What can't you get hold of in Cambodia that you wish you could???

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Re: What can't you get hold of in Cambodia that you wish you could???

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To get back on topic ,,, I wish I could buy these in Cambodia instead of travelling to OZ and making a pig of myself.


Nice thick creamy yoghurt
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Beef bacon and cheese pies made by a Vietnamese bakery at only $4.50 [ Australian dollars ] That's ???? USA dollars
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phrammoianchor wrote:
Jamie_Lambo wrote:
BklynBoy wrote:
Raybull wrote:
Jamie_Lambo wrote:
yeah sure, will have to plan another night out soon mate
:thumb: Few games of pool at Christians new place below on Thursday maybe, will get in touch on FB.
hey Lambo,
you can always beat your meat!!..

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not sure where youre from but beating your meat = having a wank
same as bashing the bishop, jack'n the beanstalk etc etc lol

watched Rocky 2 days ago and rocky II last night, been on the movie channel
How u mean the bar scene is stagnant?
How about victory hill main drag? Is it still a ghost town? Apart from that theres the square they some out the way joints but yeh i understand why you wanna goto patts for a few days.
same faces same girls,
im friends with most,
they dont cycle through birds very often down here,
same birds from years ago, and all the new ones are too young
no excitement going out,
if i do on the rare occasion take a girl here,
i often regret it the next day as it will no doubt piss off some other girl and give me aggro,
i usually go up PP once a month for a breath of fresh air,
but you cant beat Pattaya for a good time
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Re: What can't you get hold of in Cambodia that you wish you could???

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Jamie_Lambo wrote:
phrammoianchor wrote:
Jamie_Lambo wrote:
BklynBoy wrote:
Raybull wrote: :thumb: Few games of pool at Christians new place below on Thursday maybe, will get in touch on FB.
hey Lambo,
you can always beat your meat!!..

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not sure where youre from but beating your meat = having a wank
same as bashing the bishop, jack'n the beanstalk etc etc lol

watched Rocky 2 days ago and rocky II last night, been on the movie channel
How u mean the bar scene is stagnant?
How about victory hill main drag? Is it still a ghost town? Apart from that theres the square they some out the way joints but yeh i understand why you wanna goto patts for a few days.
same faces same girls,
im friends with most,
they dont cycle through birds very often down here,
same birds from years ago, and all the new ones are too young
no excitement going out,
if i do on the rare occasion take a girl here,
i often regret it the next day as it will no doubt piss off some other girl and give me aggro,
i usually go up PP once a month for a breath of fresh air,
but you cant beat Pattaya for a good time
Yeh Pattaya is good fun.
SR is also quite stagnant , half the girls around soksan rd have been there 3 years plus , the other half are ladyboys and sketchy junky chicks.
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Jamie_Lambo wrote:
same faces same girls,
thats my main problem too, thats why i avoid all of them now :cry:
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Suet. Can't make decent pie without it, the ones here they make with marg and they all taste like shit because of it.
Decent quality tools, fittings, components etc. Something like Screwfix back in the UK.
Also car parts that aren't Vietnamese or Chinese shit.
Computer hardware that's not a year out of date. Plus some sort of selection.
Furniture. See car parts.

I have a long list.
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cptrelentless wrote:Suet. Can't make decent pie without it, the ones here they make with marg and they all taste like shit because of it.
Decent quality tools, fittings, components etc. Something like Screwfix back in the UK.
Also car parts that aren't Vietnamese or Chinese shit.
Computer hardware that's not a year out of date. Plus some sort of selection.
Furniture. See car parts.

I have a long list.
Even if they did bake a decent pie they would fill it with mayonaise instead of cheese or fill it with pigs offal instead of mince , Yummy khmer food (gagging expression here).

I dunno bout car parts or tools but furniture is expensive, i saw one barang in SR was trying to sell a stained sofa with holes in it for a few hundred dollars.
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Jamie_Lambo wrote:
BklynBoy wrote:
Raybull wrote:
Jamie_Lambo wrote:
Raybull wrote: I'll send you some pics on fb tomorrow.
yeah sure, will have to plan another night out soon mate
:thumb: Few games of pool at Christians new place below on Thursday maybe, will get in touch on FB.
hey Lambo,
you can always beat your meat!!..

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not sure where youre from but beating your meat = having a wank
same as bashing the bishop, jack'n the beanstalk etc etc lol

watched Rocky 2 days ago and rocky II last night, been on the movie channel
haha of course i know the meaning.. was joking.. a play on words... From Brooklyn,NY and was maybe a poor attempt at a joke...was just messin..
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phrammoianchor wrote: I dunno bout car parts or tools but furniture is expensive, i saw one barang in SR was trying to sell a stained sofa with holes in it for a few hundred dollars.
Oh, used furniture - and anything second hand - is expensive here. There's an abundance of stuff in Australia/Europe etc, so you end up practically giving it away there. Here, there's no Ikea around the corner so everything holds its value.

Gets a bit ridiculous on FB when people are trying to sell individual kitchen items like used bowls and spatulas etc for $2 each. But that says more about the sellers than anything.
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BklynBoy wrote:
Jamie_Lambo wrote:
BklynBoy wrote:
Raybull wrote:
Jamie_Lambo wrote:
yeah sure, will have to plan another night out soon mate
:thumb: Few games of pool at Christians new place below on Thursday maybe, will get in touch on FB.
hey Lambo,
you can always beat your meat!!..

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not sure where youre from but beating your meat = having a wank
same as bashing the bishop, jack'n the beanstalk etc etc lol

watched Rocky 2 days ago and rocky II last night, been on the movie channel
haha of course i know the meaning.. was joking.. a play on words... From Brooklyn,NY and was maybe a poor attempt at a joke...was just messin..
haha i got the joke just wasnt sure if it was intentional or not,
a few other yanks on here dont always get the banter ;)
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phrammoianchor wrote:
cptrelentless wrote:Suet. Can't make decent pie without it, the ones here they make with marg and they all taste like shit because of it.
Decent quality tools, fittings, components etc. Something like Screwfix back in the UK.
Also car parts that aren't Vietnamese or Chinese shit.
Computer hardware that's not a year out of date. Plus some sort of selection.
Furniture. See car parts.

I have a long list.
Even if they did bake a decent pie they would fill it with mayonaise instead of cheese or fill it with pigs offal instead of mince , Yummy khmer food (gagging expression here).

I dunno bout car parts or tools but furniture is expensive, i saw one barang in SR was trying to sell a stained sofa with holes in it for a few hundred dollars.
Is it that time of your trip again Trapper where Cambodia is a shit hole and your moving away to make big bucks?
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