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    there is a small chance i'll be there for a month
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    Its capital is Phnom Penh, it was part of French Indochina, it was bombed by the CIA in the 60s/70s, it was ruled by the genocidal maniacs of the Khmer Rouge from 1975-1979 and it was invaded by Vietnam in 1978/79
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    • #3
      ok now tell me something usefull
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      • #4
        The place is known as the international hub for child prostitution and every sicko from the known world who wants to abuse a child heads there for their "vacations".
        Last edited by Dinner; May 16, 2006, 03:04.
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        • #5
          He he, what a showstopper...

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          • #6
            I note that MarkG is going there. (Shoe drops)
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            • #7


              There you go.

              Now, Oerdin has a point. What's this trip for?
              “As a lifelong member of the Columbia Business School community, I adhere to the principles of truth, integrity, and respect. I will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do.”
              "Capitalism ho!"

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              • #8
                Great food. Not as refined as Vietnam, but unlike Thailand, you can get good fresh bread in the morning and real coffee. Then for dinner, think of Heresson as you chow down on tender little froggies.

                The Angkor complex is s.t.u.n.n.i.n.g

                Don't wander off the beaten track or you risk stepping on a land mine.

                Charming, beautiful people (Hey, they put up with me - so they must be pretty good). But I never quite got used to having strangers giving me broad, cheerful smiles and waving as I cycled past. At least not the ones who were sitting in bunkers behind heavy machine guns.

                Oh and the dope is leafy but costs like $US1:00 a pound.
                I don't know what I am - Pekka

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Terra Nullius
                  Great food. Not as refined as Vietnam, but unlike Thailand, you can get good fresh bread in the morning and real coffee. Then for dinner, think of Heresson as you chow down on tender little froggies.

                  The Angkor complex is s.t.u.n.n.i.n.g

                  Don't wander off the beaten track or you risk stepping on a land mine.

                  Charming, beautiful people (Hey, they put up with me - so they must be pretty good).
                  QFT. Angkor is simply amazing, the food and people both wonderful.

                  And I liked Phnom Penh; with its faded colonial charm and backpacker vibe, it's a great once-and-future city (if Cambodia can get its act togther), a Saigon-in-the-waiting.

                  I was also struck by how people would tell the most heartbreaking stories of living under the Khmer Rouge in a simple, matter-of-fact manner. They're a people of immense dignity.

                  And on behalf of Mrs. Firefly, I'll recommend that you read Philip Short's biography of Pol Pot, which she said was excellent. (I'll get to it one of the days...)
                  "I have as much authority as the pope. I just don't have as many people who believe it." — George Carlin

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                  • #10
                    I learn everything about politiks from musicians as they are obviously the best source of information.

                    Dead Kennedys
                    So you been to schools
                    For a year or two
                    And you know you've seen it all
                    In daddy's car
                    Thinkin' you'll go far
                    Back east your type don't crawl

                    Play ethnicky jazz
                    To parade your snazz
                    On your five grand stereo
                    Braggin' that you know
                    How the ******s feel cold
                    And the slum's got so much soul


                    It's time to taste what you most fear
                    Right Guard will not help you here
                    Brace yourself, my dear...


                    It's a holiday in Cambodia
                    It's tough, kid, but it's life
                    It's a holiday in Cambodia
                    Don't forget to pack a wife


                    You're a star-belly sneech
                    You suck like a leach
                    You want everyone to act like you
                    Kiss ass while you *****
                    So you can get rich
                    But your boss gets richer off you


                    Well you'll work harder
                    With a gun in your back
                    For a bowl of rice a day
                    Slave for soldiers
                    'Til you starve
                    Then your head is skewered on a stake
                    Now you can go where people are one

                    Now you can go where they get things done
                    What you need, my son...


                    Is a holiday in Cambodia
                    Where people dress in black
                    A holiday in Cambodia
                    Where you'll kiss ass or crack


                    Pol Pot, Pol Pot, Pol Pot, Pol Pot, etc....


                    And it's a holiday in Cambodia
                    A holiday in Cambodia
                    Where the slums got so much soul
                    Edit: Oh yeah, KISSINGER!
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                    Kalonike: Only we women? Poor Greece!

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                    • #11
                      Should be a great place to be for a while, you can see the civil war ridden side of the country still, even though the war is over (but it just ended).

                      Lots of activities to do, watch the landmines (don't go running off road outside cities).

                      You can go to shooting range and fire m-16 and all kinds of weapons. What else? Visit the 'museums' that tells what happened during the Khmer Rogue and the horrible aftermath.

                      Enjoy, use common sense and you'll be fine. Phnom Penh is likely where you'll go so use common sense (don't be the drunken idiot who wanders the alleys alone).

                      Enjoy!
                      In da butt.
                      "Do not worry if others do not understand you. Instead worry if you do not understand others." - Confucius
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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by Terra Nullius

                        Don't wander off the beaten track or you risk stepping on a land mine.
                        Cambodia had more explosives dropped on it in the 60's and 70's than all of Europe had during World War II. To this day, there are more landmines and unexploded bombs and sh!t lying around in Cambodia than any other place on Earth.

                        But it's being cleared - one leg at a time...

                        This is why landmines suck, because they're still out there blowing up little kids in the fields - more than 30 years after the war ended.
                        "Politics is to say you are going to do one thing while you're actually planning to do someting else - and then you do neither."
                        -- Saddam Hussein

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by DaShi
                          What's this trip for?
                          business
                          (web development, nothing illegal )
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                          Co-Owner/Webmaster, Top40-Charts.com | CTO, Apogee Information Systems
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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by KrazyHorse
                            Its capital is Phnom Penh, it was part of French Indochina, it was bombed by the CIA in the 60s/70s, it was ruled by the genocidal maniacs of the Khmer Rouge from 1975-1979 and it was invaded by Vietnam in 1978/79
                            I didn't know the CIA had bomber airplanes.

                            Mark: Pol - Pot -Pol - Pot - Pol - Pot - Pol - Poooooot

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by MarkG
                              business
                              (web development, nothing illegal )
                              All the more suspicious.
                              “As a lifelong member of the Columbia Business School community, I adhere to the principles of truth, integrity, and respect. I will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do.”
                              "Capitalism ho!"

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