wrong kind, it seems. Had had enough of PP and its descent into traffic/people chaos. SR was a high choice too but it's choking with hipsters and sino-tourists. After a recent short spell back in Pattaya (what was I thinking?!?!?), tomorrow I'm shouldering the bags and headed to Vung Tau as a full-time resident. Yes, I've been back and forth but quiet, pleasant VT is only on the holiday radar of Saigonese. Just a bunch of Aussies and a few Russians.

JUDGEDREDD wrote: ↑Thu Oct 12, 2017 3:59 pm

bangkokhooker wrote: ↑Wed Oct 11, 2017 7:17 pm

JUDGEDREDD wrote: ↑Wed Oct 11, 2017 3:52 pm And to think SNV was the first place on my destination list, looks like I'll be adjusting that. Tbh a guy could probably make a killing if he learnt mandarin (or the others)

Speaking Mandarin and being Chinese are so not connected.

It's the official language of China therefore the most popular in and around that area, Speaking Mandarin and being Chinese are more connected than speaking any other language on the face of the Earth and being Chinese, I did use the qualifier (or the others) however listening off 11 other languages to learn would be a little far-fetched, I guess a person could figure the correct one before learning but where's the fun in that?