<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Travel - Indochina @ valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com</title><link>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/</link><description>(Travel - Indochina) </description><copyright>Copyright 2010 valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com</copyright><generator></generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:12:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><image><title>Travel - Indochina @ valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com</title><url>http://server1.blog-city.com/images/bc_v5_logo_small.gif</url><link>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/</link></image><ttl>360</ttl><docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss</docs><item><title>A bad week in Phnom Penh - the shooting</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/a_bad_week_in_phnom_penh__the_shooting.htm</guid><link>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/a_bad_week_in_phnom_penh__the_shooting.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2005 04:50:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=a%5Fbad%5Fweek%5Fin%5Fphnom%5Fpenh%5F%5Fthe%5Fshooting</comments><dc:creator>john mchugh</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[It was the time of the visa woes. Once again I trudged from my hotel to the Riverside for lunch, the sun baking and oppressive, the heat thick enough to slice. Past stinking sewers rustling with rats, wheelie bins with their contents strewn on the fl]]></description></item><item><title>Sex tourists in Phnom Penh</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/sex_tourists_in_phnom_penh.htm</guid><link>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/sex_tourists_in_phnom_penh.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2005 04:47:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=sex%5Ftourists%5Fin%5Fphnom%5Fpenh</comments><dc:creator>john mchugh</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Discovered this site, it says a lot about sex tourism and sex tourists, some of the comments have to be read to be believed. My favourite line has to be:'A facinating country, but go before the tourists ruin it.'phnom penh Massage Parlor Dated Added:]]></description></item><item><title>Phnom Penh - the visa woes</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/phnom_penh__the_visa_woes.htm</guid><link>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/phnom_penh__the_visa_woes.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2005 05:51:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=phnom%5Fpenh%5F%5Fthe%5Fvisa%5Fwoes</comments><dc:creator>john mchugh</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[So I'd been in Phnom Penh for nearly a month, it's nearly a month since I last saw Thi - where has all the time gone? Lazy days to be sure, usually at the Riverside or the FCC for lunch, catching up with old friends and making new ones variously. I'd]]></description></item><item><title>A tough week in Phnom Penh - the paedophile</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/a_tough_week_in_phnom_penh__the_paedophile.htm</guid><link>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/a_tough_week_in_phnom_penh__the_paedophile.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2005 05:34:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=a%5Ftough%5Fweek%5Fin%5Fphnom%5Fpenh%5F%5Fthe%5Fpaedophile</comments><dc:creator>john mchugh</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[It was yet another afternoon whiling away the time at the Riverside restaurant, waiting it seemed like forever to get my visa approved. The day was hot and muggy, hotter than I remembered it before, several months ago when I was last here. The rains]]></description></item><item><title>A depressing week - the robbery</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/a_depressing_week__the_robbery.htm</guid><link>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/a_depressing_week__the_robbery.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2005 05:21:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=a%5Fdepressing%5Fweek%5F%5Fthe%5Frobbery</comments><dc:creator>john mchugh</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Two weeks earlier my Vietnamese girlfriend Thi and I had arrived tired, hungry and exhausted at an old haunt of mine in Phnom Penh, the Riverside restaurant. Run by an avuncular German, Andy, the food was Western, reasonably priced, had decent wine a]]></description></item><item><title>Cambodia - a tough week in Phnom Penh</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/cambodia__a_tough_week_in_phnom_penh.htm</guid><link>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/cambodia__a_tough_week_in_phnom_penh.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2005 11:41:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=cambodia%5F%5Fa%5Ftough%5Fweek%5Fin%5Fphnom%5Fpenh</comments><dc:creator>john mchugh</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Just a short entry, to let people know I'm fine despite being in a shooting incident,Â thanfully I sustained only a minor injury (scratchesÂ fromÂ flying glass) and nobody else was seriously hurt.It's been a strange week with robbery, visa woes, s]]></description></item><item><title>Vietnam 30 years on.