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Cambodia's Water Festival cancelled this year!!!

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  Hi beautiful people,hope everyone is having a wonderful time in this beautiful Kingdom..or wherever you are.Am having such a good day today.Anyway so last night I was having dinner with a friend of mine and she mentioned that the water festival has been cancelled this year...and I was like WHAT????For thosse who don't know...Water Festival is the largest public festival in Cambodia.The festival marks the reversal of the flow of the Tonle Sap river,and obviously there is a "scientific'explanation for this reversal.but its more fun when I think about it  as.."The river is just bored of flowing in the same direction all year long and decided..what the hell,am gonna go this way now!!" The highlight of the festival is the boat races on the riverside and fireworks afterwards...aaaah.The festival happens over 3 days once every year in November in Phnom Penh (the capital city) and bout 2 million people(ok..ok...1 million) come to Phnom Penh to enjoy the boat races,part...

Kraziest moto bike ride in Phnom Penh, Cambodia??

 Hi people,so much has happened since my last post.I think I have lost my writing mojo lately...sigh..Today is Thursday...and Thursdays and Fridays are my favorite days of the week,because I only work for 2 hours on both days.So I have lots of free time.(Wait,why am I telling you this??)Ok for those who don't know,the easiest way to move around in Phnom Penh is by taking a moto taxi.There are other means of transport obviously,tuktuks,cyclos,taxis..whatever. I almost always take a moto coz they are faster.Am sure all of us living in PP has had one or two not so good moto bike rides.I have many stories about this..I mean I have taken motobikes and the person did not have a clue where we are going,and the worst thing is they rarely admit it.So you end up going in circles and circles and circles.I have taken a moto bike guy who was just a thief!He sped off before he could give me back my change.I was kinda lucky actually because I know one or two people who took out their wallets to g...