Tag Archives: cambodia

Angkor Arms Hotel – Sihanoukville – 2007

April 12, 2025 – 8:37 am

“Fun.” “I know fun.” “Where you want go tonight?” “Sophie’s, Martini’s, and Sharkey’s,” answered Nik. “Pheap sabbayrikreay.” I was broken-hearted and not after any girls. “Drink was my fun.” “Now many girls go home for new year.” He veered onto 51 street. The public sanitation squad were still recovering from the Khmer Rouge purges and […]

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Duch Choi Cha’ kai Anh

April 11, 2024 – 6:29 am

Written on Jun 11, 2017 In 1975 the Khmer Rouge converted the Tuol Svay Prey High School on the outskirts of Phnom Penh into the murderous Tuol Sleng or S-21 prison. An estimated 17,000 prisoners had been subjected to the following code of behavior enforced by its administrator Comrade Duch or Kang Kek Iew and […]

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Sophie’s Bar Phnom Penh – Songkran 2007

April 11, 2024 – 12:58 am

Entry by Ty Spaulding In 1999 Cambodia was at peace. No weapons were seen on the streets, but once off the main avenues the streets were unlit Phnom Penh landmark was located on an unlit side street. Nik and I were looking for Sophia’s a notorious short-time bar. It is not easy to find even […]

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Beyond The Border

February 26, 2024 – 6:48 am

Over the years my friends’ sons and daughters suspected that my travels were connected to the CIA or some criminal enterprise. My denials only confirmed their opinions, mostly because none of them wanted to become their parents, unless they were rich. Recently young man contacted me on Facebook and asked if I was in Thailand […]

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December 20, 1978 – East Village – Journal

January 3, 2024 – 2:38 pm

My Christmas shopping is nearly complete, except for my brother Frank and sister Pammie, but accomplishing that should be easy thanks to a bet at OTB with Bill Yusk coming through. Wise Philip at Aqueduct. An unexpected boon thanks to a dream about the race. Like DH Lawrence’s The Unrealistic Dream Of A Horse Rider. […]

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