One day, and the cool shit is already happening...

[Marty McFly]

I arrived in Bangkok early this morning, I was walking around and bored and this dude kept ushering me into an alley telling me he'd give me a free map. So I went with it and he walked me like a block over to the police stations. The whole time I thought I was going to get mugged or raped, but at that point I thought I was getting set up. Turns out he was an undercover cop who works for the Tourism Authority and it's his priority to make sure tourists have a good time and talk up Thailand.

He gave me a free map, fucking awesome advice, his mobile number and told me if I ever get in any trouble any where, ring him and he'll call the nearest cops and sort shit out. He showed us mugshots of lady boys and was trying to give us a crash course on how to tell them from the girls. He told us about one who stole 1,000,000 baht in one week. Pretty top guy. As we left the station we pulled up a tuk-tuk and he was like "No, 150 baht, best price", then the cop came storming out, yelled at the driver and flashed his badge, and suddenly the price was 90 baht. So we paid 30 baht each, to be driven around for 2 hours. We saw like 3 temples, I got a custom made tuxedo (Kashmir and Silk) at the same place high ranking officials get theirs made.

In about 2 hours he gets off work and he's taking us around Bangkok for a local's perspective. He said he's taking us to a massage parlor/brothel that is undeniably the best in Thailand. You need a membership card to get in. It's the play ground of the rich, politicians and he said even UN members go there. It will be fucking awesome, I'm only going to get a normal massage.

I also sat in an alley with this old lady eating fried bugs with her. Here's a tip: the ones that look like maggots taste like you'd think maggots would. Crickets are actually not too bad, taste like a shit version of pork crackling.

Fuuuuuuuuuck, today was awesome. One of our tuk tuk drivers had a passenger in the front, which is illegal, when we were stopped a cop walked up, punched the passenger and stole his deck of smokes. Fucking hilarious.

Peace out.

[Modern Life is Rubbish]

That's mad!

[AtrainV]

Have fun at Patapong. Don't trust any tuk tuk or taxi drivers who tell you that there's a really good deal on designer clothes or jewelry, it's the biggest scam in Bangkok. Check out Chatachak (jatajak?), it's a huge market where you can buy almost anything you could imagine for pretty low prices.

[supperrfreek]

Wow, Thailand is sounding pretty cool. I kinda wanna go before some fucker ruins it for everyone.

[crimsonsmoke]

I've never been, but it's the typical, clichéd place gap-year students go.

It's supposed to be wicked. Have fun Op.

Edit:

just thought I'd say FUCKING AWESOME READ OP!

Me and the Mrs. are going for a month in July/August. We're using your 'guide'; hope that's okay :)

[Marty McFly]

I got robbed buying H off this street dealer in an alley. It was strange. Because first he shows me his "china white" which I said I didn't trust since we'd just get stuff from South East Asia. So he said I could have a try before I bought, and if it was good, I had to buy it. So I got on his scooter and we rode into a tiny back street. I did a small line off his piece of shit, 20 year old moped and then asked him to drive me back to an internet cafe, that when it hit I'll come out and pay him. Well nothing happened and it was OBVIOUSLY fake. So I told him no dice, our deal is off. He lied to me.

So he went off and got some "brown sugar" H, which this time he reassured me was real, better, and still the same price. I said no, I don't want it, I don't trust him. Well he followed me from bar to bar (never coming in, he's banned at most), just pointing at me through the windows yelling at me how I tried his shit, didn't buy anything and now he has really good nice stuff and I was turning it down.

Well I found this awesome place so I just spent a lot of time there. He came back with like 3 friends and a bat and tapped on the window, so I went out and told him to leave me alone I don't want his shit. My friends wouldn't stop talking to hookers when there were perfectly hot westerners around, so I decided the night was shit and walked home.

On the way I got approached by him again, and threatened by him and his mates. He stole all the money in my wallet ($20USD), threw me my wallet and then threw me the bag of heroin. I completely dismissed it. Picking it up, putting it in my wallet and walking home. Just happy he didnt take my money belt which had close to half a grand + passport + credit card.

When I got home, I whipped out the powder, gave it a smell. It smelt real. So I wet a finger and dabbed it in, it tasted right as well. I pulled out some foil, lit it up, and baaaam.

Fucking decent shit. Totally blew me off my feet.

I'm not sure if this constitutes as being robbed....but, well, that shit doesn't normally happen. It was just so odd. He had me there, and my wallet, and his heroin. He didn't need to do what he did.

So strange, really.

Boring story, but pretty interesting when it happened to me. And while writing this, two tuktuk type food cards got into a crash next to the internet cafe, food went every where, some people ran over to help, little kids ran over and started looting all the shit.

I love this place.

[crimsonsmoke]

That wasn't exactly what I'd call a 'boring story' mate.

Still, now you know what to expect from these places and you didn't even get ripped off as far as I can see - I mean, at least you got something out of it, right?

Just be careful not to carry shit loads of cash with you - don't fucking carry half a grand or you deserve to get robbed; heck, if I was the robber I'd probably rape yo' dumb ass for being so stupid too.

Anyway, stay in groups if you can and you'll be fine.

[Dionysus]

Wow, sounds fucking great man. I was thinking of traveling to south east asia at some point myself but for some reason I am totally paranoid of getting busted for drugs and spending 20 years in jail or something. Then again you make to cops sound pretty cool.

[-SpectraL]

Pro Tip: The "eating fried bugs with her" set off an alarm.

[JREwing]

What sort of totsean goes all the way to Bangkok and doesn't even get a happy time massage?

[crimsonsmoke]

What sort of totsean goes all the way to Bangkok and doesn't even get a happy time massage?

"Sucky sucky, five dorra!"

[Cellophane_Man]

I wouldn't touch drugs in Thailand. Getting caught with them is one crime that you just can't bribe your way out of there, and that's despite the fact that the police are corrupt as hell. It's a crazy place, though. I can't wait to go back. Have fun and be careful.

[Marty McFly]

Just be careful not to carry shit loads of cash with you - don't fucking carry half a grand or you deserve to get robbed; heck, if I was the robber I'd probably rape yo' dumb ass for being so stupid too.

Well we have like 200 USD and around $300 worth of baht. We didnt get a chance to spend it in BKK, so we're forced to carry it. And it is WAY safer on us than in our room. Our room is FUCKED, so unsafe. We use THEIR padlocks for the doors. Last night, a group of 4 hookers fucking busted into the room (apparently, I was so baked I didn't wake up....but still), and tried to get the guys to come to the bar.

I'd like to split up all the valuable things I've got. Like I have 3 cameras and a laptop I can pawn if I get robbed, but if I left all that AND my money/passport/credit cards in my room I could lose it all.

I wouldn't touch drugs in Thailand. Getting caught with them is one crime that you just can't bribe your way out of there, and that's despite the fact that the police are corrupt as hell. It's a crazy place, though. I can't wait to go back. Have fun and be careful.

Well, there are cops that accept bribes. Not so much in BKK. I got told by the cop that Chang Mai has pretty dodgy cops. Same as the islands in the south. He tried to go to the fullmoon party off duty just to have fun, but he got asked for ID, and he made the mistake of showing his police ID. They then told him they don't want any trouble, and said he cant come in. They don't want cops there.

But also, while we were in the taxi, he told us about how he'd gone to the court case of some New Zealander, Peter or something. And because he had only enough for personal use, and no prior records, he agreed to not send him to jail, but he had to remain in Thailand for another 2 months.

Alternatively, you could just go to jail straight away. It can go either way.

Here in Cambodia, there is absolutely no worry about the police. Bars fucking have big signs saying "selling spliffs - $1", and cops ignore it.

[DJ Meaty Cheeks]

Get with lots of 8 year old slave-prostitutes yet?

[DreadedClaymore]

Crap this sounds awesome. One day I want to go somewhere like this, where there's less law and order. Have fun, whatever ends up happening. :D

[cotangent]

I would love to go to somewhere in Southeast Asia or the Middle East, but I'm so afraid I would get robbed and killed/kidnapped that I can't bring myself to do it. I know it may sound ignorant, but are third-world countries really as bad as they're made out to be? If I keep a low profile, mind my manners, and keep my eyes open, would I be able to go about my business without being bothered?

[Actor]

Can you buy anything good at the pharmacies there (no presciption)?

[Marty McFly]

I would love to go to somewhere in Southeast Asia or the Middle East, but I'm so afraid I would get robbed and killed/kidnapped that I can't bring myself to do it. I know it may sound ignorant, but are third-world countries really as bad as they're made out to be? If I keep a low profile, mind my manners, and keep my eyes open, would I be able to go about my business without being bothered?

Easily man. One of the main reasons I get hassled so much is because they can see signs of interest and weakness. I don't have weakness, but I definitely have interest. When I walk down a tiny side street with no lights, and a dude emerges, it usually goes like this:

Him: You want smoke?
Me: No thanks, we already have good skunk
Him: I have every thing, what do you want?
*My ears prick up, I turn to him with one eyebrow raised*
Me: Aaaaanything?
*adventure ensues*

So don't do that. Don't make eye contact, walk tall and with your head up. Learn how to say "No thank you" in their language, it makes the biggest difference. No issues man, a foreigner dying draws WAY too much attention. Just don't go around looking for little kids to fuck, big quantities of drugs (or any drugs at all in the case of any place that has 'tourist police' - that's just another name for 'police who will force you into giving a bribe')

Can you buy anything good at the pharmacies there (no presciption)?

Yes. At most pharmacies, benzos and some amphetamines are legal, if you can find the ones who are dodgy, ketamine and opiates are fair game as well.

[Ed Lister]

Awesome man. I love Thailand.

[Lulzar]

That sounds fucking awesome, brah. I would love to go to Southeast Asia.

[Marty McFly]

In about 1 hour I'm getting on a 250cc dirt bike (Baja xr 250) I hired and heading down towards the coast. My mates paid deposites, but realised today they're not insured (neither am I), so might be bailing. I figure, fuck that. I just need to be more careful and considering I've already ridden around Phnom Penh, where the traffic is a nightmare, I'll be fine. Will update.

[thendoftheline]

Kudos man! Sounds like the wild west!

[mr.blunt]

sounds fucking sick man:thumbsup:

[FON]

Posting in this thread for subscription....

And I am seriously thinking on going to southeast Asia early next year. In mind I have Nepal and some of Inida...THough I'm not exactly sure where. I'd like to visit the himalayas and the Ganges river so we'll see...

[BukkakeTsunami]

LoL @ forced drug deals

[Public Enemy]

Thanks for posting all this. I want to research and retire to a place like Thailand... someday.

Look forward to updates. :thumbsup:

[matt110]

*Subscribes*

[i poop in your cereal]

I'm planning on going to either Thailand or Cambodia by myself at some point before joining the army next year.

This sounds awesome.

[DeadLegend]

I'm only going to get a normal massage.

WTF?! WHY?

Id fuck me some hot ass indain bitches, with a rubber of course.

[Marty McFly]

NEW UPDATE

Being a negative ned:

We were told the motorbike ride from Phnom Penh to Sihanoukville would be 2 hours. So we allowed 4, for food, photos and piss stops. We left at 4pm and arrived some time after 1am. Moral of the story: Fucking NEVER believe a Cambodian's perception of either time or distance. Both my mates bikes broke down, one because he let it run out of petrol, the other because he left his light on. I rode like 15 minutes and managed to get a Fanta bottle of petrol and a rope to tow the other. I towed him for 8km to this tiny resort in the middle of no where, that wasn't even open for business yet, but they agreed to take us in.

Theeeen the food poisoning kicked in. I've been pissing out of my ass for the past 3 days. So fucking bad. My mate called it "Cambodian Belly" and said the majority of people who travel South East Asia get it food poisoning in Cambodia.

On our way from Sihanoukville to Kompot, we stopped for lunch at this roadside place, two cops pulled up moments later and started giving us 'the eye'. TThere was the skinny juinor and the fat senior with the whole 'mirrored aviators' thing going on. They both approached us and the fat dude started asking us HEAPS of questions that the skinny one would translate. Then the questions started having very subtle hints of homosexuallity in them. They took an interest in my friend, and slowly the subtlety in their questions disappeared. Fucking hilarious. Apparently white, fat guys are attractive to fat Cambodian police.

We accidentally trespassed on this private beach. I definitely heard Russian voices and music, plus there was HEAPS of hummers parked out front. An armed guard with an AK47 was the one who informed us we were trespassing. Total tosser.

A stoner gave us a map to a secret beach that you need a dirt bike to get to, white sand, crystal clear water, and totally desserted (...The Beach any one?). So we go down a highway, turn left at a statue of a rinocerous onto a side road, then once we were past a bridge and saw a giant 'temple gate' go down a side dirt road, then down a side track, which turns into a path...that goes past a monestary in the mountains (yeah, pretty fucking confusing, we took a wrong turn and ended up at the fucking Vietnamese border, and I'm talking a fucking "single lane, mud road, in the ass end of the Cambodian jungle" type border crossing. To find this beach took us like 6 hours). We get to this tiny village right on the shore. Really ancient (in ways - no electricity, yet some how they have tshirts with sponge bob square pants on them, or those slutty slogan tshirts). As we get off our bikes, all the villagers surround us and just start inspecting us. They'd reach out to touch our bikes or helmets and when we'd look at them their hands would dart back. One kid took a liking to my motorbike boots...he started kicking it to see how tough they were. I motioned to him that he can stomp on them. So he raises his foot and slams down hard, I pretend that it hurts so I lift up my leg and hold my toe like I just stubbed it, screaming "aaaahh". EVERY one in the village instantly jumped back a meter, shocked as fuck! (I wont lie, for a split second I thought I was fucked) When they realised I was joking, they pissed them selves laughing and welcomed us.
Probably the coolest part of the trip so far. Drugs are fucking awesome, so are the dirty, 24 hour aspects of Phnom Penh, but that village was so innocent. The kids were healthy...and strong! They didn't have that grubby cough you hear all kids in the cities have. We played with them for probably a good two to three hours or so. I let them wear my motorbike boots, which they loved. I also wrote their names in English in the sand and a shit heap of other cheesy shit. Everything was novel to them. I gave them each a piece of wriggleys gum. My god they got excited! Oh and on the topic of excited, when they saw them selves for the first time on a digital camera they almost exploded. It's like they were convulsing with excitement and laughter. The little girls liked us and would pinch us and try and get our attention. The boys would fight each other for our attention. Little tough cunts. You'd be talking to one of them, and some one would just RUN UP and SMACK him in the head. He'd drop, and then the kid who smacked him would take his place. Then the kid on the ground would get up, dust the sand off him, and carry on. But we saw where they got it from: One of the kids was obviously being told "No, don't get on their bike", but he kept trying to get on the bike. So the mum ran up and took a big swing at his head, but he ducked and ran off. So she picks up a fucking rock and throws it at him, scoring a sweet as 'on the move' hit. We just looked at each other like "this isn't our culture, it's not our place to intervene".

The other night we went to this really rich Cambodian club. We were the only westerners in there. Once inside, we insantly noticed the four giant pillars with four ARMED guards infront of them. Being rich, a lot of the kids there spoke English. We asked them about the random creepy guys sitting on the outskirts of the club, "Oh, they're just our body guards". So fucked. The music was gay as fuck, the kids were rich dorks, the drinks were THREE FUCKING DOLLARS and above all, the DJ said "Who?" when I said "The Prodigy". So we took that as our cue to leave. This really hot English speaking Cambodian tried the moves on me, but failed. They are really cheesy, like "80's American sitcom" cheesy.

The next day we went dirt biking, really really far out. Like...really far. Totally awesome. My mate dropped his bike and 'fucked up his leg' (smallest burn ever, and some bruising), so we just give him that he needs to get the sand out of his vagina because he always acts like a tough guy. Later that day we went back to this bar that is frequented by dirtbikers. When we told them about our 9 hour, 130km/h ride from Phnom Penh, the room went silent. Then they asked "at night?" -

"yeah?"
"was there 4 of you to start with?"
"No, just 3"
"...and youall made it?"
"yeah"
"Mate, do you know that roads' nick name?"
"no..?"
"Death Highway. Most of us locals have lost mates on that road, it's the most dangerous in Cambodia, and that's at day!"
"shiiiiit, well I guess we're just lucky!
*looks around* "a toast, to these boys, to still being alive!"

...and then we got free drinks :cool:. Like 5 minutes later, I saw these hot as western chicks (one short brunette and one tall blonde with short hair, both covered in amazing tattoos) that I swore I remembered from some where. I approached them and got chatting, they were proper chavs, real "we woz wolken down da street" type girls. It was novel to me, and cool. Turned out we were in the room next door to them in a city like 1,000km away. They were pretty keen to hook in, but I felt bad as I still like this girl from home which my friends gave me shit for.

This has all been what happened in one town: Kompot. It's pretty boring. VERY few westerners, really sufferes when it's low season, very little to do, etc. I apologize for the lack of excitement. This will change as I get back to the cities. When I return the bikes, I'll be going my seperate way to my mates. One is a total cock sucker who stays in his room 24/7 listening to Fantasy story audio books on his ipod. The other guy, who is totally fucking chill (really, one of the most chill people I've ever met) yet still hates my mate. I've only seen him angry twice, once when a fat fucking monkey attacked the shit out of him in the temples. The other time is my mate.

Thanks for posting all this. I want to research and retire to a place like Thailand... someday.

Look forward to updates. :thumbsup:

Do it, there are so many people doing it. Spoke to a 21 year old Aussie guy who has a degree (nothing to do with teaching) and teaches at a private school. He earns around $840 USD per month, spends $100 per month for half a kick ass appartment in the heart of the city with an entire rooftop to himself, $100 on bills, $50 on food, and the rest is to play with.

I'm planning on going to either Thailand or Cambodia by myself at some point before joining the army next year.

This sounds awesome.

Go to both, Siam Reap (Where Angkor Wat/Angkor Thom is) would only be an 8 hour, $5 bus trip from Bangkok. That's with several stops.

WTF?! WHY?

Id fuck me some hot ass indain bitches, with a rubber of course.

Eh, morals and a working sense of shame I guess.

[i poop in your cereal]

Go to both, Siam Reap (Where Angkor Wat/Angkor Thom is) would only be an 8 hour, $5 bus trip from Bangkok. That's with several stops.

I'll look into it.

Also, how did you work it out with visas and all?

[Marty McFly]

I'll look into it.

Also, how did you work it out with visas and all?

So freaking simple. Payed a dude $3 to have them organized before we got there. Cost like $40 all up. Valid for 3 months. So easy it's not even worth worrying about :).

[thendoftheline]

Dude.. I'm gonna track you down and.. I dunno.. if you don't post a massive photo thread when you get back! I'm really happy for you! This is some uncommonly awesome life experience!

[i poop in your cereal]

So freaking simple. Payed a dude $3 to have them organized before we got there. Cost like $40 all up. Valid for 3 months. So easy it's not even worth worrying about :).

Bleh...

As someone from Denmark I have to fill out a form and pay 50$ for a 60 day visa and all kinds of stupid bureaucratic bullshit.

[BlackWoland]

lol where would be a good place be to get a suit tailored in bangkok?

[Marty McFly]

lol where would be a good place be to get a suit tailored in bangkok?

James Fashion right near the royal palace. That's where I got my suit. The royal family gets their clothes made there as well, as well as all the army/police ceremonial clothes.

You're looking at $320 for a 5 piece tuxedo in the best kashmere and silk, $280 in lower quality materials, and a shit load less if you just want a business suit. But my god is it sexy.

[imawolfrawr]

OP it sounds like that "tourist cop" is gonna scam the fuck out of you. People aren't that friendly unless they are getting something out of it.

[Marty McFly]

NEW UPDATE

The street we're staying on in snook is renowned for drugs, hookers and sleaziness. I like it :) I managed to get the strongest heroin I've ever had for $30. It was strong, really really REALLY fucking strong.

There's this really dark and run down road that joins to ours and I was walking down it nodding like fuck on H when this really fucking happy and twitchy kid approached me on a moto and offered me a bag of skunk. Really nice weed, really full bag, maybe 10 grams for $15. He kept asking me to come back to his house and have some "eye" for free (Asians have trouble saying ice). I told him not today, but I will tomorrow. The next day my mate got some heroin and wanted to shoot up for the first time, I'd seen it done many times, so I did it for him. He was just lying on his bed, moaning in ecstacy for ages, so I went for a walk. From over the road I could hear some one shouting "my friend, my friend". I look over and it's happy boy and his friend. I find out their names are Mr Joe Joe and Bong Bong (lolrite?). I wake up my friend and tell him we're going on an an adventure and we get on my moto and go to their house. It was this dingy shack on a serious side street. I'm talking two motorbikes couldn't pass on these 'streets'. We ended up smoking ice for around 7 hours with the guys, while this vietnamese guy called Po (who was as skinny as a skeleton) just slept next to us. At one point he woke up and offered to give us tattoos. He showes us his tattoo that he'd done him self, which I couldnt even make it, it was such a piece of shit. His tattoo gun looked like it was 80 years old and had a bunch of wires attached to a motorbike batterry. We learnt their life stories, how they run a local Siamese Fighting fish ring. Twice a day they have fights and the whole neighbourhood places bets. I learnt "Nim nam" which means "Not enough, I want more" to which they were shocked how much ice first time westerners could smoke.

They asked me if I could draw, I kind of shrugged my shoulders and was like "kinda I suppose", so the older guy asked if I could draw an eagle eating a snake on his back for Po to tattoo, which I said yes to, but then they ate the valiums I gave them and slept for well over 30 hours. Fucking mental cunts.

I also had $100 USD stolen from under my mattress in my room. Fucking shit as.

Not the best update, but the next one involves I kid you not, the most beautiful girl I have ever (or most people will ever) have the grace of touching (Danish, tall as a model, thin, great tits, tanned, beautiful face, long blonde hair, really free spirited, etc). The only reason I had a chance was because a guy she had been with earlier was being really forceful with her, and every one was scared to say anything about it. But I spoke broken German with her infront of him and devised a plan to save her which involved us getting on my motorbike (http://www.suzukimagic.com.au/Suzuki_OffroadBikes_files/DR-Z125Black.jpg) and running away from his 'motorbike' (http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_fl4GqRfOC9Q/R1aRurulb_I/AAAAAAAAAEI/gtCqzfxSF5A/s400/Moped.jpg) which was the most anti climatic get away ever, granted he did follow us....

To be continued.

