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I’m confused. I always thought you weren’t supposed to drink and drive.
But then what’s the message these traffic cops in Phnom Penh are sending out? Their guard house clearly displays an advertisement for beer.
It’s sponsored by Asahi breweries. The company is based in Japan and just trying to get a foot in the [...]
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I’ve never been to Munich’s Oktoberfest.
Somehow the combination of binge drinking, oom-pah music and big-busted waitresses in dirndl-dresses always failed to intrigue me.
So I was unprepared for what I experienced last night, when I attended the Oktoberfest in Cambodia’s capital Phnom Penh – of all places.
Imagine an authentic Bavarian band playing German beer-drinking music and [...]
Filed under: asia, observations, travel | Tagged: beer, cambodia, dirndl, german, germany, munich, oktoberfest, oom-pah, phnom penh | 1 Comment »
Christmas isn’t exactly a traditional holiday in Cambodia.
95 % of the people here are Buddhists. Only a very small minority are Christians.
But just like the people in many other Asian countries, Cambodians love Christmas lights and decorations, giving gifts and throwing Christmas parties.
Especially young Cambodians seem to enjoy the magic of Christmas (and in Cambodia, [...]
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One of the most public spaces in Phnom Penh is a large lawn in front of the National Museum.
It’s bordered on its four sides by the museum, the enclosing wall of the royal palace and two rows of shops, offices and restaurants.
And even though this piece of green is smack in the heart of the [...]
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The sun sets over Phnom Penh’s National Museum on Sunday, December 7, 2008
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A high-profile pedophilia trial has just ended in Sihanoukville, Cambodia. Russian businessman Alexander Trofimov was sentenced to eight years in prison for sexually abusing a 13-year-old girl.
Trofimov had already been convicted of sexually abusing another underage girl in Cambodia and is currently serving a six-year sentence in this country.
Two things are strange about this trial
For [...]
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When I left Phnom Penh this morning on a bus to Cambodia’s southern beaches, I was looking forward to a quiet, relaxing ride through the Cambodian countryside.
I’d neglected to take the on-board entertainment on such buses into consideration.
For reasons that are beyond me, the bus company chose to treat its guests to “Snakes on a [...]
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