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Radio Phnom Penh
20, Dec 2008Radio Phnom Penh is a compilation of Cambodian rock and pop, rescued from the airwaves and presented in the style of a radio programme from Phnom Penh. I only just found it a few days ago.
Radio Phnom Penh — Synthesizers East of Siam
While the new generation of karaoke artists like Preap Sovath are flooding Cambodia [...]
Shopkeepers of the world unite
15, Aug 2008I drove mum to Weeley today to do a funeral. Weeley is a village in Essex. There’s a crematorium, and a pub, and nothing else but houses. Well, there was an old guy wandering around wearing only shorts. In that respect, it was like Cambodia, but only in the old-guy-wearing-only-shorts respect, because I came to the [...]
Bye bye
1, Aug 2008With 24 hours left in Cambodia I’m just getting round to sorting out my possessions into stuff I can take back with me (about 20%), stuff to give away (about 20%), and crap which needs to be thrown away and/or burnt (about 60%, and that’s probably a conservative estimate). When I came to Cambodia part [...]
Panic on the streets
23, Jul 2008It’s official – there’s a 48–hour alcohol ban in Cambodia this weekend to coincide with the elections. People have had a nasty habit of getting drunk and shooting each other in past elections, so all pubs, clubs and shops have to hide their booze. Watch out for panic buying from the liquor stores on Friday [...]
Election
15, Jul 2008Biking to the Sangkheum Center the other day, I rode past about a thousand Funcinpec supporters on all manner of trucks, pick-ups and other vehicles, all dressed in yellow t-shirts and yellow baseball caps. All of the pick-ups had Funcinpec logos on the side, and every other truck had fifteen-inch speakers hanging off it, blaring out [...]
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