[Uber_Apples]

Enjoyed reading all of this *subscribes*

[Lman1578]

Enjoyed reading all of this *subscribes*

agreed. Very awesome man, i enjoyed the read

[BlackWoland]

bangkok sounds pretty intense

[BlackWoland]

James Fashion right near the royal palace. That's where I got my suit. The royal family gets their clothes made there as well, as well as all the army/police ceremonial clothes.

You're looking at $320 for a 5 piece tuxedo in the best kashmere and silk, $280 in lower quality materials, and a shit load less if you just want a business suit. But my god is it sexy.

nice

[AtrainV]

Honestly, it sounds like you got ripped off by the Thai Exchange scam.

I'm not saying that those aren't good prices for the US, but in Thailand you should be able to get much better prices than that.

[AtrainV]

http://www.bangkokscams.com/scams-in-bangkok/james-fashion-taylor-scam.html

[whocares123]

any pics to go with all of this?

[Marty McFly]

http://www.bangkokscams.com/scams-in-bangkok/james-fashion-taylor-scam.html

A lot of that is true, but it's true about ALL tailors in Bangkok. The tourist police dude told us over dinner that the tuktuk drivers get a free petrol voucher for bringing any one to a tailor place, and a commission if the person buys something. Those people handing out fliers on Kaoh San road in Bangkok get commission as well, it's how it works. All the salesmen at tailors are seedy Burmese/Indian/Nepali/Paki, etc looking people. They have smiles that are far too big, their beards are perfectly trimmed, they compliment you way too much and on top of that they are annoying as fuck. But that doesn't change the fact that Jame's Fashion makes the best fucking suits in all of Thailand. I have my tuxedo, I have put it on. People who were like "you're a fucking idiot for buying one" or "Why buy a tuxedo, you'll never use it" started saying "I'm tempted to buy one" and "you've changed my mind" when they saw me in it. I'll take a photo and show you how fucking awesome the tuxedo is.

This town is awesome (Sihanouk...but if you try and say it like that they will stare at you blankly call it Snook - random fact of the day for you), but the fact that $100USD was stolen from under my mattress has prompted me to go back to Phnom Penh.

OP it sounds like that "tourist cop" is gonna scam the fuck out of you. People aren't that friendly unless they are getting something out of it.

No man. This guy was legit. Their job is to give Thailand a good name. They showed us where to get 30c boats that would save us $10 on tuk tuks. Temples that cost 60c to enter. He paid for our taxi. LOTS of people have tried to scam us, some have, and some failed badly. But that's why they say you learn life skills when you travel. It's um...a little saddening at times when you know no one wants to be your friend unless there's $$$ involves. You have to weed out the fuckers.

any pics to go with all of this?

Not as many as I'd like, but there are a fair fucking few. It's just that Asian internet is INCREDIBLY slow at uploading. Every upload so far has failed. So....yeah, sorry guys.

Any way...one night we met these rich tourist Cambodian girls girls at this place called Utopia, which is a filthy scummy club, the type of place you'd love. These gay dudes kept dancing on the bar and showing us their nipples and fingering us to come over. We're up for talking to any one. So we went over, and they started hitting on us. Their English was perfect, and they were total queens, like that skinny white faggot from Will and Grace. Funny guys though, really got along with them. Any way, we explained that we like women, women and women only, so they introduced us to their friends. I got the hotter one, even though my friend usually has the better luck. Her name was Sara and she was mint, but (you'll all call me a faggot, I know), I just wasn't feeling it. She had NO sense of humor, no comprehension of sarcasm and we just didn't get a long. In the end, I told her I'm not interested in her at all, not even the slightest, she cried and said she'd really liked me. She then started to take this as a challenge so she tried even harder, which I didn't respond well to because when she asked me why I wasn't touching her I told her I didn't find her attractive. I drove her home and went to bed and my mate fucked her friend.

The next day I introduced Sara to my friend, the fat nerdy one who's socially awkward with women. Well three days later...he ended up walking in and gloating to me...yes, that's right, gloating to ME that he fucked her. Full knowing that I turned her down. The funniest thing is that it took him a full 3 days of buying her dinner, taking her out, etc. She was buying ME drinks and I could have had her naked and moaning in around 40 minutes flat. This angered me, so now we've checked out are going different ways. He got my hand me downs, but he didn't do it gracefully, so...fuck the fatty. He has bigger tits than her, and I'm not even joking.

*I'm pretty tired, but if you guys want the rest of the story with the Danes, let me know*

Peace, Marty.

Oh, one more random fact: Bring a FAT ass tub of sunscreen when you get here. Only the extremely rich 'white' Cambodians and tourists use it, so it's expensive. I'm talking a tiny bottle will cost you more than a HUGE meal or a decent room. So yeah...

[Marty McFly]

Honestly, it sounds like you got ripped off by the Thai Exchange scam.

I'm not saying that those aren't good prices for the US, but in Thailand you should be able to get much better prices than that.

What are you talking about?

[Nostalgia]

Yeah I wanna hear the rest of that story, as well as any others.

[matt110]

Do tell that story about the Danes when you get time.

[Mr. White]

*subscribes* I really love the stories dude

[thendoftheline]

Do tell that story about the Danes when you get time.

^This!

[Marty McFly]

Not the best update, but the next one involves I kid you not, the most beautiful girl I have ever (or most people will ever) have the grace of touching (Danish, tall as a model, thin, great tits, tanned, beautiful face, long blonde hair, really free spirited, etc). The only reason I had a chance was because a guy she had been with earlier was being really forceful with her, and every one was scared to say anything about it. But I spoke broken German with her infront of him and devised a plan to save her which involved us getting on my motorbike (http://www.suzukimagic.com.au/Suzuki_OffroadBikes_files/DR-Z125Black.jpg) and running away from his 'motorbike' (http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_fl4GqRfOC9Q/R1aRurulb_I/AAAAAAAAAEI/gtCqzfxSF5A/s400/Moped.jpg) which was the most anti climatic get away ever, granted he did follow us....

To be continued.

*On far too much valium and smoked way too much, add in no spell checker and it means you're going to get an illiterate prick*

....continuation of the Danes. So the girls were staying one room across from ours and that guy who was being forceful drove her from the club back to our guest house. I went in her room with her and we decided we'd just run out, get on my bike and fuck off. As we try the dude grabs her by the wrist and asks her where she's going and she tells him honestly she doesnt want him any more, she wants to go away with me. So the the dude starts getting really pissy and I was far too wasted to fight a seedy Cambodian so I screamed "dude stop trying to fucking steal my watch". Instantly one of the Guest house's guards ran up and evicted him while me, my friend and the two Danes got away. We sped off at around 130km/h down this busy Beach Road to get to this rave called Chivas Shack. It's usually got like 5-10 western guys, 1-4 western girls a few Cambodian dudes and like 25 prostitutes/lady boys/full blown queens (although in high season there are heaps of western girls). It's DIRECTLY next to the beach with a massive bon fire, fire spinners, crazy shit man. Any way, the tall blonde Dane tells me she sees him coming down the road so she tells me to run into the ocean with her right away. I didn't give it a second thought. Top came off, and bam...I'm in the warm Cambodian ocean with a soaking wet Danish girl. Now....for ages I was getting closer and closer to kiss her, but she was always just that little bit too far. We talked, swam, touched a little, but nothing serious. Failure.

I got out of the water and talked to her friend and said ""she's really hot and sweet, but not interested, I've been trying to kiss her and she's been shutting me down, I might go for some one else" but then she protested and said her friend likes me but is obliviously shy. We kept drinking, dancing and swimming till the sun came up, then we got vodka, more orange juice and went back to their room. I took a few valiums and an oxycontin and we were all lying on one bed just touching each other. Me and the blonde passed out for a bit while my mate kissed the Brunette (which he was not happy about, he didnt like her much. He wanted to spit roast the blonde). The blonde woke up and said we should have a big breakfast but we told them we weren't hungry. They said they were paying so we went out and they ordered the biggest breakfast you could: eggs, bacon, sausage, beans, toast, mushrooms....you get the gist - a fucking awesome breakfast! Well yeah, I passed out during breakfast and woke up to my mate Rob saying "The girls slid the money for the breakfast under the plate, but I felt something wasn't right so I asked the staff if they got they money, they said no, so I asked what room the breakfast was charged to and it was ours. They also said there was no money under the plate". I just fucking hulked out...went totally ape shit. I got up, ran after them burst into their room and said they are fucking scum, worse than the Cambodian prostitutes -travellers who steal from fucking travellers- , then I went to bed and passed our with Justice blaring. My mate Rob went back and talked to them and when he got back said what I'd said really really got to them, the blonde was in near tears and handed my friend the money for breakfast so shamefully. He said, in some fucked up, drunked, drugged up stupor, it really could have been a mistake on their behalf.

They really wanted to travel with us, they were so much fun and I blew it. So we decided "fuck it....they told us to drop by if we're ever in their area so lets just pack up and leave today. We rode a good 5 hours and we're now staying at their guest house yet to see them. I'm either going to get shut the fuck down, or for all I know this might all get sorted out.

Oh I also bought a BB gun to fuck up some monkey. Annoying fucks. But yeah....the Danes. "If it's too good to be true, it is".

[BlackWoland]

you should totally bring me back a suit man

[thendoftheline]

Cool, but I was kind of hoping you got some :p Keep the crazy flowing, but have it safe bro!

[Cliche Guevara]

So lets say I'm not the toughest looking guy, infact i look down right really friendly. Am I going to get mugged?

[Marty McFly]

you should totally bring me back a suit man

I can go to a tailor, find out the exact measurements he needs, how to get them, etc, then you measure your self, send me your measurements and he'll make you a suite. Then I'd send it to you. I can get a basic business suit for $150. That's shirt, jacket and pants (I can probably get a free tie as well). My mate got 3 custom made shirts for $45. Either way, I wont be in Bangkok for a while, but when I am....be sure to ask.

Cool, but I was kind of hoping you got some :p Keep the crazy flowing, but have it safe bro!

So was I. But my temper and lack of patience got the better of me. I talked to the tall blonds' friend last night and she told me to go apologize to her friend, instead I took drugs and went out *shame*. But just so I can make things clear, this girl is 1000 times out of my league, 99.5% of the Earth's male population would bust a nut when they saw her. So...I haven't raised my hopes too much.

So lets say I'm not the toughest looking guy, infact i look down right really friendly. Am I going to get mugged?

No, your friendliness will take you places. I'm skinny, I don't look tough, I have no trouble. If you're over 5"10, weigh more than 70kg, you're a giant here. No muggings for you...

[BlackWoland]

[QUOTE=Marty McFly;1193930]I can go to a tailor, find out the exact measurements he needs, how to get them, etc, then you measure your self, send me your measurements and he'll make you a suite. Then I'd send it to you. I can get a basic business suit for $150. That's shirt, jacket and pants (I can probably get a free tie as well). My mate got 3 custom made shirts for $45. Either way, I wont be in Bangkok for a while, but when I am....be sure to ask.


thanks man, um but when are you going to bangkok?

[ChinaCat]

hahahahaha

when are you going to bangkok.

When are you going to bang cock!

[thendoftheline]

So was I. But my temper and lack of patience got the better of me. I talked to the tall blonds' friend last night and she told me to go apologize to her friend, instead I took drugs and went out *shame*. But just so I can make things clear, this girl is 1000 times out of my league, 99.5% of the Earth's male population would bust a nut when they saw her. So...I haven't raised my hopes too much.

Just because you think she's way out of your league doesn't mean she wont fuck you. Pride be damned dude. Who cares about breakfast.. that's over. Go fuck her man! Somebody has to, and I'm just too far away ;).

[Protos]

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[Machine Messiah]

*Subscribes*

Enjoyed reading all of this *subscribes*

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There is a button to subscribe to threads under "thread tools." It's next to the hot topics bar and above the first post of the page.

Edit: Subsequent posters can say *Subscribes* all you wish. I really don't take any personal offence to it and I was just trying to help out a bit. BTW Good read OP
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[Femme Fatale]

*subscribes*

Awesome read, was really fun to read, keep updating with more stories please! :D

[Metafire]

Goddamn, this is gold. *Says *subscribes* just to piss Honeybbq off.*

[unstableasatable]

So...I haven't raised my hopes too much.

No, your friendliness will take you places. I'm skinny, I don't look tough, I have no trouble. If you're over 5"10, weigh more than 70kg, you're a giant here. No muggings for you...

1. if your the only westerner about shes gunna need filling p at some point.
2. and if your are 5.10 and weight 69.2kg?

[Marty McFly]

thanks man, um but when are you going to bangkok?

Mid to late december.

1. if your the only westerner about shes gunna need filling p at some point.
2. and if your are 5.10 and weight 69.2kg?

1.My travel buddy is, I would say, better looking and has that "English Charm" so he should have been far more in. Just as there are many better looking guys ariybd

2.No way. 5"10 and at the start of the trip I weighed 65kg which I think wil decrease to 60kg by the end.

I have new stories to update but I am so absolutely fucking fucked right now. This post took well over 1/2 hour. They will come soon.

[Marty McFly]

Really good update coming in the next day or so. It involves me being offered $1,000 USD to train for 1 month and fight a televised Khmer boxing (Pradal serey) match. I don't fight, but I said yes any way. I need to go over the details with the people who run it in the next day or two. But rough idea is: the government gives you a grand to either win or lose. They offer it to westerners and give them a little training to basically ensure they put on a decent fight, but definitely lose. I think it's like an "empowering the people" thing, Cambodians watching their dudes always win. Y'dig? So if I do this, I will get the fucking shit kicked out of me. I watched a match, and god fucking damn, I think it's like Muay Thai but on steroids. So yeah....this was kind of a bump, but stay tuned! :)

*edit*

A new boxer will earn US$25 per fight. More experienced boxers (with more than a dozen fights) earn up to $75. "Brand name" fighters will earn over $100 a fight. Special purse fights will pay up to $250 with the purse contributed by a corporate sponsor. "International" tournaments, organised by the broadcasters, will pay individual purses of up to $1000, sometimes higher.

From wiki. Sooooo.....*fingers crossed*

[Marty McFly]

My new way of life, which is working REALLY well for me is simple: Do as much illegal shit as you want providing there is no victim, do what ever you want as long as no one has to suffer the consequences of your actions - then add to this the idea of "Fuck it, why not?" and get your self in every situation you can.

Try it people, next time you think "this is probably not the best idea...no" just go with it. How ever, there are a few voices in your head, we all have them. One nags and says "that's dangerous, don't do it you might get hurt or he might scam you for a few bucks...memememe bla bla bla" - ignore this one, he's a loser and he holds people back. It's the one that says "Martin, no. Do not do this. This is a bad bad situation and you know it" - this is the one to listen to. That serious inner voice. It sounds stern and it usually is a very good compass to the right situation.

Peace.

[zombo.com]

wow dude. just wow.

[MrNatowski]

In before Bel Aire

[uncutdiamond]

One of our tuk tuk drivers had a passenger in the front, which is illegal, when we were stopped a cop walked up, punched the passenger and stole his deck of smokes.

The dude and the cop probably knew eachother.

On the way I got approached by him again, and threatened by him and his mates.

vv Only one of these if true ^^

He gave me a free map, fucking awesome advice, his mobile number and told me if I ever get in any trouble any where, ring him and he'll call the nearest cops and sort shit out

Well, there are cops that accept bribes.
They all accept bribes. ALL of them. It is even in most of the television shows.

Easily man. One of the main reasons I get hassled so much is because they can see signs of interest and weakness.

Because you look and act like a tourist A.K.A. walking ATM.

I've been pissing out of my ass for the past 3 days.

Been there man that sucks, crush some(tsp) charcoal and put it in some water.

I learnt "Nim nam"

นิ่มนิ่ม - more like smooth or: as smooth as water

No man. This guy was legit. Their job is to give Thailand a good name.

The tourist police are not here to give thailand a good name, nor are they here to help tourists, they are the police who deal with the foreigners.


$50 on food

1600B seems way less than plausable more like 3000 IF you only eat Thai food.

Your experiences seem pretty average and it seems like you exaggerated a lot of the facts. I can vouch for some of the stuff that you say but mostly you seem to misunderstand or see and hear what you want to see and hear rather than the truth.
All that aside THAILAND IS TEH BOMBZ!!!!! I have been here for a couple of years and man will you see some funky shit and if you choose to learn the language it is like... Playing quake with godmode

[rabbitweed]

Cool thread dude, I totally want to go to Cambodia and fight asians, that'd be awesome.

Questions; that drug pusher that hassled you, was he carrying anything apart from a bat? do people walk around with knives there? TBH I'd have been tempted to throw him through a window or something, but if it'd get me killed I'd just run lol.

Man, thailand looks sweet. Plus, I love the move "the beach".

[Tunicate]

Not that I'd be doing a bunch of heroin or meth but... I've been avoiding going to bangkok for years and this has prompted me to consider it. I'm still scared as shit... but I want to go to the night market and get a huge fake stone :p

[Marty McFly]

The dude and the cop probably knew eachother.

I think he knew the driver, not the passenger, it was far to crazy to be the norm

vv Only one of these if true ^^

Mate, I am at the lakeside in Phnom Penh, you tell people this and they go "ahhwww no, bad place". It's fucking shady man, the whole area is little alleys that lead to guest houses on this filthy fucking lake. There is one corner with around 10 drug dealers on it, that's if you don't include the surrounding tuktuk drivers who will get drugs for you as well. They FORCED me to buy from them!


They all accept bribes. ALL of them. It is even in most of the television shows.

Yeah, just some have higher prices than others, I know this. I offered Wichow and Mon a cut of the insurance scam....the thing that seemed to put me off was them saying it's okay. So lately I've gotten stoned and contemplated that night, and it's possible they will just entrap me into doing insurance fraud then ask for the biggest fucking bribe ever....hmm? Weed paranoia but also a good idea.

Because you look and act like a tourist A.K.A. walking ATM.

You always look like a tourist if you're white. ALWAYS. I know expats who have issues after 20 years. There are different level of tourist you can look. I have a singlet riddled with holes (shot it with an ak47), dirty shorts and thongs. I don't stare around lost, I don't make eye contact, I say no thanks in their language. I do alright. I can get trips across city and back for 75c. I'm not saying I'm awesome, because I'm not, but it's a very real learning curve that I'm really doing well with. Two girls were shocked when I told them I'd only been here three weeks, they thought I was a local because "you just seem so natural and at home" - granted, I was running a bar for the night! I'd been chatting with the owner all night, chucked on some good music (electro), got customers to come, got the owner so stoned he went upstairs to bed and left the bar to me. I was just like :confused::confused::confused: "but what evs, I can do this".

Been there man that sucks, crush some(tsp) charcoal and put it in some water.

I think it may be worse, parasites. Been on meds, going to the hospital tomorrow, but I will try your charcoal first.

นิ่มนิ่ม - more like smooth or: as smooth as water

This is Thai, yes? Because they told me in Cambodian slang it means "not enough", unless I'm wrong, because both definitely make sense. That bong we smoked the ice from was smoooooooth as water :)


The tourist police are not here to give thailand a good name, nor are they here to help tourists, they are the police who deal with the foreigners.

Meh....it was an aight night

1600B seems way less than plausable more like 3000 IF you only eat Thai food.

Cambodia not Thailand. Riel not Baht 4000 vs 30 to buy a dollar, a lil' different, Cambodia is like Thailand on steroids, BUT I do have to say I make this observation based on both their capitals Bangkok vs Phnom Penh

Your experiences seem pretty average and it seems like you exaggerated a lot of the facts. I can vouch for some of the stuff that you say but mostly you seem to misunderstand or see and hear what you want to see and hear rather than the truth.
All that aside THAILAND IS TEH BOMBZ!!!!! I have been here for a couple of years and man will you see some funky shit and if you choose to learn the language it is like... Playing quake with godmode

No exaggerating man. I have had some really insane experiences. If I exaggerated, that story with the Danes would have ended differently. But yeah...please point out some things you think I exaggerated on (I'm a little offended)



Cool thread dude, I totally want to go to Cambodia and fight asians, that'd be awesome.

Questions; that drug pusher that hassled you, was he carrying anything apart from a bat? do people walk around with knives there? TBH I'd have been tempted to throw him through a window or something, but if it'd get me killed I'd just run lol.

Man, thailand looks sweet. Plus, I love the move "the beach".

A prostitute told me he carries a knife and has stabbed some one. He was probably the ugliest seediest looking dude I've met so far, really bad first choice to get heroin. Right now I got this really cool dude who gets me twice as much for half the price. I tought him how to buy oxycontin and sell it to Americans because they will eat that shit up like there's no tomorrow. That asside, I could have smashed the fuck out of him, Asians concentrate on technique not strength, I've fucked around with them, and my frail but muscular frame ABSOLUTELY destroys them. They are like children to me. Like I said on Facebook though, it's their elbows that worry me, even a kid's elbow would fucking own, so a grown Cambodian's would devestate.

The Beach is a wicked movie, but that beach was destroyed after the movie. I've been told it's really polluted now because SO many people go there.

Not that I'd be doing a bunch of heroin or meth but... I've been avoiding going to bangkok for years and this has prompted me to consider it. I'm still scared as shit... but I want to go to the night market and get a huge fake stone :p

Fuck Bangkok. Go to Cambodia, really. It's so god damn good here, the drug laws are SO fucking lax compared to Thailand as well. Bars sell joins, street vendors sell joints, the cops sell the ice and heroin, it's awesome.

And about going: just fucking go. Now. Travel with me and my mate, we'd look after you, but I'd urge you to go alone and learn to look after your self.

Either way, I'm off to get a massage from a blind person (god damn they give good massages....plus it's a good cause). Oh and the reason I'm on the net so much is I'm kinda settling a little, less travel more integrating.

I had dinner with some Cambodians and the shit I ate repulsed me: Cows lip, dog and cow fetus. Dog is tasty till you get to these realllly badly textured bits.

Just do it people, I deferred from uni, sold my bike, sold all my possessions, quit my well paying job and left. No regrets, and you wont either. Then maybe we can meet up and have a Angkor beer or if you lean that way, we'll smoke some China White ;)

[Euda]

That sounds like one hell of a good time. :thumbsup:

[rabbitweed]

Just do it people, I deferred from uni, sold my bike, sold all my possessions, quit my well paying job and left. No regrets, and you wont either. Then maybe we can meet up and have a Angkor beer or if you lean that way, we'll smoke some China White ;)

I think I'll do it after my degree.

