A few months ago I landed in Bangkok and having only US dollars on me I went to a bank to get some Thai Baht. I was approached by an unlicenced currency dealer who wanted to know if I needed any money changed. I had about $100 USD on me and didn't pa

Cambodia’s principal lake, the Tônlé Sap (Great Lake), is the largest in Southeast Asia. From the northwest, the Tônlé Sap drains into the Mekong via the Tônlé Sab River, entering the Mekong at Phnom Penh. Each year during th

A Wedding Party being photographed at Angkor WatSilong at Angkor Watt watching wedding photographs being takenSilong's Wedding party outfit:Scenes from the Wedding feast:Me, thoroughly drunk and having eaten something with tentacles that moved:

From the desk of ace reporter Roy Rubberplunger!Today we can reveal the full cabinet paper, prepared by Attorney General Lord Peter Goldsmith, on the legality of Britain going to war with Iraq two years ago. It reads as follows:Go for it Tony!Lov

From the desk of ace reporter Roy Rubberplunger!The National Rifle Association today praised the privacy law that prevents the FBI from stopping suspected and know terrorists from buying guns and assault rifles. They said that the privacy rights of g

News from the desk of ace reporter Roy Rubberplunger.Today in the US, Halliburton announced a suprise interim additional $8.9 billion increase in profits.'I'm as suprised as anyone.' said their chief accountant Sly Kleptoman.Meanwhile, today in Iraq,

Last week American troops opened fire on a car carrying a recently released Italian hostage, Giuliana Sgrena. In the hail of bullets her rescuer, intelligence officer Nicola Calipari, was killed while trying to protect Giuliana with her body. Ameri

News from the desk of ace reporter Roy Rubberplunger.A recent survey published in the Economist newspaper indicates that 20% of American people have a diagnosable mental disorder. This has led to calls that the recent presidential elections where Geo

I wrote about Mukhtar's story last year.Last week a Pakistani court overturned the judgement of a previous court that had found the accused guilty of gang-raping Mukhtar. She was raped because her brother, 12,  had previously been kindnapped an

In the last article I summed up the events that led America to the dusty quagmire of Iraq that it is drowning in today. A few weeks back the hysteria surrounding so called elections where people didn't know who or what they were voting for and whic

Are you pro-war or anti-war? Well? Come on it's not difficult, put your money where your mouth is. We're at war. Are you with us or against us? A patriot or a traitor?It's a sad state of affairs isn't it? That what passes for debate in the US over th