richardtmw wrote: ↑Thu Mar 07, 2024 4:12 pm i think she was just the unwitting courier...she doesnt smoke and was just a housewife with 2 kids when I met her.

Sounds like something out of Goodfellas. She must have forgotten her lucky hat that last trip.

Unfortunately not. Wouldn't be a problem if I still lived there but I got driven out like everyone else by the Chinese in 2018.

At least it's a newish facility. The old one looked like a hellhole from the outside.

They built a new women's prison when I was living there around 2017-18. It's out on the road that leads to the Kbal Chai waterfalls a few miles before you get to Sihanoukville City off of route 4.

What kind of foreigner stays in village 10? I can't think of a worse place to stay in miles. Not blaming the Turk, just wondering what he was thinking of staying around there at all? Not all barangs in Cambodia are rich expats. If you are a foreigner coming to live in Cambodia and all you can affor...

Putting your money anywhere in any investment except real estate for 15 years is complete insanity especially in a fixed term deposit in a Cambodian bank. 15 years is a really Looooooong time to put money in a fixed deposit. Hard to believe Acleda even offers a product like that.

Manilla, Angeles City (yuk) and Cebu are all very sketchy. Some of the worst places I've ever been in SEA. I really don't get the attraction of AC. The bars that had girls in them had the nastiest and fattest girls I've ever seen anywhere. Might have been a different story if I had went there before...

I seem to recall that ABA didn't work with Wise here in Cambodia.

And by "wrong way," I meant choosing banks that are not insured in case of risk. Please note no financial institution in Cambodia has a deposit guarantee scheme. I read acleda has a blanket insurance for clients deposits safety. But didnt see many details on what exactly that does or prot...

Used, abused and kicked to the curb. I think they've come to an agreement now.
https://thediplomat.com/2021/08/will-br ... t-justice/