[Marty McFly]

We accidentally trespassed on this private beach. I definitely heard Russian voices and music, plus there was HEAPS of hummers parked out front. An armed guard with an AK47 was the one who informed us we were trespassing. Total tosser.

Small but interesting fact, I found out the place is run and owned by the Russian mafia. As well as the guest house in Sihanoukville called "Snake House". They have a huge snake farm out back that acts both as a tourist attraction and as a place that produces the only King Cobra anti venom (as well as MANY other anti venoms) in Cambodia, which they give out for free to bite victims. Not such tossers after all.

Consider this a shameless bump. Today I'm giving an English lesson to 5 kids for 2000 riel each (50 cents), I have no fucking idea what to do, so I think I'll google "how to teach English" - right right? I got told I can charge up to $8 each, per hour, and a friend can find me clientele, but that helps the rich stay rich and the poor stay poor so fuck that shit. Kids LOVE talking to you, just to practice their English. Shit, every one likes to practice. In this country the better your English, the more money you earn - no joke. It's fucked up.

[FON]

Fook yeah...I know some dudes who went to a bar in malaysia where its centered around a big fighting ring. Anybody can fight and if you win you get free booze...Saw some footage of the fighters and it looked like good times so long as you don't come up against some huge motherfucker.

Also...Been planning to go Bangkok, Cambodia, Vietnam and then make my way to Nepal sometime early next year. This thread is getting me pumped :D

[BlackWoland]

so how's the pot over there in thailand?

[Marty McFly]

lso...Been planning to go Bangkok, Cambodia, Vietnam and then make my way to Nepal sometime early next year. This thread is getting me pumped :D

I'm in Nepal from Jan 10th till May, if you want to meet up or something, let me know.

[Yggdrasil]

I'm in Nepal from Jan 10th till May, if you want to meet up or something, let me know.

This is all so thrilling! Can't imagine someone living it up so well :( I think you'd enjoy yourself in Colombia if you ever visited, too, though if I'm not mistaken your travel plans are already set out, no? If so, where will you be traveling?

[Marty McFly]

This is all so thrilling! Can't imagine someone living it up so well :( I think you'd enjoy yourself in Colombia if you ever visited, too, though if I'm not mistaken your travel plans are already set out, no? If so, where will you be traveling?

Nothing but my flights are set. I think I might stay here another 3 weeks and see if I can fight, if not I will train any way. Today I have a class of 5 kids and if it goes well I will do it daily and with more children. So Cambodia for now, then Laos for high season, then some dirt biking in Northern Thailand, then head down towards the new years fullmoon party at Koh Phanang. Then 10 days of what ever, then Nepal. One month teaching English with monks at an orphanage, then a one month trek into the Himalayas (if I can get a cheap enough sherpa), I didn't plan things through properly because my visa will run out and I'll have to leave Nepal and go to India for a bit....so I'll chill in Northern India. After that I fly back to Bangkok and go to Paris where I will work on a farm and do landscaping and try to regain my physique (I'm already wasting away), then I will attempt to join the French Foreign Legion, if that fails, I will go to London (or maybe Germany since I can speak it) and work in pubs to save money to travel the rest of Europe...

*stops and takes a breath*

These are my plans for now, things constantly change as you meet people and hear of new ideas. But yeah... :) feeling like you might be catching the travel bug?

[Machine Messiah]

then I will attempt to join the French Foreign Legion


Haha, I'm flying up to Paris tomorrow and thinking about joining up. If i meet anyone from Australia there a couple of months from now (That is where you hail from right?) I'll be sure to ask them how Thailand was :thumbsup:

[i poop in your cereal]

How is it down there money wise?

I know it's dirt cheap, but chuck some figures at me. How much do you live for on a day-to-day basis?

[jono]

Hey this is fucking awesome man it sounds even cooler than i thought. When I finish my teaching degree (3 and a half years grr) i wanna teach english in SE asia probably Thailand. I have a question though...How do you get the drugs? coz here i just know people who can hook me up but over there I am worried i will just get robbed or worse arrested or killed. Do you just say yes when randoms in alleys offer you drugs?

[Marty McFly]

Haha, I'm flying up to Paris tomorrow and thinking about joining up. If i meet anyone from Australia there a couple of months from now (That is where you hail from right?) I'll be sure to ask them how Thailand was :thumbsup:

yeah man, Melb. Try and join. Google cervens, then look at the forum, all you need to know if you're realistically considering it.

How is it down there money wise?

I know it's dirt cheap, but chuck some figures at me. How much do you live for on a day-to-day basis?

Figures? Well take into consideration I'm new here and only starting to really get into the swing of things.

4000r = 1usd (well that's what the people trade at, real conversion rates are 4200 = 1usd - and a lot of people make a heap of money off that little exchange rate)

3000r for a moto ride to somewhere in town.
4000r for a beer at a western bar.
4500r for a bottle of coke and bowl of soup in the country
10,000r for a big jug of beer if you don't know the city
6,000r for a big jug if you drink where they drink.
between $2.50 - $6 for a restaurant standard meal, western food being the higher end of the spectrum.
$5 for a 2 bed room with fan and bathroom right on the lakeside. (can get cheaper).
2,000r for a can of coke
$11 for 24 cans of beer
3000r for 1 hour of internet at a net cafe
Roadside food vendors are usually 1000r per item (like little meat sticks, sugar cane juice, sausages, etc).

Yaba (really bad ice) pills are between $2 and $8. The $2 burn black, the $8 burn clear like ice.
I've been getting nice bags of H for $15
I can get around 7g of GOOD weed for $15, or 7g of bad weed for around $3. Nice big prerolled trumpet joints are around $1 at bars



This is Cambodia and I actually found Thailand cheaper for getting wasted (drugs excluded), 7/11's sell 750ml beers for 25 baht, and that's like 80c AU, so like 75c USD. SO you're always just walking into sev levs and getting big ass bottles of beer.

Hey this is fucking awesome man it sounds even cooler than i thought. When I finish my teaching degree (3 and a half years grr) i wanna teach english in SE asia probably Thailand. I have a question though...How do you get the drugs? coz here i just know people who can hook me up but over there I am worried i will just get robbed or worse arrested or killed. Do you just say yes when randoms in alleys offer you drugs?

Uhhhh, a bit of luck. I met a guy who I buy from every 2 days or so, so he looks after me. He usually has 3 bags with slightly different amounts in them and has different prices for all of them. Then I just barter non stop till I get the biggest bag at the price of the smallest bag. Takes me like 20 mins and is actually pretty complex (not to mention fun), but I like this dude because he's not dodge at all. Ha[[y young dude who just makes a living slinging H in the tourist district.

[Marty McFly]

Doctor said I have dysentery, going to hospital, might not post for a few days.

[thendoftheline]

Good luck with that!:eek:

[Mr. White]

Ive just finished year 12, and over the past few months I have started to dream about saving up enough to go on a holiday, or just have an overseas adventure. Your stories are pretty sick and made me realise how much I would love travelling around asia. Except Im also interested in going to states like korea and japan I guess, and I would be plugging a bit less heroin than you, though I wanna try that too someday lol.

I know you've answered questions about security etc, but what do you do about making sure you dont get completely fucked over? The main issue keeping me back from making any plans is the thought that I could get robbed in an alley and the contents of my money belt stolen or maybe my hotel room gets broken in to or some shit, and then not being able to get it back or the problem solved because I dont know the system etc.

what about water? Im guessing from you suffering from dysentery that you havn't been drinking the best water or eating the safest food. Do you boil water before drinking it or anything?
My dad has been to vietnam and china and stuff but he mainly told me about the poorer parts of vietnam where he lived with a family there and it was normal for them to sleep on the floor on mats and shit in the local lake, sitting on a log.

shit i had more questions but I forgot

[uncutdiamond]

Didn't realise the dude was living in cambodia. MY BAD

[jimany]

Doctor said I have dysentery, going to hospital, might not post for a few days.

I can't be the only one who laughed reminiscing about oregon trail.

[i poop in your cereal]

Doctor said I have dysentery, going to hospital, might not post for a few days.

Dysentery (formerly known as flux or the bloody flux) is an inflammatory disorder of the intestine, especially of the colon, that results in severe diarrhoea containing mucus and/or blood in the feces. If left untreated, dysentery can be fatal.

Neat.

[Marty McFly]

Doctor said I have dysentery, going to hospital, might not post for a few days.

*UPDATE*

I opened an insurance claim with my insurance company and they were like "dysentery? eeep" (basically costs a fair bit to treat $200 per day for the bed) so they told me to go to a better clinic for a second opinion, so I went to the best in the city: Naga Clinic (A French hospital), cost me $50USD for a short consultation. $50USD might not sound like a lot, but in a third world country it's 1/6th of the average persons yearly wage. Any way, the lady told me to take these 3 different medications for like a week, drink ONLY black tea and eat only toast. She worked in Africa for 3 decades, so I trust her. Her diagnosis was some severe intestinal infection, but not dysentery. I am happy!

Good luck with that!:eek:

Thank you :)

Ive just finished year 12, and over the past few months I have started to dream about saving up enough to go on a holiday, or just have an overseas adventure. Your stories are pretty sick and made me realise how much I would love travelling around asia. Except Im also interested in going to states like korea and japan I guess, and I would be plugging a bit less heroin than you, though I wanna try that too someday lol.

I know you've answered questions about security etc, but what do you do about making sure you dont get completely fucked over? The main issue keeping me back from making any plans is the thought that I could get robbed in an alley and the contents of my money belt stolen or maybe my hotel room gets broken in to or some shit, and then not being able to get it back or the problem solved because I dont know the system etc.

what about water? Im guessing from you suffering from dysentery that you havn't been drinking the best water or eating the safest food. Do you boil water before drinking it or anything?
My dad has been to vietnam and china and stuff but he mainly told me about the poorer parts of vietnam where he lived with a family there and it was normal for them to sleep on the floor on mats and shit in the local lake, sitting on a log.

shit i had more questions but I forgot

I just dont worry man. I withdraw around $400 at a time and keep most of it hidden through out my stuff and usually carry no more than $40 on me. I have a DSLR, point and shoot, video camera, laptop and ipod. I just really don't care if I get robbed. Less weight, insurance monies and....well, it's not the end of the world. Last night, I thought I was getting robbed and really freaked out because I'd withdrawn money for the hospital. Told this dude "my mouth smell, I drink too much tea, you moto me to place I buy chewy?" Well he buzzed me off down a alley then this one way tiny unlit alley and I was like "DUDE STOP, let me off NOW, and fucking ran back". Turns out "chewy" (what we aussies call chewing gum) sounds really similar to their word for "smoke", so he was just driving me to his weed dealer to get me some weed, but I thought the cunt was driving me to an ambush.

About the water, I drink ONLY bottled water, soft drink, fruit shakes or alcohol. Bottled water should cost you 50c for like 1L-1.5L.

Didn't realise the dude was living in cambodia. MY BAD

Oh well, your post was still really informative, thanks regardless.

I can't be the only one who laughed reminiscing about oregon trail.

My friends laughed when I crapped my self. YES, I crapped my self, for ever, you, zoklet, have this on me. I tried to fart and shat.

Neat.

Not neat :( , I'm not hardcore enough for dysentery.

Today I am going to the killing fields, been putting it off since it's profiting off of something really horrible, and all the veterans out front, the beggars with 1 or 2 limbs, burnt faces, Grey eyes, huge chunks of flesh missing, they get none of this cash. But I see it as visiting Auschwitz or something....it will be evil, and saddening. I have been told there is a pile of 9,000 skulls there. One...single...pile.

I will give a proper update tonight. Still pretty fucking happy I don't have dysentery. One bit of advice: when you go abroad, and something goes wrong, get the best medical treatment you can. It helps.

[Machine Messiah]

I have been told there is a pile of 9,000 skulls there. One...single...pile.

Haha I've been there. There is a large box of skulls that I always regretted not taking a smiling thumbs up picture in front of. Don't make the same mistake. :thumbsup:

[BlackWoland]

hey so uh you shoul totally bring me back a double breasted pinstripe suit jacket!

[unstableasatable]

on the safe clean water case, the old 'china traders' (settles to hongkong) would only drink tea, either hot or gone cold.

boiling is a marvalous way but time+enery = nuscience

especially pirates, and soilder, use to add a 'tot' or portion of whishkey or rum into their water the kill of all the nasties.(you may have heard of pirate's 'grog')

in medevil england, ale or beers were drunk in place of water to make sure what they drunk was safe. (ended up with kings drunk most the time)

now days, you can buy a water purification pumps, pills and what not,
(for some info http://www.princeton.edu/~oa/manual/water.shtml ) but may be a hassle for you to buy and order as can be expensive

or just drink their raw water and let your stomach yet used to the disaeses and shit (not reccomened)

you may no all this stuff, but if i helped im glad i did.
last tip is if you eating from an unrealiable/untrustworthy food place just order cooked veg and only fruits you can peel yourself

edit: http://www.surplusandoutdoors.com/shop/army-surplus-uk/army-miscellaneous/web-tex-surviva-pure-survival-550442.html
a straw you can put into any old water source and drink and it will purify (up to 1600L), if you can get you may get cheap, also easy to use and light and small and inexpensive to travel with

[Mr. White]

Marty Mcfly, how old are you? where do you come from in vic roughly?

[cockspank]

The Killing fields are fucked up.

Been there meself

[Nostalgia]

Marty Mcfly, how old are you? where do you come from in vic roughly?

What's up with me being the only guy from Vic on here who doesn't live in the city :hrmph:

[matt110]

What's up with me being the only guy from Vic on here who doesn't live in the city :hrmph:

I don't live in the city.

[Marty McFly]

on the safe clean water case, the old 'china traders' (settles to hongkong) would only drink tea, either hot or gone cold.

boiling is a marvalous way but time+enery = nuscience

especially pirates, and soilder, use to add a 'tot' or portion of whishkey or rum into their water the kill of all the nasties.(you may have heard of pirate's 'grog')

in medevil england, ale or beers were drunk in place of water to make sure what they drunk was safe. (ended up with kings drunk most the time)

now days, you can buy a water purification pumps, pills and what not,
(for some info http://www.princeton.edu/~oa/manual/water.shtml ) but may be a hassle for you to buy and order as can be expensive

or just drink their raw water and let your stomach yet used to the disaeses and shit (not reccomened)

you may no all this stuff, but if i helped im glad i did.
last tip is if you eating from an unrealiable/untrustworthy food place just order cooked veg and only fruits you can peel yourself

a straw you can put into any old water source and drink and it will purify (up to 1600L), if you can get you may get cheap, also easy to use and light and small and inexpensive to travel with

Yeah, I got told a lot of this. Didn't know about a bit of whiskey to water. But the doctor told me to stop drinking beer and move to spirits (great doctor, eh?) She also said don't eat any roadside food that you didn't just see them fry the shit out of.

Marty Mcfly, how old are you? where do you come from in vic roughly?

22, Melbourne outer suburbs.

The Killing fields are fucked up.

Been there meself

Yes, my close friend and tuk tuk driver took me to them and gave us a free tour, showed us shit NONE of the other people were seeing (he's a veteran). He actually mocked the tour guides, to their faces, saying they know it from books, while veterans who know it from experience could have their jobs. Then I was reading a sign and saw a from start hanging down from a corrigated iron roof. I was like "Fuck one of it's legs are long!" then I realized it was a fucking snake holding on to it's leg. Highlight of my day. I grabbed the snake, it slithered away. Then we played with the frog for a bit and I kicked it onto a footpath and the snake came FLYING out of the bushes, grabbed the frog, and slithered away. Then a Cambodian came over and I told him there was a snake in the bushes, so he just blindly puts his hands into the bushes reaching around for it, then shrugs when he doesn't come up with it and walks away. Crazy....crazy people. Yes, massive tangent. Saw so much that day....and sadly, the snake and frog incident will stand out more than seeing the killing fields and S21 (the schools they turned into prisons and places of torture).

What's up with me being the only guy from Vic on here who doesn't live in the city :hrmph:

Used to live in Latrobe, if that counts for anything.

[Nostalgia]

I don't live in the city.


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Used to live in Latrobe, if that counts for anything.

Latrobe Valley? As in Taralgon?

[Marty McFly]

Latrobe Valley? As in Taralgon?

Kinda more like Churchill. 5,000 people, but I worked in Traralgon.

*NEW UPDATE SINCE I'VE BEEN A LAZY FUCK FOR AAAAGES*

Disclaimer: If I already told you guys some of this, it means I was super fucked at the time.

Soooo where to begin? It all starts with a simple trip to the mall to buy a BB gun.

The Danes told us which guest house they were staying at while we were on good terms and told us to visit. After shit went sour, we went there any way and tried to chance it. It took us a good half day of riding to get from Sihanoukville to Phnom Penh, but it was a smooth ride this time. When we got there we realised the hostel they stay at is like....a safe haven. A place that shelters you from the outside world. We realised this the SECOND we entered and every one was in one room watching a chick flick. We asked around and it's where all the charity volunteers get placed. Full on guards, really proper, not grimy at all, we hated it from day one. We found the Danes and got SHOT the fuck down. The next morning we packed our shit and said we're going back to the lake front district (think...drugs, hookers and bars :) awesome, right?). Now, having a day bag on your back wont get you hassled, but your big bags, that means you're definitely in need of a tuktuk and they will swarm you like seagulls swarm a chip you've thrown. I looked through the crowd to a guy in the back, just chilling in his tuktuk and told him to drop us off at lakeside then take me to the mall to buy a BB gun.

When we got to the mall, I told him I'd be like 10 minutes, well like 4 hours later, I came back and he was pissed. Rightfully so. But I didn't care, he was a prick earlier. On our way back to the hostel he took his helmet off to spit this big green thing, then turned around and asked my name, I told him Martin. He started to laugh hysterically, I remember the tuktuk swerving and thinking he's going to lose control. I was like "OI...MAN...what's so funny? like...get a hold of your self" - "He told me his name was Martin too (Mah Tin)" - and from that point on, he loved me. The next day we asked him to drive us to some bars, but we invited him in to every one. We bought him drinks and got him drunk, he told us he had a good feeling about us and that tomorrow we could meet his family. And...like promised at 9am there was a knock on the door. He came in and jumped on our beds like a kid, telling us to wake up. He took us to the market to buy his family beef (Cambodian tradition, doesn't matter who invited who, if you are more rich, you pay), and I offered to buy a slab of beer. He always talked so proudly about his house that he'd built, the craftsmanship of the wood, everything. So I was expecting him to be quite well off (his English was perfect and he was well educated). So when he took us to "down town", over the tracks, where some roads are flooded with sewerage and you use bricks people have placed as stepping stones through the cesspool, I was a little shocked but it was refreshing - this was the real fucking deal here. We get to his house and it's basic. Very very basic. But we all sit on the floor and eat around a butane cooker. It was one of the best meals I've ever had. Just getting pissed into the late hours, eating good food. Cambodian women have the DIRTIEST sense of humor ever. They'd joke about us being too "horse for doggie style" which we thought was :eek: but all the men lold. Lots of photos were taken of this night which will for ever stand in my memory. Mah Tin told us the next day his tiny village was coming to town for the 3 day boat race ceremony and that we were welcome to come and hang out with the teams.

The day started out the same, Mah Tin waking us up bright and early, us cursing at him, him laughing. We brought along a girl this day, trying to share the experience. We got to the riverside and it was intense, HUNDREDS of teams, between 30 and 80 men per team, support crews, etc. Little carnivals with 30 year roller coasters and things (read: death traps). The drinking started straight away. 1500 riel for a 350ml bottle of spirits. So that's like...37c US. Yeeeaaaaaaah...... things got a little messy. We partied all day, we started kick boxing (part of the reason we got the kick boxing offers), we got on the microphones and chanted the name of their village (which they fucking adored us for) for the WHOLE river to hear. We did back flips off their boat into the incredibly strong current of the river, we just hada fucking great time. At one point, the girl said "I want to go home" - and I knew why, it was too "Cambodian" for her. No one spoke English, we just sat around and fucked around. People would tell us to repeat things, obviously vulgar things, and then they'd laugh. They'd dare us to go up to girls and say things and the girls would go bright red and look at us adoringly - we'd ask "What did I just say" and Mah Tin told me "I would marry you", then I'd be like Fuuuuuuuuuuuuck and punch the dude, then we'd get in a wrestle, drink some more rice wine and continue. It was...it was just a fucking amazing day. I don't think words give it justice:

Sitting in a circle of guys and girls, getting smashed, watching the fireworks, eating obscure foods that no one could tell you what it was. THAT my friends, is Cambodia. And another thing, at this point, we hadn't paid Mah Tin a cent. Which leads us to the next day: It was now ritual, Mah Tin was our alarm clock, today, we would go have breakfast with his family then watch the races. But I bought a slab of beer, they all got smashed, and we just watched it on the TV, but later that night, he showed us places to get $1.25 jugs of beer. We sensed he was a little upset but he wouldn't tell us what was wrong. We thought we'd done something to offend him. We asked him how much we owed him and he always said "lets not talk about money, I don't like it, and any way, in the end it's up to you". This day, was not a happy day, because Mah Tin became our friend. He took us to the races again and we got smashed on rice wine again (night time), me and my friend donated 40,000 riel each to the team, which meant a fucking good and harty meal for their last day of races, they loved us for it. The old men gave me some incense and told me to pray for good fortune while they look over me. I can't explain why, but rice wine + praying brought me to tears, I realized: I wont see me family for at least another 2 years, my nephew, he will have forgotten me, maybe even both of them. Tears streamed from my eyes, and all the men around didn't make a peep, none of them. Some of them walked over and embraced me, Mah Tin gave me a kiss on the cheek (Another Cambodian custom). I explained to Mah Tin why I was sad, and he relayed it to the rest, they all nodded wisely, especially when I said I'd miss my mother.

I don't find what I've done lately to be exciting, there were MUCH more 'exciting' things, but they didn't make an impact on me. These events did, Mah Tin did. Him telling us about the Cambodian war, and how his education put him in charge of A LOT of men....I can't remember the exact amount, but something around 170. He told me how not many of his men came back, and how it only took 10 Khmer Rouge to fight his entire group. They'd make it seem like there was 50, hit and run, always. How they lived in constant fear, fighting their brothers. He asked his commanding officer for 2 weeks leave, went home and asked his grandfather to join the monkhood. When his CO realized he hadn't come back he traveled to his village to track him down and punish him for deserting, but when he realized he was now a monk, he apologized profusely, bowed, and left. It shames him to this day, but he thinks it's the only reason he's still alive. He really is a great man.

