What struck you about Cambodia?

I lived in Phnom Penh for 3 years , of course I love cambodia very much, most beautiful people, what struck me the most even to this day, as I live in Vietnam I'm from California, but if you ask where aeon mall is and you're at the royal palace they will walk you there, so kind and helpful to foreigners , in Vietnam they just point , but cambodia they will make sure you get there , although I have 1000 reasons why I love cambodia best this describes my first impression, basically my opinion only , but of the many countries I have visited khmer people are far and away the most kind!

Interesting you say that about the people. I am living in Siem Reap and I find most local people dont take any notice of foreigners, and in terms of kindness they are probably not much different to people in my home country of New Zealand (just harder to understand).
I am sure there are good and bad people in every country, and Cambodia is no exception to that. What I like is the low prices, easy living, warm weather and interesting food. I prefer SR to PP - less traffic, easy to get around, but high humidity. A lot of road construction at the moment, which will be a problem when the rains come - mud city!

Well I must respectfully disagree with you, the people have gone out of their way to be kind to me , I've never been to a country with kinder people, before I moved to Southeast Asia, I had a friend I went to school with living in Thailand with a beautiful wife, I told him I'm coming to Thailand , he then told me cambodia might be the most unappealing because of small coast line etc , but they are the kindest people in Southeast Asia, after traveling to many countries this has been my experience, including my country now Vietnam, I've been to the temples in siem  reap several times yet have not spent a significant time there? So that's just my experience personally, I think Siem Reap before the pandemic was just tired of tourist because that's what the towns about, I find the Thai people this way , once you get to know them they are wonderful, but they are so over foreign back packers , drunk westerners, maybe the case in Siem Reap ?

I can relate a story about living in Phnom Penh a few years ago. I ordered some stuff from the US which I mistakenly shipped via USPS. It disappeared when it entered Cambodia and after many fruitless days and weeks spent trying to locate, I was finally given an address which happened to be the main post office. By this time I had left traveling in Southeast Asia. I have Khmer friends that run a hotel in PP. I called her and she called up the post office and they let her know its status. That same day she hopped in a tuk tuk with a colleague and drove all the way across town to get my package. She held the package for me until I returned months later. I just found this one thing so touching and to me it speaks to just how friendly and gregarious the Khmer people are. I live in Vietnam now and have found the same. I go to coffee shops and get engaged in discussion on google translate with just about everyone from grab drivers to the coffee shop barista. I've made more Vietnamese friends that I treasure than my so-called US friends. Gone to wedding celebrations, out for dinners. Same with my friends in PP. So in some years the thing that has always struck me about Khmer people is their friendliness. I've walked by tuk tuk drivers and been invited for beers and I love the children running to me in Kampot to say hello and want their pictures taken. Priceless memories of what struck me about Cambodia.

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My 1st visit to KH was during a trip as a representative from the Philippines to attend the UNWTO/UNESCO World Conference on Tourism and Culture "Building A New Partnership" February 2015. Having lived so many years in Hawaii, I was interested in relocating and was told by some business owners about how easily one could obtain a 12 months KH Visa. Additional map research recommended I try Sihanoukville, and I've loved it ever since.

Once the Casino building boom began though, the air became too dusty to breath, the facilities on the beach offering entertainment and food all night were closed-sold and the backpackers stopped coming. Locals didn't want to learn Mandarin and always complained especially about the business practices those people, preferring to spend only with others of their nationality. In March  2020 while visiting Ha Tinh, VN I got a call from a friend who'd recently relocated and found work in Kuala Lumpur, so I came over for a weekend with a laptop and the clothes on my back. Little did I know that this 2 weeks lockdown was going to last this long. So now I'm still paying $150 monthly for apartment rent in KH and hotel fees here in KL.
As soon as possible I'll return to SHV, as I have an online Casino Marketing project, and hope to reunite with friends I've lost contact with. And being back at the Pier with before & after stories to share.

You will not find nicer people with proper morals anywhere in the world, and I have traveled very well.