Thank you I was starting to wonder why I bothered

I'm not a hater. I wished OP good luck in his life there.

However, I think he's still viewing things from the rose colored glasses of a tourist vacationing in country, and it does not reflect the true reality of living there day in and day out.

I know SE Asia relatively well, have traveled there on a number of occasions, my wife is from Malaysia... so I'm not just slinging bias around.

Cambodia is one of the more corrupt, crime-ridden countries in SE Asia, in part due to poverty, but also in part due to the entirely self-serving government, colonial oppression, war hangovers, etc.

He's exhibiting the classic symptoms of the "noble savage" bias, likely due to still being on what amounts to an extended vacation, and basking in the glow of his wife to be.

Given the option, I'm fairly certain his wife would prefer to move to England (preferably with family) rather than having him and his family permanently move to Cambodia. There's a reason why so many people are trying to get out of Cambodia, and so few people are trying to get in.

OP, you're in an exotic place, you met an exotic girl... enjoy it! But be realistic.

Ah the beautiful Cambodia where capitalism hasn't reached in yet but there are lots of 5 year old children for sale for your pedo pleasure and you can shoot a native there for 1000$ and won't even be charged with anything.

It's a beautiful country but what I just said is very true and while it may seem like a beautiful place could turn into a nightmare pretty soon. I wish you the best and i'm a bit jealous that your 900$/month are literally baller stuff

LOL I'm forty years old, have a degree in business and ran and owned a business with a £6 million turnover. Im not some delusional teenager, i think i know my own mind. But thanks for not being a hater.

OP, as you have lived in Thailand and Vietnam as well, could you give a more detailed comparison concerning people, lifestyle, cost of living etc.?

Yeah, you're right. No man has ever done anything slightly delusional, especially in their middling years, and especially not when guided by their penis.

There really should be a term for this. Hrm...

Like I said, enjoy yourself. Just also be realistic with yourself.

Yeah you know me so well because owning my own night club meant I never got any LOL!

erm... I think we both know that it doesn't matter how much you've gotten before. There's always more to be had

I don't see how owning a nightclub or what the turnover was is relevant to the discussion.

But yeah, I think I have a decent idea where you're coming from with that, and "• The people are lovely, not yet obliterated by western values or capitalism."

Good luck with that. I'm done, sorry for derailing your thread.

just to point out the obvious seems you started it!

kind of silly to start **** yourself then blame others...

I personally have never been to Cambodia ! But what from what I hear about the place people where giving you accurate descritpions of what it is really like . You seem to have an idealistic view of the situation there and other posters where just pointing that out with some sense of reality!

I have to wonder why you bothered in the first place, is everything alright at home? Marriage problems or something else deep down that YOu want to share

I am not pissed nor jealous i was just trying to open you tourist eyes and give you some first hand advice that you should take from somebody who spend all together way more time there then your few months or living...i chilled there months in a row for many years so take the advice or not thats totaly up to you but it seems its just all to new for you Gl for you and your Khmer wife as well.

I PM you in 2 weeks when i am in YOUR city maybe we can have a chat live...i hate newyear in Thailand so i always head that direction this time of the year.

Yeah, no westerner can live in Cambodia and have a good experience.

Pffff, check yourself OP.

Top way to go OP. I was going to start a thread asking why do the pros want to live in Vegas where the cost of living is so high when u can live in places like Cambodia, India etc and live like kings for a quarter of what it costs to live in Vegas.

There is a lot of british ex pats living the high life in India whilst being on a British pension. They have sevants, a driver waiting a the door waiting to drive them anywhere and live like kings.

Why not make ur money go further whilst living the luxury life.

lol... yeah, the projection is strong with this one.

Yes, you can live high on the hog in Cambodia... and you should enjoy your adventure there. You can also do that in Nicaragua or Guatemala or Honduras. All of which are reasonable comparable to Cambodia in many ways (crime, infrastructure, climate, corruption, and so on and so forth).

But there is a reason why more people are trying to leave these countries than enter them.

I just don't think you're being realistic, or even have the necessary time and experience in Cambodia to form an accurate opinion of what life is really like there.

Whatever, ignore what I wrote, I don't care. Good luck to ya.

Ummm, you mean to tell me that people didn't understand what he meant when he mentioned capitalism and western culture?

There so much inequality in the USA(among other countries) and these guys can't understand the beauty of a small country not yet totally overtaken by starbucks, coca cola and mcdonalds?

I actually can't believe this is coming out of POKER PLAYERS mouths as well!

These people clearly don't travel very often to remote places. If they do, they most likely did an all inclusive package. Try backpacking people.

we play because we hate being told what to do,
we play because we want the freedom to make our own decisions,
we play because we want our hard work and determination to better ourselves and families and not the owner of some ****ty corporation who most likely is on a yacht somewhere.
we play at Full Tilt Poker.com....come play for free

Either way OP I have a ton of respect for what you are doing, anyone who is strong enough to up and go to a more remote place and live a simpler life than we can here has all of my support.

I'd seriously consider joining, or at least doing like 6 months.