Our alarm clock went off *BOOM BOOM BOOM* "Martin...Rob, you lazy white people, get up" - "eeuuuugghhhhhhh ooookaaay, we'll meet you downstairs in 20". We got up and talked, we'd both felt his distance to us lately and his slight...well, sadness. We thought about it and realized it had been days and we still hadn't paid him a cent, we deliberated on how much to pay him for some time, then we decided, "$5 each, per day? we would have never seen the things we saw with out him, right?" We didn't know if this would offend him or not, but we would give it a try. We walked out of our room and called down to him off the balcony where he was chatting with the other tuktuk drivers. We told him we had some money for him, so he walked up a stairwell to the balcony that had an iron gate that was locked, but we could still hand him the money through it. We gave him $40, for 4 days. We handed it to him, cringing, asking "is this okay?", he looked down at the money and literally went "WOO HOOO!!" grabbed on to the iron and started swinging back and forth in pure happiness. Really REALLY happy, which made us SO happy. Later, we realized we'd given him a months wage in 4 days, but he was worth it, actually, he was worth more. He was a guide, tuktuk driver, translator, motorbike (dirt biking) guide, everything. On that note, I'm ringing him tonight and taking him to the kick boxing and taking him out for dinner - fucking lovely man. Not enough of them in the world. A testament to why we loved him so much: When we went swimming he said "give me your stuff, don't get it wet" - we handed him two wallets, two money belts, two bags with a DSLR camera in each one and an ipod touch. The night I was drunk on rice wine, he looked after my wallet. He was a trustworthy, good man. And I think I've said enough about him.

Now onto the other problem: My heroin habit. It got out of hand. I didn't even see it happening. First I paid $30 for a bag, then $25 for one, then $20, then I'd get two for $30, and then two for $25, then my last purchase was two for $20....I just thought I was 'building a relationship'. No. The dude knew I was getting hooked. I skyped the girl I love back home and she was like "babe....you look like shit" - then later that day Rob who is a little more subtle was talking to me about "Well, mate....the uh...physical, uh....repercussions of...like, you know, the appearance side effects". I took a long hard look in the mirror and realised what they'd meant. I went from looking like a lightly golden surfer/traveler, to a ghostly eyed pale skinned addict. I stopped, cold turkey, right then. Fucking fuck. The last 3 days have been hell. I think I've gone through 400mg of valium (can you say trading one addiction for another?), but I am dope sick as a mother fucker. The sweats, the coughs, sneezing, constantly runny nose, cramps, I have the biggest cold sore on my lip I've ever had (I feel like a lepper). Really, Heroin is fucking awesome, but moderation is key (an obvious but easily forgettable point here people).

So right now....I'm in an internet cafe looking like a feral child. Fighting off a heroin addiction. This has put a halt on my "adventures" for some time...but coming off heroin addiction, in a Cambodian guest house has been in it's self a serious learning experience. Same as my judge of character, it has greatly improved. The photos I have...and the videos...are, well, wow. But they wont come for quite some time as it would cost me an arm and a leg to upload. If any one feels like linking me to a wifi hacker, I would be inclined to leave it on all night uploading. Till then, peace out people.

Oh....oh...also forgot, I got a tuxedo made in Bangkok and dragged it all the way to Cambodia just so I could fire an AK47 in it. Was it as fulfilling as I thought it would be? Yes.

Yes it fucking was.

*edit*

One last tip, learn the language - instead of saying "no thanks" I say "No, sorry my friend" in their language and that's that, end of discussion. No thanks gets you hassled for a while.

[i poop in your cereal]

Sounds fucking awesome.

Also, how bad is the heat/humidity?

[Mr. White]

Kinda more like Churchill. 5,000 people, but I worked in Traralgon.

*NEW UPDATE SINCE I'VE BEEN A LAZY FUCK FOR AAAAGES*

Disclaimer: If I already told you guys some of this, it means I was super fucked at the time.

Soooo where to begin? It all starts with a simple trip to the mall to buy a BB gun.

The Danes told us which guest house they were staying at while we were on good terms and told us to visit. After shit went sour, we went there any way and tried to chance it. It took us a good half day of riding to get from Sihanoukville to Phnom Penh, but it was a smooth ride this time. When we got there we realised the hostel they stay at is like....a safe haven. A place that shelters you from the outside world. We realised this the SECOND we entered and every one was in one room watching a chick flick. We asked around and it's where all the charity volunteers get placed. Full on guards, really proper, not grimy at all, we hated it from day one. We found the Danes and got SHOT the fuck down. The next morning we packed our shit and said we're going back to the lake front district (think...drugs, hookers and bars :) awesome, right?). Now, having a day bag on your back wont get you hassled, but your big bags, that means you're definitely in need of a tuktuk and they will swarm you like seagulls swarm a chip you've thrown. I looked through the crowd to a guy in the back, just chilling in his tuktuk and told him to drop us off at lakeside then take me to the mall to buy a BB gun.

When we got to the mall, I told him I'd be like 10 minutes, well like 4 hours later, I came back and he was pissed. Rightfully so. But I didn't care, he was a prick earlier. On our way back to the hostel he took his helmet off to spit this big green thing, then turned around and asked my name, I told him Martin. He started to laugh hysterically, I remember the tuktuk swerving and thinking he's going to lose control. I was like "OI...MAN...what's so funny? like...get a hold of your self" - "He told me his name was Martin too (Mah Tin)" - and from that point on, he loved me. The next day we asked him to drive us to some bars, but we invited him in to every one. We bought him drinks and got him drunk, he told us he had a good feeling about us and that tomorrow we could meet his family. And...like promised at 9am there was a knock on the door. He came in and jumped on our beds like a kid, telling us to wake up. He took us to the market to buy his family beef (Cambodian tradition, doesn't matter who invited who, if you are more rich, you pay), and I offered to buy a slab of beer. He always talked so proudly about his house that he'd built, the craftsmanship of the wood, everything. So I was expecting him to be quite well off (his English was perfect and he was well educated). So when he took us to "down town", over the tracks, where some roads are flooded with sewerage and you use bricks people have placed as stepping stones through the cesspool, I was a little shocked but it was refreshing - this was the real fucking deal here. We get to his house and it's basic. Very very basic. But we all sit on the floor and eat around a butane cooker. It was one of the best meals I've ever had. Just getting pissed into the late hours, eating good food. Cambodian women have the DIRTIEST sense of humor ever. They'd joke about us being too "horse for doggie style" which we thought was :eek: but all the men lold. Lots of photos were taken of this night which will for ever stand in my memory. Mah Tin told us the next day his tiny village was coming to town for the 3 day boat race ceremony and that we were welcome to come and hang out with the teams.

The day started out the same, Mah Tin waking us up bright and early, us cursing at him, him laughing. We brought along a girl this day, trying to share the experience. We got to the riverside and it was intense, HUNDREDS of teams, between 30 and 80 men per team, support crews, etc. Little carnivals with 30 year roller coasters and things (read: death traps). The drinking started straight away. 1500 riel for a 350ml bottle of spirits. So that's like...37c US. Yeeeaaaaaaah...... things got a little messy. We partied all day, we started kick boxing (part of the reason we got the kick boxing offers), we got on the microphones and chanted the name of their village (which they fucking adored us for) for the WHOLE river to hear. We did back flips off their boat into the incredibly strong current of the river, we just hada fucking great time. At one point, the girl said "I want to go home" - and I knew why, it was too "Cambodian" for her. No one spoke English, we just sat around and fucked around. People would tell us to repeat things, obviously vulgar things, and then they'd laugh. They'd dare us to go up to girls and say things and the girls would go bright red and look at us adoringly - we'd ask "What did I just say" and Mah Tin told me "I would marry you", then I'd be like Fuuuuuuuuuuuuck and punch the dude, then we'd get in a wrestle, drink some more rice wine and continue. It was...it was just a fucking amazing day. I don't think words give it justice:

Sitting in a circle of guys and girls, getting smashed, watching the fireworks, eating obscure foods that no one could tell you what it was. THAT my friends, is Cambodia. And another thing, at this point, we hadn't paid Mah Tin a cent. Which leads us to the next day: It was now ritual, Mah Tin was our alarm clock, today, we would go have breakfast with his family then watch the races. But I bought a slab of beer, they all got smashed, and we just watched it on the TV, but later that night, he showed us places to get $1.25 jugs of beer. We sensed he was a little upset but he wouldn't tell us what was wrong. We thought we'd done something to offend him. We asked him how much we owed him and he always said "lets not talk about money, I don't like it, and any way, in the end it's up to you". This day, was not a happy day, because Mah Tin became our friend. He took us to the races again and we got smashed on rice wine again (night time), me and my friend donated 40,000 riel each to the team, which meant a fucking good and harty meal for their last day of races, they loved us for it. The old men gave me some incense and told me to pray for good fortune while they look over me. I can't explain why, but rice wine + praying brought me to tears, I realized: I wont see me family for at least another 2 years, my nephew, he will have forgotten me, maybe even both of them. Tears streamed from my eyes, and all the men around didn't make a peep, none of them. Some of them walked over and embraced me, Mah Tin gave me a kiss on the cheek (Another Cambodian custom). I explained to Mah Tin why I was sad, and he relayed it to the rest, they all nodded wisely, especially when I said I'd miss my mother.

I don't find what I've done lately to be exciting, there were MUCH more 'exciting' things, but they didn't make an impact on me. These events did, Mah Tin did. Him telling us about the Cambodian war, and how his education put him in charge of A LOT of men....I can't remember the exact amount, but something around 170. He told me how not many of his men came back, and how it only took 10 Khmer Rouge to fight his entire group. They'd make it seem like there was 50, hit and run, always. How they lived in constant fear, fighting their brothers. He asked his commanding officer for 2 weeks leave, went home and asked his grandfather to join the monkhood. When his CO realized he hadn't come back he traveled to his village to track him down and punish him for deserting, but when he realized he was now a monk, he apologized profusely, bowed, and left. It shames him to this day, but he thinks it's the only reason he's still alive. He really is a great man.

Our alarm clock went off *BOOM BOOM BOOM* "Martin...Rob, you lazy white people, get up" - "eeuuuugghhhhhhh ooookaaay, we'll meet you downstairs in 20". We got up and talked, we'd both felt his distance to us lately and his slight...well, sadness. We thought about it and realized it had been days and we still hadn't paid him a cent, we deliberated on how much to pay him for some time, then we decided, "$5 each, per day? we would have never seen the things we saw with out him, right?" We didn't know if this would offend him or not, but we would give it a try. We walked out of our room and called down to him off the balcony where he was chatting with the other tuktuk drivers. We told him we had some money for him, so he walked up a stairwell to the balcony that had an iron gate that was locked, but we could still hand him the money through it. We gave him $40, for 4 days. We handed it to him, cringing, asking "is this okay?", he looked down at the money and literally went "WOO HOOO!!" grabbed on to the iron and started swinging back and forth in pure happiness. Really REALLY happy, which made us SO happy. Later, we realized we'd given him a months wage in 4 days, but he was worth it, actually, he was worth more. He was a guide, tuktuk driver, translator, motorbike (dirt biking) guide, everything. On that note, I'm ringing him tonight and taking him to the kick boxing and taking him out for dinner - fucking lovely man. Not enough of them in the world. A testament to why we loved him so much: When we went swimming he said "give me your stuff, don't get it wet" - we handed him two wallets, two money belts, two bags with a DSLR camera in each one and an ipod touch. The night I was drunk on rice wine, he looked after my wallet. He was a trustworthy, good man. And I think I've said enough about him.

Now onto the other problem: My heroin habit. It got out of hand. I didn't even see it happening. First I paid $30 for a bag, then $25 for one, then $20, then I'd get two for $30, and then two for $25, then my last purchase was two for $20....I just thought I was 'building a relationship'. No. The dude knew I was getting hooked. I skyped the girl I love back home and she was like "babe....you look like shit" - then later that day Rob who is a little more subtle was talking to me about "Well, mate....the uh...physical, uh....repercussions of...like, you know, the appearance side effects". I took a long hard look in the mirror and realised what they'd meant. I went from looking like a lightly golden surfer/traveler, to a ghostly eyed pale skinned addict. I stopped, cold turkey, right then. Fucking fuck. The last 3 days have been hell. I think I've gone through 400mg of valium (can you say trading one addiction for another?), but I am dope sick as a mother fucker. The sweats, the coughs, sneezing, constantly runny nose, cramps, I have the biggest cold sore on my lip I've ever had (I feel like a lepper). Really, Heroin is fucking awesome, but moderation is key (an obvious but easily forgettable point here people).

So right now....I'm in an internet cafe looking like a feral child. Fighting off a heroin addiction. This has put a halt on my "adventures" for some time...but coming off heroin addiction, in a Cambodian guest house has been in it's self a serious learning experience. Same as my judge of character, it has greatly improved. The photos I have...and the videos...are, well, wow. But they wont come for quite some time as it would cost me an arm and a leg to upload. If any one feels like linking me to a wifi hacker, I would be inclined to leave it on all night uploading. Till then, peace out people.

Oh....oh...also forgot, I got a tuxedo made in Bangkok and dragged it all the way to Cambodia just so I could fire an AK47 in it. Was it as fulfilling as I thought it would be? Yes.

Yes it fucking was.

*edit*

One last tip, learn the language - instead of saying "no thanks" I say "No, sorry my friend" in their language and that's that, end of discussion. No thanks gets you hassled for a while.

great post, my family has given me some money to start a bank account for saving up for a trip one day, Im really looking forward to it. But now im worried that wherever I go,Im not gonna have as awesome a time as you have had in these short stories

[Marty McFly]

Sounds fucking awesome.

Also, how bad is the heat/humidity?

For the first few days, expect to shower 3-5 times daily because you feel so sweaty/dirty, now, I shower once or twice, sometimes not at all. I've stopped sweating. But when I flew from Melbourne and got off in Bangkok and I was walking through that little tunnel that connects planes to the airport I got a blast of the air and was just like "holy..fucking...shit". Then when I was outside BKK airport waiting for my bus, it felt like a sauna. Now, it's totally fine dude. I love it. I get cold if it's cloudy sometimes where as some one who just arrived would be sweating balls. On one day, it was slightly colder, so we were given "hot food and drinks to warm us up" when it was well over 30c (86f).

Total fucking tangent....the computer I'm on will electrocute me every time I touch it, like...a seriously painful zap, I told them, they said "get shoes, then no more shock" got to love the attitude around here.

great post, my family has given me some money to start a bank account for saving up for a trip one day, Im really looking forward to it. But now im worried that wherever I go,Im not gonna have as awesome a time as you have had in these short stories

Ummm....my long time, child hood mate, the one I ditched (dog move, I know) was the most boring person ever, he made NOTHING interesting happen. But....I gave him a girl who was after me (basically a hand me down) and she kind of....revitalized him. She got him out of his shell. He used to stay in his room all day and listen to audio books of some shit called "The wheel of time" while we got up to CRAZY shit. I email him occasionally now and he seems to be getting up to stuff and doing okay, he still needs to drink a lot before going out to combat his social awkwardness, but at least he's out there.

What I'm getting at is: if he can do it, you can do it. When you are presented a situation, go with it. Last night I took Mah Tin out for dinner, we got this fucking crazy dish called "Cow climbing the mountain" (so god damn tasty), then we went to a karaoke bar (which we REALLY didnt want to, but we had to, because of our "say yes" philosophy. It was an amazing night. We get to this bar, they bring in 12 cans of beer, a platter of fried beef, sauces, vegetables and like 10 girls. They tell us to choose a girl each then made the rest fuck off. I couldn't communicate that I had a girlfriend/woman I love, so I chose a girl then handballed her to my friend. Then we just sang the night away. We'd even sing to Cambodian songs, we'd just sing about what was happening in the video clips "there are ducks....in a pond, and some fag doing a dance, and by chance he bumps into this girl, oi dude what the fuck is going on, I'm clueless and drunk and that girl's sucking your earlobe, but luckily these people don't speak any English...oh look, another fade to ducks, ducks must be an important part of the song - binary solo zero zero zero one one one zero one zero one one one zero" (rip off of flight of the concords, I know, but still.....we were smashed and it was a good night). As we drove away, we got chased by our friends and they told us to go another way, the longer much more well lit main road way, apparently we pissed off some gangsters, no idea how...but what ever. This short description does not give the night justice, especially when our singing actually rhymed - we were choking in laughter. The bill was huge, but with in our budget, so what evs, Cambodian custom says we pay - but we weren't push overs and made them agree to some terms and conditions of our paying.

We were fucking stoned out of our heads and realized "Hakuna Matata, is a wonderful phrase, Hakuna Matatta, ain't to passin' craze, it means no worries, for the rest of your days, it's our problem free, philosophy....Hakuna Matata". - really....really stoned. They were on to something with that song, never worry, just go with things, be happy, everything will work it's self out (except my fucking intestinal infection - that probably needs less Hakuna Matata and more "Medicala attentiona"

One question, why don't you think these cool things will happen to you? I want to know.

[Ed Lister]

Quick question man. Is haggling in Cambodia the same as in Thailand?

[Marty McFly]

Quick question man. Is haggling in Cambodia the same as in Thailand?

They're a little more desperate here, and there's a formula to it.

You ask how much, they say.... $5, you say $2. If your haggling skills are basic, you have just instantly agreed to pay $3.50 because it will go like this

You: "$2"
Him: "no, $5"
You: "$3
Him: "my friend....my friend...... $4"

Well that leaves only one more place to go....$3.50. So...think ahead, start really low. I want a lift across town, I walk up smiling, call them "friend" in Khmer then offer 50c...then act really sorry when it offends them, then work my way up from there, usually getting it for 75c/$1.

But I'd say it's similar.

*edit* And never think it's rude to walk away, if they are fucking with you trying to rip you, they will call you back, if they truly are losing out on your offered price, they will let you walk.

[abusername]

This is the best thread in Zoklet history. You have inspired me to travel to Thailand/Cambodia etc before I die.

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[AtrainV]

Sounds like you've had a great time in Cambodia.

I wish I had time to do some of the stuff you've been up to while I was there, but I only had 5 days to do Siem Reap and Phnom Penh. I will say that Phnom Penh is not a very tourist-friendly city (as in, you probably won't get much out of it if you're going there to go sight-seeing, and don't know anybody who lives there). I had the benefit of having some friends who write for a local English paper there, but even then I got to see PP as the middle class Cambodians see it, and not as your everyday Joe.

I plan on going back there at some point, but my travel list is so long that it's tough to reconcile doubling-up on places you've already visited.

I will say that your trips will always be a bit different from mine (I'm not interested in dirt-biking, hooking up with random chicks, doing heroin, etc.) but there's a commonality in that we both seem to have an appreciation of the necessity of interpersonal relationships with the people who live there. As a result, there's definitely some aspects of your trip that I envy.

Keep it up :thumbsup:

[abusername]

By the way did you stay off the smack or have you had another hit? Try stay off that shit man, addictive as all fuck. Be proud of yourself for quitting cold turkey too, thats quite a accomplishment. Especially if you were shooting up.. Can't believe you take all the risks you do with drugs over there too, if your staying there for a month or two and have drugs on you regularly your talking a decent chance of getting caught/searched

[Mr. White]

For the first few days, expect to shower 3-5 times daily because you feel so sweaty/dirty, now, I shower once or twice, sometimes not at all. I've stopped sweating. But when I flew from Melbourne and got off in Bangkok and I was walking through that little tunnel that connects planes to the airport I got a blast of the air and was just like "holy..fucking...shit". Then when I was outside BKK airport waiting for my bus, it felt like a sauna. Now, it's totally fine dude. I love it. I get cold if it's cloudy sometimes where as some one who just arrived would be sweating balls. On one day, it was slightly colder, so we were given "hot food and drinks to warm us up" when it was well over 30c (86f).

Total fucking tangent....the computer I'm on will electrocute me every time I touch it, like...a seriously painful zap, I told them, they said "get shoes, then no more shock" got to love the attitude around here.



Ummm....my long time, child hood mate, the one I ditched (dog move, I know) was the most boring person ever, he made NOTHING interesting happen. But....I gave him a girl who was after me (basically a hand me down) and she kind of....revitalized him. She got him out of his shell. He used to stay in his room all day and listen to audio books of some shit called "The wheel of time" while we got up to CRAZY shit. I email him occasionally now and he seems to be getting up to stuff and doing okay, he still needs to drink a lot before going out to combat his social awkwardness, but at least he's out there.

What I'm getting at is: if he can do it, you can do it. When you are presented a situation, go with it. Last night I took Mah Tin out for dinner, we got this fucking crazy dish called "Cow climbing the mountain" (so god damn tasty), then we went to a karaoke bar (which we REALLY didnt want to, but we had to, because of our "say yes" philosophy. It was an amazing night. We get to this bar, they bring in 12 cans of beer, a platter of fried beef, sauces, vegetables and like 10 girls. They tell us to choose a girl each then made the rest fuck off. I couldn't communicate that I had a girlfriend/woman I love, so I chose a girl then handballed her to my friend. Then we just sang the night away. We'd even sing to Cambodian songs, we'd just sing about what was happening in the video clips "there are ducks....in a pond, and some fag doing a dance, and by chance he bumps into this girl, oi dude what the fuck is going on, I'm clueless and drunk and that girl's sucking your earlobe, but luckily these people don't speak any English...oh look, another fade to ducks, ducks must be an important part of the song - binary solo zero zero zero one one one zero one zero one one one zero" (rip off of flight of the concords, I know, but still.....we were smashed and it was a good night). As we drove away, we got chased by our friends and they told us to go another way, the longer much more well lit main road way, apparently we pissed off some gangsters, no idea how...but what ever. This short description does not give the night justice, especially when our singing actually rhymed - we were choking in laughter. The bill was huge, but with in our budget, so what evs, Cambodian custom says we pay - but we weren't push overs and made them agree to some terms and conditions of our paying.

We were fucking stoned out of our heads and realized "Hakuna Matata, is a wonderful phrase, Hakuna Matatta, ain't to passin' craze, it means no worries, for the rest of your days, it's our problem free, philosophy....Hakuna Matata". - really....really stoned. They were on to something with that song, never worry, just go with things, be happy, everything will work it's self out (except my fucking intestinal infection - that probably needs less Hakuna Matata and more "Medicala attentiona"

One question, why don't you think these cool things will happen to you? I want to know.


