I am clearly now an expert since I have been here 4 days. Currently at the airport about to board my flight from Siem Reap to Sihanoukville. Which seems to be referred to as Sihanouk by Cambodians – let’s get rid of the French is all senses is, I imagine, the thinking behind that. …
Month: November 2016
Bloody hell
On the plane to Cambodia – wondering if they will let me in. Last Friday at the British Embassy – 650 papers. Letter from my friend Francisco who I stay with in Bangkok, confirming I was staying with him. As the consulate had told me when I called them. ‘Do you have proof of his…
What a day
Trump is President. Just posted what I thought on FB, so won’t repeat it here. But holy fuck. Feels weird writing about me on a day like today….but I will. It’s a thing of mine – appropriate at times…to shut the fuck up when there are bigger things going on. But in my line of…
You tell no-one you have cancer
You just smile, be happy (waving hands around motions) and tell no-one. No tell friends, people just feel sorry for you. No tell anyone, be happy. Says Noi, who runs a little health food shop here. I reply, I don’t have cancer. You tell no-one. You don’t think about it, you no talk about it….