Beerinthemorning wrote: ↑Mon Apr 02, 2018 2:23 am I live with westerners right now, they are segregated mostly just keep to there own and dont like non westerners .

they eat western food and speak English they dont wanna adapt to foreign culture they think the west is the best .

Hotdigr wrote: ↑Sun Apr 01, 2018 2:43 pm Yep, we are leaving too.

username wrote: ↑Mon Apr 02, 2018 4:36 am

Beerinthemorning wrote: ↑Mon Apr 02, 2018 2:23 am I live with westerners right now, they are segregated mostly just keep to there own and dont like non westerners .

they eat western food and speak English they dont wanna adapt to foreign culture they think the west is the best .

I agree with you about the Chinese, but changing your post like I did is true for quite a big number of western expats in Cambodia too.

LaudJohn wrote: ↑Mon Apr 02, 2018 5:08 am

Hotdigr wrote: ↑Sun Apr 01, 2018 2:43 pm Yep, we are leaving too.

Yep I was on the verge of leaving for Kampot as well. I have bought quite a bit of land there recently.

I was not overly negatively affected by the Chinese invasion of SHV (apart from the closure of Purple bar on the beach) until Hotdigr left the cove and the impending closure of Pub street means 5 out of my 7 drinking holes will be closed.

If the square goes then it may well be Armageddon for Barangs in SHV.

However the purchase of a new business in SHV will keep me there for a while.

Hotdigr wrote: ↑Sun Apr 01, 2018 2:43 pm Yep, we are leaving too. The power has been absolutely fukd. Off every day for between 1 hour and 20 hours and you never know how long. Yeah, yesterday from what I have heard the entire town was out from about 8am 'til about 8pm. The EDC guy came around yesterday with the bill for the landlord and told my missus to get used to it, its just going to get worse. The final straw was our landlord starting to build 5 more apartments here, 5 metres from my front door. The steel cutoff saw is fired up at 7am and runs 'til dark.
So went up to Kampot last week, found a beautiful apartment just out of town. Twice the size of where we are now, front yard, big side yard, brand new (we can't move in until they finish on Tuesday) and elec at EDC rates, not 30% higher. A pretty, quiet and clean town with little infrastucture problems. Leaves this place for dead as it is now. I'm not naive and am sure the rot will start there too sooner or later, but I would be happy for a year or 2 of peace and quiet to regroup and replan.
Cpt, a very strong rumour, coming from the management ranks of The Cove, is that they are on the verge of signing a contract with Chinese buyers and so is Cloud 9. I know for a fact Siratha is trying to sell Tranquility outright (ie hard title) and as she owns La Luna outright too, I'm sure she wouldn't knock back an offer on that either. So there goes Serendipity in the near future.
And there go we for the forseeable future. I still love the town (Sihanoukville), but it is experiencing major growing pains and I went through those with 2 teenagers 20 odd years ago and am not willing to again. Once things settle down in a few years, it has the potential to be a beautiful tourist destination and I think thats what will happen. If so, I will move back, but for now, it no longer suits me or my missus.