Im really sure actually, But it just sounds like you have been lucky and confident in being able to find such fun outside of the entertainment and shit set out for regular tourists. Sure I would love to go shopping in their 'malls' and markets or whatever, see all the touristy things, go to the beaches, hit up some clubs and bars and try and pick up some girls, but I would be really envious of people liek you who find so much more. I just dont know what to expect or how to plan it out like that lolz, I have to do more research.

Have you done any travelling before this trip? Can you give me a rundown of how you organised this? Like did you get a return flight ticket, or one of those multi stop tickets or several single trips or something? Roughly how much money are you planning to have used over how long a period?

I would love to go with my best mate, we always seem to make adventure out of a boring night just here in melbourne, it would be fucking sick if we could make a good time in thailand and shit together, but I still have my doubts. Im worried that we might disagree on some things and then I miss out on some good opportunities or something, ruining the trip. Im also more of an outdoors person than he is I reckon, and he would probably feel less inclined to want to travel to some remote shitty village 'To see how the real cambodians live etc' where I would jump at the opportunity. I wouldnt want to go alone. Im overthinking a lot, now that I think about it though, I probably couldnt even travel for very long until I finish my 4 year apprenticeship that I will hopefully get next year. I would be about 22 then though, still a nice young age to wanna party

[Marty McFly]

(I'm not interested in dirt-biking, hooking up with random chicks, doing heroin, etc.) but there's a commonality in that we both seem to have an appreciation of the necessity of interpersonal relationships with the people who live there. As a result, there's definitely some aspects of your trip that I envy.

Keep it up :thumbsup:

I don't kiss randoms, if I meet some one better than the girl I love at home, I will end it with her and be with the girl here. But I do not kiss randoms. Other than that, yeah man, I feel "the real experience" is the people, not the sights.

By the way did you stay off the smack or have you had another hit? Try stay off that shit man, addictive as all fuck. Be proud of yourself for quitting cold turkey too, thats quite a accomplishment. Especially if you were shooting up.. Can't believe you take all the risks you do with drugs over there too, if your staying there for a month or two and have drugs on you regularly your talking a decent chance of getting caught/searched

I didn't shoot. Luckily. I was REALLY close to doing it, had it set up, me and my mate were going to do each other. I was first, decided to do him first, then backed out. I smoked/snorted it, a lot. And yeah man, I haven't touched it since. Read at the end about the chance of getting caught/searched.

Im really sure actually, But it just sounds like you have been lucky and confident in being able to find such fun outside of the entertainment and shit set out for regular tourists. Sure I would love to go shopping in their 'malls' and markets or whatever, see all the touristy things, go to the beaches, hit up some clubs and bars and try and pick up some girls, but I would be really envious of people liek you who find so much more. I just dont know what to expect or how to plan it out like that lolz, I have to do more research.

Have you done any travelling before this trip? Can you give me a rundown of how you organised this? Like did you get a return flight ticket, or one of those multi stop tickets or several single trips or something? Roughly how much money are you planning to have used over how long a period?

I would love to go with my best mate, we always seem to make adventure out of a boring night just here in melbourne, it would be fucking sick if we could make a good time in thailand and shit together, but I still have my doubts. Im worried that we might disagree on some things and then I miss out on some good opportunities or something, ruining the trip. Im also more of an outdoors person than he is I reckon, and he would probably feel less inclined to want to travel to some remote shitty village 'To see how the real cambodians live etc' where I would jump at the opportunity. I wouldnt want to go alone. Im overthinking a lot, now that I think about it though, I probably couldnt even travel for very long until I finish my 4 year apprenticeship that I will hopefully get next year. I would be about 22 then though, still a nice young age to wanna party

Have you done any travelling before this trip?

Yes, NZ twice. Once for 3 1/2 months on my own, then 2 months with a mate.

Can you give me a rundown of how you organised this?

"Went to a travel agent, told her my plans, and she got me the tickets, everything since I arrived has been improvisation"

Like did you get a return flight ticket, or one of those multi stop tickets or several single trips or something?

Got a one way flight to Paris with a one year stop over in Bangkok and a return ticket from Bangkok to Kathmandu.

Roughly how much money are you planning to have used over how long a period?

I plan to use $30 a day, that's $1000 per month. Which I am going well over at the moment. If I spend too much one day, the next day I just chill and do fuck all. Now that I stopped heroin, the budget will be much easier to stick to. I am living nicely. I eat 3-5 times daily, have snacks, a nice room (fan and bathroom) and have enough for drinks.

Your last paragraph

Facebook is your friend. You disagree? Separate for a few days, go your different ways, do your own thing. Rent a fucking xr250 baja and go WAY out back, like where little kids cry when they see you because they've never seen a white person before (this has happened to me once). Or places where if you sit for a drink, the village just all comes and stares at you and gently touches/admires your bike. Our clutch cable broke and this old man with no teeth fixed it. He slapped our hand away when we offered money, took one smoke, and when we offered the pack, slapped that away as well. He did it purely out of....friendliness. Something you find very little of in the city.

Dude, GO alone, MAKE friends. New ones, better ones, more interesting ones, ones that teach you new life lessons, ones that show you new ways of doing things. My travel mate, Rob, I met him in the oddest way. We got off the bus from Bangkok airport, me and my best mate steve were looking at our map in the lonely planet, he was looking at the same map in his lonely planet, he walked over and said "hey guys, lost as well?" and now I'd class him as one of the best friends I've ever had. Really. Just.......do it.

*Edit*

Today we ran a red (red lights mean "go...but carefully" in Cambodia), and instantly two cops ran out onto the road and waved us to stop. We did and they did their faggy power trip walk over to us. They said "You break law, run red, show license", my mate left it at the guest house, so they demanded $100USD even though the road fine was $4ish (give or take). But he kept demanding to see our wallets and I had a pill and a bag of ket in it, so we gave him all the money we had in our wallets ($30 all up). The fucking dirty pig. Really, I hope he dies. I laugh knowing that my life expectancy, quality of life and over all well being are better than him. Disgusting fucking faggot. That actually ruined our day. We ran the red with like half a dozen people, and AS they were booking us, DOZENS more did it. They kept saying "ferang" - foreigners, and laughed hartily when they took the $30 back to their mates. BUT I got told if I got caught with the drugs, the MINIMUM bribe would have been around $300USD, starting price. FUCKING PIGS. Any way....going to eat that pill now :) Peace peeps (I beat the heroin addiction....I think).

[ShyStar]

Loving the stories.

[Hooky the Cripple]

After reading this thread, I've decided that getting to Cambodia will be my new life goal.

[Mr. White]

I don't kiss randoms, if I meet some one better than the girl I love at home, I will end it with her and be with the girl here. But I do not kiss randoms. Other than that, yeah man, I feel "the real experience" is the people, not the sights.



I didn't shoot. Luckily. I was REALLY close to doing it, had it set up, me and my mate were going to do each other. I was first, decided to do him first, then backed out. I smoked/snorted it, a lot. And yeah man, I haven't touched it since. Read at the end about the chance of getting caught/searched.



Have you done any travelling before this trip?

Yes, NZ twice. Once for 3 1/2 months on my own, then 2 months with a mate.

Can you give me a rundown of how you organised this?

"Went to a travel agent, told her my plans, and she got me the tickets, everything since I arrived has been improvisation"

Like did you get a return flight ticket, or one of those multi stop tickets or several single trips or something?

Got a one way flight to Paris with a one year stop over in Bangkok and a return ticket from Bangkok to Kathmandu.

Roughly how much money are you planning to have used over how long a period?

I plan to use $30 a day, that's $1000 per month. Which I am going well over at the moment. If I spend too much one day, the next day I just chill and do fuck all. Now that I stopped heroin, the budget will be much easier to stick to. I am living nicely. I eat 3-5 times daily, have snacks, a nice room (fan and bathroom) and have enough for drinks.

Your last paragraph

Facebook is your friend. You disagree? Separate for a few days, go your different ways, do your own thing. Rent a fucking xr250 baja and go WAY out back, like where little kids cry when they see you because they've never seen a white person before (this has happened to me once). Or places where if you sit for a drink, the village just all comes and stares at you and gently touches/admires your bike. Our clutch cable broke and this old man with no teeth fixed it. He slapped our hand away when we offered money, took one smoke, and when we offered the pack, slapped that away as well. He did it purely out of....friendliness. Something you find very little of in the city.

Dude, GO alone, MAKE friends. New ones, better ones, more interesting ones, ones that teach you new life lessons, ones that show you new ways of doing things. My travel mate, Rob, I met him in the oddest way. We got off the bus from Bangkok airport, me and my best mate steve were looking at our map in the lonely planet, he was looking at the same map in his lonely planet, he walked over and said "hey guys, lost as well?" and now I'd class him as one of the best friends I've ever had. Really. Just.......do it.

*Edit*

Today we ran a red (red lights mean "go...but carefully" in Cambodia), and instantly two cops ran out onto the road and waved us to stop. We did and they did their faggy power trip walk over to us. They said "You break law, run red, show license", my mate left it at the guest house, so they demanded $100USD even though the road fine was $4ish (give or take). But he kept demanding to see our wallets and I had a pill and a bag of ket in it, so we gave him all the money we had in our wallets ($30 all up). The fucking dirty pig. Really, I hope he dies. I laugh knowing that my life expectancy, quality of life and over all well being are better than him. Disgusting fucking faggot. That actually ruined our day. We ran the red with like half a dozen people, and AS they were booking us, DOZENS more did it. They kept saying "ferang" - foreigners, and laughed hartily when they took the $30 back to their mates. BUT I got told if I got caught with the drugs, the MINIMUM bribe would have been around $300USD, starting price. FUCKING PIGS. Any way....going to eat that pill now :) Peace peeps (I beat the heroin addiction....I think).

Thanks again, you make a lot of sense. I still feel it would be a lot better if I had a closer mate to share everything with, but I would love to make new friends overseas as well. A lot of my friends at at the moment are boring as fuck to me. I was thinking of maybe catching a flight over to new zealand or bali or something for a few weeks to learn how to deal with travelling a bit, then maybe a year or two from now Ill try to get over to south east asia as well as china, south korea and japan. Yeah, I can see it all now (H) :cool:

[Marty McFly]

Thanks again, you make a lot of sense. I still feel it would be a lot better if I had a closer mate to share everything with, but I would love to make new friends overseas as well. A lot of my friends at at the moment are boring as fuck to me. I was thinking of maybe catching a flight over to new zealand or bali or something for a few weeks to learn how to deal with travelling a bit, then maybe a year or two from now Ill try to get over to south east asia as well as china, south korea and japan. Yeah, I can see it all now (H) :cool:

Don't go to NZ in summer! Winter is the time to hit that place. Go to the Cook Islands. Like NZ, but a cheap tropical paradise with some of the best snorkling and diving in the world. Just remember man, traveling on your own builds character. Yes, good times are great to share, but you could just share these stories when you get back. Either way, I see the pros and cons of both ways. Peace man. I'm off to cook me some ketamine! Got to love dodgy pharmacies. :D

[John Titor]

Just read all your stories and it sounds awesome. To go for that long you must have had alot of money saved up? Is there anyway to go out there with enough money for a month and work to keep your funds up?

[Mr. White]

Don't go to NZ in summer! Winter is the time to hit that place. Go to the Cook Islands. Like NZ, but a cheap tropical paradise with some of the best snorkling and diving in the world. Just remember man, traveling on your own builds character. Yes, good times are great to share, but you could just share these stories when you get back. Either way, I see the pros and cons of both ways. Peace man. I'm off to cook me some ketamine! Got to love dodgy pharmacies. :D

wow the access to drugs sounds great. Just realised that you are Arquin, and I used to chat to you occasionally on msn, mario_luigi_peach was my old username lol. I just got offered a ticket from this girl I know who was planning to go on a trip to South east asia in like january next year but now she doesnt realy know if she can go and said I could possibly have the ticket and pay her back, what a coincidence, Just seemed right to say that in this thread hehe, I hope she decides not togo

[Earthbound01]

Just realised that you are Arquin

I just got offered a ticket from this girl I know who was planning to go on a trip to South east asia in like january next year but now she doesnt realy know if she can go and said I could possibly have the ticket and pay her back, what a coincidence, Just seemed right to say that in this thread hehe, I hope she decides not togo

I didn't realize he was. Thanks for pointing this out. :thumbsup:

Sounds like the gods have traveling in for you man. Good luck!

And Martin, your trip sounds amazing. I may hit you up for one of those amazing suits you described.

[Marty McFly]

UPDATE!

I got in a shady fucking situation

Last night I was feeling like shit, still some light heroin with drawls plus my ever worsening intestinal problems had me down, so I did like around 200mg of valium all day. I crashed on my bed with Soulwax blaring, totally dead to the world. Thee hours later my mate came in totally off his face and told me he smoked a heap of ice (out of character for him) and that we're going out. I was groggy as fuck, like could barely walk, stumbling around the room so I told him I'll be 20 minutes, I'm going to go have some ice as well. So I went to the street corner where all the dealers hang out (like 10-15 of them - it's literally "what you want? Ice, china white, yaba, smoke, coke what? you tell me!"), I found this older guy and asked him for some ice, $10 worth. As I was getting on his moto to go back to his house to smoke it, my regular guy rode up. I apologized to the older guy and said I wanted to buy from my regular (who's my age and a kick ass dude) because he's my friend and loyalty. This made the older guy get aggressive (this should have been my first warning sign) and told the younger guy to piss off. As my regular dude walked away, he apologized and said he will keep an eye on me.

So I get on this old dudes moto and we ride to his house. It's in slum ville. Houses suspended over a shallow part of the lake. The houses have toilets that are holes in the floor that go straight to the water bellow. The walk ways aren't planks, but fat branches and the gaps between them are huge. You'd easily miss step and put your leg in the sludgy shit beneath. I get to his room, give him $10, and sit down. I wait for ages as they talk in Khmer, they talk for quite some time. I don't understand at all, but the tone, I understood that, it was bargaining and slight annoyance/aggression. Then they say "No ice left", so I was like "that's cool....just give me my $10 back and I'll be on my way", the guy was like "no...". At this point, I got pretty fucking pissed, for like 3-4 minutes I'd repeatedly demand my money back. Another guy appears at the back of the dimly lit room and my heart sinks a bit. Then the dealer (the guy who drove me wasn't a dealer, but more like....a transporter TO the dealer who gets a commission) starts getting edgy so I stand up and point out he's a tiny fucking methed up Cambodian and even my frail frame will rip his limbs off. They keep telling me to sit down because me standing up made them nervous, and I keep yelling "give me my fucking money". Then the guy who transported me picks up a pair of scissors, he doesn't hold them up threateningly, but still has them in his hand at his side (needlessly....because there was nothing to cut except me, so don't tell me I was imagining the subtle threatening nature of that action). So I put on my motocross helmet (looking back, that made no fucking sense, but still.....gotta protect the noggin) and started kind of....well, moving around on the spot, like a boxer does, but more subtly, I just felt my adrenaline pumping (this was a fight or flight situation and I was DEFINITELY going to fight). I clenched my teeth and very aggressively said "One...last...time, GIVE ME, my FUCKING money". The dude with the scissors stared me down for like 1 minute and that's when they broke, they told me to wait 2 minutes and they went and got some (see? seedy fuckers, could have gotten it any time they wanted, instead they just tried to scam me).

He then went off and got some ice, and smoked me up, it wasn't much, they still fucked me over in terms of how much I got, but it could have been MUCH worse. At the end, he said "okay, all finished" I was like "no it's fucking not, I still see a puddle on the foil" - he said "my house, I finish" to which I just went ape shit again and made a HUGE fucking fuss. I smoked the last bit, which turned out to be a lot, and got up to leave. That's when he demanded I give him $1 for using his house, I told him to fuck off because that was no agreed upon before hand, and then HE got aggressive. I told him "man, I'm not giving you another fucking cent, you want it, get it out of my wallet....try it" - at that EXACT moment, my dude, my good dealer, came through the door and handed the guy $1. He got me out of there and back to my friends. Then we went clubbing, got incredibly wasted and had an awesome night.

I'm pretty happy with my self for standing my ground, really, it could have gone so badly, but I got my self out of that situation. I am a lot more confident now. I'm not flopping my cock out here, I'm just...well, proud because that's the most dangerous situation I've been in and I got my self out of it solo.

wow the access to drugs sounds great. Just realised that you are Arquin, and I used to chat to you occasionally on msn, mario_luigi_peach was my old username lol.

Yeah....I jumped at the chance at a name change. And I do remember the odd conversation. I still use MSN, but not that frequently, Asian msn blows hard. They mostly use Yahoo.

I didn't realize he was. Thanks for pointing this out. :thumbsup:

Sounds like the gods have traveling in for you man. Good luck!

And Martin, your trip sounds amazing. I may hit you up for one of those amazing suits you described.

For sure. It will be a great suit, really, but it wont be EPIC because it wont have been perfectly fit for you. BUT, it will still be fucking awesome. I took a photo of this one place: 150 euro gets you like 2 suits, 3 shirts and a tie. Like...WTF that's cheap! Or....go to a proper tailor, get kashmir and silk and pay around $100 USD for a 3 piece suit.

[Ldac]

TROLL / FAIL / OLD / FAKE / SHOWOFF / GAY / FUCKOFF? /...etc...

[rabbitweed]

Holy fucking sweet I want to go to cambodia and beat up some drug dealers. I am so jealous.

[mr.blunt]

This thread is awesome, sounds like you're having a fucking blast man. Really inspired me to start looking into travel again for when I can afford it.

I'm looking at doing a few weeks in Europe (Hungary, Italy, some other countries I can't remember right now) but it's with my college and it's kind of a short trip. But I guess it's a good start seeing as I've never left my own country.

[Marty McFly]

Today I was going to start hitting the gym....I'm feeling better and I'm not shitting water any more. I took my FIRST FULLY solid shit in ONE FUCKING MONTH. Did you want to hear that? No. But fuck ya, I feel like I just ran a marathon and came first.

That asside, the update: Any one read Shantaram? In this novel an Australia escapes a maximum security prison and flees to Bombai, India....and for a part of the book plays doctor in the slums, since his first aid skills surpass ANY thing they have.

Well.....in Room 17 at my guest house there is an old Indian man in his mid 50s, who all the staff are sure will die soon. So they are going to kick him out because if some one dies at a guest house (it happens a fair bit, tourists odíng on heroin, etc), they close it for a few days and need to pay the government a fee. So....I went to his room and looked at his medicinne, asked what his doctor had told him, etc. I took his medicine and wikipediad it. One is for stomach aches, the other....is for FUCKING ARTHRITIS. The dude has severe diarrhea, stomach CRAMPS, a fever, etc. So I'm off the the pharmacy to play doctor. If he hasn't improved by tomorrow, I will hassle every mother fucking tourist on this street for cash to get this guy to the hosptial. He was so humble, it was almost like he'd just accepted that he was going to die. So....yeah, I'm off to get him a broad spectrum antibiotic, anti diarrhea and a pain killer like tramadol or codeine. Yeah, I know I know fuck all. But the doctors HE can afford, know fuck all as well. I could web MD his symptoms and get a better result. Peace out, wish (him luck) me luck.

[Earthbound01]

Today I was going to start hitting the gym....I'm feeling better and I'm not shitting water any more. I took my FIRST FULLY solid shit in ONE FUCKING MONTH. Did you want to hear that? No. But fuck ya, I feel like I just ran a marathon and came first.

That asside, the update: Any one read Shantaram? In this novel an Australia escapes a maximum security prison and flees to Bombai, India....and for a part of the book plays doctor in the slums, since his first aid skills surpass ANY thing they have.

Well.....in Room 17 at my guest house there is an old Indian man in his mid 50s, who all the staff are sure will die soon. So they are going to kick him out because if some one dies at a guest house (it happens a fair bit, tourists odíng on heroin, etc), they close it for a few days and need to pay the government a fee. So....I went to his room and looked at his medicinne, asked what his doctor had told him, etc. I took his medicine and wikipediad it. One is for stomach aches, the other....is for FUCKING ARTHRITIS. The dude has severe diarrhea, stomach CRAMPS, a fever, etc. So I'm off the the pharmacy to play doctor. If he hasn't improved by tomorrow, I will hassle every mother fucking tourist on this street for cash to get this guy to the hosptial. He was so humble, it was almost like he'd just accepted that he was going to die. So....yeah, I'm off to get him a broad spectrum antibiotic, anti diarrhea and a pain killer like tramadol or codeine. Yeah, I know I know fuck all. But the doctors HE can afford, know fuck all as well. I could web MD his symptoms and get a better result. Peace out, wish (him luck) me luck.

Good job man! You can add possibly saving an old man's life to your list.

[Euda]

Good man.

I just found out that one of the business partners from my old construction company went to Cambodia to get drunk, but ended up getting married. He got married in a village of 200 people and they all took a week off to celebrate it. I haven't had the heart to ask how old she is yet. He's in his 50's and simply described her as a young girl.

[Tunicate]

^ that's super cute. I laughed out loud.


Also, for "Marty"s last post... did you consider that the stomach aches could be a side effect of his other medication? I'm sure it's an infection, but it'd be good to double check. Cipro or Bactrim are both good for infections localized in that area/the urinary tract, and cipro is pretty strong stuff (they use it to treat anthrax :eek:). The problem with treating with antibiotics is that a virus or fungus could thrive while the immune system takes a back seat to the medication meant to fight off bacterial infection. Also, not all antibiotics treat the same thing. If he has advanced, say, syphilis... it'd be breaking down the organs bit-by-bit but only penicillin would work. The best thing to invest in right now is a battery of diagnostic tests- an ultrasound of his lower abdomen, a urine culture, some kind of feces test :confused:, a blood culture, and if money was no object, a CAT scan of his abdomen.

So maybe in order to get the cheaper tests you could print a picture of him and panhandle with a sign, explaining his situation to tourists. I think you'd make bank, probably enough in a day. The bigger issue, in my opinion, is finding a place that could perform the tests on him.

[Earthbound01]

This should also be a good resource should you continue Dr. Martin:

http://www.hesperian.org/publications_download_wtnd.php

[Marty McFly]

^ that's super cute. I laughed out loud.


