It's Jacob and the General's great excitement about this that I didn't really get - all these !!! (You're both so keen that you almost sound like you're advertising for the mall... so much enthusiasm for a shopping mall is yet another wonder from the kingdom.) But each to his own... Hope it lives up...

WTF - I came here to get away from all that shit. Seriously, what is a "real" shopping mall going to add to your life here? And Starbucks, are you kidding? Why not McDonalds while you're at it? To me, this seems like the classic expat syndrome where you want all the conveniences of "h...

And that pink wax in your dreadlocks reveals itself to be a bar of hotel soap that you lost 3 months ago (that you pinched out of the shared bathroom while staying in the $2 dorm)... I remember you now.

Sorry kiwi - 1) scream abuse when some little old lady tries to make 100 riel profit off you. 2)walk everywhere, even when its pissing with rain and the sewers are overflowing - with no shoes of course 3)carry a water bottle with you and fill it up for free in the toilets of the closest bar/restaura...

OP, pretending to be poor doesn't level the playing-field.

Just treat people as individuals, avoid stereotyping and don't be a dick.

Thanks Hugh - did a search on Becker and came up with this: http://books.google.fr/books?id=mg9QLPuOZvgC&pg=PA215&lpg=PA215&dq=bophana+becker&source=bl&ots=pv7irBft1O&sig=J1CRAtir0apkYwDw13Q4dOLl-3Q&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Pm2QU4u7N4SI0AXN74DoBA&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&am...

Last time we went through - Jan/Feb - it was $1 for "health check". Got told we were very bad people who are responsable for the spread of malaria (lol), when we declined their offer. More to the point,we were already being hit on for $2 "stamp fee" by the officials on both sides...

Hi This is just to get the ball rolling - what are good/essential reads about Cambodia? http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/mar/19/top-10-books-about-cambodia-pol-pot-peter-froberg-idling I'd add French authors Bizot ( The Gate ) and Patrick Deville ( Kampuchea ) - and I really liked Alex Hinton's...