</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/vietnam_30_years_on.htm</guid><link>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/vietnam_30_years_on.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2005 06:55:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=vietnam%5F30%5Fyears%5Fon</comments><dc:creator>john mchugh</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[It's odd indeed that America cannot seem to move on from the war it lost in Vietnam 30 years ago this week. Revisionists are busy re-fighting the campaign with ludicrous claims that they never lost the war. Do they ever look at a map? Meanwhile, the]]></description></item><item><title>Today I saved a fly! I, I, I!</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/today_i_saved_a_fly_i_i_i.htm</guid><link>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/today_i_saved_a_fly_i_i_i.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 02 Apr 2005 07:09:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=today%5Fi%5Fsaved%5Fa%5Ffly%5Fi%5Fi%5Fi</comments><dc:creator>john mchugh</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I'd escaped from the press of Saigon and my ever present girlfriend, Thi, for a week and indulged in a tranquil idyll, on the resort peninsula of Vung Tau. Vung Tau was where the American puppet government of South Vietnam sent its political prisoner]]></description></item><item><title>Scenes from the T&#xc3;&#xb4;nl&#xc3;&#xa9; Sap, Cambodia</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/scenes_from_the_tnl_sap_cambodia.htm</guid><link>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/scenes_from_the_tnl_sap_cambodia.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2005 07:27:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=scenes%5Ffrom%5Fthe%5Ftnl%5Fsap%5Fcambodia</comments><dc:creator>john mchugh</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Cambodiaâ€™s principal lake, the TÃ´nlÃ© Sap (Great Lake), is the largest in Southeast Asia. From the northwest, the TÃ´nlÃ© Sap drains into the Mekong via the TÃ´nlÃ© Sab River, entering the Mekong at Phnom Penh. Each year during th]]></description></item><item><title>Scenes from a Cambodian Wedding in Siam Reap</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/scenes_from_a_cambodian_wedding_in_siam_reap.htm</guid><link>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/scenes_from_a_cambodian_wedding_in_siam_reap.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2005 06:01:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=scenes%5Ffrom%5Fa%5Fcambodian%5Fwedding%5Fin%5Fsiam%5Freap</comments><dc:creator>john mchugh</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[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:]]></description></item><item><title>Cambodia - Siam Reap, the first night</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/cambodia__siam_reap_the_first_night.htm</guid><link>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/cambodia__siam_reap_the_first_night.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 26 Feb 2005 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=cambodia%5F%5Fsiam%5Freap%5Fthe%5Ffirst%5Fnight</comments><dc:creator>john mchugh</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Siam Reap is a sleepy place, relaxed, sleep and unhurried. Apart from the amputee beggars who demonstrate a remarkable turn of speed and crutch clacking agility as they race to catch up with the Barang that they've spotted.Â The Tom riel river runs]]></description></item><item><title>Thailand to Cambodia</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/thailand_to_cambodia.htm</guid><link>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/thailand_to_cambodia.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2005 07:39:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=thailand%5Fto%5Fcambodia</comments><dc:creator>john mchugh</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Pattaya to Aranyaprathet/Poipet to Siam Reap.I was glad to leave the utter debauchery of Pattaya, into which I had so willingly and mindlessly plunged. My soul needed shrieving, I had never slept with so many different beautiful women in such a short]]></description></item><item><title>Ch&#xc3;&#xba;c m&#xe1;&#xbb;&#xab;ng N&#xc4;ƒm M&#xe1;&#xbb;›i!</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/chc_mng_nm_mi.htm</guid><link>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/chc_mng_nm_mi.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2005 23:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=chc%5Fmng%5Fnm%5Fmi</comments><dc:creator>john mchugh</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[It is Táº¿t, the Vietnamese lunar new year, whichÂ has beenÂ celebrated every winter or spring (depending on the lunar calendar) for over 4,000 years. This coming year is the year of the rooster, an inauspicious sign, for the rooster is largely]]></description></item><item><title>The street urchin pedlars of Saigon</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/the_street_urchin_pedlars_of_saigon.htm</guid><link>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/the_street_urchin_pedlars_of_saigon.