Penguins of Angkor

19/04/2013

Ironic as it may be....In the end i did not make it with the 'penguins of Angkor', somebody let me down big time. So i want to thank you all for your friendship, clientele and good cheers, Thanks! ,RIP Penguins'. - will be going back to Sihanoukville on Sunday... thanks again, Penguit

11/04/2013

the penguins are back online!

02/04/2013

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movie made in norway

01/04/2013

the market has been a zoo for the last few days, the khmer new year is coming,, but before that,,, the so to speak - half way point between the month of the 'hungry souls' the chineese month when thy party/offer and go to the graves...of 'the ancestors' . with a big picknick basket too.now is thus the time to 'freshen up '' the graves: everybody buys joss sticks and candles and effigies to be burned: paper land rovers, money, watches, paper clothes and whatever.. but it seems as the town is prospering now it is that everybody decided that- grand ma-from mother side= grandpa from father side- needs a new home in the spirit world.. so now they are all buying them paper models .. of villas.. and they are bulky... try not running into one of those babes in an already overcrowded market at the best of times- the are make from paper.... but they sure are big -quite a quaint complaint...

31/03/2013

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=348339598620870
camboda is not disney land, and i do not care what trip advisor says about it- thanks, Anneke

for finding the footage; it's tough kids but it's live- holiday in cambodia- by the dead kennedies still holds true..http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KTsXHXMkJA this video is not
is not for the faint hearted- - needless to say take very careful
as it is it is 'robbery season' take care out there,
hope will you do okay -mn vrienden-... Stuard, Lee et all.we are all devastated.. for this piece of s**t that nobody needed.. take care.. mn vrienden, the pengint- of tanja

31/03/2013

to clarify to those of you not living in Cambo the guesthouses or friends of mine in snooky are burning down- right now...this is terrible

31/03/2013

My heartfelt sadness goes out to you my friends the Monkeys... wish you strength,,,, this is terrible...

31/03/2013

the power outages/ overloads are even beginning to grate on me.. 2kg Sunday roast and it is off and on, the landlord ( a really good guy) commanded the electrician.. i'm still waiting...okay finding solutions just in case... it will be on no matter if i have to live like a mole in my kitchen..i will- compared to sen monorom this is still idle luxury... imagine, just turning a faucet- and water comes out, just like that.. instead of having to fill tanks on roofs and keeping an eye on them all the times... BTW: i feel for you guys in Snooky... hope you can snag water delivery.... take care penguint

30/03/2013

what now? metphone sent us a message. Normally it is some stupid promotion- whereas today:
they inform us that Hun Sen has instructed the Khmer people to avoid accidents for the next two days' ... what about the rest of the year me wonders...

27/03/2013

..after all these years in cambo, whenever i think i saw it all...:
im sitting on my terrace when i look up from my book is see a horse- well one of those small ones they have here, a young filly- less than a year trying to eat my bougainville.. Her halter is frayed- obviously she made away from somewhere. Now as im rather partial to my plants - plus i realize that she might at some day be somebody's lively hood i approach her and get hold of her harness, while trying to close the gate, chasing the dogs inside and grabbing my mobile at the same time... quietly talking to her. somehow this works,,,(don't ask how i wouldn't know).so what next. i'm on the right side of her. not good stumbling over my plants i try to manouver myself to her left. not appreciated- i bet -i say to her, . so what now: here i am on my minuscule terrace with a horse... somehow i have to get her back but where did she come from? i walk her carefully- she shies a few times- to the electric store did you see where she came from i ask. they make a vague gesture to the bus station they seem to be afraid of her and for me..i thank them calm the animal and go to the soria station around the corner. there somebody makes a vague gesture towards the Mekong and to the left. okay. next thing a behemoth of a bus rounds the bend,the horse first shies then rears, trying to get free she tries to hit me with a hoof, i manage to almost -dodge , it just grazes my jaw feebly and i hold on. meanwhile assorted motodops have hit the ground/ fled etc...
so again we trudge on with her alternately being docile , shying and trying to rear again...near the river i see a fenced in area with anther horse grazing, that could be her mother, and a huge gap in the fencing.by now i m dragging her through the hole she does not want to go back. And i am fed up. so i let go and chase her further in. she turns and tries to get out again. by now gallant horsemanship has left me... so i 'turn khmer' grab stone and throw it at her... does he job too: off to mama she goes... i close the fence as good as i can. i have had it and feel my age good..actually im shaking still.... time for a pastis....or more

26/03/2013

strangely so- things here seem to move- slowly - almost imperceptebly so- but in the right direction.now a big thunderstorm is brewing up- and man do we need it- except for the power outage that will go with it of course...

25/03/2013

finally out of computer problems.. or so i hope- the penguins are back and ready to play!