Welcome back to the social side of life. You just have to stay away from "social" media <<there be dragons << as much as possible to maintain your mental health and progress. But there's nothing like having a good social circle of friends, which is very healthy for the mind. Not so long ag...

^^^^ I imagine market customers are still conducting their tried and true barehanded product inspections after parking their 18-year-old 2-strokes and packing their plastic bags of chicken feet after paying out their filthy 5000 riel notes. Ummm, yummy. Anyway, the burger and fries look fine to me. ...

I don't see much of interest for the solo traveller << me. Almost no one else about. I don't do hostess bars and the like.

That food looks mouth-watering.

Outstanding and entertaining report, Hanno.

Funny how it's never a drunk behind the wheel of a Toyota Corolla or Suzuki Swift. Rolls-Royce? Ipso facto a Chinese driver.

Feel sorry for the motorcycle passengers.

Following . . . Never been to Kampot. So far, I am underwhelmed.

Many tourists/expats in town?

Great report, Hanno.

What I hate can be best represented by TV show travelogues. Everything is a setup, as if wholly scripted, nothing is natural about the presentation. It comes across as a long form commercial. The presenters talk so loud I want to smack them. Instead, I turn them off. Mind you they're pretty easy to ...

This guy, with a Russian name, is a pretty good analyst. Provides scenarios if this or that happens during Prigozhin's march toward Moscow. Some impressive fresh photos and videos in Rostov and other places.

"What we’re facing is exactly internal betrayal. Extraordinary ambitions and personal interests led to treason," Putin said, describing himself. Another translation of the speech of the above, from the Financial Times: "Unchecked ambitions and personal interests have brought about bet...

Man, that was so refreshing. Honest, straight-forward, unadorned. In other providers' videos, when I feel like I am being sold something in the first sentence, I tune out and turn off. So just what are the temps there? You said it was getting hot in the interior but cooler on the shore. Here in Bang...

Voice of Vietnam reports they are working on a list of nationalities who will be eligible for the e-visa. Otherwise, not much else said. Headline: National Assembly agrees to extend e-visa validity to 90 days During their visa validity, foreigners can enter and exit Vietnam multiple times, without h...