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2005 23:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=the%5Fstreet%5Furchin%5Fpedlars%5Fof%5Fsaigon</comments><dc:creator>john mchugh</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[There's a lot of aggresive pedlars here in Saigon, everything from newspapers to books to sunglasses to cigarette lighters. The newspaper sellers gather yesterdays papers and try and sell them to you. They don't seem to understand that, 1) They're ye]]></description></item><item><title>Scene from a Saigon restaurant</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/scene_from_a_saigon_restaurant.htm</guid><link>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/scene_from_a_saigon_restaurant.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 30 Jan 2005 06:50:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=scene%5Ffrom%5Fa%5Fsaigon%5Frestaurant</comments><dc:creator>john mchugh</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[It never ceases to amaze me how plain daft some people are. You're a stranger in a strange land and you shouldn't expect people to understand everything you say, where even gestures are different. For example, using a finger to beckon someone in Viet]]></description></item><item><title>Price list at a Phnom Penh nightclub</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/price_list_at_a_phnom_penh_nightclub.htm</guid><link>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/price_list_at_a_phnom_penh_nightclub.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 15 Jan 2005 23:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=price%5Flist%5Fat%5Fa%5Fphnom%5Fpenh%5Fnightclub</comments><dc:creator>john mchugh</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A price list at a Phnom Penh nightclub:Angkor Beer1 bottle$2.70Singha Beer1 bottle$2.70Coke, Red Bull Soda1 can$1.50555, Malboro1 box$1.20Serving girld1 hour$1.00Massage girld1 hour$3.00Sex1 time$10.00Sex1 night$20.00Sex 2 girls same time1 night$35.0]]></description></item><item><title>Phnom Penh small ads</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/phnom_penh_small_ads.htm</guid><link>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/phnom_penh_small_ads.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 14 Jan 2005 04:49:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=phnom%5Fpenh%5Fsmall%5Fads</comments><dc:creator>john mchugh</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[English speaking newspapers are hardly awash in Cambodia, and the humble Cambodia daily, little more than anÂ A5 folded pamphlet, is hardly Fleet street quality, but it isn't actually all that bad. But as ever when contributors have a loose grasp of]]></description></item><item><title>Earthquake Tsunami update - the pledged aid</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/earthquake_tsunami_update__the_pledged_aid.htm</guid><link>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/earthquake_tsunami_update__the_pledged_aid.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 08 Jan 2005 05:24:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=earthquake%5Ftsunami%5Fupdate%5F%5Fthe%5Fpledged%5Faid</comments><dc:creator>john mchugh</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The response to the appeal for aidÂ Â by people and governments the world over has been truly staggering. With anything up to $4 billion dollars pledged. A shame-faced America eventually agreed to cough up $350 million after an astonishingly embara]]></description></item><item><title>Earthquake tsunami update - the good, the bizarre and the ugly</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/earthquake_tsunami_update__the_good_the_bizarre_and_the_ugly.htm</guid><link>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/earthquake_tsunami_update__the_good_the_bizarre_and_the_ugly.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2005 06:38:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=earthquake%5Ftsunami%5Fupdate%5F%5Fthe%5Fgood%5Fthe%5Fbizarre%5Fand%5Fthe%5Fugly</comments><dc:creator>john mchugh</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Ten days after the double disaster in Asia, people are picking up the pieces of their lives and the many stories of grief and woe are interspersed with the occasional tales of miraculous survival.One fisherman man was rescued a week after his boat ov]]></description></item><item><title>Vulcan stirs - a seismic buterfly effect?</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/vulcan_stirs__a_seismic_buterfly_effect.htm</guid><link>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/vulcan_stirs__a_seismic_buterfly_effect.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 03 Jan 2005 06:06:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=vulcan%5Fstirs%5F%5Fa%5Fseismic%5Fbuterfly%5Feffect</comments><dc:creator>john mchugh</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Earthquakes - the toll is seismically ominous. Almost 12 months ago to the day of the horrificÂ Sumatran earthquake and subsequent devastating tsunami, another earthquake claimed tens of thousands of lives in Bam, Iran. The Sumatran quake was caused]]></description></item></channel></rss>