Local cleaner finds a little fame and cashes in.

Kung-fu Hillbilly · Post by **Kung-fu Hillbilly** » Sat Oct 28, 2023 11:23 am

The story goes that years ago a foreigner took a picture of the guy below while he was engaged in his work of sweeping around a temple (presumably Angkor Wat) with a broom. To the man's surprise some years later Lonely Planet released the Cambodia Guidebook with his image on the cover.

Apparently he can now be found out the front of the temple cashing in on his celebrity by posing with pirated copies of the publication and selling them to earn a few dollars.

Alex · Post by **Alex** » Sat Oct 28, 2023 12:07 pm

Good for him.

Tootsfriend · Post by **Tootsfriend** » Sat Oct 28, 2023 2:24 pm

He would be better of money wise getting a lawyer to sue. I'm sure a lawyer would find an excuse or reason to extort money from a international publisher

IraHayes · Post by **IraHayes** » Sat Oct 28, 2023 2:46 pm

Tootsfriend wrote: ↑Sat Oct 28, 2023 2:24 pm He would be better of money wise getting a lawyer to sue. I'm sure a lawyer would find an excuse or reason to extort money from a international publisher

Or maybe, before someone does that, they test the Lonely Planets commitment to its DEI statement on its "about" page.
https://www.lonelyplanet.com/about

See if they are prepared to live up to their own words and re-imburse this chap for using his image in their publication.

Earl of Mercia · Post by **Earl of Mercia** » Sun Oct 29, 2023 11:08 pm

There is no land for farming for these unfortunate locals living within Angkor,as if the living scraped in Cambodia wasn't meagre enough already?
I knew a girl whose family lived there her name was Nara,she worked in Le Tigre de Papier for many years for USD $60 per month.
In the end the strain of putting her little sister through school plus supporting her whole family took its toll,last time I was in Siem Reap I dropped in but she no longer worked there.
She hadn't for somectime and all the other girls could give me as a reason was "sick".