Everyone has to go through the "tourist" phase. Once you commit to staying somewhere longer than the usual tourist, and put yourself in a "do as the romans do" mindset... it's surprising how easy it becomes.
@@1wordsnst27sdkai I did a TEFL course with AVSE. They have a 4 week program in the country - and coming out of it they help you get a job. Link in the description. If you go for it, mention Tom Trips Out
You know before khmer rouge , Cambodian is rich and clean, Cambodia start develop 1998 after Pol Pot die, now develop 28 year. And Thailand develop 130 year after Franco-Siam war.
BS Thailand was more develop than Claimbodia an anytime I remind you that Claimbodia was Thai colony before Thai had to give it to France and all the culture that Claimbodia currently have are all from the period under Thai rule
@@siameseboy3174 There was a war between Thai and France around 1939 I think where the French lost so Thailand than reprocessed parts of Cambodia that was ceded to the French.
good video. I feel the same when I was in china also. constant noise pollution and there was even worse on air pollution than Cambodia. great video bro. see you in a month or so. heading back to Cambodia soon.
Air quality is bad during hot season. In the rainy season its not a problem. Noise you can avoid living in one higher building. Of course have noise from traffic, but don't have it in the apartment. The Karaoke is moderate.... you should be in Vietnam, there they go much louder Flooding areas have every where....but I never experienced it. Extreme heat you can have in UAE....there temp. Goes higher than 50°C All your comments are just your opinion....
Hi Tom, great video cool shades. I have a question, can one still find teaching jobs placement through the summer holidays ie May/June/ July 2025. Regards
@@BalSingh-z4l yes you can - but it is also true that its not the most abundant time. Or they may be hiring during the summer to start in Sept. - BUT for example when I was hired 2.5 years ago it was like mid April. -- July could be tough because they would’ve already established their summer school, and may not hire untill end of summer. -- you can never predict these things though. Teachers just leave all the time, or find better jobs and then openings get created
@@noycambodia5518 I don’t disagree. I never said it couldn’t be said about every other city. I love PP. These are just reasons some people move away to Siem reap or Kampot.
@@Gweilo60 yea good points. Especially to keep people watching the whole video. - I’m sort of too sincere of a person to put on an act for the camera. I’m just myself. But spicing it up or asking locals questions would absolutely make it more engaging. - thank you for watching 🙏
@@TomTripsOut Take off the glasses and look people in the eye when you talk goes a long way. Be Passionate about what you are saying and don't just take a stance take a side. It brings people to you rather than pushing them away.
I noticed you did not mention language in your video. I live in the Philippines, speaking English was a huge factor in my decision to live here. In Cambodia is English widely spoken or understood? Do you find the language barrier so small it's not worth mentioning? Thanks for your great videos and I enjoy watching them.
I am not sure about your intention to make this propaganda video against Cambodia. For sure, every developing country has this part even in the developed countries. If you truely come to visit Cambodia, there are a lot of good things you can visit like islands, Angkor Wat, and luxurious places in Phnom Penh.
@@sakda8428 what are you talking about? I’ve lived here over 3 years and I love Cambodia. I’m not saying anything against Cambodia. My channel is here to help bring new expats and show what an amazing country it is - I’m just listing some points why some people don’t like living in the big city, and choose to live in Siem Reap or Kampot instead. It’s all just facts. I’ve seen foreigners move away for these reasons. I have over 500 videos on many great places in Cambodia including Angkor wat and the islands and much more. I’ve had people complain in the past that I only show all the positive aspects and they’d like to see some truth before they come here. To know if it would be right for them or not. ❤️🇰🇭
@@TomTripsOut thanks for your explanation, but your video title seems to hurt Cambodian feeling especially those who live in Phnom Penh. It sounds a judgement that you assume such things as reasons expats don’t want to live in Phnom Penh and the cross mark on independence monument looks not respectable to Cambodian people. Hope you understand the feeling.
