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Licensed to soak The Thai new year, Songkran (สงกรานต์), officially ended today with the not-so-subtle parade of white military-grade police wagons with officers in tow slowly marching down Koasan road, the main party drag, effectively sweeping the street clean of water warriors and ending four days of fun wet celebration. The water canons, and we [...]
White sand dunes We spent the day sightseeing on motorbikes with the great Mr. Binh, the Mui Ne Easy Rider. First we went to see how local people make rice wine. We tried it too. A little sip. Well, that might have been just enough rice wine for us, maybe we’ll stick to grape wine. [...]
Police love money The western New Year, like Christmas, is not widely celebrated in Cambodia; most people celebrate the Chinese New Year later this month. But the “raw enforcement” officials seemed to be celebrating with a little traffic extortion. We have a video of it on-line…
