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It was 1975-1979. That is now 45 years ago, if you take 1979 as the overthrow of the Khmer Rouge when Vietnam made a stand, invaded, and sorted them out. A load of those Khmer Rouge monsters are still in Cambodian government today. Only the people can remove them. However, most of the young population of Cambodia weren't even born. It's time to move on and get past it. They can't sit forever making a living selling books on the tragedy that happened. Even now, if you mention Hun Sen, they all want to whisper as they are terrified of him. Anyway, that's me done. No further comments on it. I love the Cambodians and my heart goes out to them genuinely. I am back there in two weeks, yet again taking a group of friends, Thai and Malaysian.

Agreed 27 years,here sir Same story. but they walk into to he UK and buy anything they want in their own name. They are lot less vocal in the UK because they earn fabulous money and get the benefits of democracy. No big mouth anti foreigners rhetoric when they are in our country. Fairness is a two way street

People have got to help themselves sometimes. I have given money to tuk tuk drivers and taxi drivers, like probably you and many others here have for service provided. The first thing they do with the money is go get sloshed with their mates. Kids and wives are way down the agenda.

Then the people need to rise and rebel like they had to do in the UK . Better to live like a lion for a day than a sheep for a lifetime. By the way,I have been building toilet blocks, with my own money, in the countryside of Cambodia as women were getting raped in the fields when they went to do their ablutions. What have you been doing?

I don't know ..I am driving my own car.

Japanese have totally rebuilt their country. How long does it take? UK was devastated from German bombs. We rebuilt.

@Burma Bill I am driving my car and coming through O smach border crossing with Chong Chom.

Bill I am down there on July 31 for business banking with my Thai better half

Well said

You just don't see the bigger picture. I am very familiar with Cambodia for over 15/16 years.

No, I don't

Nonsense

Yeah, And what is George Bush worth or Vladimir Putin.

What a lot of nonsense, When were you there? I have just come back from there,.

Absolute rubbish, I am back from Phnom Penh two days ago. Bars were packed. Women young and beautiful. Far more bars than Bangkok. Street food, streets ahead of Thailand. Cambodia is thriving. I stayed Sun and Moon hotel at 40 GBP a night. Sauna, steam, infinity pool, happy hours, etc total class hotel Another poster mentioned in interest rates, I've been banking there 15 years, just obtained my new visa, it took me 24 hours. However, I am moving funds to the UK, who are now offering better rates at Nationwide Building society than any bank in Cambodia. No, I won't provide links, except for the hotel google it guys. They spoke impeccable English. https://www.agoda.com/sun-moon-urban-hotel/hotel/phnom-penh-kh.html?finalPriceView=1&isShowMobileAppPrice=false&cid=1919460&numberOfBedrooms=&familyMode=false&adults=2&children=0&rooms=1&maxRooms=0&checkIn=2024-07-31&isCalendarCallout=false&childAges=&numberOfGuest=0&missingChildAges=false&travellerType=1&showReviewSubmissionEntry=false&currencyCode=THB&isFreeOccSearch=false&tag=99779921-229e-403a-94d2-3b408e2076ed&los=3&searchrequestid=09e2e966-d876-4a13-ad5f-69559e52f1f5

Guys, Off this coming week, a quick overnight in Nana Plaza area and then Thursday evening I am flying off to cooler temperatures for a while, and looking forward to it, provided the tropical storms don't begin back end of this week in Bangkok. The heat up here has begun to grind me down. Anyway, for any Qatar frequent flyers, I am on the A380 on two legs of the flight in economy and the other two legs in business, so no problems there. I don't mind economy class on the big planes such as A380, well, I can live with it. A question has come up though, I have flown in the upstairs small cabin but a long time ago, so I cannot recall how we disembarked. These days, I usually opt for the lower deck front cabin near the stairs for business class, window seat in the first exit rows 40, in the 3-3-3 configuration. A tall cabin, heightwise, with great legroom and cosy feeling and atmosphere. These seats ensure you are lively off the plane. A few have gone online saying I would be better off going upstairs, into the smaller cabin, and seeking seat 30 in the 2-4-2 configuration, where they say there is a lot more room, and is near enough Premium economy standard. Views are mixed how quickly you disembark from the upstairs cabin, with some saying you follow business class and are off quickly, others say you must go down the rear staircase and it is a slow process. That would be important to me on the DOH-BKK leg of the flight, as I don't want a massive queue at Immigration with me at the back of it, because we arrive early afternoon. Have any Qatar frequent flyers done these seating arrangements I am referring to? If so, what are your views, please?

