Cruisemonkey wrote: True fact, kangaroos and water buffalo aren't rodents.

the water buffalo are not native to australia,they cause heaps of damage to the wetlands up north.

LOl:)

just an advert,old one at that as the ticket prices have not been $20 for 9 months or so:) besides the elect bikes keep running out of power:)

i know around the floating villages most kids know how to swim,i mean there front and back yards are the lake:) but the currents are very strong at the moment and even a strong swimmer could have some issues.a 5yo even if able to swim would find the rivers currents just too strong.

Horses for courses,i lived in Thailand for about 2 years before a quick visit to Cambodia,loved Siem Reap so much i sold my business and moved here.not been to Pattaya for 15 years,but i did not like it than:)

also small point but its French managed (well they have the lease)and Khmer owned. Aren't French electrics generally shit too? It's not the same hotel that kid got electrocuted at a few months ago is it? You know, the one who touched a swimming pool light. It's only surprising it doesn't happen mor...

also small point but its French managed (well they have the lease)and Khmer owned.

used to be called the Claremont Angkor Hotel,i heard a guest left a mobile phone device being charged up on the bed and she caught fire,i heard the connections they used to charge it was not suitable for the electrical sockets:) sounds like only the one room was damaged so lucky:)

angkorjohn wrote: Well that will teach me not to read the whole thread! I saw the thread last night but seems he posted early this morning!

LOL,yer woke up at 3am to check the weather got a few boats crossing the (Tonle Sap)lake today:)

i have had a few boats built here in Cambodia,the cost of timber is the main expense now,boats are very expensive to maintain,the wooden boats need more work and you need to be a jack of all trades to stay in control of the costs,i have staff living on all my boats,last time i was down in SNV there ...