@@sakda8428 ah ok I understand, I’m sorry if It seems offensive. Also, thank you for watching my videos 🙏 if you go explore my channel you will see I never usually say anything negative in any video. Also If you ask people in Siem Reap and Kampot, they would say they’d never live in PP. mostly because of the points I listed in the video.
@@TomTripsOut you are too generic. I don’t believe all expats including you and affluent Cambodians go to live there and with something you mentioned. They will wish to live in the good areas in Phnom Penh like Koh Pich, Toul Kork, Camko City as those areas are quiet and luxurious. Please ask people there, they also don’t want to live there but because they are unfortunate. So, from my perspective, by showing this small part, it will have negative impact to their feeling.
@@sakada2765 there’s air pollution everywhere in hundreds of countries. Nobody said there wasn’t. People who have problems with it and the other points usually move just outside the city or choose to live in smaller towns
Haha Cambodians and thais LOVE noise . Infact they leave their TVs on when they sleep. Thais are pioneers of having a tv on maximum volume while they play on their phone or just leave the room. Lights, fan and tv always on at the bare minimum at to that yelling, hooting, hollaring and shreiking at all hours
I’m not criticizing Cambodia! - I love it here. It’s The best place I’ve ever lived. I’m just pointing out reasons why other foreigners said they couldn’t live here in the big city. Many move away to Siem Reap. Sometimes viewers criticize me for not being fully truthful if I ONLY talk about how great it is. - also I have over 500 videos and this is the only one that’s close to being negative.
contradicted your whole video. 'just dont notice it after a while'. this is the same for anywhere in the world. No mention of how hot it is, no frame of reference.
100% all food products & then pick & choose anything else, usually if I'm looking for something to last a long time, I'll give them a miss, if it's disposable I go for their shit. But no way anything that goes in or on me or my loved ones, they have no regard for any life, only money, thanks to the Communist Moral Decay.
Different perspective on facts but doable… I like PP…
@@mimibigdy1917 I love it too - people forget I’ve made it the place I’ve chosen to live for 3 years now
Everyone has to go through the "tourist" phase. Once you commit to staying somewhere longer than the usual tourist, and put yourself in a "do as the romans do" mindset... it's surprising how easy it becomes.
@@innercynic2784 yes Exactly
Could you do a video on how you find the khmer language and how you started learning?
@@sutoeben I have not learned any Khmer, so there’s not much for me to talk about. I only speak English
Canadian here, What courses did you do while living there so you could work and live there at the same time? Is one pirate bar still open?
@@1wordsnst27sdkai I did a TEFL course with AVSE. They have a 4 week program in the country - and coming out of it they help you get a job. Link in the description. If you go for it, mention Tom Trips Out
@@TomTripsOut cheers bro, I’ll subscribed to the channel and keep in touch.
You know before khmer rouge , Cambodian is rich and clean, Cambodia start develop 1998 after Pol Pot die, now develop 28 year. And Thailand develop 130 year after Franco-Siam war.
BS Thailand was more develop than Claimbodia an anytime I remind you that Claimbodia was Thai colony before Thai had to give it to France and all the culture that Claimbodia currently have are all from the period under Thai rule
@@yuv06 Books title Cambodia under Thailand colony ? Who is author ? What is the name of the Publisher? Original university from?
sastra9422 what the hell r u talking about and what is Franco-Siam war I never heard about it
@@siameseboy3174 There was a war between Thai and France around 1939 I think where the French lost so Thailand than reprocessed parts of Cambodia that was ceded to the French.
@@yuv06 I know France but I don’t know about Franco that sastra9422 said
Great 👍
good video. I feel the same when I was in china also. constant noise pollution and there was even worse on air pollution than Cambodia. great video bro. see you in a month or so. heading back to Cambodia soon.
Thanks for another informative video. I'll be in Phnom Penh soon.
Everyone day dreaming about the past but none face reality present
I need to turn on post notifications! I missed it!
enjoying phnom penh so far..especially the low cost of living
Thanks for the vid!
Air quality is bad during hot season. In the rainy season its not a problem.