Also, for "Marty"s last post... did you consider that the stomach aches could be a side effect of his other medication? I'm sure it's an infection, but it'd be good to double check. Cipro or Bactrim are both good for infections localized in that area/the urinary tract, and cipro is pretty strong stuff (they use it to treat anthrax :eek:). The problem with treating with antibiotics is that a virus or fungus could thrive while the immune system takes a back seat to the medication meant to fight off bacterial infection. Also, not all antibiotics treat the same thing. If he has advanced, say, syphilis... it'd be breaking down the organs bit-by-bit but only penicillin would work. The best thing to invest in right now is a battery of diagnostic tests- an ultrasound of his lower abdomen, a urine culture, some kind of feces test :confused:, a blood culture, and if money was no object, a CAT scan of his abdomen.

So maybe in order to get the cheaper tests you could print a picture of him and panhandle with a sign, explaining his situation to tourists. I think you'd make bank, probably enough in a day. The bigger issue, in my opinion, is finding a place that could perform the tests on him.

I told him to take two of these really strong anti diarrhea tablets. Then wait two hours and start sipping water (he hadn't eaten in 10 days, so couldn't walk, thus was afraid to drink because he had diarrhea and no toilet in his room). I put these sachets in his winter melon drink that have salts/sugars/electrolyts/what ever, I don't really know. But I got told they have everything you need in them if you can't handle solids. So I spent a heap of money on him, came back a few hours later and he was gone. Got told the Indian Association took him away in a tuktuk to a government hospital.

Personally, I think he will die. Fucked up situation. What's even more fucked up is that you could study for like....1 year, and be more competent than the doctors here.

I'm off to buy some isopropyl alcohol (to extract my ketamine :D), some anti diarrhea tablets (I gave that dude all my drugs), and maybe a personalized tiny jade carving.

Oh and I'm leaving Cambodia and heading up to Laos. I might try a Bear Grylls/Ray Mears with my mate and do a few days in the forest with just a mosquito net, knife and a few other things. That's if he doesn't back out.....

Peace out people.

[i poop in your cereal]

How much money did you have when you set out?

[Joe Camel]

Hey Marty, just so you know, i'm gonna get my name legally changed to Matthew McFly.

[Hammer Tank]

keep up the stories man, awesome stuff!

[cowtipper]

lol this thread is freaken awesome, and about a 2hour read from start to finish so far lol. props and I wish you the best of luck... your story is awesome and you have definately inspired me

[Ramides]

Dude, amazing tale so far. I would give anything to be out with you, sounds like the trip of a lifetime.

This is only further fueling my desire to drop college and do something useful with my life, like travel...

Fuck... you're my hero right now.

What all did you bring in the beginning of the trip besides the cameras and computer?

[Marty McFly]

How much money did you have when you set out?

Really little. I had $400 in Baht (which I still have half of) that I bought at Melbourne airport and $1800 AUD on my card (for a 2 year trip). I have a motorbike at home (XR400) that I REALLLLLY dont want to sell, but looks like I'll need to so I have the funds to do the things I want with out asking "how much is that? ooooooh....okay *sad face, walks away*"

Hey Marty, just so you know, i'm gonna get my name legally changed to Matthew McFly.

McFly is the best last name ever. I should do it as well. People yelling "Mcflllyyyy, hellooooo, mcflyyyyyy" - would get annoying though.

keep up the stories man, awesome stuff!

Will do, once I get my custom jade carving (tonight), we're booking tickets to go to Laos, we've decided to catch a slowboat up the Mekong river, then make our way over to "The 4,000 islands" and from there into the huts in the Laos rainforest where you zipline between houses/trees. More adventure than staying at lakeside in Phnom Penh, doing ice, ket and heroin daily - sure, it almost gets me knifed (scissored, haha, same shit, different smell [*read end for a good fact]), but it's not "adventure".

lol this thread is freaken awesome, and about a 2hour read from start to finish so far lol. props and I wish you the best of luck... your story is awesome and you have definately inspired me

Thanks man, with some of the stuff we're doing we need some luck on our side. Get out there dude, do it!

Dude, amazing tale so far. I would give anything to be out with you, sounds like the trip of a lifetime.

This is only further fueling my desire to drop college and do something useful with my life, like travel...

Fuck... you're my hero right now.

What all did you bring in the beginning of the trip besides the cameras and computer?

Asia is falling and rising all the time, Economies exploding, some crashing, wars both international and civil, etc, same as Africa and South America, so you got to get in there soon. Europe is Europe and will always be the same. But don't quit uni. Go to uni, get an education, then travel. You will come back a stronger person and any person interviewing you will see this. Shit, you'll be able to size up the dude interviewing you in seconds...

What did I bring? Way too fucking much :D Because I'm doing both Asia and Europe, I brought a full set of winter clothes (pants, thermals, leather jacket and beanie). Because I was doing journalism (wanted to make a proper blog, but ended up enjoying writing on &Z much more) I brought a video camera, a point and shoot and DSLR. I brought some meds, toiletries, wood carving tools, my multi tool, some thongs (flip flops for you Americans :)), a pair of shoes, a pair of Fox Motocross boots (I take my riding seriously) which I since sold for $20USD (FUCK!) and a day bag. Which melted into an absolute mess when we were riding motorbikes and I went over a bump, it kind of loosened it's self from my back rack and fell infront of the exhaust for a good hour or so. Yeeeeeaaaah......fucked. I didn't plan well man. I packed around 1.5 hours before having to leave for the airport. There's so much I should have gotten:

Mosquito nets, insect repellent, sun screen, sun glasses, antiseptics, antibiotics, a first aid kit, a rain coat, a wind up torch and a plethora of other shit.


*Cambodians will CONSTANTLY say "same same but different" which for like 1 week I'd try and explain "No....impossible, you're contradicting your self" until I realised it loosely translates to "Same shit, different smell" .

[Tunicate]

I can't believe this is only in the fourth page... gawd I less than three travel.

thankety thank thank thank

[Mr. White]

Really little. I had $400 in Baht (which I still have half of) that I bought at Melbourne airport and $1800 AUD on my card (for a 2 year trip).

woah, so you have basically, so far, lived on 2 grand throughout all this adventure? Unless you have missed something out there, thats even more incentive for people to go if you can have that much fun and do that much stuff with that smallish amount of money. But ofcourse theres the $1700 plane tickets right?


I didn't plan well man. I packed around 1.5 hours before having to leave for the airport. There's so much I should have gotten:

Mosquito nets, insect repellent, sun screen, sun glasses, antiseptics, antibiotics, a first aid kit, a rain coat, a wind up torch and a plethora of other shit.

Couldnt you have pick up a lot of that stuff when you got there? 6 of 1, half a dozen of the other

[Marty McFly]

I can't believe this is only in the fourth page... gawd I less than three travel.

thankety thank thank thank

This is going to be a long thread....very long. The grand finale will be videos and photos. You sound like you're on drugs, drugs are good. Good work :thumbsup:

woah, so you have basically, so far, lived on 2 grand throughout all this adventure? Unless you have missed something out there, thats even more incentive for people to go if you can have that much fun and do that much stuff with that smallish amount of money. But ofcourse theres the $1700 plane tickets right?



Couldnt you have pick up a lot of that stuff when you got there? 6 of 1, half a dozen of the other

Umm.....$2,000? Nah, quite a lot less. Around $1600. I live very comfortably as well. I get rooms with showers and good fans, eat many meals a day (My stomach refuses to get used to Asian breakfasts, so every day starts with a full English breakfast....mmmm [read: expensive]), I drink, I do drugs, etc. So I am not sticking to my budget. But I feel confident in my abilities that if I were to run out of money, shit would just sort it's self out.

If you chilled out more, predrank (it's $3 for a bottle of mekong whiskey here and 30c for a bottle of coke - go buy a small bucket and ice and bam you're smashed before you even go out), didn't do drugs and just kind of wandered around doing your thing, you'd spend HALF as much as me. Then....when the opportunity arises, fucking SPLURGE on awesome crazy shit. Like the other day I'd been reading a book because I was sick so I spent very little money. So the next day I shot a colt 45 handgun, went go karting, went to a vietnam vs cambodia soccer match, did a heap of drugs, then stayed up all night and versed a bunch of kids at volleyball and soccer in the morning (in the sand behind a mosque while fucked off my face).

I'm kinda on uppers now and ranting, but yes, $30 USD a day is a VERY manageable, comfortable budget here.

And about all the stuff I should have bought, my mate has, so I just use his shit.

Oh and my flights.....they stung. $3,300. I spent 2 months in NZ snowboarding which cost me like $300ish return, then like $1,500 for a 1 way ticket to Paris with a stop over in Bangkok and then a $1500 return ticket from Bangkok to Kathmandu.

*edit* When we went gokarting I'd eaten a small dose of shrooms before hand and I did feel like I was in Mario kart. I absolutely fucking DOMINATED. I had no concept of safety or breaking. The whole time, that song was playing in my head when you run over the magic star that lets you smash through people. I actually rammed my mates off the course and in to the grass/barriers/etc, I did the American "pit maneuver" as well ....now that I look back, it was fucking dangerous, but an experience none the less.

[Marty McFly]

Good man.

I just found out that one of the business partners from my old construction company went to Cambodia to get drunk, but ended up getting married. He got married in a village of 200 people and they all took a week off to celebrate it. I haven't had the heart to ask how old she is yet. He's in his 50's and simply described her as a young girl.

Eep, if she's a young adult, lucky him, but if he's going for the kiddies he needs to be fucked over. I tried reporting it once, saw an old, far, dude with a greasy comb over take what looked like a 12 year old to a hotel room. The hostel got angry at me and told me to drop it, reporting it causes too much trouble for every one.

Fucking spineless pricks.

[yeagel]

Any one read Shantaram? In this novel an Australia escapes a maximum security prison and flees to Bombai, India....and for a part of the book plays doctor in the slums, since his first aid skills surpass ANY thing they have.




Yeah I read the book, though it's more of less of an exaggaration - JUST LIKE SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE.

Let me know when you come to india, dude - I'm not an expert on the northern part - but maybe if you come down to goa/gokarna -my uni is pretty close from there.

[ergoat]

*edit* When we went gokarting I'd eaten a small dose of shrooms before hand and I did feel like I was in Mario kart. I absolutely fucking DOMINATED. I had no concept of safety or breaking. The whole time, that song was playing in my head when you run over the magic star that lets you smash through people. I actually rammed my mates off the course and in to the grass/barriers/etc, I did the American "pit maneuver" as well ....now that I look back, it was fucking dangerous, but an experience none the less.

Haha that's sick man. How easy is it to get shrooms/psychedelics over there?

[cockspank]

Fucking epic thread man, and epic fucking trip.

Ive been to cambodia a few years ago when i was like 13 but I really want to go after I leave school now.

Shit sounds awesome

[LiquidIce]

Truly fucking epic. I don't think I'm exaggerating if I write that 99% people registered on this site envy your adventures and you've probably lived through more than half of the posters here will ever go through.

And I also have to say that you're story has truly nudged me on, shown me that I've grown fearful of the world, distrustful of people and even of myself. Now I aim to train some martial arts (always wanted to do that), work up some money, travel back to my home country to get drunk and fucked up for a few months and then go to the UK to work and study and save some money for a gap year in Cambodia ;).

Fuck man, thank you so much, you've shown us all it's possible, it's a matter of choice and taming your fears and it's not that hard.. :thumbsup:. Also, I'll be going to Poland to stay for a few months in feb or so, if you ever get interested in that country, pm me, if I find myself a bed I'll probably be able to find you a bed too, and some weed and meth :thumbsup:.

Good luck, watch your ass and keep us updated.

[zombo.com]

You'd best not end up in a pit in the jungle somewhere mate, i'm looking forward to those vids.

[Marty McFly]

*UPDATE*

Disclaimer: Eaten lots of valium, don't have spell check, shit may make no sense.

Firstly, we got pulled over by the police again, and again they demanded an INSANE amount of money. I opened my wallet which had like a month of this cop's wage in it, visibly fingered through the cash and found the note I was going to give him - 10,000 riel a.k.a $2.50. They then argued with us for ages, demanding more and more money. They kept saying they will go get their officer so we told them to to go do it. He came over and talked to us, telling us we have no license, and we went down a one way street (which might I - add while this happened well over 100 people did the same thing). He said "you want me to take to you police station, you talk to big boss, get in big trouble?" I told him "yeah, so I leave our moto here and get on yours or we follow you, I would like to tell your boss that you asked us for lots of money and then I want to ring the Australian Embassy. *really condescending voice*, you understand this word....? EM BA SY?"

They instantly all backed off and said "okay, okay.... $2.5 per fine, $5, just go" fucking pigs. PEOPLE, READ THIS. REMEMBER THIS. THIS is how you do it (unless you have narcotics on you, then pay them the fuck off and run). We WON, we BEAT THEM! Stand up to THEM otherwise they will try and scare you into paying a lot. There is nothing in any rule book that says you have to pay more than a local.


Now to the next MASSIVE thing: I was in a full blown Cambodian beer commercial. Basically, my friend Rob, two German girls, a HEAP of Cambodian musicians, actors, celebrities (maybe 12 of us all up) and my self are sitting on the roof of this really posh boat. We're all dressed up nicely and eating lobster and drinking beer. Then a dude in a speed boat drives past and we all get up and wave to him to join us. He gets on the boat walks up, grabs the beer, reads the label and says "Mekong Beer?" and my mate goes "It's good!" then we all go "CHEEERS!" smash drinks together and slam down the beer. Must have taken them years to think this add up :)

I got my lip pierced the day before (*edit* funny story, I didnt get my lip pierced, I got my nose pierced, but freaked out and looked all over the boat for my lip ring yelling "Fuck fuck....man, I lost it, it will heal over, it's only been one fucking day, fuuuuuck", till my mate Rob was like "uhhh...Marty, you don't have a lip ring, you got your nose pierced" - I was just like "oh, :) okay *resumes what I was doing*") which is really uncommon here, so there was no chance I was going to get a talking role and be the star (but I was much closer to the camera than some of the celebrities - yeeeeeah!). I also started the day on 80mg of valium which was a fucking STUPID idea. Reason being, the whole day took like 30 takes, and every one else was acting when they drank, fake sips. The speed boat scene took between 9 and 11 takes, and I basically had a beer per take. I'd just slam down a can, crush it in my hands, throw it under the table then grab a new one (As if I wasn't going to take advantage of UNLIMITED beer and lobster!). I had to wear my sunglasses all day because I was so visiblly smashed, that I think if they saw how drunk I was, they'd have kicked me off the boat.

The other cool thing was we had to return the clothes from wardrobe, well I was smashed and just wandered off in them, so now I have a bunch of "very sexy" Cambodian clothes. The girls wet them selves for them, I think I look like my dad. I'm trading them for either a bag of weed or another narcotic tonight.

How we got this job is still a mystery. The director/producer/writer said it will be 1 month before it hits TV, so I hope to god it hits youtube as proofz. If not, we got some footage, but they kicked our friend off deck once the fliming started so....yeah, I hope I can back this up. We got his business card and will try and get the vid as soon as possible.

Tomorrow I'm catching a 10 hour bus trip to the pine forests and thermal springs in the North. Will keep you all updated.

Yeah I read the book, though it's more of less of an exaggaration - JUST LIKE SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE.

Let me know when you come to india, dude - I'm not an expert on the northern part - but maybe if you come down to goa/gokarna -my uni is pretty close from there.

Almost the entire book is fiction. He admitted some parts are true, the rest are fabricated.

Also I doubt I will be able to go that south in just 3-4 weeks time. :(

I've been keeping up with this since you first made it, and I just want to say great job making the jump! I bet the feeling is incredible (the experience, not the heroin :D.)

Would you mind me asking a couple of questions, though?

Is it easy to find work over there? I was told to just show up and look. I heard teaching was easy as fuck to get into, but I was hoping of a job as a barback or something else. Have you had a job while over there?

There's supposed to be some big international deal with prostitution over there and a lot of bars getting shut down. Is that all just hype from the news to keep people pacified, or is it really happening? I don't feel like getting tossed into Cambodian jail for showing up at the wrong bar at the wrong time.

I'm planning on taking a flight to Bangkok and checking it out for a few weeks, then going to Phnom Penh to look for work. Any trouble crossing the border? I read something about an ex-politician came to Cambodia from Thailand and caused a huge strain on the relations between the countries....it was in the Phnom Penh Post.

Anyways, yeah, it sounds fucking great and I hope you have a blast. Now go blow up a cow or something.

Is it easy to find work? - fuck yes. Teaching pays well and is in CONSTANT demand. Lots of money to be made.

You could work in a bar, but the majority of your job would be getting people INTO the bar. I had this job for less than 1 hour, I hated it. My mate did it, and got 30% of the bar's profit. So if you think you can get people into a bar.....lots of monies for you.

Prostitution? I stay at like side, SOME ONE is paying massive bribes because very decorated police officers ride down the street, a street that has signs "Joints, spliffs, happy shakes, etc". No problem at all, except that they're annoying as fuck.

About the border issues, I'm no expert, it's got two sides to it: one, the politician, two, the dispute over the temple. But I doubt this will effect tourists......yet. So chance it man.

Fucking epic thread man, and epic fucking trip.

Ive been to cambodia a few years ago when i was like 13 but I really want to go after I leave school now.

Shit sounds awesome

Thanks, yeah, wouldnt have been the same as a 13 year old.,

Truly fucking epic. I don't think I'm exaggerating if I write that 99% people registered on this site envy your adventures and you've probably lived through more than half of the posters here will ever go through.

And I also have to say that you're story has truly nudged me on, shown me that I've grown fearful of the world, distrustful of people and even of myself. Now I aim to train some martial arts (always wanted to do that), work up some money, travel back to my home country to get drunk and fucked up for a few months and then go to the UK to work and study and save some money for a gap year in Cambodia ;).

Fuck man, thank you so much, you've shown us all it's possible, it's a matter of choice and taming your fears and it's not that hard.. :thumbsup:. Also, I'll be going to Poland to stay for a few months in feb or so, if you ever get interested in that country, pm me, if I find myself a bed I'll probably be able to find you a bed too, and some weed and meth :thumbsup:.

Good luck, watch your ass and keep us updated.

That's really good to hear man. People are dodgy by nature and I've realised it's all about finding those honest ones, grabbing on to them and not letting go. The martial arts idea is a good one, I wish I'd learnt to fight more so I could hold my ground in bad situations, but you work with what you've got. Poland sounds awesome, buuuut I'll be in the Himalayas in Feb otherwise I'd take you up on that offer for sure. But it's nice to hear that you're going to get out there and just dive into the deep end.

You'd best not end up in a pit in the jungle somewhere mate, i'm looking forward to those vids.

Haha....as in quicksand? Fuck, that'd really be a captain buzz kill.pierced the day before

[yeagel]

Good to see you're doing well.

Man, you're living it to the fullest.Is this what you aussies generally do?

I'm still stuck in my third year of college,will take a while till I have enough free time to go all out and travel like you guys.

Try white water rafting in the ganges.It's pretty fun.

[zombo.com]

Lol, i was thinking more like accidentally shot while trespassing on some russion mafioso's beach, but yeah watch out for quicksand and fucking snakes too.

[TruthWielder]

WHAT the FFUUUUUUUUUUUUU- Fuckadilly fuckadoo, fuck fuck fuck fuckeedeedle FUCK!

The awesomeness of this trip...the awesomeness of this thread...

Well Arquin, you know this has definitely become one of the best threads zoklet has ever had. Back in the old days this would have been archived in a second. Thank you for relating these experiences as they have served to encourage and inspire many, me included. Not only that but you also share how you learned from your experiences and offer suggestions.

I do worry about your meth and heroin use man. I gotta say please stop, you'll save your health and money. Now that you're there you might want to spend some time in a temple or Muay Thai camp. Thats what I would do anyway. It would definitely allow you to not only regain your health and strength but become physically and spiritually stronger.

I gotta ask, how are you doing with the languages? Are thai and cambodian similar? Has it been easy to pick up?

Continue having a great time man. Best of luck.

[Pyrex Chemist]

I do worry about your meth and heroin use man. I gotta say please stop, you'll save your health and money.

Don't listen to him.

Keep living life to the fullest. Hey you should go to the Cardamom forest and try obtaining some sassafras oil.... Fuck I'd kill to just get a few liters of that.

[Marty McFly]

*ICED OUT RANT*

Good to see you're doing well.

Man, you're living it to the fullest.Is this what you aussies generally do?

I'm still stuck in my third year of college,will take a while till I have enough free time to go all out and travel like you guys.

Try white water rafting in the ganges.It's pretty fun.

I haven't actually met that many aussies. They all go to the south of Thailand (the Islands) and trash it, like Americans with Mexico, England with Ibiza, etc. Also if you travel when you're older you'll get more respect, it's a good thing. I have very few fears in life, but water and needles are one of them. I've skydived many times, heliboarded, bungee jumped like 4 times....things other people say they'd never do, but the idea of whitewater rafting is absolutely terrifying. I will do it though. Just as I was afraid of needles, I got my nose pierced (fuck... when those tongs were around my nostril I was more scared then than I have been in any memorable moment in my life). So white water rafting, then scuba diving. Face the fears! Have you white water rafted? I had the chance in NZ but it looked really soft cock and weak and if you're going to do something, do it right (p.s. there's a meth dealer standing behind me reading everything I write, he claims he can't read English, but I think he can...any way).

I also have video of me trying to pick up a venomous snake, I do intend to kill one in the wild before I leave Asia.

Lol, i was thinking more like accidentally shot while trespassing on some russion mafioso's beach, but yeah watch out for quicksand and fucking snakes too.

Oh the Russians are every where. They blatantly stand out because they mostly drive hummers. There's also HEAPS of Nigerians here on "business". Usually "Importing clothes or electronics to Nigeria" - more like selling drugs on the streets and bringing pellets of heroin to western countries (I just told the meth dealer to fuck off - politely :)).

Oh, on that note, I did a shit load of ice tonight. My dealer knew it was my last night, was super generous, and gave me a biiiiig bag for $25. This is why I am online LATE at night and typing massive rants.

WHAT the FFUUUUUUUUUUUUU- Fuckadilly fuckadoo, fuck fuck fuck fuckeedeedle FUCK!

The awesomeness of this trip...the awesomeness of this thread...

Well Arquin, you know this has definitely become one of the best threads zoklet has ever had. Back in the old days this would have been archived in a second. Thank you for relating these experiences as they have served to encourage and inspire many, me included. Not only that but you also share how you learned from your experiences and offer suggestions.

