Hotels will have internet but it may not be stable enough to grind on. As for an apartment it depends how long you were coming for.

The border dispute is to the north away from any civilzation and i can't really
it coming to anything.

It's plenty, my 3g card is a fraction and will 12 table without a problem. You can't download a movie at the same time

Man that sounds awesome. I wish 1-2K off poker could let me live like a king.

I'm sure most Cambodians much prefer their grinding poverty to selfish material things like clean water and hot food that evil capitalist countries have.

how big's your roll? can u afford having some losing months?

sounds awesome... good for you!! how old are you?? dont think youve posted that already....

i lived in thailand for 6-9 months a few years ago - the visa thing was a problem - had to take a trip to the burmese border each time it ran out, wasnt fun and very time consuming...

i was helping to teach diving on koh tao though so the beach life made up for it!!

plenty of people are playing online poker in thailand from what ive heard though - but if cambodia is cheaper then should be worth a shot if anybodys interested!! (unfortunatley not for me though im too old for all of that these days!!)

lol tc

Cambodia? You should try living in Thailand in a sick house with tons of poker friends..

I been visiting the town for over 10 years have friends living there for years so i think i know a little about this city that i saw fastly growing from a village to a city and saw it change to the bad.

It still looks like paradise but not for the people who knew it from the old days.I do understand your new there so before you replie please do some homework.

Since the Russians building bridges from mainland to a tropic island(nice view) the city is not the same anymore its all i say,enjoy your stay and i keep it by an occasional weekend to there when i am in PP because like you say its very beatyfull there(depends what beach you go)

You mention you dont see addicts???? Are you just arrived this week?every motorbiketaxi ask you to buy something(anything)

I know the chickenfarm is almost whipped out but all those girls are addicts and basicly locked up,good some NGO's did fight this for years and thats the reason its almost closed down now.

As for coruption and or crime on tourists i wouldnt wana give food to the ones robbed(stolen) of there monney in geusthouses by the owners or girls or there rented bikes been suddenly stolen(by the owner ofcourse).

Its true this should be moved to the travel forum because i could go on and on.

About 3 years ago a friend of me is killed there by a local who worked for him(smashed his head just for nothing)
As i said before i spended alll toghether alot of time there so i do know what i say but you seems to know it better thats good for me.And i am sure in a short while you will see more and hear more.

The thing is i compare with the past(when you could only reach it by boat from Ko Kong and a drive from PP to there toke ages or by dirtroad from Ko Kong crossing the river few times by little boats where now they build bridges) And it changed for the bad thats all i say and thats what every of your friends who living there for a while will agree with.Its not so long ago that simply a car was not that comon and i am not speaking 10 years back then.Trafficlights and decent roads where non existing....i know the world change fast some places for the good some for the bad and snookyville did for the bad....thats my opinion and so do the people(friends) who still living there and do for many years do feel it,kind of funny you argue with somebody who have the connections and 1 st hand experiences of many many years.

1 thing we agree on is that there some damn nice beaches there.

P.S i forgot to say that since your new there that soon your first rainseason is coming did your friends warned you alredy how funny it is there then?


like you said it is a great place to visit "if you skip the rainseason"

my 1cent

shhhhhhhh, don't ruin the White Man's fantasy... he has found paradise amongst his "noble savages", unblemished by Western culture and capitalism. lolz.

I'm sure his opinion will... evolve... after actually spending more than a vacation in country.

Damn me why i made this huge post when so little words say it all and way better then i did.

love the french place on the way down to the beach there. was in cambodia 10 months ago.

Thanks for the condescending reply, I didn't really expect a pissing competition from an Asian vet when I posted. I just thought I'd open this up to the poker forum (maybe you should have instead)

taking your highlights in turn.

I've spent the previous 2 years in Thailand and Vietnam and guess what moto drivers offered me drugs there as well, I just say no.

I don't go to prostitutes or live in a guest house so I don't have the associated crime problems that yes do exist (but what no one has ever been robbed in Thailand). And yes you have to be carefully with your motorbike but this is easy advice (lock it or leave it) and rent from a westerner. I'm not a tourist I live here.

Im sorry to hear about your friend these random acts of violence occur everywhere in the world, they are just highlighted in developing countries.

Did a rainy season in Vietnam which I'm sure you know counts, but hey that’s what, poker, internet, movies and aeroplanes are for. Don't suppose you have done a British winter?

Maybe we should look at per capita figures rather than, my experience is greater than yours when we are both individuals and are only giving opinions not hard facts

Not sure why post has be met with such contempt. Never said it was paradise, said I was taking some time out from my own country and I happy to be enjoying it. And I'm not white either actually.

If anyone else actually wants to anything best PM me as it seems people here have way to much time on there hands.

don't worry about the douchebags OP, they always find something to hate about.

I knew a Cambodian guy who told me his uncle used to frequent Cambodia a lot. His uncle tells him, though he's a Cambodian himself,the locals can easily identify out of country folks and he's always looking out for pickpockets and robbers alike.

I know you feel as though you found an oasis for yourself but you should always be on the lookout. There are desperate and starving people out there and a white guy is a prime target.