Noise you can avoid living in one higher building. Of course have noise from traffic, but don't have it in the apartment.
The Karaoke is moderate.... you should be in Vietnam, there they go much louder
Flooding areas have every where....but I never experienced it.
Extreme heat you can have in UAE....there temp. Goes higher than 50°C
All your comments are just your opinion....
@@PeterKit-k4x so are yours lol 😆 thanks for your opinions and thanks for watching
anyone around you or near you heard of or play magic the gathering there?
@@chezmanbreeeds521 there’s a game night at LOLA Music Lounge and they also do dungeons and dragons on a diff night
Hi Tom, great video cool shades. I have a question, can one still find teaching jobs placement through the summer holidays ie May/June/ July 2025.
Regards
@@BalSingh-z4l yes you can - but it is also true that its not the most abundant time. Or they may be hiring during the summer to start in Sept. - BUT for example when I was hired 2.5 years ago it was like mid April. -- July could be tough because they would’ve already established their summer school, and may not hire untill end of summer. -- you can never predict these things though. Teachers just leave all the time, or find better jobs and then openings get created
Khmer food is awesome. I don't understand
heaps of western and foreign food as well.
Yea I love the food - it’s just some people can’t imagine having rice and meat at breakfast, or a soup. Can’t open their minds
There are noisier and more polluted cities in southeast asia. Just saying..
@@vermont741 yea there are hundreds.
Same can be said for any big city in ASEAN … cheap shot Tom. You’re better than this.
@@noycambodia5518 I don’t disagree. I never said it couldn’t be said about every other city. I love PP. These are just reasons some people move away to Siem reap or Kampot.
When you take video of the poorest of the poor area in Phnom Penh, you can see this type of view. Why do not you live in middle class or rich area?
@@coreana.aesthetics I do live in a very nice area. For this video I took a tuk tuk to this area to film. People want to see different stuff.
Never seen such a place Cambodia is hell on earth
@@manchagojohnsonmanchago6367you should see many areas of California. That’s hell on earth.
Good video but you could spice it up a bit by being more upbeat. Push the limit rather than just telling a story.
@@Gweilo60 yea good points. Especially to keep people watching the whole video. - I’m sort of too sincere of a person to put on an act for the camera. I’m just myself. But spicing it up or asking locals questions would absolutely make it more engaging. - thank you for watching 🙏
@@TomTripsOut Take off the glasses and look people in the eye when you talk goes a long way. Be Passionate about what you are saying and don't just take a stance take a side. It brings people to you rather than pushing them away.
@@TomTripsOut I am thinking about a trip to Cambodia. Maybe we could get together and pop off some videos when I am there.
@@Gweilo60 sounds great! 👍
I noticed you did not mention language in your video. I live in the Philippines, speaking English was a huge factor in my decision to live here. In Cambodia is English widely spoken or understood? Do you find the language barrier so small it's not worth mentioning? Thanks for your great videos and I enjoy watching them.
@@michaelharrich3134 yea there’s little to no language barrier- even all their signs have English on it too
Great topic, great video. Yea! I couldn’t live there because of the noise level, but most of all because of the garbage everywhere 😅
Taiwans trash trucks are also daily, but they play a nice classic music tune on a loop, most people say it sounds like an ice-cream truck
Hi Tom is it true one can only get a visitor visa when visiting for the first time. Also roughly how much does agents charge for ordinary visa
@@keletsogotlop5069 no that’s false - you can get a tourist visa more than once. I think it’s like 35 bucks.
I am not sure about your intention to make this propaganda video against Cambodia. For sure, every developing country has this part even in the developed countries. If you truely come to visit Cambodia, there are a lot of good things you can visit like islands, Angkor Wat, and luxurious places in Phnom Penh.
