random stories of cambodia:

a dude claiming to be a policeman started talking to me in one of the temples yesterday, and then offered me his police badge and his ID card for $1. the deal had negligable appeal to me. he then starting complaining about having no money - i walked off.

after drunkeness a couple of days ago, i started the 15 minute walk in the dark back to the hotel at 2am. a moto driver pulled up to me, and offered to drive me home for $1. After haggling him down to 35cents, i jumped on the back of his bike. Promptly, he turned into a pimp, offering me the services of girls. After telling him NO NO NO, he finally said OK, and started driving back to the hotel. About 20seconds later, a fault entirely associated with my inebriation, I decided that he was going the wrong way, and still taking me for either girls or round the corner to relieve me of my passport and dollars. Slamming my feet on the ground, i shouted, NO GIRLS NO GIRLS NO GIRLS, and tried to slow the bike down so that i could jump off. No luck. After dragging my shoes for 50m, he managed to convince me that the deal hadn't changed, and he was taking me back to the hotel. Fear subsided, and I clambered over the closed gates of hotel only to find they were unlocked anyway.


- posted by Daniel @ Monday, May 17, 2004