I do worry about your meth and heroin use man. I gotta say please stop, you'll save your health and money. Now that you're there you might want to spend some time in a temple or Muay Thai camp. Thats what I would do anyway. It would definitely allow you to not only regain your health and strength but become physically and spiritually stronger.

I gotta ask, how are you doing with the languages? Are thai and cambodian similar? Has it been easy to pick up?

Continue having a great time man. Best of luck.

Thanks for the compliment, it means a lot.

The Meth and Heroin use worries me as well. I told my self I wouldn't touch it in a long time. Well I did a tiny bump before I got my nose done, and then a fat bag that night :( *shame* Same as meth, bought it WAY too much this week, I don't even feel that much, all I think is "MORE!!!" - it's horrible stuff (but oh so good). I am leaving drug central in a few hours, so hopefully I just do valium, weed and alcohol from then on out.

About the regaining and stuff - that's Nepal. I want to work in a rice field (fucking hard work) as well as teach English in the afternoons. I can choose if I want to live with a family or at the monastery. Seeing real Nepali life would be AMAZING, but living with monks would be the most epic thing ever. This is where I will find my self. I have 3 months there, and 27 of that is trekking. I will be delving into the deepest parts of my mind on that trek.

*SMALL UPDATE*

The producer of the commercial tracked me down and got back those clothes from wardrobe (shows how poor the country is). He also offered my friend a photo shoot job. I don't have the 'right face', he said I look too 'rock star' :( (what ever! Didn't want to be on your stupid billboard any way :(). Still if any of you want to increase your chances of getting laid HARDCORE in Cambodia, the way to dress is a nice pair of slacks, and a checkered shirt. Roll the sleeves up, wear sun glasses, tuck in the shirt but have it pulled out so it's a bit loose. My god....when the boat was docked before we left to shoot the commercial, a crowd of people gathered and the women were literally wetting them selves. When I stumbled home drunk in wardrobe, the next day every one in lake side was talking about me saying they thought I just landed a big job. Like....dude, that's how my dad dresses. If I'd worn my tuxedo.... I think their heads would have imploded. In 5 hours our bus leaves (hence the Ice), so much to do, so little time! :) We bought 800mg of valium each (cost us $7.60USD each :D hehehe) and are planning on just going to sleep for the whole trip.

On a total side note, I tell girls here I'm married because I'm in love with a girl back home. So I'm no expert on the sexual aspects of this place, but I do know how easy it is to pick up because they are hungry hungry bitches here. Not only this, but women are a very frequent question about places you go (are the girls hot? are they easy? are they good in bed? - you get the gist), so I might as well answer when fucked, right? You will go to a club, dance like a white fool for a bit, some girls will giggle, one will come up and say her friend likes you, you talk to her for like 1 minute and she will ask you to go home with her (then you tell her "Som toh [sorry], I have a girlfriend - and she will instantly act like you vanished off the earth, or punch you). My mate, with out trying, shags like 3 girls a week with out trying. My socially awkward friend, who I've never seen with a girl, is now with a babe (my "I have a girlfriend hand me down"). So if you're after that, you will LOVE this place.... hookers aren't really hookers here. Theyre just honest super sluts'. If they think you're ugly, you pay for everything, but if you're average, they might just fuck you for free but ask for enough money to get home and breakfast in the morning. Lastly, if you really blew them away, they will pay the ride home and they will go halves in the room (all what I've found out through my mate). Finally, the best test to see if she's legit (just to weed out the really bad ones) is to get her to buy first drinks, you'll buy second.

I'm off, this ice dealer is back and pissing me off.

[Marty McFly]

Don't listen to him.

Keep living life to the fullest. Hey you should go to the Cardamom forest and try obtaining some sassafras oil.... Fuck I'd kill to just get a few liters of that.

Got told $40 per liter off the Russians (bulk of course, and more for first timers/tourists/etc). Every time we think of these illegal things, and these easy ways to make money, we think of a saying we made up "How to extend your stay in Cambodia - permanently"

[zombo.com]

speaking of, were you able to get the ket reduction to work?

[Pyrex Chemist]

Fucking A, there's no way to compete with that. I been dreaming up of ways to smuggle precursers from Asia since I was like 14, if I ever made the trip. Pure, pharmaceutical grade ingredients at your disposal..... Damn.

[kite--]

This sounds amazing, I just read this thread start till finish.

White water rafting isn't that scary, I've done it a couple of times.. just depends on what grade river/rapids they would be taking you down.

[ergoat]

Thailand's tourism industry should jump on this thread.

[Marty McFly]

i'm in remote Cambodia, where malaria is very VERY present, and I forgot to take my doxycycline.

This blows.

*COMPLETELY layers him self in mosquito repellent again and eats a doxy* :(:(

[matt110]

i'm in remote Cambodia, where malaria is very VERY present, and I forgot to take my doxycycline.

This blows.

*COMPLETELY layers him self in mosquito repellent again and eats a doxy* :(:(

You'll be fine.

[rxq]

OP, in the first post, did you have to pay the undercover police?
If I go to thailand, how do i find one of those guys? Sounds like a great way to learn about the area.

[Marty McFly]

Err....my travel mate who takes all the really good photos is afraid people will steal his photos, so he's not giving them to me (so I basically have like fuck all photos of the trip so far....sweeet, thanks man!), any way, here's a few, they're pretty shit:

Mmm...dinner (http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/2721/dogf.jpg)

Our tuktuk drivers street, those rocks are the pavement, the water is sewerage. (http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/6655/mahtinsstreet.jpg)

These were the bad boys we cruised the country on (http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/811/bikesb.jpg)

How wasted/ratty I turned up to shooting (http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/2856/bobd.jpg)

The celebrities (http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/3972/starsu.jpg)

Unlimited beer....not so good. (http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/5676/smashed.jpg)

The director telling us what to do (http://img121.imageshack.us/img121/6577/shooting.jpg)

what $2 will get you. Not the hydro you're used to, but it does the trick. (http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/2218/weedfe.jpg)

I am not a photographer or anything remotely close. So these are FUCKING SHIT, I need to steal my mates SD card when he's out drinking or something and steal all the photos.

Shit but small update.

[Marty McFly]

OP, in the first post, did you have to pay the undercover police?
If I go to thailand, how do i find one of those guys? Sounds like a great way to learn about the area.

No, not paying at all. Go to kaoh San (or how ever it's spelled, it's THE main tourist road in Bangkok) Road and go to the NEAREST police station just around the corner, talk to Mon or Wichow. They'll do it. Basically buy them a beer here and there and all they're happy chappies.

[TruthWielder]

No, not paying at all. Go to kaoh San (or how ever it's spelled, it's THE main tourist road in Bangkok) Road and go to the NEAREST police station just around the corner, talk to Mon or Wichow. They'll do it. Basically buy them a beer here and there and all they're happy chappies.

Of course, mention that your good "friend" told you about them, not that you heard about them and their exploits from the internet.

[Marty McFly]

Of course, mention that your good "friend" told you about them, not that you heard about them and their exploits from the internet.

Exactly. Just say "my friends told me you took them out, when you finish work, can you show me around Bangkok too?"

Oh and the detox is going well. This place is remote. Like...really fucking remote. So no drugs and no partying. The closest we get to being 'hardcore' is smoking a weak joint and listening to Muse. But our days consist of waking up, walking around aimlessly, riding our bicycles to the market, buying fruit, sitting in a hammock and eating said fruit while reading a book. Then getting a ninja star and throwing it at random things, wood carving, chasing chickens, swimming in a meteor crater lake. Basically....we do fuck all, all day. Exciting, huh!!!!!? No...but good for us. Lots of cycling.

But we are feeling fitter by the day.

Oh, when people say "you can't get a Laos visa at the Cambodian border" - they aren't trying to rip you, it's true. Fuck. Peace out.

[rabbitweed]

Do people try and steal your shit all the time there?

[i poop in your cereal]

I still can't get my head around how you manage all the visa shit.

You go to the embassy websites and it's a fucking mess of bureaucratic bullshit seemingly designed to make everything as complicated and time consuming as possible, to the point where you'd have to pre plan every fucking move you make if you plan on visiting several different countries...

[Marty McFly]

*UPDATE*

Last night directly after I wrote my last entry, I heard a girl say "French, it will be the next world language" - to which I just yelled "BULLSHIT!", turned around and there was this very beautiful girl standing there, tanned, tall, brunette with Thai tattoos on her back. Playfully, she said "fuck off German...", which surprised her when I said I was Australian. I found out she was Swiss (I kept calling her German or Dutch or Austrian just to piss her off). We talked for a while then parted ways. Later that night I ran into her again and she invited me and my mate to drinks with this local Frenchman she met (with the night ending up with a bunch of us in our room doing heroin, smoking and drinking......my detox obviously lasted). He studies the medicinal plants and medicines the small hill tribes use. He offered to take us out on a ride/expedition to like 4 of the tribes in the morning to collect some rare plants and to visit the tiny 3 room bamboo hospital he created. So me, my mate, the Frenchman, a 26 year old dude from Oregon doing a PHD thesis on the sociology of traditional medicine in Cambodian hill tribes (I think, didnt really pay attention) and a guide went on this epic ride through village after village, just being blown away by what we saw (these villages don't speak Cambodian, they have their own cultures, languages and customs). We rode motos, like....fucking mopeds (http://earthwormenvy.files.wordpress.com/2007/02/honda-dream.JPG) on roads we should have used motorbikes (http://www.hondaracing.is/wp-content/uploads/crf250r.jpg) on. There were a few near misses. Like...bad ones.

Any way....this dudes mission is to make these people use their tradition and cheap medications instead of the expensive medical company's shit. Especially the stuff that totally works. Gross story but there was this woman and she had a leech go up her vagina. A type that gets very big, that just keeps sucking blood and eventually gets to the size of a small dick. The doctors were baffled and had no idea what to do, and the only option was expensive surgery. So these people sacrificed a goat, slit its' throat and poured the blood into a bath. Then they made her sit in it, and open her legs. The leech then made it's own way out and she was cured. While I was asleep in their hut, they treated a woman for Cholera for 2000 riel, that's 50c. The hospital would have charged $40+. Really cool guy.

So today I saw some really remote villages/tribes that are total minorities. One tribe, the chief built his daughter her own massive hut when she turned 13 so she had privacy so she could start bringing boys around to fuck around (since she had to get married at 15).

Another makes this alcohol that trips you out, but wont ever start a drinking session with out a animal sacrifice.

Pretty productive considering I was going to eat fruit and read. Oh, also, this guy is a hook up for any drug under the sun. :( I'm in such a remote place yet still managed to find a reliable source. Any way, peace!

Do people try and steal your shit all the time there?

Nope, never.

I still can't get my head around how you manage all the visa shit.

You go to the embassy websites and it's a fucking mess of bureaucratic bullshit seemingly designed to make everything as complicated and time consuming as possible, to the point where you'd have to pre plan every fucking move you make if you plan on visiting several different countries...

Thai/Cambodian visa can be done at the border. Cambodia/Laos visa gets done at the embassy. Thai visa is basically non existent (in ways). I took a 10 hour bus trip to this town near the Laos border not knowing that you need to get a Laos visa at the embassy in Phnom Penh, so I paid the visa fee + $20 to have some one take my passport back to PP, get it visad up, then bring it back. 50/50 odds I ever see my passport again :D

[Erorr]

My lord does this make me want to get off my lethargic ass

[i poop in your cereal]

Thai/Cambodian visa can be done at the border.

Yeah, but that only lets you stay for like 30 days, right?

[TruthWielder]

*UPDATE*

---So me, my mate, the Frenchman, a 26 year old dude from Oregon doing a PHD thesis on the sociology of traditional medicine in Cambodian hill tribes (I think, didnt really pay attention)

lawlz

[kite--]

I would be more careful with your passport. The Australian government, if anything like the nz one, will not take kindly to losses of passports - especially if you just hand them over. Clock up a record for that kinda behavior and they will give you a limited one (one-three year passport) or they won't issue you one fullstop. You'll get held up at customs constantly because of this.

[Marty McFly]

Yeah, but that only lets you stay for like 30 days, right?

Your choice, any where between a few days up to 3 months. After that you need a business visa, which is PISS easy to get. I have a 3 month visa.

lawlz

Yeah man, I had no idea what he was studying. He was really boring.

I would be more careful with your passport. The Australian government, if anything like the nz one, will not take kindly to losses of passports - especially if you just hand them over. Clock up a record for that kinda behavior and they will give you a limited one (one-three year passport) or they won't issue you one fullstop. You'll get held up at customs constantly because of this.

Yeah probably the same. I got my passport back, with a visa in it, so I'm happy. I'm not too worried about losing it though, they can try and ban me and all that shit, but I'm not fussed. I know Aussies who've had passports stolen twice on one trip.... and they still get to travel, so, I don't know.

[Protos]

The picture of the 2$ mari.

Err. i think its safe to assume im not the only one who orgasmed with envy, eh?

[cockspank]

Im going to bangkok within the next couple of weeks and then i think im going north to chang mai or something for a few weeks.

Im going with my family, but whats some cool shit to buy whilst there? Do you know any good tailors/stalls where i can pick up any cool shit?

thanks man

[Marty McFly]

TINY UPDATE

We were walking down the road to our hostel and saw a shitload of commotion. As we walked over we saw they were trying to catch two giant centipedes, each around 25-30cm long (10-12inches, that can fuck up tarantulas). These things were powerful, like raw power. When we (when I saw we, I mean me and the Cambodian dude, my mate was shitting him self) caught them with this dude and put them in an empty water bottle, he brings out a massive jar with like 20 centipides in it, frogs, scorpions, herbs and natural medicines. He chucks them both in, scoops out about 1 1/2 shots worth in a cup and tells us to drink. He then puts his elbow to his belly button and basically does a air dumbell curl and says "POWER!, which means dick power basically. So we drink it and thank them profusely for the opportunity, but with in like 30 steps we stop, look at each other and say "Do you feel that?" - "Yeah....it's more than drunk....I'm fuuuuucked". Off of HALF a shot. While we were catching the centipedes cambodian men would run up and pinch our ankles and laugh when we jumped a mile high. I love the playfulness off their culture.

Had to pay $105 when leaving Cambodia for over staying my visa. Even though it's valid for 3 months, every month you need to go to the embassy and get it renewed (wish they told us this, or wrote it on the back, or fucking something - apparently it's common knowledge). Fucking hell. But Laos is cheap. I got 3 main meals and 3 expensive drinks for 45,000 kip....which is a little over $5. I'm on a tropical island at the moment and paying for the internet by the minute, so I best make this quick.

4,000 Islands are paradise. I'm running out of time and leaving tomorrow, but if I could, I'd spend around a month here.

Im going to bangkok within the next couple of weeks and then i think im going north to chang mai or something for a few weeks.

Im going with my family, but whats some cool shit to buy whilst there? Do you know any good tailors/stalls where i can pick up any cool shit?

thanks man

James fashion right near the rooyal palace. They make the clothes for the royal family, police, army, and all the rich and important people get their clothes made.

Also I might be out that way at that same time if you want me to take you out.

Peace bruv (fuck that English guy annoyed me)

[crazzyass]

Damned good thread. Quick question: ever travelled in the Middle East? I have a friend that works in the embassy in UAE and I'm gonna spend a couple of months with them next summer. Any advice if you've been there?

[The_Wizard]

Shit man, this is boss.
Good luck, and remember that your head will get you everywhere.

[Hooky the Cripple]

Damned good thread. Quick question: ever travelled in the Middle East? I have a friend that works in the embassy in UAE and I'm gonna spend a couple of months with them next summer. Any advice if you've been there?

Only thing I know is that they have insane drug laws. Literally batshit insane. I'd boycott the place on principle and, oh yeah, because I don't want to go to prison for 4 years for having a cannabis crumb in the bottom of my bag.

[Marty McFly]

I will be undertaking an illegal activity that invo....aaah fuck it, I'm buying a brick of opium and taking it to my next destination. There I will sell it to tourist (since I will get it at 1/10th tourist prices at my destination of purchase) and be the "trusted white dealer" making back the $110 the Cambodian government robbed me of. Where I am going I will get a $600 'fine' or 6 months in jail for what I am doing. So....I am willing to take the risk. The cops are just as currupt as me, so fuck da police, none of this "don't post illegal activities on the web" bullshit, the cops are like mobsters where I'm going. And the tourists, they get that same $600 'fine' for smoking a JOINT. And the cops walk around undercover. My plan seems fool proof (right now)...plus opium is like.....barely illegal any way, right? RIGHT?

That medicine man in Cambodia told me what city, what market place, what old lady, and what 'code' word to say to get the opium.

Sooooooooo haaaaapppy days, (sadly) leaving this (tropical island paradise) tomorrow morning at 11 on a sleeper bus, 20 hours, no valium left......insanity will ensue.

Only reason I'm on the net is because they gave me a 20 minute voucher with my bus ticket purchase.

Peace out peeps.

p.s. No middle east yet, but it's on the to do list.

[Please insert username]

*subscribes to thread* :thumbsup:

[Hooky the Cripple]

There's some pretty hefty sentences here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prey_Sar_prison#Extrajudicial_Inmates) for drug trafficking. Although, 13 years for heroin trafficking makes Cambodia look like the human rights oasis of south east asia.

[crazzyass]

Only thing I know is that they have insane drug laws. Literally batshit insane. I'd boycott the place on principle and, oh yeah, because I don't want to go to prison for 4 years for having a cannabis crumb in the bottom of my bag.

I wouldn't be going to the Middle East for recreational drug use. Asia and Europe would be better for that. I'd just be going to experience Middle Eastern culture for a while. I'd actually be minding my P's and Q's there, as their police are insane on everything, not just drugs.

But I also have a friend who lives in Istanbul, and I'm thinking that Turkey would be a hell of a lot more fun than UAE. But I suppose I could dick around in both for a while and see for myself.

[Erorr]

So how long are gonna be out there? Is this a few month endeavor or longer?
Because this thread is epic and if your out there for a year i cant wait to check into this thread every other day lol

[crazzyass]

So how long are gonna be out there? Is this a few month endeavor or longer?
Because this thread is epic and if your out there for a year i cant wait to check into this thread every other day lol

I think his itinerary has him travelling well into next year.

[cockspank]

Thanks for the advice man...


BTW, I just googled "cool shit to do in bangkok"

this thread is the second result. lol

[Marty McFly]

Just as I was walking back from dinner I saw two motorbike accidents, well, the aftermath of one, and as we actually saw the other one happen. It was a touristy area, but both involved were Locals. We heard a screech, then a bang then a long scrape then screams. Me and my mate fucking ran over and my mate stood in traffic directing them around while I got the bike off the guy, helped him up, but as I was doing this he was saying something to me, and I don't speak more than 5 words of Laos, but I knew he was saying "please get my bike off the road", so I got it up, smashed it in neutral and got it off the road. This of course was while around 4 other tourists were standing there going "Duuuuurrrrhhhgg" and watching the spectacle unfold. As we left, we were thanked a lot, they bowed a lot and said "thank you lai lai" and basically "thank you so much".

Fuck man, I feel like I just had the biggest hit of ice in my life, my heart was )still fucking is) pumping so hard. His foot was mangled (deep cuts and I'm guessing broken), and he had some scrapes and other cuts, but other than that he will be fine. The people on the other bike were totally fine, the girl didnt even get a hole in her stockings.

Well, I've got 30 minutes to kill before I get on this sleeper bus and go to my next destination, this place is actually quite cool. Sorry if I'm being vague about my actual where abouts, it's just that posting illegal activities and dates, bus routs, etc is probably a fucking stupid idea.

The cops told us off for having our shirts off! But once they were back on they were champs about it. This place is definitely very different already....

...will keep you updated.

[Marty McFly]

Thanks for the advice man...


BTW, I just googled "cool shit to do in bangkok"

this thread is the second result. lol

Btw, that is fucking awesome, and fucking horrible all at the same time (publicly advertising illegal activities and all).

Moh well...if a mod can edit out those bits, that'd be rad, if not, well....I doubt anything will come of it since this is all a fictional story made up to entertain the members of zoklet, right guys?

[zombo.com]

wouldnt worry about it, i doubt the police in the jurisdictions you're passing through monitor zoklet all that closely. and as for any at home, fuck'em.
just another anonymous white boy.

[Marty McFly]

wouldnt worry about it, i doubt the police in the jurisdictions you're passing through monitor zoklet all that closely. and as for any at home, fuck'em.
just another anonymous white boy.

Yup. I was just being paranoid. There's a huge construction/sand dredging thing going on around the Mekong in Vantien (capitol of Laos), I asked the supervisor of the site jokingly if I got a MX bike would he let me ride it around the site (huge sand dunes, sand drop offs, sand tracks....). I'm going to find some one who rents out bikes and then will go back and see if that dude was serious, because that would make my fucking day! Racing around big ass bulldozers and diggers.

But to be honest, I really really hate this city so far. Way less of a cock fest, granted, but way too clean and safe and 'safety bubblish' (my guest house has like 15 cameras, heaps of security, etc...my last 'guest house' was a fucking bungalow that any one with a screw driver or bolt cutter could get into, I like that more). It's just....well, a girl could travel here on her own and not have to worry, so there's heaps more girls. But I have a girl, so that sucks for me because there are like 10 times more cops than Cambodia as well.

I'm really just on the internet to find the Laos word for "opium" - :D so...peace.

[Erorr]

Yup. I was just being paranoid. There's a huge construction/sand dredging thing going on around the Mekong in Vantien (capitol of Laos), I asked the supervisor of the site jokingly if I got a MX bike would he let me ride it around the site (huge sand dunes, sand drop offs, sand tracks....). I'm going to find some one who rents out bikes and then will go back and see if that dude was serious, because that would make my fucking day! Racing around big ass bulldozers and diggers.

But to be honest, I really really hate this city so far. Way less of a cock fest, granted, but way too clean and safe and 'safety bubblish' (my guest house has like 15 cameras, heaps of security, etc...my last 'guest house' was a fucking bungalow that any one with a screw driver or bolt cutter could get into, I like that more). It's just....well, a girl could travel here on her own and not have to worry, so there's heaps more girls. But I have a girl, so that sucks for me because there are like 10 times more cops than Cambodia as well.

I'm really just on the internet to find the Laos word for "opium" - :D so...peace.

Your definitely going to be bringing back a opiate addiction with you when it comes time to go back to Australia


I thought you were trying to get clean lol?

[AtrainV]

You know you can edit your own posts... you don't need me to do it for you.