@@sakda8428 what are you talking about? I’ve lived here over 3 years and I love Cambodia. I’m not saying anything against Cambodia. My channel is here to help bring new expats and show what an amazing country it is - I’m just listing some points why some people don’t like living in the big city, and choose to live in Siem Reap or Kampot instead. It’s all just facts. I’ve seen foreigners move away for these reasons. I have over 500 videos on many great places in Cambodia including Angkor wat and the islands and much more. I’ve had people complain in the past that I only show all the positive aspects and they’d like to see some truth before they come here. To know if it would be right for them or not. ❤️🇰🇭
@@TomTripsOut thanks for your explanation, but your video title seems to hurt Cambodian feeling especially those who live in Phnom Penh. It sounds a judgement that you assume such things as reasons expats don’t want to live in Phnom Penh and the cross mark on independence monument looks not respectable to Cambodian people. Hope you understand the feeling.
@@sakda8428 ah ok I understand, I’m sorry if It seems offensive. Also, thank you for watching my videos 🙏 if you go explore my channel you will see I never usually say anything negative in any video. Also If you ask people in Siem Reap and Kampot, they would say they’d never live in PP. mostly because of the points I listed in the video.
@@TomTripsOut you are too generic. I don’t believe all expats including you and affluent Cambodians go to live there and with something you mentioned. They will wish to live in the good areas in Phnom Penh like Koh Pich, Toul Kork, Camko City as those areas are quiet and luxurious. Please ask people there, they also don’t want to live there but because they are unfortunate. So, from my perspective, by showing this small part, it will have negative impact to their feeling.
Cambodia is a terrible country
like the Dwayne Wayne shades ;)
there’s a reference, ha. Couldn’t rember where I saw those familiar glasses
So, in summary, DO YOUR RESEARCH lol
@4:53 thanks for showing real areas, not just fancy places.
But why it is the capital city and still full of people?...
Is there no air pollution in other countries?
@@sakada2765 there’s air pollution everywhere in hundreds of countries. Nobody said there wasn’t. People who have problems with it and the other points usually move just outside the city or choose to live in smaller towns
Those r the same glasses as woody Harrison in natural born killers
I love Cambodia but the lack of consideration in regards to noise is unbelievable. I've never experienced anything like it.
Haha Cambodians and thais LOVE noise . Infact they leave their TVs on when they sleep. Thais are pioneers of having a tv on maximum volume while they play on their phone or just leave the room. Lights, fan and tv always on at the bare minimum at to that yelling, hooting, hollaring and shreiking at all hours
I'm next door in Bangkok Thailand and it's like a food party over here I love it 🎉🎉🎉
@@jettschenker I’m coming there mid November
If you criticize Cambodia's negative points, I'm afraid you won't be safe.
I’m not criticizing Cambodia! - I love it here. It’s The best place I’ve ever lived. I’m just pointing out reasons why other foreigners said they couldn’t live here in the big city. Many move away to Siem Reap. Sometimes viewers criticize me for not being fully truthful if I ONLY talk about how great it is. - also I have over 500 videos and this is the only one that’s close to being negative.
I guess with online teaching, one could move to a smaller, less polluted, more scenic town in Cambodia..
Many people do. - Siem Reap and Kampot are great options.
contradicted your whole video. 'just dont notice it after a while'. this is the same for anywhere in the world. No mention of how hot it is, no frame of reference.
Thanks for watching and leaving a comment! 🙏 it’s between 33 and 43 degrees every day pretty much 🙂
this morning at 2.40am it's a cool 25*c in Siem Reap
Bangkok is better than phnom phen.
What do you expect in Cambodia ? Haha
they're npc
I've got another 5:
1) The CCP; 2) The CCP; 3) The CCP; 4) The CCP; 5) The CCP.
Who’s down with CCP? - Yea You know me! Who’s down with CCP - every last homie. lol 😆
Who's down with Winnie the Pooh? Yeah, you know W.H.O.
lol, I assume you boycott all products made in China? ;)
100% all food products & then pick & choose anything else, usually if I'm looking for something to last a long time, I'll give them a miss, if it's disposable I go for their shit. But no way anything that goes in or on me or my loved ones, they have no regard for any life, only money, thanks to the Communist Moral Decay.