Comments on: The Bumpy Road to the Riches of the Khmer http://thetwohalves.com/2009/03/the-bumpy-road-to-the-riches-of-the-khmer-2/ Global trends, marketing, social media, travel, photography and + Thu, 03 May 2012 00:04:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Nick Taylor http://thetwohalves.com/2009/03/the-bumpy-road-to-the-riches-of-the-khmer-2/comment-page-1/#comment-129 Nick Taylor Mon, 24 Aug 2009 13:13:51 +0000 http://twohalves7.wordpress.com/2009/03/04/the-bumpy-road-to-the-riches-of-the-khmer#comment-129 4 Responses to “Thailand to Angkor, Cambodia Travel Report — by Nick Taylor, March 2009” on http://articles.theglobalguru.net/thailand-to-angkor-cambodia-travel-report-by-nick-taylor-march-2009/ Phillip Jeffers says: March 19, 2009 at 10:08 pm Ah don’t you hate the scammers in some countries?!? Especially when they outsmart even the seasoned travelers… Jacob says: March 27, 2009 at 12:16 pm i had a similar incident in a border town in China. i had to actually buy back my own stolen passport! although i could have refused, i wouldn’t have been in a better situation without my passport!! i decided to just ’suck it up’ and get it back – cost me equal to about 30 quid, which was all i had in my pocket at the time. Honeymoon in Cambodia says: May 28, 2009 at 4:35 am It’s a shame about you being scammed, I know it’s not enough to put you off travelling but a slightly less seasoned traveller may be dissuaded from visiting entire regions again due to something like this happening to them. Nick says: May 31, 2009 at 4:38 pm The point is to take it all in stride… At the end of the day, I was out a little money and well shaken up, but I lived to see another day… I have an Australian friend who has (and this, just in the last two years!) been robbed by some street kids in Brazil followed by the policia in Colombia, only to get over to the Middle East and get beaten up & pickpocketed by the police in Kazakhstan and frightened to death by a mullah in Iran! The point is that bad things can and will happen, no matter what you do, it is useless to worry and generally pointless to generalize. IMHO travel, just like life, is a risk worth taking! 4 Responses to “Thailand to Angkor, Cambodia Travel Report — by Nick Taylor, March 2009” on http://articles.theglobalguru.net/thailand-to-angkor-cambodia-travel-report-by-nick-taylor-march-2009/

Phillip Jeffers says:
March 19, 2009 at 10:08 pm
Ah don’t you hate the scammers in some countries?!? Especially when they outsmart even the seasoned travelers…

Jacob says:
March 27, 2009 at 12:16 pm
i had a similar incident in a border town in China. i had to actually buy back my own stolen passport! although i could have refused, i wouldn’t have been in a better situation without my passport!! i decided to just ’suck it up’ and get it back – cost me equal to about 30 quid, which was all i had in my pocket at the time.

Honeymoon in Cambodia says:
May 28, 2009 at 4:35 am
It’s a shame about you being scammed, I know it’s not enough to put you off travelling but a slightly less seasoned traveller may be dissuaded from visiting entire regions again due to something like this happening to them.

Nick says:
May 31, 2009 at 4:38 pm
The point is to take it all in stride… At the end of the day, I was out a little money and well shaken up, but I lived to see another day… I have an Australian friend who has (and this, just in the last two years!) been robbed by some street kids in Brazil followed by the policia in Colombia, only to get over to the Middle East and get beaten up & pickpocketed by the police in Kazakhstan and frightened to death by a mullah in Iran! The point is that bad things can and will happen, no matter what you do, it is useless to worry and generally pointless to generalize. IMHO travel, just like life, is a risk worth taking!

]]> By: Reisender http://thetwohalves.com/2009/03/the-bumpy-road-to-the-riches-of-the-khmer-2/comment-page-1/#comment-128 Reisender Sat, 07 Mar 2009 14:39:51 +0000 http://twohalves7.wordpress.com/2009/03/04/the-bumpy-road-to-the-riches-of-the-khmer#comment-128 Not sure how you made it through that scam without your an assist from your fellow travel buddy PJ! It is some consolation to me that you still find trouble when I'm not around though... Not sure how you made it through that scam without your an assist from your fellow travel buddy PJ! It is some consolation to me that you still find trouble when I’m not around though…

]]> By: Global http://thetwohalves.com/2009/03/the-bumpy-road-to-the-riches-of-the-khmer-2/comment-page-1/#comment-127 Global Wed, 04 Mar 2009 20:32:22 +0000 http://twohalves7.wordpress.com/2009/03/04/the-bumpy-road-to-the-riches-of-the-khmer#comment-127 Very cool article - these are places I haven't been yet, so the descriptions are very helpful! Very cool article – these are places I haven’t been yet, so the descriptions are very helpful!

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