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Re: Moving to cambodia from Thailand
How are the Koh Rong islands
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if you want i can look into getting your username changed, not sure how to do it myself thoughAlexandriaclark wrote: ↑Sat Aug 18, 2018 3:38 pm I didn’t. Even think of that Idk how to change it. I’m thinking maybe to just fly into Siem Reap since I’m familar with it and then bus it to a few places what would be the areas of Kampot that you would recommend
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you would enjoy them im sure, if you liked the Thai islands, they are probably a bit more chilled though
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Ya I liked phi phi just after months there it got expensive I only lived there and koh yao noi which was really quiet and the complete opposite
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I'm shocked you were able to work at a Thai bar, being a foreigner. That's one of those closed occupations. Unless . . . table . . . cash . . .
Anyway, I too left Thailand because it was getting too expensive, especially Bangkok. Am in Vietnam now, but I have lived in Phnom Penh and SR for a short time.
I remember in SR: huge tourist high-season with thousands of Chinese clogging the sites and streets. Dodgy electricity supply. Rainy season floods. Quite a long bus ride to Phnom Penh (although you can now fly in less than an hour).
Don't think I'd live anywhere but Phnom Penh. You can always visit Kep/Kampot/Sihanoukville/Battambang for weekends. Just lots more to do, good mix of grocery and restaurant food, good bars of all kinds, vast choice of accommodation but wacky traffic.
Oh yeah: Change your name to a screen name, as others have urged.
Anyway, I too left Thailand because it was getting too expensive, especially Bangkok. Am in Vietnam now, but I have lived in Phnom Penh and SR for a short time.
I remember in SR: huge tourist high-season with thousands of Chinese clogging the sites and streets. Dodgy electricity supply. Rainy season floods. Quite a long bus ride to Phnom Penh (although you can now fly in less than an hour).
Don't think I'd live anywhere but Phnom Penh. You can always visit Kep/Kampot/Sihanoukville/Battambang for weekends. Just lots more to do, good mix of grocery and restaurant food, good bars of all kinds, vast choice of accommodation but wacky traffic.
Oh yeah: Change your name to a screen name, as others have urged.
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Seconded and FTFYprahocalypse now wrote: ↑Sat Aug 18, 2018 3:31 pm Hi Alexandria.
You shouldn't ever use your real name on this website or other Cambodian web forums.
There are a lot of creepy guys around who have nothing better to do than cyberstalk hot foreign chicks and guys who disagree with their worldview on social media.
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loads of foreigners work in the bars on the islands in Thailand, ive not been down there for about 5 years though, has it changed?
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The only foreigners I've seen/know working island bars are Burmese and Cambodians, which was about 3 years ago on Koh Chang. Have seen some working in Bangkok bars, too. Otherwise, I've never seen a caucasian bar worker ever. But then I'm not an island type of guy. Oh, and Filipino bands.Jamie_Lambo wrote: ↑Sat Aug 18, 2018 4:50 pmloads of foreigners work in the bars on the islands in Thailand, ive not been down there for about 5 years though, has it changed?
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Having recently visited SR, PP, Kampong Cham, Kep and Kampot, I'd move to Kampot if i were you
Get a decent, ( although way overpriced for what you get as its Cambodia) place, ( figure $2-300) outside of town. Plenty going on; music, some arts, dozen's of happy pizza places and ur near water, ( river is swim-able)
30 minutes to Kep and the sea, 3 hours to PP for shopping, as not much in Kampot.
Buy a BIG frig...
Clean air and not much traffic, decent local market
Kampot from SR entails a 5 hours bus ride to Phnom Pehn, overnight- check it out for a few days and than a 3-4 hour shared taxi ride
Koh Chang, Koh Tao has Many Burmese, Khmers working BUT u wont find any Farangs ( white people) as they'd be arrested.
Get a decent, ( although way overpriced for what you get as its Cambodia) place, ( figure $2-300) outside of town. Plenty going on; music, some arts, dozen's of happy pizza places and ur near water, ( river is swim-able)
30 minutes to Kep and the sea, 3 hours to PP for shopping, as not much in Kampot.
Buy a BIG frig...
Clean air and not much traffic, decent local market
Kampot from SR entails a 5 hours bus ride to Phnom Pehn, overnight- check it out for a few days and than a 3-4 hour shared taxi ride
Koh Chang, Koh Tao has Many Burmese, Khmers working BUT u wont find any Farangs ( white people) as they'd be arrested.
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when i was on Phi Phi there were foreigners working promo for bars, cant remember if there was any behind the bar or not, i also had a friend who worked koh tao, had a Burmese BF, again that was all about 5 years ago nowExPenhMan wrote: ↑Sat Aug 18, 2018 4:55 pmThe only foreigners I've seen/know working island bars are Burmese and Cambodians, which was about 3 years ago on Koh Chang. Have seen some working in Bangkok bars, too. Otherwise, I've never seen a caucasian bar worker ever. But then I'm not an island type of guy. Oh, and Filipino bands.Jamie_Lambo wrote: ↑Sat Aug 18, 2018 4:50 pmloads of foreigners work in the bars on the islands in Thailand, ive not been down there for about 5 years though, has it changed?
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