Although I suppose quoted material wouldn't be as easy to change. Anyway, let me know if you want me to censor any of what you said, otherwise I leave it up to your discretion.

[Marty McFly]

I was getting that bad feeling, the one that's gotten me through all the sticky situations on this trip about getting and moving the opium, and by chance, the day I actually get my ass up early enough to go to the morning market to buy it, it's a national holiday and the market was closed. Thus....no illegal activities, for now.

So I have nothing to worry about.

[zombo.com]

trust your instincts, its not life or death to make the deal happen, better to take a pass and not end up in a third world prison if it doesnt feel right.

[Protos]

trust your instincts, its not life or death to make the deal happen, better to take a pass and not end up in a third world prison if it doesnt feel right.

How's it like to be in other countries jails and prisons?

Can't your country of origin help you out? I know they can't threaten them because you did break the law in their country but still.

[Cliche Guevara]

Hey a quick question, how do they feel about americanized minorities? Will things be the same/easier/harder?

It might be a dumb question, but I feel its one worth asking.

[Hooky the Cripple]

Can't your country of origin help you out?

I think all they do is get the ambassador to ask nicely for a pardon. They're not going to fuck up diplomatic relations with a foreign country over some heroin trafficker. Now, if it were a politician's son or daughter, it might be a different story...

[crazzyass]

Marty, you can stay at Temples for free, correct? As long as you help out with alms gathering and other chores, I believe.

I'm thinking I might go stay in one of the Temples for a while. Practice my meditation, learn some Thai, and generally get my bearings in a laid back environment while still able to go out and experience the nontourist aspects of the region. Eventually teach English/whatever and perhaps train in Muay Thai.

That'd be an awesome year or two. :thumbsup:

[el drewto]

Awesome thread.

[Marty McFly]

Marty, you can stay at Temples for free, correct? As long as you help out with alms gathering and other chores, I believe.

I'm thinking I might go stay in one of the Temples for a while. Practice my meditation, learn some Thai, and generally get my bearings in a laid back environment while still able to go out and experience the nontourist aspects of the region. Eventually teach English/whatever and perhaps train in Muay Thai.

That'd be an awesome year or two. :thumbsup:

You're right. But they don't just let any one in. So be a good person and you're safe.


Guys, I'm in a place where CRAZY shit happens every day, I have less money to my name than my IQ, I am doing mushroom/opium shakes daily, not to mention the huge amounts of H I had brought with me that has now run out.

I think at one time I was on H, valium, opium, fentanyl, weed, alcohol and mushrooms..........I was a blabbering mess. I'm going around town and buying supplies today because me and my mate are scaling and "un-scalable" mountain and camping on the other side for 2 nights Bear Gryls/Les Strous style, then hiking back over on the last day.

I'd update you way more - but you have to pay by the minute here and it's far from cheap considering my cash situationb. I'm in Vang Vieng, where there's a river with like 10 bars, you sit in tubes and the bars throw ropes out to you to pull you in. Each bar has its own "thing" - diving boards, rope swings, zip lines, mud wrestling/volley ball, mushrooms, opiates, being the last the stop, etc. It's fun as fuck, but when you're there, you can be all "I'm better than these people, I have done good things" because at that very second, you're exactly the fucking same as them. So we're going to risk our lives, film the whole ordeal, take photos, and very soon (once I dont pay by the fucking MINUTE) I will have a huuuuuuge photo update.

Sorry for the slowness.

[mr.blunt]

That sounds fucking fun, good luck with the trek man.

[Mr. White]

You're right. But they don't just let any one in. So be a good person and you're safe.


Guys, I'm in a place where CRAZY shit happens every day, I have less money to my name than my IQ, I am doing mushroom/opium shakes daily, not to mention the huge amounts of H I had brought with me that has now run out.

I think at one time I was on H, valium, opium, fentanyl, weed, alcohol and mushrooms..........I was a blabbering mess. I'm going around town and buying supplies today because me and my mate are scaling and "un-scalable" mountain and camping on the other side for 2 nights Bear Gryls/Les Strous style, then hiking back over on the last day.

I'd update you way more - but you have to pay by the minute here and it's far from cheap considering my cash situationb. I'm in Vang Vieng, where there's a river with like 10 bars, you sit in tubes and the bars throw ropes out to you to pull you in. Each bar has its own "thing" - diving boards, rope swings, zip lines, mud wrestling/volley ball, mushrooms, opiates, being the last the stop, etc. It's fun as fuck, but when you're there, you can be all "I'm better than these people, I have done good things" because at that very second, you're exactly the fucking same as them. So we're going to risk our lives, film the whole ordeal, take photos, and very soon (once I dont pay by the fucking MINUTE) I will have a huuuuuuge photo update.

Sorry for the slowness.

wut

[Tunicate]

sheeeesh sounds like things are getting a little precarious. This money situation will be a nail biter.

[Marty McFly]

sheeeesh sounds like things are getting a little precarious. This money situation will be a nail biter.

...then add to this the fact that today I paid $37 of that nearly non existing money to rent a kick ass motorbike, filled up the tank, paid to get across a toll bridge, then the breaks gave out. So I rode all the way back, got the guy to fix it (actually put oil in the breaks), but he puts too much in (I saw him syphoning it out), I LITERALLY ride 50m from his shop, apply the front break, hear a smash sound, and then massive creaking and groaning and the bikes even more fucked than before. So I return the bike, the dude says its my fault and I need to pay to have the front break repaired. I've told him to suck my fat one, I'm taking it to the police tonight. He has my passport, but he's a fucking fuck face who can lick my sweaty ass crack. Every time I make a good point, his English suddenly worsens and he doesn't understand me, but he's SURE it's impossible that a bolt fell out, no, no...it was either us or some one else trying to steal the BREAK PADS. Yes, that's his excuse...

GOD FUCKING DAMN *goes to a bar and has a 'special' tea to relax*

Yes, this was a fucking emo rant, but the nut sack has my passport and out of principal I'm not paying - see the dilemma?

[Tunicate]

Absolutely. I wouldn't take it either :rant: guy doesn't know shit about shit.

[Marty McFly]

Just realized I never signed the contract. My friend did, returned the bike and got his passport back. I never signed shit, I wont mention this till he has my passport in hand in front of the police officer, then I will be like "bring out this contract that says I need to pay for any damages caused for any reason".

BWUHAHAHA. Yay for being scattered in the morning.

[unstableasatable]

you may not like it, but im sure the money problem was loosen greatly if you laid of the drugs abit. trying to stick to a boundary of how much drugs a week you can have. and by all means stick to this.

[Marty McFly]

Just realized I never signed the contract. My friend did, returned the bike and got his passport back. I never signed shit, I wont mention this till he has my passport in hand in front of the police officer, then I will be like "bring out this contract that says I need to pay for any damages caused for any reason".

BWUHAHAHA. Yay for being scattered in the morning.

Took the matter to the police, just out of fucking principal. I'm not paying the cunt. The police got fucking annoyed at him because he just wont listen, every one in town hates him. Told me to to take it to the police in the capital 3 hours away....to make me go "fuck....fine, I'll pay" but I was like "cool, how much is a bus ticket?" which shocked them a little.

Where I go that has the best "happy menu", the owner is ex mafia turned legit businessman, he likes me and sat down with me and got me to tell him the whole story, he's having a chat to him tomorrow for me :) then he gave me a NIIIIIICE big cup of tea (where I get my opium tea), getting my antioxidants, being healthy! If my mum could see me now :)

[zombo.com]

This thread should be stickied to the top of globetrotters, as a guide for those that come after.

[Fractals]

Epic thread, OP. I read it all a couple weeks ago and I've been following it since. :thumbsup:

[Tunicate]

This thread should be stickied to the top of globetrotters, as a guide for those that come after.

I absolutely agree. Especially since there are a so many places that he's been and going to go!

[Marty McFly]

So my travel buddy Rob found this thread. Told me if I want the photos, just ask for them. I'm not sure if this is going to positively or negatively effect my writing since I've never shown a soul who I know IRL my writing...EVER. My stomach actually sank when I heard him laugh, turned around and saw the &Z themed forum/writing.

We've discussed the idea of him adding his perspective to this as well, so I gave him a topic to write about (An interesting romance he had on the trip) and will chuck it up when it's done.

On a side note, I had, probably, a mild opiate overdose last night/today. That guy, the tea he gave me.....well it was REALLY fucking strong. Blew me right off my ass. I didn't get up till 5pm today. So yeah, I'm realizing I NEED to stay away from drugs. But I'm quite weak and they've got a pretty good hold of me. In 8 days, the girl I love is coming out to see me. For the entire time of her visit, all "real drugs" will not be an option, and then I'm off to the Himalayas to live in a temple, so I will be drug free for a long time. Also while she's out here, I'll find out if we're going to stick through the long distance relationship or if we're doomed.

On our first day tubing it was the biggest culture shock on the whole trip: White people every where, half naked, slutty, partying non stop and paying no respect to the culture. It was INSANE. There were girls who wore bikini bottoms made from aluminium foil. And progressively through the day, they tore away. Eventually, their asses were just fully hanging out, and when it came to that point, they just hung a leaf over their goods. We were going down the river and this bar has this sign, but lifts it up to reveal a secret one behind it: "Psychedelic shakes" written in that groovy 70's font. I was like "Sooooold! Reel me in" and they threw us out a rope and pulled us in. They lift up their normal menu to reveal the secret menu: Weed, opium and mushrooms in the form of shakes, teas, cakes, etc. We got a mushy shake each, an opium joint between us, swallowed the filth, smoked the harsh cunt, and then went on our way. The sun was setting and we convinced 3 people to come down river with us all the way back to town (every one else just gets out of the river and catches tuktuks back or takes the river to town if its light). Out of no where this Canadian dude, floats over to us and starts making like....Native Indian American animal calls. It was dark, so I'll know what these people looked like, but now we joke that he was our spirit guide. But back to the point, mushroomed, floating down a pitch black river back to town (well over an hours float), it was some trippy shit. I got a little paranoid. These dudes told us they were the last chance to get back to town and tried to reel us in, and said they'd give us a ride for $1.25 each, I was like "No way, you're trying scam us, I can see the moving lights of town up ahead". So we all just kept floating on. Then I was like "Paddle really hard to the right of the lights" then one of the English girls who was infront called out "PADDLE AWAY FROM THE LIGHTS, it's a dude up to his waist in the river with a spear and head light" so we're all like "FUUUUCK" and paddle REALLY hard the other way. Seeing them dive in, and come close to me, that freaked me a little.

But then we actually saw town, it was over this really shallow rocky area we had to walk past (again, I tripped out when my friend some how managed to float past me), to these rapids. I decided to not get IN the tube, but to rather try and kneel on it when going through the rapids, I sucked ass at it, fell off, lost my flip flops and sunglasses, managed to pull my self up underneath the tube, gasping for air, sputtering....and I still have this crystal clear memory of exactly what I was thinking at that moment "Man, I am way too fucked on mushrooms to be going down rapids at night in a tube".

Truly an epic night, and I can not recommend this any less. But I would recommend life jackets, people do drown out here and we were pretty fucked. As the Canadian dude floated away I asked aren't you worried? He said "If I were worried I would have brought my mum with me" - and he never got off in town, he just......floated on. He did say "Next stop: Cambodia", which at the time was funny but maybe he was serious, we ruled out the possibility of him being a hallucination, because we both talked to him.

[mr.blunt]

As the Canadian dude floated away I asked aren't you worried? He said "If I were worried I would have brought my mum with me" - and he never got off in town, he just......floated on. He did say "Next stop: Cambodia", which at the time was funny but maybe he was serious, we ruled out the possibility of him being a hallucination, because we both talked to him.

Ahahahaha, damn that's fucking awesome. Good end to that post.

[rell]

How are the hookers in SE Asia?

[crazzyass]

How are the hookers in SE Asia?

I think Marty has stayed away from the sexual aspect of it all. But I hear it's a pretty jumpin' place....

[rell]

Fuck yeah. If I was him I would rent out an upscale hotel, get some booze and some dope, then call hookers up.

[Timmah!]

This thread has been an epic read so far. Can't wait for some more updates.

[Tunicate]

well... yeah, definitely calming down on the drugs sooner would have been a faboo idea but now that you're where you are with the problem I suppose good food, detoxing, and plain old alcohol could help aid the ache. you sir, are quite the damn trail blazer. I'm sure you personally have become an adventure lol t'would make a good movie, methinks.

[Marty McFly]

We tried to climb some limb stone mountains that overlook tubing in vangvieng. We made it around half way up when my mate went to grab on to this boulder, but it just gave way and fell down the mountain. It came right at my head but I ducked behind this tree, it hit it then rolled off, scraped down my leg, then picked up enough speed to clear a path down the entire mountain cutting every tree in it's path in half. Luckily it hadn't picked up enough speed when it hit the tree I was behind. My leg started to bleed pretty quickly and my heart was racing. So we turned back and started down climbing, got lost and had to traverse across razor sharp rocks while using machetes to cut the vines that were tangling us. For the majority of the day, the penalty for failure was death, at some points, it was a certainty.

I got my passport back by talking to some locals, and they had a talk to the guy who was holding it and made him return it. So I'll be heading to Bangkok in a few days. To be honest, I haven't gone off the tourist trail much in Laos, I tried to, but my motorbike died, and the othertime a rock tried to kill me (was intending to get over the mountain and spend a few days in the valley on the other side)...I don't really like it here. Being a communist country, it's fucking mental. Laos is currently hosting the South East Asian cup, so they close every thing at around 11:30...just to make sure there's no trouble any where and nothing gives the country a bad name. It's really really shit. A bar was burnt down and bulldozed, then covered in boulders, because apparently a tourist got seriously injured/died on their rope swing. I called bullshit, because I was like "no, I was there yesterday, you're mistaken", then the next day I saw it and...well yeah, no bar, just boulders. Communist countries suck balls.

[Soulless]

Crazy stories Marty, I've got quite a few of my own. I've been hanging out in Pattaya for the past 4 months and I'm planning on staying for another 2. I've also visited Rayong and Aranyaprathet with my girlfriends. As for Bangkok, I won't be going there anytime soon. My crazy ex works on Soi 4 (Nana) and would kill me if she found out I came back...

I do know how have fun in Pattaya though, so if you ever stop by, send me a PM and maybe we can meetup to grab a drink or have a toke.

[mr.blunt]

Arquin, I just realized you're basically living out the movie The Beach. Just thought I'd let you know.

[unstableasatable]

he aint been back in a while...

[Hooky the Cripple]

he aint been back in a while...

Kidnapped by the Khmer Rouge?

[matt110]

he aint been back in a while...

It's only been 5 days.

It's not like they have wireless internet providers over there...

[13579]

Arquin, I just realized you're basically living out the movie The Beach. Just thought I'd let you know.

The first time I heard of this movie was only about an hour or so ago, and I watched part of it. Now it's name is popping up everywhere...

[Soulless]

It's only been 5 days.

It's not like they have wireless internet providers over there...
You'd be suprised by the number of WiFi hotspots in the major tourist cities such as Bangkok, Pattaya and Phuket. The major cell companies also offer prepaid GSM aircards, which will get you internet anywhere you get a phone signal (very slow though, about 20KB/downstream) and are quite cheap.

It's normal to get caught up in Thailand and forget about the internet for 5 days...or even more. I used to lurk on Zoklet everyday before I came here. Now I've been here for 4 months and yesterday was the first time I logged in to check out what's new since I left. My life's slowed down a lot now though, mostly just chilling and smoking pot everyday (a dime of mids goes for about $1 in Pattaya).

[matt110]

You'd be suprised by the number of WiFi hotspots in the major tourist cities such as Bangkok, Pattaya and Phuket. The major cell companies also offer prepaid GSM aircards, which will get you internet anywhere you get a phone signal (very slow though, about 20KB/downstream) and are quite cheap.

It's normal to get caught up in Thailand and forget about the internet for 5 days...or even more. I used to lurk on Zoklet everyday before I came here. Now I've been here for 4 months and yesterday was the first time I logged in to check out what's new since I left. My life's slowed down a lot now though, mostly just chilling and smoking pot everyday (a dime of mids goes for about $1 in Pattaya).

Ah, cheers for clearing that up.

I figured if you're outside the major cities though, it would get much harder to find any possible internet access.

[unstableasatable]

It's only been 5 days.

It's not like they have wireless internet providers over there...


meh, i supoose so. just on hols so checking zoklet more, and was used to him updating everyday after colledge :)

[Erorr]

he died

[Marty McFly]

he died

Haha....Nah, I'm fine. My girlfriend came to Bangkok, so I picked her up, we stayed there for three agonizing days, then we caught a bus to Siam Reap in Cambodia. I was going to go to the north of Thailand....but, well....Bangkok scared me off of that. It's a shitty city after you've seen other parts of south east Asia. But the three days I spent in Bangkok were torture. So many douch bags. Also...since you mention The Beach, walk down Khaosan Road in Bangkok and you'll see some of the signs from when Leonardo Dicaprio walked down the same road in the movie. Kind of cool.

Last night I bought a bag of weed then decided to buy some Yabba. A group of us (the dealer, his mate and a girl he was trying to pick up) were sitting at the table as this Khmer dude walks over and joins us. He's this huge bearded guy built like a brick shit house. Pretty intimidating. We constantly kept hearing the "Kssshhh *mumble mumble mumble*"of a radio/walky talky on the guy. I went to the toilet and when I got back I heard my girlfriend finishing a sentence "...so you're a cop and in like....the Cambodian version of the FBI?" and he was like yup. Deals with murders and drugs, but he was our drug dealers brother and told us not to worry. He'd say "No problem...no problem!" always ending it with a sincere smile that gave me a good vibe. We'd had enough beer, valium and weed that we were chilled (to the point of falling asleep) and relaxed, not worrying at all. Then I convinced my vegetarian (of like 14 years) girlfriend to eat a snake in lemon grass curry.

Well I like to keep this blog private from the people I know, so I better be off before my GF gets back. She's going to see all the temples I've already seen so I'm getting fucked up on Yabba and hiring a bike to ride around town.

Peace out. Oh and yeah, Laos was really dull....nothing cool happened there, so I''m glad to be back in Cambodia where awesome shit happens daily. If you go to Laos, stay WELL off the tourist trail. While riding a motorbike there, I had some kids point a gun at me (as well as cross bows and spear guns). Really un-fucking cool.

[Mr. White]

moar updates?

[mr.blunt]

he died

this

[Fractals]

this

again?

[mr.blunt]

Well he wasn't dead last time, but he is now.

[Erorr]

bro's dead

[el drewto]

He was gang raped by little Asian men. :(

[yeagel]

sucks brah

[General Butt.Naked]

First thought...The Beach. Non fiction? You never know...there are far too many creative minds on this site to even be sure.

As friendly with drugs as I am, I think Id be waaaay too freaked out to even try to buy weed. They do some crazy shit to drug users over there if you don't have the cash/ influence to cover your ass.

I wish I had the money and resources to travel. Although I would be the asshole who would buy a treasure map from some Austrian bunkmate in my hostel, raft out to an uncharted island, and end up discovering a tropical utopia....and then get killed by drug pirates.

But thats just me. I would love to get a little group of you fuckers from this site and travel the world. We would need a couple of more sane people though- just to keep things safe.

[mr.blunt]

Damn I'd be so down for that if I had the monetary means to back it up.

Just think about it, a traveling band of totseans touring the world consuming all the countries' drugs with no second thought, and tearing shit up everywhere in the name of the screaming electrion.

Bahahaha.

[FON]

While in theory a good idea...I doubt many people could handle travelling with the idiots from zoklet. Unless you actually managed to find a sane user. Good luck soldiers.

[General Butt.Naked]

I just would like to travel with some somewhat likeminded people. Although I suppose sometimes the fun is in traveling with people who are completely different from yourself and outside your comfort zone. I propose that either this or a sub-thread is stickied to become a hub/blog for all &Z travelers. A place where good people can meet up and undertake adventures.

Im nailed down here in the states currently with my own heroin addiction, and I feel that I need a bit of work to get strong and able to handle a bunch of the crazy shit I would undoubtedly be undertaking, but just reading all these adventures makes me really want to get out there and do it. My life is going to be far to short as it is to not get out there and see this huge world. Sadly shit is so expensive... :(

Marty, I certainly hope you're okay. However you should know that you've got some kind of guardian angel watching over you. I think most travelers would be rotting in a delta somewhere if they tried to undertake a lot of the stuff you have. Haha. But the travel gods seem to be with you. What the attitude like towards Americans over there and other places you've visited? I tend to get along with most people without any problems, and am by no means a stereotypical American, but one nonetheless.

Hope to hear more from you soon. Stay safe.

[Marty McFly]

Quick response: Serious shit went down. Girlfriend got abducted and raped. Cancelling my holiday, but the relationship is probably over, she resents men now, including me, often blaming me for not being there among other things.

Going to get my scuba license tomorrow then flying home on first available flight.

Fuck
Fuck
Fuck.


Will update when I have more time.

[mr.blunt]

Oh damn. That fucking sucks man hope it all works out for you.

[matt110]

Quick response: Serious shit went down. Girlfriend got abducted and raped. Cancelling my holiday, but the relationship is probably over, she resents men now, including me, often blaming me for not being there among other things.

Going to get my scuba license tomorrow then flying home on first available flight.

Fuck
Fuck
Fuck.


Will update when I have more time.

:facepalm:

Goddamn.

[crazzyass]

Dude...what the fuck?

[Fractals]

inb4belair

[FON]

Holy fuck man...Thats fucked up. What the fuck..?

So an epic time was ruined by some rape. 3rd world country yay or nay?

[ergoat]

Holy fuck man...Thats fucked up. What the fuck..?

So an epic time was ruined by some rape. 3rd world country yay or nay?
Depends how feminine you are I guess. You really do have to be careful of some shit.

[crazzyass]

Holy fuck man...Thats fucked up. What the fuck..?

So an epic time was ruined by some rape. 3rd world country yay or nay?

It sucks that the world works this way, but it's really impossible to travel through a large chunk of the world as a woman unless you have a male companion with you constantly. And even that isn't a guarantee.

[zombo.com]

she wasn't with him.

[matt110]

she wasn't with him.

I want to know what she was doing off on her own. :confused:

[Herpy Derpy]

I want to know what she was doing off on her own. :confused:

Gettin' raped.

[FrY]

Yeah sounds like a great time, and im not just talking about the drugs.