Fucking hell...Quote:The fact that dude has lived here for five years and never gone motorbike riding in the sticks on his own to me is laughable in itself. Please don't be that guy if you ever live abroad.
(07-29-2013 06:55 AM)Beyond Borders Wrote: Sorry to triple post, boys.
But people who live in a country forever and never get to know it drive me nuts. Met this cool English backpacker guy earlier tonight and then this other Englishman who's been living in Cambodia for 5 years showed up just as the bar was closing. I talked the newbie into getting a tuk tuk for a day and just driving as far as we could out of the city until we found somewhere to stop. Bit of an adventure.
He was totally on board, and even though I had reservations on committing to that type of drinking binge, it would have been a blast. We took the tuk tuk all the way to my room to pick up some money and then the guy who lives here proceeded to talk homeboy into believing that it's routine for poor people in the sticks to eat people out of sheer poverty.Fucking hell...
Trip got called off out of irrational fear and homeboy proceeded to try to start an argument with me about how he knows this place so much more than me - while I'm sitting there not even arguing back. He was getting pretty aggressive about it and I daresay I thought a couple times about knocking him out on sheer mannerisms alone, though he was a bit of a brute and I assure you it would have been some kind of challenge. That didn't concern me too much but it seemed like a ridiculously dumb thing to go to blows over.
So I wandered off and found a blowjob instead.
In any event, reminds me why I travel alone. Even if cannibilism were an issue here, which travel advisories imply it is certainly not, I'm pretty sure us three big boys could have handled ourselves in the big, bad countryside of Cambodia. At the least, folks would have had to kill us before they ate us, and at that point who really gives a shit?
In any event, he robbed mr one-month-in-asia of an eye-opening travel experience. Not too worried about it myself as I know I'll end up doing it on my own anyways, and it'll likely be more fun that way. Just leaves me shaking my head is all...
The fact that dude has lived here for five years and never gone motorbike riding in the sticks on his own to me is laughable in itself. Please don't be that guy if you ever live abroad.
(07-29-2013 02:17 PM)Neil Skywalker Wrote:(07-29-2013 06:55 AM)Beyond Borders Wrote: Sorry to triple post, boys.
But people who live in a country forever and never get to know it drive me nuts. Met this cool English backpacker guy earlier tonight and then this other Englishman who's been living in Cambodia for 5 years showed up just as the bar was closing. I talked the newbie into getting a tuk tuk for a day and just driving as far as we could out of the city until we found somewhere to stop. Bit of an adventure.
He was totally on board, and even though I had reservations on committing to that type of drinking binge, it would have been a blast. We took the tuk tuk all the way to my room to pick up some money and then the guy who lives here proceeded to talk homeboy into believing that it's routine for poor people in the sticks to eat people out of sheer poverty.Fucking hell...
Trip got called off out of irrational fear and homeboy proceeded to try to start an argument with me about how he knows this place so much more than me - while I'm sitting there not even arguing back. He was getting pretty aggressive about it and I daresay I thought a couple times about knocking him out on sheer mannerisms alone, though he was a bit of a brute and I assure you it would have been some kind of challenge. That didn't concern me too much but it seemed like a ridiculously dumb thing to go to blows over.
So I wandered off and found a blowjob instead.
In any event, reminds me why I travel alone. Even if cannibilism were an issue here, which travel advisories imply it is certainly not, I'm pretty sure us three big boys could have handled ourselves in the big, bad countryside of Cambodia. At the least, folks would have had to kill us before they ate us, and at that point who really gives a shit?
In any event, he robbed mr one-month-in-asia of an eye-opening travel experience. Not too worried about it myself as I know I'll end up doing it on my own anyways, and it'll likely be more fun that way. Just leaves me shaking my head is all...
The fact that dude has lived here for five years and never gone motorbike riding in the sticks on his own to me is laughable in itself. Please don't be that guy if you ever live abroad.
Cambodia attracts the worst expats/retirees in Asia. Junkies,dealers, bums,drunks, bitter old men, crazies and scam artists from all over the globe. Not generalizing here, there are some good ones too but are few and far between.
Great story but in the end I was a bit disappointing that you didn't just do the trip anyway. Seriously cannibals?
I don't think that except for the occasional serial killer weirdo, there are any cannibals around anymore, even in places like New Guinea or the Amazon. Maybe in hellpitts in Haiti or parts of Africa where there are some voodoo beliefs around.
I've been to the sticks in Cambodia and most other Asian countries.. I visited a girl's family in Battambang for about 4 days.
If you're still there, then stay out of the nightlife a few nights, get up early and get some real life experience under your belt. Highly recommended. Forget the tuk tuk. Hire a motorbike, get lost. Find a way home somehow, Have a beer at night and have a laugh about it.
(07-30-2013 01:41 AM)Fisto Wrote: Look at it his way, if he's that easily scared off then you got into something even a little hairy you wouldn't want him with you.
(07-31-2013 03:52 AM)Beyond Borders Wrote: All in all a fun night in the back alleys of Siem Reap.
Great story BB. (07-31-2013 04:38 AM)TravelHardcore Wrote:(07-31-2013 03:52 AM)Beyond Borders Wrote: All in all a fun night in the back alleys of Siem Reap.
That's a pretty good ROI for your taxi money!Great story BB.
I remember driving around in a Tuk Tuk in Siem Reap with my friend we met this girl. She ended up joining us, but it was 2 of us so she started calling her two sisters to come out. Not much later we're all playing pool. The girl (24), her younger sister (18), the older sister (28) and the older sister's weird boyfriend.
The older sister was visibly pregnant yet she was smoking like chimney and nearly out-drinking us... That's gonna be bright kid ;-)
Ended up taking the girl home and my friend the younger sister (who didn't speak a word of English). Sometimes just go with the flow and good stories will happen.

Quote:Sometimes just go with the flow and good stories will happen.
(08-01-2013 01:02 PM)DirectDanger Wrote: FYI: If anyone is thinking about hitting up Koh Samet you might want to change plans....
http://edition.cnn.com/2013/07/31/world/...?hpt=hp_t1
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/ju...ll-tourism
Quote:A PTT spokesman says that 70% of the oil has been dealt with. The remaining crude will be "90% clear by Friday or Sunday at the latest."
(08-01-2013 07:41 PM)Fisto Wrote: Just got this email:
"You have a huge body that even sometimes i don't feel comfy.. I feel secure. I can even sleep with that position. Aww. Please eat my toes..my face again.. sweaty slide on me.. make fun of how I say things.. say no even u mean yes just to tease me.. I miss you calling me booger and trying to stick your finger in my nose.. please imitate my facial expressions again.. wish you were here to do those irritating but loving things u do to me."
sigh......

