There was a guy on the bus to Bangkok from Koh Chang who was from
Edmonton! I thought he was from around here so it was a real surprise.
He's actually born in Cambodia and regularly visits Cambodia. More
interesting was that when I asked him what he does he said he was going
to be the next leader of Cambodia. He said it with such earnestness
that I'm tempted to believe he's actually going to be a candidate. We
talked a little bit and he seemed to be well studied up on the politics
of the region. Too bad I hd to get off before I could find out more...
but I'll keep an eye open for him in Edmonton... or maybe laterin the
news. There are quite a few other i teresting characters floating
around including one guy who does import/export but only has customers
by word of mouth. He flys at least once a month (sometimes 3 times)
back to Germany and also spends some time in Cambodia but mostly time
in Thailand.
Chang Mai is a neat city. A bit bigger than I was expecting. Even has
a big technology shopping center. Went to see Thai boxing last night..
only non-thai guy boxing was an Australian who caught his opponent with
a knee to the head and knocked him silly. I don't know why they even
bother with boxing gloves when elbows and knees and feet are fair game!
Most of the crowd was tourists which made me a bit skeptical at first..
band they started with young fighters (15?) but the fights were genuine
and things got serious with the bigger fighters although they all
showed respect for the refs, trainers and other fighter through their
opening 'dances (thanks to trainers) or bowing etc (fighters/ref)
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