Mule accounts as some have stated are used by those that cannot explain sources of money, and play the ' smoke and mirrors ' game. The person whose name is on the account is left holding the baby if the authorities swoop. Unfortunately, due to poverty/greed etc, people are more than happy to use their ID cards to open accounts and hand over control to somebody else for 2000/3000 baht and obtain debit cards. Many years ago when the ' proxy ' was in vogue on Thai companies were used by foreigners to give the impression that Thais were involved in their hotels/land/property deals, they could go to an employee, give a 1000 baht, and get their copy ID, sign as a director and also sign an undated ' share transfer form ' so the foreigner could move it to another Thai, in case of any problems. The poorer Thais are selling their ID to be used for whatever and care little at the time and are more interested in getting their hands on some money.

I always give the wrong phone number by one digit, this forces them to email me, as I too get sick of 10/15 phone calls a day for people touting insurance, or your personal information has been sold online, and the vultures are trying to contact you for selling other services. There is nothing that can't be said in an email than can be said in a phone call. The only thing you avoid is pressure sales.

Too late for online now, well out of time.

Just done it at 62 years old and living in Thailand, meaning I would be out of home country for best part of a year. 660 Euros a month, No, thanks!

Yeah, They could move much nearer home and still escape the madness. What about Panama? Costa Rica? Puerto Rico? Chile?

I hope it does.

Agreed, And it's as simple as that. I recall instances years ago of young Thai men doing the deed with girls 15 years old, and then parents making a complaint and them being charged with a criminal offence and locked up. We don't need to go into the complexities of Thai laws on ages of consent, let's be honest, it is, on the face of it, what those in charge decide it is. We can go rambling on about certain establishments and payments and is it, or isn't it, prostitution and blah blah, and what is says in the law books. It is what the Cops decide it is, and they will be backed up by the prosecutor. Between 15-18, the boys or girls are still under the control of the parents. Many of these laws preceded the arrival of foreigners, open prostitution, go go bars etc, Yes, up here in the boonies, girls did and do, hook up with local boys and get together at 15 and 16 years old and even younger, and marry in village ceremonies. It's village life and Isaarn culture. Why do you think hookers in Pattaya always have kids, it's from previous deeds as kids in the villages and then the Thai male, as usual, does a bunk to worm out of any parental responsibilities, It's an age-old repetitive cycle. A court, if ever charges were brought, would certainly look at the differences in ages to form the basis of their decision, if it was a Foreigner/Thai relationship dispute. A girl at eighteen years of age can take up with who she wants, without parental consent, and there is very little, apart from pressure, that the Police or parents can do about it, not so, between the ages of 15-16 years. Finally, there are also many Thais in relationships where the man or woman has a substantial age gap with their partner, and it certainly isn't unique. It's a trade-off, one brings youth, the other brings money.

This is why the Pakistanis in the UK open shops side by side to each other, mainly empty, they are selling Indian Curry and KFC style takeaways, very few people buy from them, but they carry the air of respectability and are a ' front ' to launder their drug proceeds, which is by far, their prime source of revenue. The Police are well aware of it. I've been inside them, unfriendly guys with beards sat behind the counters playing with their I phone, surprised when somebody walks in and places an order.

Who gives a damn - except you, on your one-man crusade to bestow the virtues of Trumpism upon us. You really need to get out in the sunshine. Apart from a few fanatics like yourself, most on here give little regard to Trump, his lies, or his perverted sexual habits. Said before and say it again, out of 330 million people, this is your best candidate that you think should be the top representation of the USA on the world stage? You're running around and Googling to find quotes on Joe Biden, as though anybody here really cares much. I can picture you now sat at your little notebook, typing away and searching furiously to find something good about Trump. Sad, very sad.