Arget wrote: ↑Wed Nov 29, 2017 7:34 am Oh FFS, just buy a bloody Tuk Tuk and transport your family...................................

It's no secret that I've owned and driven tuk-tuks in Cambodia for at least three years as part of the social enterprise.

I've been openly criticised by Cambodians exactly twice for "taking work away from poor Cambodian men" - and these men have managed to lift their drunken heads enough to slur abuse at me before dropping back into their mid-morning stupour.

We also engage our local drivers often and recommend them to our homestay tenants, and have really good relationship with them. They have absolutely no issue with me driving our own tuk-tuks, and apparently nor does anybody else on the road. In fact, every single red light seems to turn into an opportunity for a quick chat and a how's your mother with at least two or three people. If anything, what's dangerous about me driving our tuk-tuks is Khmer being even more unthinking on the road because they're gawking at me and calling out greetings, while texting, picking zits, and turning corners blindly.

Not sure where any of you nay-sayers are getting your information or opinions from. I know I've been criticised openly for driving a tuk-tuk by one or two spleen-venters OTOF, but I think those people (or one in particular) are giving me way too much free rent in their heads. It's huge fun, even in traffic jams, it's something different the locals seem to enjoy, and it's just a form of transport.

December 12, 2017. I just logged back on after a couple of weeks and read all the entries since my last post. Thank you all for your input. You are mostly all as crazy as me BTW. I have stabilized physically and am returning after the holiday season to buy my tuk tuk. I realize no one is going to read this due to the last post being in late November but I felt thanks were in order. See ya out there- Jim

JDMPRO777 wrote: ↑Wed Dec 13, 2017 5:46 am December 12, 2017. I just logged back on after a couple of weeks and read all the entries since my last post. Thank you all for your input. You are mostly all as crazy as me BTW.


I have stabilized physically

and am returning after the holiday season to buy my tuk tuk. I realize no one is going to read this due to the last post being in late November but I felt thanks were in order. See ya out there- Jim

Did you decide on what sort of tuk-tuk you were going to buy ?
Good to see you have '' stabilized physically '' , only hope you have stabilized mentally as well .

NOT REALLY ON BOTH QUESTIONS. STUCK IN THIS FUCKING COUNTRY. HAVE 6 GRAND BUT NOT ENOUGH TO COME BACK WITH. LOSING HOPE.